Spainâs population fell by 106,146 people last year, the first drop after four straight years of growth. Thatâs according to provisional data released on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) and based on local registry statistics.
Of the countryâs 47.3 million registered residents, 88.6% have Spanish citizenship (41.9 million) and 11.4% are foreign nationals (5.4 million). Demographers consulted by this newspaper said that factors such as deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and decreased migration flows due to border closures have played a role in this dip in Spainâs registered population. A fall in the birth rate has also influenced the overall decline to a certain degree.