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Gambia → Portugal

Migration corridor · visas, permits and flows

From
Gambia
To
Portugal
Inflow 2023—OECD
Data as at 2025
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Migrant population

People born in the Gambia who live in Portugal: mid-year estimates of the international migrant stock (UN DESA).

Migrant population by year

7214419901995200020052010201520202024
7214419902000201020202024
Data table
19907
199515
200024
200568
2010101
2015114
2020128
2024144
Estimate, 2024
144
Share of all international migrants in the destination, 2024
0.01%
Rank among countries of birth, 2024
93
Counted by
country of birth
Source: United Nations, DESA Population Division, International Migrant Stock 2024 (CC BY 3.0 IGO)Data as at 2024

Residence permits in Portugal

First residence permits issued by Portugal to citizens of the Gambia (Eurostat).

First permits by reason, 2025
  1. Work432
  2. Other reasons144
  3. Family17
  4. Education2
YearFirst permitsEU Blue CardsCitizenships acquiredStudents
2025595000
2024155032
20232760124
20222060133
2021700133
2020710263
2019350172
2018170183
2017200183
2016230152
20159091
2014230160
2013220140
201224060
2011190110
2010220140
Work permits by type, 2025
  1. Other paid activities432
Valid residence permits, 31 Dec 2025
1,459
Source: Eurostat (migr_resfirst, migr_resbc11, migr_acq, educ_uoe_mobs02, migr_eirfs, migr_pop1ctz), CC BY 4.0Data as at 2025

Compared with other corridors

Nationalities with the most arrivals in Portugal, 2023.

Inflows to Portugal, 2023
  1. Brazil147,264
  2. Angola24,374
  3. Cape Verde14,623
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe14,504
  5. India12,185
  6. Guinea-Bissau10,320
  7. Bangladesh10,077
  8. Italy8,801
  9. United Kingdom7,365
  10. Pakistan6,869
  11. Germany5,483
  12. France5,138
Other destinations for people from the Gambia, 2023
  1. Spain3,387
  2. Italy2,395
  3. Germany1,729
  4. United States1,180
  5. France374
  6. Sweden216
  7. Netherlands214
  8. Canada115
  9. Belgium98
  10. Finland93
Source: OECD, International Migration Database (OECD.ELS.IMD), accessed 24 Oct 2026Data as at 2023

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