ES · 1979 · demo_pjan

Population on 1 January by age and sex

Spain, 1979

Population on 1 January by age and sex
18,868,438
Spain, 1979
▲ 0.9% vs 1978 (18,700,859)
Analysis

In 1979, Spain's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.9% compared to 1978, reaching 18,868,438.

Spain ranks 3rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.1% (from 17,957,231 in 1974).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 1979
#3 of 24
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