How many people live in Spain?

World easy Data from 2024

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Answer in people. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

48,800,000 people

Roughly 48.8M.

Spain passed 48 million residents for the first time in 2024, growth driven almost entirely by immigration — the country has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. It also has one of the longest life expectancies, at over 83 years.

Where this number comes from

Source Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
Figure refers to 2024
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Unit people

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