Spain: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 28.1 million people, so the population is now 1.7 times as large.

The UN projects 327,000 births and 460,000 deaths in 2026, 133,000 more deaths than births.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2015.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 85,300.

The median age is 46.3, which is 15.2 years above the world’s 31.1.

12% of the people are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

People aged 65 and over have outnumbered children under 15 since 1998.

Women have 1.2 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 2.5 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 84.1 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 61.8.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 44.9 million people, 6.1% fewer than now, with a median age of 51.8.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 83.7 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 23.4 more years for women and 19.5 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 33.4 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 68.4.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 33.1 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 8.45 million to 94.6 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 8.87 million international migrants lived here, 18.5% of the population.

In mid-2024, 1.62 million people from here lived in other countries.