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Rural population in mainland Portugal 111 Percentage of total family farm population (2009) in resident population (2011) • This map shows that there are 728 parishes where family farm population accounts for over 50% of the resident population and 380 where it is over 75%. • The parishes where these statistics apply are con- centrated in the hinterland of the eastern Algarve and the districts of Castelo Branco, Guarda, Bra- gança, Vila Real and part of Viana do Castelo. • The decline in the young and working age pop- ulation was evident between 2001 and 2011, reflected in the higher population aged over 64. The same occurred in the rural areas under analysis, although to a higher degree. • In2011, out of 4,050parishes inmainlandPortugal, 3,326, or 82.1%, were defined as rural. The ageing of the population in these parishes has occurred at a faster rate than in the rest of mainland Portu- gal. Therefore, the youngest andworking age pop- ulations are less well represented in the resident population in these parishes as a whole, while the oldest group (over 64) is better represented. Age structure 1991–2011 • In the period between 1991 and 2011, the respective age pyramids show that there was a clear ageing of Portuguese population. In 1991, there was already a notably low birth rate, as can be seen by the base of the pyramid for that year, where the age groups up to 15 are smaller than the following age group. However, this chart shows a population that is still young. Percentage of population by large age groups – 2001 and 2011 Percentage of population by large age groups in rural parishes – 2001 and 2011