The Portugal country code is +351 — reaching all 10.4 million Portuguese + ~17 million mobile subscriptions across MEO (Altice), Vodafone Portugal + NOS. Europe\'s gateway to Africa + Brazil + a top digital nomad destination.
Portugal was assigned +351 by the ITU in 1964. Portugal sits in ITU zone 3 (Europe) alongside Spain +34, France +33, UK +44 + Ireland +353.
Portugal has used the +351 country code since 1964, in zone 3 alongside Spain +34, France +33, Italy +39, UK +44 + Ireland +353.
Portugal's telecom regulator is ANACOM. Three major mobile carriers: MEO (Altice Portugal, the former state monopoly + largest with ~8M subs), Vodafone Portugal (~5M) + NOS (~4M). MEO offers fixed + mobile + IPTV; the others compete on similar grounds.
Portugal uses 2 + 3-digit area codes (note: no leading 0 dropped, as Portugal's codes inherently start with 2 or 9). Major codes: <b>21</b> Lisbon, <b>22</b> Porto, <b>239</b> Coimbra, <b>253</b> Braga, <b>234</b> Aveiro, <b>289</b> Algarve (Faro), <b>291</b> Madeira. Mobile numbers all start with <b>9</b> (91-96).
Europe\'s digital nomad capital + Portuguese-speaking world hub. Portugal (+351) has become Europe\'s leading destination for digital nomads, remote workers + expats — driven by the Golden Visa program + a special 0% tax NHR (Non-Habitual Resident) regime. Portugal is the historic + linguistic gateway to the Portuguese-speaking world (~265M speakers including Brazil, Angola, Mozambique). Lisbon (+351 21) hosts the EU Maritime Safety Agency + many startup HQs (Web Summit hosts ~70K attendees annually). A +351 line is the natural caller-ID for Lusophone business + EU-South America bridges.
A Portuguese phone number in international format is written as +351 [area code] [subscriber]. Portugal uses an open numbering plan — no leading 0 to drop. Example: +351 21 123 4567 for Lisbon, +351 91 234 5678 for an MEO mobile.
Portuguese mobile numbers all start with 9: 91, 96 MEO; 92 Vodafone Portugal; 93 NOS. Plus newer ranges 94, 95 shared. All Portuguese mobiles are 9 digits domestic + portable since 2002.
From Lisbon's Belém Tower to Porto's port wine cellars to the Algarve's beaches, every Portuguese number lives behind a +351.
Every country uses a different exit code before +351 Portugal. From any mobile, + replaces the exit code — so +351 21 123 4567 works worldwide. No leading 0 to drop.
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+351 reaches Europe's digital nomad capital + the Portuguese-speaking world's gateway. Cartão de Cidadão + every Portuguese bank verify with +351 mobile.
Portuguese banks (Caixa Geral de Depósitos CGD, Millennium BCP, Santander Portugal, Novobanco, BPI, Crédito Agrícola) + Cartão de Cidadão (the Portuguese national ID card) + MB WAY (the dominant Portuguese mobile payment app) + every government service all SMS OTPs to +351 mobiles.
Portuguese is spoken by ~265M people worldwide — Brazil (~215M), Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, East Timor, Macau + the global Portuguese diaspora. A +351 line is the natural caller-ID for any business serving the entire Portuguese-speaking world.
A +351 21 prefix says "Lisbon — Portuguese Parliament, Banco de Portugal, Euronext Lisbon (the Lisbon Stock Exchange), Avenida da Liberdade business district, EMSA EU Maritime Safety Agency HQ + Web Summit (~70K annual tech attendees) + the gateway to all Portugal".
Portugal has been the world's top destination for the Golden Visa (residency by investment, now restricted) + the NHR Non-Habitual Resident tax regime (0% tax on foreign income for 10 years, reformed 2024 but still attractive). Portugal now has ~1M+ foreign residents — the highest per-capita rate in the EU.
Portugal runs on WET (UTC+0) in winter, WEST (UTC+1) in summer — same clock as UK + Ireland. 1 hour behind Spain (year-round) + most of EU mainland. Aligned with US East Coast 5 hours.
CallMama routes +351 through ANACOM-licensed Portuguese carriers under EU GDPR + Portugal's Lei 58/2019 (national GDPR implementation).
Pick your Portuguese area code — 21 Lisbon, 22 Porto, 239 Coimbra, 289 Algarve — or grab a 9X mobile, and start calling, texting + receiving Cartão Cidadão + CGD + MB WAY OTPs from real Portuguese customers.
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| Country | Code | ISO-2 | ISO-3 | Exit | Zone |
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| Afghanistan | +93 | AF | AFG | 00 | 9 |
| Albania | +355 | AL | ALB | 00 | 3 |
| Algeria | +213 | DZ | DZA | 00 | 2 |
| American Samoa | +1 | AS | ASM | 011 | 1 |
| Andorra | +376 | AD | AND | 00 | 3 |
| Angola | +244 | AO | AGO | 00 | 2 |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | +1 | AG | ATG | 011 | 1 |
| Argentina | +54 | AR | ARG | 00 | 5 |
| Armenia | +374 | AM | ARM | 00 | 3 |
| Aruba | +297 | AW | ABW | 00 | 2 |
| Australia | +61 | AU | AUS | 0011 | 6 |
| Austria | +43 | AT | AUT | 00 | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | +994 | AZ | AZE | 00 | 9 |
| Bahamas | +1 | BS | BHS | 011 | 1 |
| Bahrain | +973 | BH | BHR | 00 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | +880 | BD | BGD | 00 | 8 |
| Barbados | +1 | BB | BRB | 011 | 1 |
| Belarus | +375 | BY | BLR | 810 | 3 |
011 351 21 123 4567 for Lisbon, or 011 351 91 234 5678 for an MEO mobile. No leading 0 to drop — Portugal has an open numbering plan.011 351 21 NNN NNNN.+351 NNN NNN NNN — always 9 digits after +351, no leading 0. Example: +351 21 123 4567 for Lisbon, +351 91 234 5678 for an MEO mobile.One tap to install. One more to call. It really is that simple.