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Population in Spain

Spain: Population was 47.91 million people in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
47.91 million people
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
32nd
of 238 countries
All-time high
47.91 million people
in 2023
All-time low
4.00 million people
in 1000
Years of data
241
1000–2023

Population in Spain, 1000–2023

010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M100015112023

Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population in Spain is 47.91 million people, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 241 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population in Spain peaked at 47.91 million people in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.00 million people, in 1000.

Spain ranks 32nd of 238 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 241 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1000s 4.00 million people 4.00 million people 4.00 million people 1
1100s 4.50 million people 4.50 million people 4.50 million people 1
1200s 5.50 million people 5.50 million people 5.50 million people 1
1300s 7.50 million people 7.50 million people 7.50 million people 1
1400s 5.50 million people 5.50 million people 5.50 million people 1
1500s 6.50 million people 6.50 million people 6.50 million people 1
1600s 8.50 million people 8.50 million people 8.50 million people 1
1700s 8.00 million people 8.00 million people 8.00 million people 1
1710s 9.03 million people 9.03 million people 9.03 million people 1
1720s 9.28 million people 9.28 million people 9.28 million people 1
1730s 9.54 million people 9.54 million people 9.54 million people 1
1740s 9.80 million people 9.80 million people 9.80 million people 1
1750s 10.07 million people 10.07 million people 10.07 million people 1
1760s 10.35 million people 10.35 million people 10.35 million people 1
1770s 10.64 million people 10.64 million people 10.64 million people 1
1780s 10.94 million people 10.94 million people 10.94 million people 1
1790s 11.24 million people 11.24 million people 11.24 million people 1
1800s 11.65 million people 11.50 million people 11.81 million people 10
1810s 12.01 million people 11.85 million people 12.18 million people 10
1820s 12.58 million people 12.23 million people 12.96 million people 10
1830s 13.44 million people 13.04 million people 13.85 million people 10
1840s 14.36 million people 13.94 million people 14.79 million people 10
1850s 15.23 million people 14.88 million people 15.56 million people 10
1860s 15.89 million people 15.63 million people 16.15 million people 10
1870s 16.50 million people 16.21 million people 16.80 million people 10
1880s 17.26 million people 16.87 million people 17.66 million people 10
1890s 18.12 million people 17.75 million people 18.49 million people 10
1900s 19.14 million people 18.59 million people 19.73 million people 10
1910s 20.47 million people 19.86 million people 21.11 million people 10
1920s 22.22 million people 21.28 million people 23.21 million people 10
1930s 24.47 million people 23.44 million people 25.51 million people 10
1940s 26.78 million people 25.75 million people 27.83 million people 10
1950s 29.02 million people 28.08 million people 30.14 million people 10
1960s 31.93 million people 30.40 million people 33.50 million people 10
1970s 35.55 million people 33.81 million people 37.23 million people 10
1980s 38.43 million people 37.54 million people 39.03 million people 10
1990s 39.94 million people 39.09 million people 40.81 million people 10
2000s 43.68 million people 41.02 million people 46.64 million people 10
2010s 46.93 million people 46.68 million people 47.44 million people 10
2020s 47.79 million people 47.68 million people 47.91 million people 4

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 29 South Korea 51.75 million people compare
  2. 30 Sudan 50.04 million people compare
  3. 31 Uganda 48.66 million people compare
  4. 33 Algeria 46.16 million people compare
  5. 34 Argentina 45.54 million people compare
  6. 35 Iraq 45.07 million people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population in Spain?
Population in Spain was 47.91 million people in 2023, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest population recorded in Spain?
The highest recorded value was 47.91 million people in 2023.
What is the lowest population recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 4.00 million people in 1000.
How does Spain rank for population?
Spain ranks 32nd out of 238 countries with data for 2023.
Is population rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain data come from?
The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.