Population of Spain

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Spain is 46,696,263 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Spain is projected at 46,745,216 or 46.745 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Spain is projected at 46,754,778 or 46.755 million people for the year 2020. Spain ranks number 31st in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Spain is ranked 6th among 48 countries in Europe.

Spain's population peaked in 2011 with 47.08 mn people after Spain's population decreased year by year. The Spain population is projected to reach 46.23 million in 2030 and decrease further to 43.64 million in 2050 and 33,21 million by 2100. Spain accounts for 0.59 percent of the world population. However, its global share declined by 0.68% in 2009 and is projected to decline at 0.31% by 2100.

Spain was at 16th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 63rd in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Spain population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	28,069,735	-	-	1.11
1951	28,219,620	149,885	0.53	1.09
1952	28,399,030	179,410	0.64	1.08
1953	28,600,358	201,328	0.71	1.07
1954	28,818,010	217,652	0.76	1.06
1955	29,048,395	230,385	0.80	1.05
1956	29,290,079	241,684	0.83	1.04
1957	29,543,624	253,545	0.87	1.03
1958	29,811,316	267,692	0.91	1.02
1959	30,096,581	285,265	0.96	1.01
1960	30,402,411	305,830	1.02	1.00
1961	30,729,652	327,241	1.08	0.99
1962	31,075,477	345,825	1.13	0.99
1963	31,432,771	357,294	1.15	0.98
1964	31,791,941	359,170	1.14	0.97
1965	32,146,263	354,322	1.11	0.96
1966	32,491,644	345,381	1.07	0.95
1967	32,830,187	338,543	1.04	0.94
1968	33,168,775	338,588	1.03	0.93
1969	33,517,683	348,908	1.05	0.92
1970	33,883,749	366,066	1.09	0.92
1971	34,267,466	383,717	1.13	0.91
1972	34,664,234	396,768	1.16	0.90
1973	35,069,431	405,197	1.17	0.89
1974	35,476,423	406,992	1.16	0.89
1975	35,879,209	402,786	1.14	0.88
1976	36,276,752	397,543	1.11	0.87
1977	36,666,767	390,015	1.08	0.87
1978	37,040,396	373,629	1.02	0.86
1979	37,386,810	346,414	0.94	0.85
1980	37,698,196	311,386	0.83	0.85
1981	37,971,972	273,776	0.73	0.84
1982	38,209,693	237,721	0.63	0.83
1983	38,413,317	203,624	0.53	0.82
1984	38,586,708	173,391	0.45	0.81
1985	38,733,876	147,168	0.38	0.80
1986	38,855,626	121,750	0.31	0.78
1987	38,954,497	98,871	0.25	0.77
1988	39,038,692	84,195	0.22	0.76
1989	39,118,561	79,869	0.20	0.75
1990	39,202,525	83,964	0.21	0.74
1991	39,299,081	96,556	0.25	0.73
1992	39,410,857	111,776	0.28	0.72
1993	39,533,725	122,868	0.31	0.71
1994	39,660,069	126,344	0.32	0.70
1995	39,787,419	127,350	0.32	0.69
1996	39,908,959	121,540	0.31	0.69
1997	40,035,293	126,334	0.32	0.68
1998	40,201,560	166,267	0.42	0.67
1999	40,454,470	252,910	0.63	0.67
2000	40,824,754	370,284	0.92	0.66
2001	41,319,427	494,673	1.21	0.66
2002	41,919,585	600,158	1.45	0.67
2003	42,596,453	676,868	1.61	0.67
2004	43,308,345	711,892	1.67	0.67
2005	44,019,123	710,778	1.64	0.67
2006	44,728,565	709,442	1.61	0.68
2007	45,429,076	700,511	1.57	0.68
2008	46,068,811	639,735	1.41	0.68
2009	46,583,565	514,754	1.12	0.68
2010	46,931,015	347,450	0.75	0.67
2011	47,084,240	153,225	0.33	0.67
2012	47,063,060	-21,180	-0.04	0.66
2013	46,930,555	-132,505	-0.28	0.65
2014	46,777,925	-152,630	-0.33	0.64
2015	46,671,926	-105,999	-0.23	0.63
2016	46,634,140	-37,786	-0.08	0.62
2017	46,647,428	13,288	0.03	0.62
2018	46,692,858	45,430	0.10	0.61
2019	46,736,776	43,918	0.09	0.61

Spain population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	46,754,778	18,002	0.04	0.60
2021	46,745,216	-9,562	-0.02	0.59
2022	46,719,142	-26,074	-0.06	0.59
2023	46,679,287	-39,855	-0.09	0.58
2024	46,630,675	-48,612	-0.10	0.58
2025	46,577,094	-53,581	-0.11	0.57
2026	46,518,646	-58,448	-0.13	0.56
2027	46,453,975	-64,671	-0.14	0.56
2028	46,383,828	-70,147	-0.15	0.55
2029	46,309,024	-74,804	-0.16	0.55
2030	46,230,140	-78,884	-0.17	0.54
2031	46,147,591	-82,549	-0.18	0.54
2032	46,061,483	-86,108	-0.19	0.53
2033	45,971,722	-89,761	-0.19	0.53
2034	45,878,034	-93,688	-0.20	0.52
2035	45,780,170	-97,864	-0.21	0.52
2036	45,677,994	-102,176	-0.22	0.51
2037	45,571,461	-106,533	-0.23	0.51
2038	45,460,500	-110,961	-0.24	0.50
2039	45,345,045	-115,455	-0.25	0.50
2040	45,224,891	-120,154	-0.26	0.49
2041	45,099,804	-125,087	-0.28	0.49
2042	44,969,301	-130,503	-0.29	0.48
2043	44,832,561	-136,740	-0.30	0.48
2044	44,688,624	-143,937	-0.32	0.47
2045	44,536,596	-152,028	-0.34	0.47
2046	44,376,201	-160,395	-0.36	0.47
2047	44,207,090	-169,111	-0.38	0.46
2048	44,028,287	-178,803	-0.40	0.46
2049	43,838,653	-189,634	-0.43	0.45
2050	43,637,410	-201,243	-0.46	0.45
2051	43,424,353	-213,057	-0.49	0.44
2052	43,199,720	-224,633	-0.52	0.44
2053	42,963,770	-235,950	-0.55	0.44
2054	42,716,998	-246,772	-0.57	0.43
2055	42,459,988	-257,010	-0.60	0.43
2056	42,193,149	-266,839	-0.63	0.42
2057	41,917,101	-276,048	-0.65	0.42
2058	41,632,979	-284,122	-0.68	0.41
2059	41,342,163	-290,816	-0.70	0.41
2060	41,045,955	-296,208	-0.72	0.40
2061	40,745,361	-300,594	-0.73	0.40
2062	40,441,298	-304,063	-0.75	0.40
2063	40,134,921	-306,377	-0.76	0.39
2064	39,827,445	-307,476	-0.77	0.39
2065	39,520,064	-307,381	-0.77	0.38
2066	39,213,815	-306,249	-0.77	0.38
2067	38,909,844	-303,971	-0.78	0.37
2068	38,609,691	-300,153	-0.77	0.37
2069	38,314,997	-294,694	-0.76	0.37
2070	38,027,228	-287,769	-0.75	0.36
2071	37,747,235	-279,993	-0.74	0.36
2072	37,475,802	-271,433	-0.72	0.36
2073	37,214,189	-261,613	-0.70	0.35
2074	36,963,726	-250,463	-0.67	0.35
2075	36,725,383	-238,343	-0.64	0.35
2076	36,499,585	-225,798	-0.61	0.34
2077	36,286,369	-213,216	-0.58	0.34
2078	36,085,642	-200,727	-0.55	0.34
2079	35,897,096	-188,546	-0.52	0.34
2080	35,720,268	-176,828	-0.49	0.33
2081	35,554,970	-165,298	-0.46	0.33
2082	35,400,599	-154,371	-0.43	0.33
2083	35,255,680	-144,919	-0.41	0.33
2084	35,118,333	-137,347	-0.39	0.33
2085	34,986,921	-131,412	-0.37	0.33
2086	34,860,671	-126,250	-0.36	0.32
2087	34,738,963	-121,708	-0.35	0.32
2088	34,620,602	-118,361	-0.34	0.32
2089	34,504,336	-116,266	-0.34	0.32
2090	34,389,124	-115,212	-0.33	0.32
2091	34,274,238	-114,886	-0.33	0.32
2092	34,159,181	-115,057	-0.34	0.32
2093	34,043,704	-115,477	-0.34	0.31
2094	33,927,622	-116,082	-0.34	0.31
2095	33,810,791	-116,831	-0.34	0.31
2096	33,693,083	-117,708	-0.35	0.31
2097	33,574,323	-118,760	-0.35	0.31
2098	33,454,327	-119,996	-0.36	0.31
2099	33,332,912	-121,415	-0.36	0.31
2100	33,209,863	-123,049	-0.37	0.31