In the province of Almeria live more than 62,000 immigrants of Moroccowhich already represents a 8.44% of the provincial population. In municipalities like The Ejido They already represent 27.13% of the population, while in Capital of Almeria and in Nijar citizens of Morocco are increasingly widespread, growing in the provincial capital by 20% since 2018year of his arrival Pedro Sanchez At Government.
Furthermore, it should be noted that among more than 62,000 Moroccans who almost live in Almería 8,500 They were already born in Spain, which represents the creation of a second generation of residents Moroccans every time more numerousknowing that Moroccans tend to have many more children than Spaniards. Furthermore, all these data must be understood with a reality: there are thousands of Moroccans who are not registered in the province and who therefore reside as illegal immigrants. There are logically no numbers among them.
Census in the capital
Anyway, the Complete of the Almeria Town Hall approved this Monday, in ordinary session, the population figure from the municipal register which has been located since January 1 of this year in the 203,741 inhabitantsthat is to say almost 2,000 more than the 2023 figurewhich places the capital among the 30 most populated cities in Spain and the sixth in Andalusia after Seville, Malaga, Cordoba, Granada and Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz).
The session, which began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims and those affected by the recent DANAapproved the number of registered residents in Almería, which increases by 1,966 compared to the beginning of last year.
Around 1,200 additional foreigners
There are inscriptions 35,979 people under 18i.e. 231 less than in 2023, which reveals a trend towards aging of the population. However, he grows number of registered foreigners. In 2024, the figure of 24,640 people, compared to 23,522 in 2023 (1,118 more people).
Regarding the number of registered foreignersthe number of community members is 4,531, which is 218 more registrations than last year. Of this total, 2,152 are men and 2,379 are women. In addition, The number of non-EU people registered in the register is 20,109figures also higher than the year 2023. Among these 20,109 people, more than half (11,069) are Moroccan, which constitutes the most widespread non-community nationality in Almería, followed, very far, by Colombian nationality (2 487), Romanian (2,056) and Venezuelan (783).
The registration figures, which will now be communicated to the Provincial Office of the National Institute of Statisticsalso include the number of additions and deletions from the register, which were 10,676 and 8,710 respectively. Changes of address made during the year 2024, recorded in the register, were 9,455. The registrations of registrations, cancellations and changes of address are very similar to those of the previous year, recorded respectively at 10,823, 8,772 and 9,498.
