Spain approaches 49 million inhabitants, a historic maximum, due to the increase in the number of people born abroad

The resident population in Spain amounted to 48,946,035 inhabitants on October 1, 2024, the maximum value of the historical series. This population growth is due to the increase in the number of people born abroad.since the number of people born in Spain has decreased.

According to the Continuous Population Statistics, published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the main nationalities of immigrants during the third quarter of 2024 were Colombians (34,600 people), Moroccans (25,500) and Spaniards born in foreigner (25,200).

Next come Venezuelans (21,200), Peruvians (15,800), Italians (9,000), Argentines (7,300), Ukrainians (7,000), Romanians (5,700) and Hondurans (5,600). .

In the third quarter, the number of foreigners increased by 101,568 people, reaching 6,735,487, while the population of Spanish nationality increased by 33,322.

In total, the resident population in Spain increased by 134,890 people. In annual terms, the estimated population growth was 425,801 inhabitants.

From July to September 2024, the population increased in all autonomous communities, although the largest increases occurred in the Valencian Community (0.54%), Madrid (0.46%), Catalonia (0. .39%) and in the Balearic Islands (0.32%). all above the national average (0.28%).

These communities are followed by Cantabria and Murcia (both with 0.26), Navarra and Asturias (0.25), La Rioja (0.24), Galicia (0.20), Castile-La Mancha ( 0.19), the Basque Country (0.18), Ceuta (0.14). , Castile and León, Aragon and Canary Islands (0.13 in all three cases), Andalusia and Melilla (0.6) and Extremadura (0.2%).

Concerning emigration in the third quarter, the most numerous nationalities were Spanish (with 10,100 departures), the Moroccan (with 7,600) and the Colombian (6,600).

They are followed by the Romanians (6,300 departures), the Ukrainians (4,900), the Peruvians (2,600), the Italians (2,500), the Venezuelans (2,300), the United Kingdom (2,300) and China (1,500).