Population — EU-foreign citizens

In 2021, Spain's population increased by 0.5% compared to 2020, reaching 1,627,751.

Spain accounts for 12.2% of the EU-27 total of 13,376,304.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.9% (from 1,581,246 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.