Record number of foreign residents in Spain

The number of immigrants in Spain increased during 2018 to 6.75 million registered residents who were not born in Spain. Some of these residents have both Spanish and other nationality, so that the total number of residents without Spanish nationality came to 5,036,878 on 1 January 2019 (figures 2020 will only be announced later).

14.36% of the residents who are officially registered in the population registers were born abroad. Most immigrants in Spain can be found in the regions along the Mediterranean coast, in Madrid and in the Balearic and Canary Islands (blue color on the map). In other parts of the country, such as parts of Andalusia, Extremadura, Castile and León, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the number of foreigners is much lower.

The largest group of non-Spanish-born residents comes from Morocco with 874,902, followed by Romania with 585,493, Columbia with 440,540, Ecuador with 408,241, Venezuela with 323,827 and Argentina with 268,292 residents. In the South American countries in particular, there are people with two nationalities.

If we look at residents from Europe, the residents from Great Britain are high on the list with 256,386 people followed by France with 206,989, Germany with 167,771 and Italy with 135,020 residents.

According to the website of the INE, on January 1, 2019 there were 49,626 Dutch and 36,980 Belgians officially registered as residents of Spain. The same overview also shows the numbers on 1 July 2019, namely 50,655 Dutch and 38,114 Belgians. More current figures for the second half of 2019 will come later this year.

On the list below the municipalities are listed with the percentages of most foreigners who are officially registered in the municipality. The town of Torre del Burgo (Castilla-La Mancha) stands out with no less than 90.7%, which means that 9 out of 10 inhabitants come from abroad. Other municipalities with high percentages can be found in the provinces of Almería, Alicante and Málaga.

Torre del Burgo (Guadalajara)

Partaloa (almería)

Rojales (Alicante)

Arboleas (Almería)

Llíber (Alicante)

Heras de Ayuso (Guadalajara)

Daya Vieja (Alicante)

Benahavís (Málaga)

San Fulgencio (Alicante)

Benitachell / Poble Well the Benitatxell, el

Bédar (Almería)

Fuente el Olmo de Fuentidueña (Segovia)

Alcalalí (Alicante)

Taragudo (Guadalajara)

Hondón de los Frailes (Alicante)

Teulada (Alicante)

Guissona (Lleida)

Alfàs del Pi, l '(Alicante)

San Miguel de Salinas (Alicante)

Poblets, alder (Alicante)

Algorfa (Alicante)

acknowledgment: Spanjevandaag.com