A new report from Spain's immigration watchdog has shown that the country is nearing the 8 million residency card threshold, with new data revealing interesting trends among British and American residents.
European Union countries issued a total of 3.9 million new residence permits to non-EU citizens in 2025, a 10 percent increase compared to 2024, and the “highest level” since records began, according to new data. But which countries issue the most?
Spain’s population reached a record 49.8 million in the second quarter of 2026, the country’s official stats body announced on Thursday, with more than 100,000 new residents added to the census in just three months.
A recent survey by the Pew Research Centre delved into what people feel proudest about in their country, with Europeans pointing to history, food and culture among the main reasons.
New migration data has shown that the number of foreigners living in Spain with residency permits has grown again, breaking 7.4 million and increasing year-on-year.
The population of Spain increased by 105,488 people in the third quarter of this year and stood at 49.44 million inhabitants as of October 1st, 2025, according to new data published by Spain’s national stats body.
At a time when immigration is becoming an increasingly polarising subject in Spain, a major fiscal authority has revised its immigration forecasts by as much as 50 percent, while stating that foreigners are boosting economic growth in the country.
Spain was the number one destination in the EU for Americans who moved to Europe in 2024, new data shows, with more first-time residency permits granted by Spain to US nationals than any other year.
UK nationals are the biggest foreign property buyers in Spain at a time when Spanish authorities are considering measures to restrict non-Spaniards from purchasing homes as a way of addressing the housing crisis.
Almost a decade on since the Spanish government opened up citizenship routes for those with Sephardic Jewish ancestry, many tens of thousands have taken advantage of the scheme, especially Latin Americans.
The number of 'arraigo' residence permits given to migrants to regularise their legal status in Spain has shot up by 500 percent in the last decade, official figures show.
With an increase of 458,000 new residents in 2024 and 2.7 million over the last decade, official data now shows that Spain’s population has reached 49 million, almost entirely due to immigration.
There are differing opinions as to whether limiting certain foreigners from buying property in Spain in the midst of a housing crisis is right or wrong - the following data helps to explain the situation in more detail.
Between 2014 and 2023, Spain granted almost 250,000 'special' residence permits to non-EU citizens, from golden visas to digital nomad visas. Here is the newest revealing data that shows how Spain has managed to capture foreign talent and capital.
What jobs do Italians in Spain tend to do? Do all Chinese nationals run their own shops? How about the Brits? Here is a breakdown of the jobs foreigners in Spain tend to fill.
There are numerous towns and villages in Spain where Spaniards are now outnumbered by foreigners, and we're not just talking about Brits on the Costa Blanca.
Over five million households are now occupied by people living alone in Spain, a record high that reveals underlying demographic trends in a country renowned for being social and family-orientated.
As further proof that Barcelona is Spain's most international city, new data reveals that 44 percent of people in their twenties and thirties in the Catalan capital are not Spanish nationals.
Spain is still viewed by some as a traditionally Catholic country where you get married before having children, but new figures show that more babies are now born to unmarried mothers than married ones for the first time on record.
