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As of 2022, Spain had a foreign population of 5,542,932. The largest groups of foreigners were those of Moroccan, Romanian, British, Chinese and Italian citizenship.
- Romanians
- Moroccans
- Ecuadorians
- White British
Two groups are tied as the largest ethnic minority groups in Spain, those being Romanians and Moroccans. They each make up 1.7% of the population. Most Romanians came to Spain from Romania, an eastern European country, in search of economic opportunity. By 2010, the population had reached 900,000. In 2011, the prime minister extended a ban on the f...
Spain once had an open-door immigration policy with Morocco. A such, Moroccan citizens did not require a visa to enter the country. Many Moroccans came for seasonal work, particularly in agriculture and industry. That relationship changed, however, in 1985 when Spain implemented a new visa law. The new law was strict and did not offer a plan for pe...
People of Ecuadorian ethnicity make up 0.7% of the Spanish population. After the Latin American Debt Crisis of the 1980’s, and another financial crisis in Ecuador during the 1990’s, mass numbers of Ecuadorians sought economic refuge in Spain. In 1998, the country had less than 10,000 immigrants from Ecuador. This number increased to 200,000 by 2002...
In 2006, estimates suggested that 5.5 million British nationals were living overseas. Approximately 751,000 of them are living in Spain, making up 0.7% of the population there. British migration to Spain increased substantially after 1990. The recent vote for Britain to leave the European Union, known in popular culture as the Brexit, left some Bri...
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Jan 9, 2024 · Basic Statistic Population of Spain in 2024, by gender and region Premium Statistic Foreign population growth rate in Spain 2023, by nationality
Dec 21, 2014 · According to Spain’s National Institute of Statistics, in 1991 there were approximately 360,655 foreigners living in Spain, which only accounts for 0.91% of the population of Spain at the time. That number has now increased to 5,711,040 in 2012, which makes up 12.1% of the country’s population.
Currently, 79.6 % of the population of Spain is urban (37,829,585 people in 2023) Population Density The 2023 population density in Spain is 95 people per Km 2 (247 people per mi 2 ), calculated on a total land area of 498,800 Km2 (192,588 sq. miles).
This study offers a first examination of the black, African and Afro-Descendant population living in Spain: its sociodemographic profiles, identities, needs and experiences of discrimination, together with the demand for anti-discrimination rights and policies.
Methodology. Publications. Related links. Latest press releases. Continuous Population Statistics (CPS). 1 April, 2024. Provisional data. The population of Spain increased by 82,346 during the first quarter of 2024, standing at 48,692,804 inhabitants on 1 April 2024. The main immigrant nationalities were Colombian, Moroccan and Venezuelan.
