Demographics of Spain

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Dec 2024

As of 2024, the population of Spain is projected at 47.91 million, compared to 47.91 million in 2023. It is the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the 32nd most populous country in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at -0.02 percent, the 177th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 23.52 million males and 24.39 million females in Spain. The percentage of the male population is 49.1%, compared to 50.9% of the female population. Spain has 867k more females than males. The sex ratio in Spain in 2024 will be 96.446 males per 100 females. Spain is in the 76th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Spain population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	13,509,384	14,567,665	28,077,049	0.44	92.735
1955	14,064,070	15,025,707	29,089,776	0.82	93.600
1960	14,768,072	15,636,867	30,404,939	0.80	94.444
1965	15,640,037	16,470,631	32,110,668	1.12	94.957
1970	16,502,809	17,309,914	33,812,723	0.94	95.337
1975	17,532,768	18,263,001	35,795,769	1.05	96.002
1980	18,419,365	19,118,199	37,537,565	0.81	96.345
1985	18,958,881	19,642,440	38,601,321	0.38	96.520
1990	19,174,944	19,910,036	39,084,979	0.12	96.308
1995	19,653,510	20,399,228	40,052,738	0.47	96.344
2000	20,136,658	20,883,117	41,019,774	0.53	96.426
2005	21,711,237	22,247,647	43,958,885	1.61	97.589
2010	23,183,193	23,657,279	46,840,471	0.37	97.996
2015	22,979,318	23,704,368	46,683,686	-0.01	96.941
2020	23,417,243	24,262,247	47,679,489	0.18	96.517
2021	23,442,946	24,292,717	47,735,664	0.06	96.502
2022	23,485,640	24,342,743	47,828,382	0.33	96.479
2023	23,524,424	24,387,156	47,911,579	0.02	96.462
2024	23,521,920	24,388,607	47,910,526	-0.02	96.446
2025	23,506,978	24,382,980	47,889,958	-0.06	96.407

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	61.754	26.475	2.470
1955	66.681	27.669	2.507
1960	69.207	28.374	2.808
1965	70.900	29.208	2.926
1970	72.149	29.144	2.884
1975	73.492	29.039	2.773
1980	75.526	29.751	2.212
1985	76.410	30.875	1.637
1990	77.000	32.507	1.358
1995	78.200	34.319	1.153
2000	79.412	36.336	1.210
2005	80.320	37.759	1.329
2010	82.006	39.182	1.366
2015	82.611	41.619	1.330
2020	82.241	43.497	1.186
2021	82.951	43.916	1.188
2022	82.366	44.392	1.205
2023	83.670	44.903	1.213
2024	83.799	45.394	1.221
2025	83.960	45.850	1.230

Total
Crude

Spain death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	310,446	562,979	11.057	20.051
1955	274,259	598,329	9.428	20.568
1960	268,368	666,956	8.826	21.936
1965	271,051	672,077	8.441	20.930
1970	282,344	661,752	8.350	19.571
1975	295,228	672,100	8.248	18.776
1980	286,119	571,317	7.622	15.220
1985	310,577	458,808	8.046	11.886
1990	330,424	406,392	8.454	10.398
1995	342,168	367,216	8.543	9.168
2000	356,197	399,049	8.684	9.728
2005	382,149	458,937	8.693	10.440
2010	379,015	481,432	8.092	10.278
2015	420,774	417,031	9.013	8.933
2020	495,378	343,355	10.390	7.201
2021	457,182	340,310	9.577	7.129
2022	481,524	339,675	10.068	7.102
2023	447,463	336,821	9.339	7.030
2024	455,404	333,155	9.505	6.954
2025	457,236	330,044	9.548	6.892

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Spain

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	14,573,726	13,496,009	51.920
1955	15,792,936	13,332,418	54.224
1960	17,246,904	13,242,338	56.567
1965	19,756,731	12,484,310	61.278
1970	22,440,001	11,540,275	66.038
1975	25,028,014	10,947,303	69.570
1980	27,511,836	10,284,959	72.789
1985	28,821,455	10,014,429	74.213
1990	29,617,580	9,688,522	75.351
1995	30,259,317	9,631,181	75.856
2000	31,194,106	9,709,605	76.262
2005	34,028,496	10,014,136	77.263
2010	36,702,035	10,086,595	78.442
2015	36,933,458	9,464,206	79.602
2020	37,543,537	8,915,682	80.810
2021	37,650,163	8,799,411	81.056
2022	37,744,345	8,679,610	81.304
2023	37,829,585	8,557,300	81.552
2024	37,911,965	8,434,021	81.802

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Spain population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	888,567	839,595	1,728,161	3.61	105.833
05-09	1,071,838	1,012,481	2,084,318	4.35	105.863
10-14	1,225,065	1,153,331	2,378,396	4.96	106.220
15-19	1,316,066	1,243,489	2,559,555	5.34	105.837
20-24	1,276,321	1,201,588	2,477,909	5.17	106.220
25-29	1,258,816	1,210,005	2,468,822	5.15	104.034
30-34	1,369,373	1,339,074	2,708,448	5.65	102.263
35-39	1,484,749	1,477,466	2,962,215	6.18	100.493
40-44	1,760,112	1,733,645	3,493,758	7.29	101.527
45-49	2,037,995	1,979,245	4,017,240	8.38	102.968
50-54	1,950,906	1,916,580	3,867,486	8.07	101.791
55-59	1,834,153	1,865,181	3,699,334	7.72	98.336
60-64	1,619,063	1,714,928	3,333,990	6.96	94.410
65-69	1,330,300	1,462,264	2,792,564	5.83	90.975
70-74	1,065,905	1,228,966	2,294,870	4.79	86.732
75-79	890,657	1,118,390	2,009,047	4.19	79.637
80-84	594,979	833,259	1,428,237	2.98	71.404
85-89	347,346	595,230	942,576	1.97	58.355
90-94	163,434	352,307	515,740	1.08	46.390
95-99	33,272	99,138	132,410	0.28	33.561
100+	3,003	12,447	15,450	0.03	24.126
Total	23,521,920	24,388,609	47,910,526		96.446