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Topping in 2013, the number of immigrant nationals leaving Spain reached about 460,000, in distinction to approximately 250,000 that moved into the country. Till 2014, the numbers were declining due to the financial crisis, but since then, migration to Spain has risen again since 2015 and foreigners now estimate for 12.8 percent of the Spanish population (~500,000 migrants).
Data from the Instituto Nacional de Estatistica 2015
In 2015, the EU faced a growing number of foreigners coming from the Middle East. The Federal Republic of Germany hosted approximately 14 mln immigrants, placing it as the nation that most accommodated foreigners in Europe in 2018. By contrast, Spain’s immigrant population were slightly over 6 mln, positioning the country 6th on the European list of the immigrant population.
As of 2018, there were almost six million immigrants people in Spain (12.8 percent of the total population).
Moroccans listed first as foreign nationality with more inhabitants.
