Immigrant population in Spain increases 23%
The immigrant population of Spain grew by approximately 700,000 persons in the last year–an increase of 22,9%–according to INE (Instituci??n Nacional de Estad??stica), carrying the total population of Spain past the 44 million mark, and bringing the total immigrant population to 8,5% (compared to 11.5% of the US population).
The breakdown of the most notable countries of origin of the immigrants is as follows:
- Morocco, (511.294)
- Ecuador (497.799)
- Romania (317.366)
- Colombia (271.239)
- Great Britain (227.187)
- Argentinia (152.975)
- Germany (133.588)