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Spain's population increases by over 500,000 foreigners while only 13.5 thousand Spaniards do so

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According to the National Institute of Statistics' Continuous Population Survey (ECP) report, there were 524,087 more foreign citizens in the country than there were Spaniards, who saw a mere 13,524 increase in population, according to EU Helpers.

According to these statistics, there are currently 6.34 million Spaniards of foreign descent, or 13.1% of the overall population of the nation. With almost 42 million residents, or 86.9% of the whole Spanish population, Spanish citizens continue to make up the majority.

All Spanish provinces and autonomous cities saw growth in the number of residents who are foreign-born during the past year, while A Corua (16.7%), Lugo (15.44%), and Asturias (15.11%) saw the largest increases.

According to the ECP study, the population of foreign-born people increased in 24 of the 32 provinces where the population of Spanish-born people decreased. At the same time, the foreign population played a significant role in the demographic growth, particularly in some provinces like Valencia, where they accounted for 98.1% of the overall rise, followed by Barcelona with 96.84%, Seville with 96.48%, and Lleida with 96%.

The following provinces had the largest proportion of residents who were foreigners as of July 2023:

Alicante has a 22.9% rate.
22.4 percent Almeria
21.8 percent for Girona
On the other hand, Jaén, Córdoba, and Badajoz had the lowest proportions of foreigners in their populations, each accounting for 3.4% of the total population, as well as Badajoz, which had 3.8%.

According to INE data, Spain has seen negative natural growth since 2017, with more deaths than births. Additionally, with 155,629 births in the first half of 2023, a decline of 2.5% from the previous year, the monthly number of births has fallen to its lowest level in the preceding eight years.

With a population average age of 45.1 years in 2022, Spain also became the sixth-oldest country in the European Union. Spain has likewise aged noticeably over the past ten years, with the average age rising by 4.3 years. In the European Union, this aging trend is second only to Portugal, according to the European Office for Statistics, Eurostat.

Furthermore, according to INE's population forecasts, by 2036, migration will result in a net population increase of about 5.6 million in Spain.

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