Population in Spain

The population of Spain was 49,355,143 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Spain, 2025 49,355,143 People
Change from 2024 +1.0% 2024: 48,848,840 people
European Union, 2025 451,127,411 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 32nd of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Spain over time

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

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period SpainEuropean Union
2025 49,355,143 people 451,127,411 people
2024 48,848,840 people 450,228,188 people
2023 48,352,528 people 448,897,545 people
2022 47,786,102 people 447,203,596 people
2021 47,443,821 people 446,228,281 people
2020 47,359,424 people 446,870,959 people
2019 47,118,501 people 446,910,453 people
2018 46,782,011 people 446,058,453 people
2017 46,571,232 people 445,321,060 people
2016 46,458,139 people 444,676,652 people
2015 46,422,303 people 443,793,218 people
2014 46,460,733 people 442,920,819 people
2013 46,604,197 people 442,425,741 people
2012 46,773,055 people 442,069,839 people
2011 46,742,697 people 441,414,078 people
2010 46,576,897 people 442,088,310 people
2009 46,362,946 people 441,388,573 people
2008 45,954,106 people 440,270,719 people
2007 45,226,803 people 438,796,003 people
2006 44,397,319 people 437,263,803 people
2005 43,653,155 people 435,789,139 people
2004 42,921,895 people 434,193,248 people
2003 42,187,645 people 432,512,916 people
2002 41,431,558 people 430,924,112 people
2001 40,850,412 people 429,909,307 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0% from 48,848,840 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 46,422,303 people, the figure has changed by +6.3%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 32nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.

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.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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