Foreign-born population share in Spain

Foreign-born population share in Spain was 19.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat. That is up 1.1 pts from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

202519.3%

Change on 2024+1.1 pts

Rank9th of 26EU countries ranked

Series high19.32025

Series low5.72002

Foreign-born population share in Spain, 2002 to 2025

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

All 24 values

Period	%
2025	19.3
2024	18.2
2023	17.1
2022	15.7
2021	15.3
2020	14.8
2019	14
2018	13.3
2017	12.9
2016	12.7
2015	12.7
2014	12.8
2013	13.2
2012	13.4
2011	13.5
2010	13.5
2009	13.5
2008	12.9
2007	11.6
2006	10.5
2005	9.5
2004	8.3
2003	7.1
2002	5.7

Rankings

EU countries by foreign-born share of the population 27 places
US states by foreign-born share of the population 51 places

Definition

People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat).

Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born. In the United States people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native; in the EU everyone born outside the reporting country counts as foreign born, including people born in another EU country or abroad to national parents. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU.

How it is calculated

Foreign-born population divided by total population for the same place and year, times 100. United States: Census Bureau American Community Survey table B05002 (foreign born over total population). EU countries: Invokely calculation FOR / TOTAL * 100 from Eurostat migr_pop4ctb (country of birth, all ages, both sexes, 1 January); the total includes residents whose country of birth is unknown.

Inputs

Foreign-born population (2025): 9,464,210, Eurostat
Total population in country of birth statistics (2025): 49,128,297, Eurostat

How to cite

Invokely calculation from Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#foreign_born_share. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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