POPULATION

The population of Ibiza grows slightly and falls in Formentera

The largest of the pitiusas has 163,657 inhabitants, while in the smallest there was a small population decrease to 11,555.

The population of the Balearic Islands and Ibiza has registered a slight increase while that of Formentera has fallen. This emerges from the provisional data of the Continuous Population Statistics reported by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The statistics, which correspond to October 1, indicate that in Ibiza there are 163,657 inhabitants, 1.2 % in relation to the same period last year, when 161,725 had been registered. Of the island’s total, 118,157 are Spaniards and 45,500 are foreign citizens. For its part, Formentera has 11,555 inhabitants, 0.9 % less than a year ago, when there were 663 last year. Of this total, there are 8,363 Spaniards and 3,192 foreigners. In turn, a total of 1,243,047 inhabitants live in the Balearic Islands (last year there were 1,232,586). Of these, 965,371 reside in Mallorca and 102,464 in Menorca.

Record population in Spain

The provisional data for October also marked a record number of residents in Spain: a total of 48,946,035 inhabitants. This is a year-on-year increase of 425,801 people. There are 23,995,107 men and 24,950,928. In turn, there are 6,735,487 foreigners. The main nationalities of immigrants were Colombian and Moroccan.

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