page_title: Demographics of Spain
section_title: Other demographic statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Spain / Other demographic statistics
caption_attribution_description: Español: Evolucion de la estructura de poblacion por edades de 1950 a 2015
context_page_description: As of 1 January 2020, Spain had a total population of 47,431,256, which represents a 0.9% increase since 2019. The CIA Factbook gives a racial description of "composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types" under "ethnic groups" instead of the usual breakdown of ethnic composition. This reflects the formation of the modern Kingdom of Spain by the accretion of several independent Iberian realms, like León, Castile, Navarre, the Crown of Aragon, and Granada, among others.
  Spain's population peaked in 2019, surpassing for the first time in history 47 million inhabitants. As of January 2020, there were already 47,431,256 people living in Spain. Its population density, at 91.4 inhabitants per square kilometre, is lower than that of most Western European countries. With the exception of the capital Madrid, the most densely populated areas lie around the coast.
  The population of Spain doubled during the twentieth century, but the pattern of growth was extremely uneven due to large-scale internal migration from the rural interior to the industrial cities, a phenomenon which happened later than in other Western European countries.
context_section_description: The following demographic statistics are from the World Population Review in 2019.
  One birth every minute
  One death every minute
  Net gain of one person every 131 minutes
  One net migrant every 13 minutes
  The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
  Population
  46.723	 million (Jan 2018 est.)
  Age structure
  0-14 years: 
  15.29% (male 3,879,229 /female 3,664,016)
  15-24 years: 
  9.65% (male 2,458,486 /female 2,299,523)
  25-54 years:
  44.54% (male 11,208,598 /female 10,762,651)
  55-64 years: 
  12.38% (male 2,980,206 /female 3,125,949)
  65 years and over: 
  18.15% (male 3,833,601 /female 5,118,817) (2018 est.)
  0-14 years:
  15.3% (male 3,872,763/female 3,656,549)
  15-24 years:
  9.5% (male 2,424,352/female 2,267,429)
  25-54 years:
  44.9% (male 11,214,102/female 10,775,039)
  54-64 years:
  12.1% (male 2,899,088/female 3,044,111)
  65 years and over:
  17.9% (male 3,763,989/female 5,040,737) (2017 est.)
  0-14 years:
  14.4% (male 3,423,861/female 3,232,028)
  15-64 years:
  69.1% (male 16,185,575/female 15,683,433)
  65 years and over:
  16.5% (male 3,238,301/female 4,394,624) (2008 est.)
  Median age
  total: 43.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 21st
  male: 41.9 years
  female: 44.3 years (2018 est.)
  total: 42.7 years
  male: 41.5 years
  female: 43.9 years (2017 est.)
  Birth rate
  9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 205th
  9.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
  Death rate
  9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 59th
  Total fertility rate
  1.5 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 196th
  Net migration rate
  7.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 13th
  7.8 current migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
  Population growth rate
  0.73% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 137th
  0.78% (2017 est.)
  Mother's mean age at first birth
  30.7 years (2015 est.)
  Life expectancy at birth
  total population: 81.8 years. Country comparison to the world: 22nd
  male: 78.8 years
  female: 84.9 years (2017 est.)
  Infant mortality rate
  3.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.). Country comparison to the world: 212th
  Sex ratio
  at birth:
  1.07 male(s)/female
  under 15 years:
  1.06 male(s)/female
  15-64 years:
  1.01 male(s)/female
  65 years and over:
  0.72 male(s)/female
  total population:
  0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
  total population:
  82.4 years (Source: OECD 2013 "Health at a glance" report)
  male:
  78.8 years (Source: OECD 2013 "Health at a glance" report)
  female:
  85.2 years (Source: OECD 2013 "Health at a glance" report)
  Literacy
  definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)
  total population: 98.3%
  male: 98.8%
  female: 97.7% (2016 est.)
  School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
  total: 18 years
  male: 18 years
  female: 18 years (2016)
  Unemployment, youth ages 15–24
  total: 38.6%. Country comparison to the world: 14th
  male: 39.5%
  female: 37.4% (2017 est.)
  Nationality
  See also : Nationalities and regions of Spain 
  noun:
  Spaniard(s)
  adjective:
  Spanish
caption: Demographic evolution of Spain 1950-2014