Spain Touches the 50 Million Inhabitants, Having Incorporated Almost Half a Million People in 2026
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There are 49.94 million people living in the country, according to INE data as of October 1, there are 130,000 more than at the end of the second quarter.
The main nationalities of immigrants were Colombian, Spanish and Venezuelan.
The increase in persons born outside Spain represents 98.8 % of the total increase
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Spain already touches the 50 million people, after incorporating almost half a million inhabitants in the last year. Specifically, the Continuous Population Statistics published this Thursday by the INE indicates that on October 1, 2026 49,935,642 people lived in the country, the maximum of the historical series, since the Spanish population has increased by 130,223 inhabitants in the third quarter of the year and by 435,551 people in annual ter…
Ninety-nine per cent of the growth recorded in the third quarter is due to the increase in the foreign-born population, which already exceeds 10.4 million
Population growth is slowing down, but is still increasing at rates of more than 435,000 people per year.
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