Brit Expat numbers grow by 11'500 last year

The total population of Spain grew by 0.4% last year – taking it to 47 million, of which 5.7 million are foreign by birth. The exact number of the population in Spain now stands at 46,951,532.

The current figures from the INE, the National Statistics Institute, report that 12.2% of Spanish residents are now immigrants. There are 5.7 million immigrants registered at their local town halls, of whom 2.3 million are from other EU countries.

The top ten nationalities, with the increase on 2009 is shown below:

1.) Rumania 829,715 +30,823

2.) Morocco 746,760 +28,705

3.) Ecuador 395,069 -26,357

4.) United Kingdom 387,226 +11,523

5.) Colombia 289,296 -7,378

6.) Bolivia 210,624 -20,079

7.) Germany 195,579 +4,577

8.) Italy 183,999 +8,683

9.) Bulgaria 169,195 +4,478

10.) China 156,607 +9,128