Population growth in Spain

The population of Spain changed by 1.03% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Spain, 2025 1.03% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.01percentage points 2024: 1.02%
European Union, 2025 0.20% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 0.25% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 100th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Spain over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period SpainEuropean Union
2025 1.03% 0.20%
2024 1.02% 0.30%
2023 1.18% 0.38%
2022 0.72% 0.22%
2021 0.18% -0.14%
2020 0.51% -0.01%
2019 0.72% 0.19%
2018 0.45% 0.17%
2017 0.24% 0.14%
2016 0.08% 0.20%
2015 -0.08% 0.20%
2014 -0.31% 0.11%
2013 -0.36% 0.08%
2012 0.06% 0.15%
2011 0.36% -0.15%
2010 0.46% 0.16%
2009 0.89% 0.25%
2008 1.60% 0.34%
2007 1.85% 0.35%
2006 1.69% 0.34%
2005 1.69% 0.37%
2004 1.73% 0.39%
2003 1.81% 0.37%
2002 1.41% 0.24%
2001 0.69% 0.13%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.01 percentage points from 1.02% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.08%, the figure has changed by +1.11 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 100th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 0.20%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Spain
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects