14% are Moroccans, followed by Colombians and Romanians

6,911,971. This is it Record number for foreigners Which Spain has reached, which raises the population of our country to another historical level: 49,128,297 people As of January 1, 2025.

Spain’s population increased by 508,602 people during 2024, an increase mainly due to foreigners.which has increased in number 409,689 people (+6.3%), Until it reached nearly seven million.

number Persons of Spanish nationality barely increased by 0.2%according to the annual population census of the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

Moroccans, Colombians and Romanians

As for the foreign population, they are the most numerous Moroccans (968,999) by 14% For foreigners living in Spain. And he follows them Colombians (676,534) and Romanians (609,270).

Among the major nationalities, the largest population increases during 2024 were among Colombian citizens (98,057 more), Venezuela (52,555) And Morocco (48306).

On the other hand, More declines They were recorded among these Romania (-11,193), Ukraine (-7,907), and the United Kingdom (-5,940).

In relative terms, among the nationalities with the largest number of foreigners, the largest increases were recorded among citizens of Peru (18.6%), Colombia (17.0%), and Venezuela (16.2%).

For its part, Ukraine (-3.8%), Bulgaria (-2.9%) and the United Kingdom (-2.2%) recorded the largest declines.

The population is decreasing only in Extremadura

By autonomous regions, during the year 2024 The population increased in all except Extremadura. toThe largest increases occurred in Catalonia (111,895 more people), the Valencian Community (105,897 more people) and the Community of Madrid (104,618 more people).

In relative terms, the largest increases occurred in the Valencian Community (2%) and in the Community of Madrid and the Balearic Islands (1.5% in both).

By governorate, the population increased in all but six governorates. Those who grew the most wereIn Castellón, Alicante and Guadalajara (2% in all three); On the other hand, the largest declines were recorded in… Zamora (0.4%), Córdoba and Jaen (0.1% in both).

By cities, Torrevieja (4.9%), Gandia (3.6%) and Benidorm (3.5%) These were the ones that experienced the greatest population growth last year, while the largest declines occurred in Cadiz (-1%), Fuengirola (Malaga) (-0.9%) and Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) (-0.9%).

Increasingly aging population

regarding middle agesThis is located in 44.6 yearsThis is data that confirms the aging trend that began, at least, in the past six decades.

In 1975, the average age of the population was 33; In 1985, 35 years old; in 1995 38; In 2005 40.3 and in 2015 42.5.

Census records 2.52% increase in the population over the age of 64 years In relative terms (from 9,928,368 to 10,178,625), 1.13% of those aged 16 to 64 years (from 31,716,737 to 32,074,770) and Those under 16 years old decrease by 1.43%. (From 6,974,590 to 6,874,902).

The relative weight of the population over 64 years old was 20.7%, which translates into a dependency ratio for over 64 years old (the ratio between the population over 64 years old and those aged 16 to 64 years) of 0.32, as explained by the National Institute of Statistics.