IMMIGRATION
NUMBERS
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SPAIN

Foreign-born population

People born outside the reporting country, based on current borders.

9.46M1 Jan 2025

Foreign-born population

Spain · observed years only

Data 2014–2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

Eurostat

Published 10 Aug 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

Source period: 2014-01-012025-01-01

Release schedule: Annual; revisions checked weekly.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

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PeriodPopulation / groupValueSource flags
1 Jan 2014ES5,952,770
1 Jan 2015ES5,883,891
1 Jan 2016ES5,913,165
1 Jan 2017ES6,014,708
1 Jan 2018ES6,207,509
1 Jan 2019ES6,549,309
1 Jan 2020ES7,014,753
1 Jan 2021ES7,254,797
1 Jan 2022ES7,468,144
1 Jan 2023ES8,204,206
1 Jan 2024ES8,838,234
1 Jan 2025ES9,464,210

What this measures

Usually resident population of the selected country

Calculation

Published official count; no calculation.

Limitations

Birthplace follows current national borders. It includes citizens born abroad. France’s national “immigrant” definition (foreign-born and foreign at birth) is narrower. Germany’s migration-background category is broader. Unknown birthplace is kept separate. Country methods, estimation and census breaks affect comparisons. Original Eurostat status flags are preserved for each observation: b = break, e = estimate, p = provisional, d = differing definition. No interpolation. Release update date is used as the publication date.

Birthplace, citizenship, migration flows, permits and asylum applicants measure different populations. A b flag breaks the time series; growth is suppressed across breaks. All ages use the source age definition; duplicate all-age definitions must agree.

Data 2014–2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026

Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.

Eurostat

Published 10 Aug 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

Source period: 2014-01-012025-01-01

Release schedule: Annual; revisions checked weekly.

Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.

How updates are checked →
Eurostat

Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth (migr_pop3ctb)

Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-17