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Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · ESP

Spain

Europe · Southern Europe

Spain is recorded at 47.91m people in 2024, with total annual change of -10,577 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 724 · ESP

Spain

ESP · ES
SHRINKING
population 47.91m
annual change -10,577
natural change -122,249
fertility 1.22
migrant share 18.5%

Shrinkage · peak 2023 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 8.87m

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Spain in 2024
Births 333,155
Deaths -455,404
Natural change -122,249
Net migration +111,674
Total change -10,577
time anchors

-14,783,048

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Spain
This year -10,577
Since peak -1,053 since 2023
Projected 2100 33.13m
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

18.5%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 47.91m

Spain 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 6.35m, ages 15-64 31.66m, ages 65+ 9.90m.

0-14
6.35m
15-64
31.66m
65+
9.90m
2050 2050 44.93m

Spain 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 5.16m, ages 15-64 23.56m, ages 65+ 16.20m.

0-14
5.16m
15-64
23.56m
65+
16.20m
2100 2100 33.13m

Spain 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.85m, ages 15-64 17.26m, ages 65+ 12.02m.

0-14
3.85m
15-64
17.26m
65+
12.02m
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 2012.

crossover

2015

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

3.12

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2009.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 47.91m -10,577 333.2k 455.4k 1.22
2030 47.61m -83,025 320.8k 471.3k 1.26
2050 44.93m -212,083 317.7k 598.1k 1.36
2080 36.52m -199,654 280.2k 523.8k 1.46
2100 33.13m -177,423 244.7k 450.7k 1.48