Immigration in Spain
Spain recorded 1,288,562 immigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Spain, 2024
1,288,562
Change from 2023
+3.0%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
1st of 33
Immigration in Spain over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,288,562 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,250,991 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 1,258,894 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 887,960 immigrantsb (break in time series) | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 467,918 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 750,480 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 643,684 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 532,132 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 414,746 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 342,114 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 305,454 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 280,772 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 304,053 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 371,331 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 360,705 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 392,962 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 599,075 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 958,266 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 840,844 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 719,284 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 684,561 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 470,010 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 483,260 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 414,772 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 362,468 immigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +3.0% from 1,250,991 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 305,454 immigrants, the figure has changed by +321.9%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Spain has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Spain
All statistics for Spain
Emigration
662,294 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
252,476 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
96,630 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
141,055p (Provisional) applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
11.8p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division