Population of Portugal, by gender 1864-2020
From this point onwards the number of men and women follow a similar trend, although the growth and decline rate for men fluctuates more than women. The population falls in the 1960s, as many Portuguese people migrated in search of work, and the number of men fell faster than the number of women during this time. As time progresses the difference in the number of men and women decreases, until 2005 where the number of men starts to decrease before the number of women does. This decline came as many Portuguese people emigrated in search of work abroad, and the number of men falls faster than the number of men, as men are statistically more likely to migrate in search of work than women.