New migration knowledge has proven that the variety of foreigners dwelling in Spain with residency permits has grown once more, breaking 7.4 million and rising year-on-year.
The variety of foreigners legally resident in Spain has topped 7.4 million, new migration knowledge has revealed.
A complete of seven,426,481 international nationals now have residence permits in Spain, 4.5 % greater than a 12 months in the past. Of these, 54 % are European residents.
The figures, which come from Spain’s Permanent Immigration Observatory (OPI), had been launched on Tuesday in a press release by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
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Of the entire variety of migrants with a residence allow in Spain, 54 % maintain a certificates of registration as a citizen of the European Union (EU) or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or a Foreigners’ Identity Card (TIE) below the Withdrawal Agreement for UK nationals after Brexit, 1.5 % (60,011 folks) greater than in September 2024.
The most consultant nationalities on this group are Romanian, Italian and British, which collectively account for greater than half (51 %) of individuals with legitimate residence permits from the EU/EFTA and U.Okay.
Authorisations for non-European foreigners have grown by 47.4 % in 5 years.
On the opposite hand, there are 3,418,133 non-EU migrants with residence permits, which is 8.3 % greater than final 12 months.
Over the final 5 years, this group has skilled cumulative progress of 47.4 %, largely as a result of granting of greater than 236,000 residence permits to Ukrainian nationals following the Russian invasion.
Large numbers of Latin-American migrants have additionally arrived in Spain within the post-pandemic interval.
In phrases of sociodemographic profiles, the international nationals with residency permits or TIE have a median age of 44.
However, there are variations in age and gender relying on the nation. The U.Okay, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands are the international locations with the best common age, at 57, 53, 50 and 49 years, respectively.
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In the case of the non-EU international inhabitants with residence permits, the common age is 37 years and there’s a slight predominance of males (53 %) over ladies (47 %).
The OPI has additionally printed a report on residence permits granted for research functions.
According to the evaluation of the newest accessible knowledge, from September 2025, a complete of 56,327 folks have legitimate residence permits as college students and relations, representing a rise of 8.6 % (4,443 extra folks) in comparison with final 12 months.Â
Students account for 97 % (54,589), whereas solely the remaining 3 % (1,738) correspond to their relations.
The most typical nationalities of scholars are Colombian, with 7,041 folks (14 %), adopted by Peruvian, with 5,514 (10 %), Moroccan, with 4,473 (8 %), and Chinese, with 3,565 folks (6 %).
The rising immigrant inhabitants in Spain comes at a time when migration has develop into a politically polarising concern not solely in Spain however around the globe.Â
Spain’s governing Socialists (PSOE) make the pro-immigration case, arguing it helps financial progress, whereas the Spanish proper, possible the subsequent authorities, has outlined a collection of proposed migration measures ought to it come to energy.Â
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