Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Spain's population increased by 4.2% compared to 2020, reaching 3,771,839.

Spain accounts for 15.9% of the EU-27 total of 23,778,676.

Spain ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 33.0% (from 2,836,565 in 2016).

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