Thursday, October 14, 2004

Population in Spain reaches an all-time high

According to figures released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) yesterday, Spain’s population has risen to over 43 million.

The Spanish population has never been so high, and yesterday INE’s Chairwoman said that population had reached historic heights thanks to the over 3 million foreign residents (7% overall population) who have chosen Spain as their home. And that doesn’t include the thousands of illegal immigrants who live and work in this country but are not registered with the local authorities. Or the European homeowners who do not register with the authorities because they use their Spanish property as a second home and haven’t got round to registering with the local authorities or with their nearest consulate. According to a demografic expert consulted by El Pais, the real percentage of foreign residents in Spain is probably 8% overall population.

This year the average number of new regisgrations of foreign residents stands at about 39,500. Most of these newly registered residents are immigrants. Registering gives new residents the right to state education and health services, and is you need to be registered in order to apply for residence and work permits.

In 1998, the number of foreign residents registered in Spain was 637,085. It is five times that now.

12 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I think we are still far from the biggest countries in Europe . I also would like to know the position we are in Europe regarding population.

6:21 PM  
Anonymous said...

I'm interested to learn the correct figure of Britons living in Spain verses North Americans. Where can I find this information?

Thanks

5:55 PM  
Anonymous said...

I am a junior high student researching on Spain. Can anyone please tell me where I might find a numerical figure for the population of Spain in late 2004? Thanks

4:29 AM  
Anonymous said...

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5:32 AM  
Anonymous said...

Immigrants form other part of europe coming to Spain for permanent residents as settlers-are there background check before residence is approved?

8:45 PM  
Anonymous said...

i am a junior high student and i'm researching on the population of Spain can you please find out how much % of the population are immagrants.

11:20 PM  
Anonymous said...

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11:21 PM  
Anonymous said...

what is the population of children,women, and men im spain can some 1 pleaseeeeeeee help me
thanks

11:22 PM  
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5:59 PM  
The thinkin' man said...

does anyone know where i can find statistics on the number of foreigners as a share of the total spanish population from 1990 to 2005

2:26 PM  

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