Portugal*
General Country Information
Capital: Lisbon
Population: 10,642,836 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 4.234 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 11.448 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 845,980 (2005)
Internet users: 7.783 million (2006)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.61
World Rank 2005/2006: 32
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Associacao Portuguesa de Deficientes
no contact information currently available
Associacao Portuguesa de Surdos
apsurdoscen@mail.telepac.pt
Cooperativa Nacional de Apoio a Deficientes (National Cooperative of Support for People with Disabilities, CNAD)
cnad-sede@clix.pt
Liga Portuguesa dos Deficientes Motores (LPDM)
no contact information currently available
Secretariado Nacional de Reabilitacao
+1 35-1-793-6517