

Most of the headquarters of multinational corporations in Portugal are located in the Lisbon area. The city occupies the 40th place of highest gross earnings in the world. Its GDP amounts to US$96.3 billion and thus $32,434 per capita. The Lisbon region has a higher GDP PPP per capita than any other region in Portugal. The city is the 9th-most-visited city in Southern Europe, after Istanbul, Rome, Barcelona, Milan, Athens, Venice, Madrid and Florence with 3,539,400 tourists in 2018. The motorway network and the high-speed rail system of Alfa Pendular links the main cities of Portugal to Lisbon. Additionally, Humberto Delgado Airport served 29 million passengers in 2018, being the busiest airport in Portugal, the 3rd busiest in the Iberian Peninsula and the 20th busiest in Europe.

It is one of the major economic centres on the continent, with a growing financial sector and one of the largest container ports on Europe's Atlantic coast. Lisbon is one of two Portuguese cities (alongside Porto) to be recognised as a global city. Lisbon is recognised as an alpha-level global city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. The westernmost portions of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, form the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus.

It is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. About 2.9 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, which represents approximately 27% of the country's population. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Lisbon ( / ˈ l ɪ z b ən/ Portuguese: Lisboa ( listen)) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km 2. Vincent of Saragossa and Anthony of Lisbon
