Barcelona’s Growth Slows Down and Relies on Immigration in the Face of a Tiny Birth Rate and the Flight of Young People

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Barcelona has been experiencing a demographic revolution in recent years, as the different statistics and municipal studies regularly testify. The latest finding is the reading of the register on January 1, 2026, a data recently officialized by the city council and disseminated on Saturday. The Catalan capital breaks the trend of post-pandemia growth and stabilizes its population, which is today more international than ever, more aged, more form…

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According to data from the municipal registry, the low birth rate and the progressive aging of the population mark the demographic structure of the Catalan capital, which is offset by a positive migration balance.