Azores record 5,096 more foreign residents than in 2022
The Azores recorded 10,219 foreign residents in 2025, nearly twice the 2022 figure of 5,123, according to figures from the Migration and Asylum Report.
The number of foreign residents in the Azores reached 10,219 in 2025, according to Migration and Asylum Report figures reported by Açoriano Oriental. The reported total has passed 10,000 for the first time.
In 2022, the figure was 5,123. That puts the 2025 total 5,096 people higher and close to twice the level recorded three years earlier.
The figures cover the Azores as a whole. The available information does not show how the increase was distributed across the nine islands or which nationalities accounted for the largest changes.
The scale of the increase makes foreign resident trends relevant to planning for housing, services and integration across the region. Assessing the effects on individual islands will require more detailed local data than this regional comparison provides.
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