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The Arrival of More than 90,000 Migrants in a Quarter Brings a New Population Record: We Are Already 49.6 Million Inhabitants in Spain

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The population resident in Spain continues to increase by 2026 and it did so by 97,021 people during the first quarter. This supposes that we have reached a new historical record of population, with 49,687,120 inhabitants to 1 April 2026, according to the Continuous Population Statistics published this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). This population growth was due to the increase of those born abroad, since the number of …

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The population increased in all the autonomous communities, except in the Canary Islands and the autonomous city of Melilla.

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The population resident in Spain continues to increase by 2026 and it did so by 97,021 people during the first quarter. This supposes that we have reached a new historical record of population, with 49,687,120 inhabitants to 1 April 2026, according to the Continuous Population Statistics published this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). This population growth was due to the increase of those born abroad, since the number of …

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Spain again beats its demographic record: the population reached 49,687,120 inhabitants in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 49,227,658 registered on April 1, 2025.The increase compared to the previous quarter is 97,021 people, driven mainly by the growth of residents born abroad, which total 123,076 more and mark a maximum of 10,154,722.These data, disseminated this Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in its Continuous P…

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The population of Spain has recorded a new historical record up to 49,687,120 inhabitants in the...

·Spain
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The population resident in Spain reached 49,687,120 inhabitants as of April 1, 2026, after registering an increase of 97,021 people during the first quarter of the year. According to the Continuous Population Statistics of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), this growth was based exclusively on the increase of people born in [...] The entry Venezuelan migration boosts the growth of the population in Spain during the beginning of 2026 was…

As of April 1, there were 49.6 million residents, of whom 39 million were born in Spain, 31,822 less than in the previous quarter.

·Bogotá, Colombia
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europapress.es broke the news in Spain on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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