Birth rate in Spain in 2021, by autonomous community
Spain’s population increases
Spain had one of the lowest fertility rate in the European Union in 2021, with approximately 1.37 children being born alive to a woman during her lifetime. In comparison, the fertility rate in France was set at 1.84 that year whereas Ireland reached 1.8. In 2021, the total population of Spain was around 47.15 million people and was forecast to increase by 2026.
Opposite trends
There are two reasons for the slow upward trend in Spain’s population. On the one hand, more people die in Spain than are being born in the latest years. On the other hand, while Spain’s population moved away from the country in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the country became a net recipient of foreign immigration again after 2015.