As recorded by the source, Moroccans ranked as the foreign nationality with more residents in Spain in 2023, closely followed by Romanians. After years of losing its foreign population, Spain’s immigration figures started to pick up in 2015, with the number of people that moved to the Mediterranean country surpassing the number of foreigners that decided to leave.

A matter of balance The net migration rate of Spain changed its course mainly due to the great inflow of foreigners that move to reside in the Mediterranean country. Spain’s immigration flow slowed down after the 2008 financial crisis, albeit the number of foreigners that opted to change their residence saw a significant growth in the last years. In 2022, Colombians ranked first as the foreign nationality that most relocated to Spain, distantly followed by Moroccans and Ukranians.

Spain does not have the highest number of immigrants in Europe In recent years, the European Union confronted a rising number of refugees arriving from the Middle East. Migration figures show that Germany accommodated approximately 15 million foreign-born citizens, ranking it as the country that most hosted immigrants in Europe in 2022. By comparison, Spain’s foreign population stood slightly over seven million, positioning the Western Mediterranean country third on the European list of foreign-born population. Unfortunately, thousands of persons have died ore gone missing trying to reach Spanish territory, as more and more irregular migrants opt to use dangerous maritime routes to arrive at Southern Europe from Africa's coasts.

Colombia ranked as the country of origin of the largest immigration group arriving into Spain in 2023, as revealed by the latest data. Over 170,000 people migrated from the South American country to Spain that year. The second largest group was comprised by Moroccans with around 122,000 newcomers. A matter of balance The net migration rate of Spain changed its course mainly due to the great inflow of foreigners that move to reside in the Mediterranean country. Spain’s immigration flow slowed down after the 2008 financial crisis, albeit the number of foreigners that opted to change their residence saw a significant growth in the last years. In 2023, Moroccans ranked first as the foreign nationality residing Spain, followed by people from Romania and the Colombians. Spain does not have the highest number of immigrants in Europe In recent years, the European Union confronted a rising number of refugees arriving from the Middle East and Africa. Migration figures show that Germany accommodated approximately 15 million foreign-born citizens, ranking it as the country that most hosted immigrants in Europe in 2023. By comparison, Spain’s foreign population stood over eight million, positioning the Western Mediterranean country third on the European list of foreign-born population. Unfortunately, thousands of persons have died or gone missing trying to reach Spanish territory, as more and more irregular migrants opt to use dangerous maritime routes to arrive at Southern Europe from Africa's coasts.

Migration Statistic: Immigration flow from abroad by year, country of origin and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. National.

Population of Barcelona aggregated by group of nationality (Spain, part of EU or other) and sex according to the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on January 1 of each year

As of July 2024, out of the 48.80 million residents of Spain, approximately 6.6 million individuals were foreign residents. Spanish-born residents accounted for 42 million in 2024, a figure that has been declining since 2020, in contrast to the foreign-born population, which has been gradually increasing.

Basic Demographic Indicators: Percentage of births by nationality (Spanish/Foreign) of the mother, by order of birth. Annual. National.

In 2023, the number of Moroccan immigrants with Spanish citizenship who arrived in the Mediterranean country was approximately 54,027, making this national group the most numerous. Venezuela and Colombia ranked second and third, with 30,000 and 18,000 Spanish nationals respectively.

Table of INEBase Population by sex, municipalities, nationality (Spanish/foreigner) and age (large groups). Annual. Continuous Register Statistics

Number of immigrants in Barcelona by year and nationality group by the Municipal Register of Inhabitants

Estadística de Migraciones y Cambios de Residencia: Immigration from abroad by province capital, year, country of birth (Spain/foreign) and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. Municipalities.

Table of INEBase Population by gender and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. Municipalities. Censo de Población

Continuous Population Statistics: Resident population by date, sex, age group and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Quarterly. Autonomous Communities and Cities.

As of January 2024, the Spanish-born population accounted for more than 42 million out of the national total. Foreign-born residents grew during the analyzed period of time, with over 6.5 million in 2023, while between 2014 and 2018 they amounted to less than five million. The population in Spain has also been analyzed by autonomous community, with Andalusia topping the list of the most populated regions.

ethnic groups in Spain. name, image, country of origin, continent of origin, Language, Religion, religion, population

This section presents statistical information on the educational variables that are collected in the Labour Force Survey of the National Institute of Statistics, as well as in the Community Labour Force Survey (Eurostat). The indicators of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (2021-2030) that derive from these sources are highlighted. The information is presented disaggregated by autonomous community and by country of the European Union, according to the source used, and with temporary developments since 2002.Line break The results are obtained as annual averages of quarterly data, so the information is updated annually, as the four quarters of the EPA are available, as well as the results derived from the Community survey of Eurostat. From the 2014 results of the EPA, the new National Classification of Education, CNED-2014, based on the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED-2011, applied in the LFS, is applied; and from 2016, the update of the sectors/fields of study of both classifications (CNED-F and ISCED-F) is applied. These changes in the rankings represent a series break for some of the tables, as indicated in the accompanying notes.

In 2023, the Spanish net income was ****** euros, while non-EU citizens in Spain had a net income of ***** euros. In all years analyzed, citizens from non-EU countries earned less than the EU citizens in Spain.

Indonesia Visitors Arrivals by Nationality: Europe: Spain data was reported at 85,560.000 Person in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 81,690.000 Person for 2017. Indonesia Visitors Arrivals by Nationality: Europe: Spain data is updated yearly, averaging 30,579.000 Person from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2018, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85,560.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 16,877.000 Person in 1995. Indonesia Visitors Arrivals by Nationality: Europe: Spain data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Indonesia – Table ID.QA011: Visitors Arrivals: by Nationality.

Spain has a long history of Islamic tradition under its belt. From cuisine to architecture, the southern European country has been linked to the North of Africa through many common elements. At the end of 2023, there were approximately 2.41 million Muslims in Spain, most of them of Spanish and Moroccan nationality, with upwards of eight hundred thousand believers in both cases. With a Muslim population of more than 660,000 people, Catalonia was home to the largest Muslim community in Spain as of the same date.

The not so Catholic Spain

Believers of a religion other than Catholicism accounted for approximately 3 percent of the Spanish population, according to the most recent data. Although traditionally a Catholic country, Spain saw a decline in the number of believers over the past years. Compared to previous years, when the share of believers accounted for slightly over 70 percent of the Spanish population, the Catholic community lost ground, while still being the major religion for the foreseable future.

A Catholic majority, a practicing minority

Going to mass is no longer a thing in Spain, or so it would seem when looking at the latest statistics about the matter: 50 percent of those who consider themselves Catholics almost never attend any religious service in 2024. The numbers increased until 2019, from 55.5 percent of the population never attending religious services in 2011 to 63.1 percent in 2019. The share of population that stated to be practicing believers and go to mass every Sunday and on the most important holidays accounted for only 15.5 percent.

Censo de Población: Population by year of arrival in Spain, year of arrival in the Autonomous Community, sex, age (big groups) and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. Autonomous Communities and Cities.

Analysis of ‘Immigration flow from abroad by year, nationality and country of birth (Spain/abroad). EM (API identifier: 24293)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/urn-ine-es-tabla-t3-116-24293 on 08 January 2022.

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Table of INEBase Immigration flow from abroad by year, nationality and country of birth (Spain/abroad). Annual. Migration Statistic

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