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Spain Sets Population Record at 49.44 Million on October 1

INE’s provisional series credits the latest quarterly rise to growth among foreign-born residents, with the native-born total declining.

Overview

  • The resident count rose by 105,488 in Q3 2025 as foreign-born residents increased by 115,389 and those born in Spain fell by 9,901.
  • All autonomous communities expanded during the quarter, led by Comunitat Valenciana (0.40%), Aragón (0.36%) and Castilla-La Mancha (0.34%), with Catalunya and Navarra at 0.32%.
  • Despite broad gains, Córdoba recorded a year-on-year loss of 2,881 residents to 770,879, standing out as one of the few provinces with annual decline.
  • Population structure is shifting: in Catalunya, 46.9% of residents aged 25–39 were born abroad, under‑15s fell below 13% of the total, and those 65+ reached 19.9%.
  • Galicia reached 2,726,314 residents, with 187,767 foreign nationals (6.9%), while Spain overall counts 42.31 million with Spanish nationality and 7.13 million foreign; Q3 inflows were led by Colombians, returning Spaniards, Moroccans and Venezuelans.