Spanish Immigration by Country

Name the countries that are the sources of the greatest number of foreign-born people living in Spain.

As of 2021. Source.

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Population	Country
935,089	Morocco
556,204	Romania
514,110	Colombia
416,527	Ecuador
413,662	Venezuela
302,406	Argentina
268,957	United Kingdom

Population	Country
244,827	Peru
210,529	France
208,788	China
186,395	Dominican Republic
178,829	Bolivia
167,388	Germany
164,853	Cuba

Population	Country
156,499	Brazil
143,151	Italy
133,297	Honduras
116,155	Ukraine
113,194	Bulgaria
107,354	Paraguay

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69 Comments

Level 77

Jun 29, 2016

Nice quiz, I got 16/20

Level 61

Jul 9, 2018

Ooo I gotta get to quizzes early more often. Love getting 5/5 even when I miss one.

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Level 75

Jul 9, 2018

When Mexico wasn't there, I almost skipped the rest of Latin America. Good thing I didn't.

Level 82

Jul 23, 2018

Ditto.

+11

Level 87

Jul 9, 2018

If the results were a bit more recent, I'd bet that Venezuela would be on there now

Level 23

Nov 2, 2023

now it is

Level 44

Aug 28, 2024

It's fourth but i's gonna be third in 3-4 years anyway

Level 44

Aug 28, 2024

2023 official numbers. I added eveyr group that is +50.000. Wrote aside the english translation for those who people might not get.

1.026371 Marruecos

715.655 Colombia

627.478 Rumanía

528.918 Venezuela

430.837 Ecuador

373.064 Argentina

322.407 Perú

293.696 Reino Unido - UK

215.283 Francia

198.639 Cuba

197.192 Ucrania

193.653 República Dominicana

192.346 China

183.734 Bolivia

177.616 Honduras

176.496 Alemania - Germany

167.265 Brasil

154.749 Italia

127.767 Paraguay

118.801 Rusia

114.693 Pakistán

106.680 Bulgaria

95.171 Portugal

91.171 Senegal

86.620 Uruguay

80.013 Nicaragua

79.026 Argelia

72.669 México

70.307 Chile

64.227 Estados Unidos

60.679 India

59.406 Suiza - Switzerland

55.312 Países Bajos - Netherlands

54.807 Filipinas

53.460 Bélgica

52.289 Polonia

Level 56

Jul 10, 2018

Why does the first country have so many immigrants to Spain?

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Level 70

Jul 10, 2018

As EU citizens, they can enter without visa restrictions, and theirs is a Romance language, so Spanish would be easy for them to learn.

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Level 81

Jul 10, 2018

this and Romania's economy is in the toilet, wages are very low, Spain might not have a strong economy but it's a step up from where they're coming from.

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Level 58

Jul 10, 2018

I think many germans, britons, etc. living in Spain might be old people, enjoying their retirement there.

Level 70

Oct 5, 2023

That is 100% true. Spain is Germany's retirement home

Level 69

Jul 14, 2018

Romani too maybe?

Level 83

Jul 15, 2018

but not born there ...

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Level 82

Jul 23, 2018

They're from India... a thousand years ago. Don't think this is based on where people's ancestors were a millennium ago.

Level 44

Aug 28, 2024

Most of Romanians living in Spain are white. Same with Bulgarians.

Level 22

Mar 1, 2022

Because since the stretch between the tip of Andalusia and Morocco is so small in perspective, many empoverished people attempt to cross the border on boats. There is a whole system of human trafficking where people will travel to Morocco and pay to be smuggled into the country in hope for a better living.

Level 61

Nov 8, 2023

I think Romania was first when this was posted.

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Level 91

Jul 10, 2018

Kind of surprised the Philippines aren't on the list, considering their history, eagerness to leave the country and a decent population Spanish speakers there. Although there are plenty of people in South American that speak it as a first language and willing to work for minimal wages.

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Level 83

Jul 15, 2018

They have Spanish names but speak much better English than Spanish.

Level 74

Jul 15, 2018

Surprised that Mexico isn't on this list. Why is that?

Level 73

Jul 18, 2018

I think it's because less than 56,282 of them have moved there! ;-)

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Level 81

Sep 6, 2018

easier just to go to the USA maybe

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Level 45

Sep 6, 2018

I think that's definitely why Mexico isn't on there. So many Mexicans already have family or friends in the US so why fly and try to get into Spain when your so close. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more Mexicans in Canada then in Spain.

Level 73

Sep 24, 2021

Im in Canada, and the amount of Mexicans I have been noticing recently is crazy. You used to hear Spanish being spoken in public maybe once every couple of weeks, but nowadays you hear it pretty much everyday

Level 59

Nov 7, 2023

And how do you know they're mexicans? There are a lot of countries where their population speaks spanish.

Level 35

Sep 6, 2018

Woops, forgot about Peru's existence, got the rest though.

Level 74

Sep 6, 2018

Got 19/20 by guessing Arab countries in the south, all of Latin America and some random European Countries. Given that logical train of thoight, China didn't even cross my mind.

Level 45

Feb 27, 2022

there is literally only one arab country

Level 71

Oct 4, 2023

The data likely changed since this comment was posted.

Level 33

Sep 4, 2024

never forget to type china, india, and usa on a list even if its not related

Level 68

Sep 6, 2018

Got all but China.

Level 78

Sep 6, 2018

Dangit, went through all of South America and still somehow forgot Ecuador AND Peru.

Level 59

Sep 6, 2018

I once had my necklace stolen by Romanian immigrants when I was in Spain. I should've thought of that....

Level 71

Sep 6, 2018

Very surprised that Romania is the top country for immigration to Spain. Also surprised that Mexico was not on this list.

Level 44

Aug 28, 2024

Romanian migration to Spain and Italy was BIG between 1996-2008. Since then like 150.000 people have come back, specially adults,

Mexico is right next to the US so most of the people who go abroad go there. Still, Spain is the main destination for almost every Hispanic country.

Level 45

Sep 18, 2018

Got 19/20 ! Just forgot Bolivia. It's always among the ones I forget when going through south american countries...

Level 32

May 1, 2019

I forgot if Dominican Republic exist...

Level 81

Jul 23, 2019

it does

Level 58

Feb 28, 2022

Thanks for clearing things up.

Level 71

May 25, 2020

Yeah, but only half of a Caribbean island contributing so much to Spain's immigration total?

Level 81

Feb 27, 2022

one pretty large and very densely populated island. Dominican Republic has a bigger population than Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Belize, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay, or Paraguay. It's almost equal with Bolivia and Cuba.

Level 79

Mar 1, 2021

I tried EVERY single country in South America except for BRAZIL!!

Level 79

Oct 5, 2023

I want to KICQUE myself for forgetting Ukraine this time!

Level 79

Nov 7, 2023

Forgot only Brazil this time!

Level 74

Apr 9, 2021

This quiz needs and update. There is 2020 data available.

Level 70

Dec 8, 2021

Didn't get Brazil as it's the first country I thought of and I went "Nah, it's big but they speak Portuguese, don't fall for that trap". Somehow the next one I entered was in fact Portugal. Human reasoning is weird.

Level 72

Feb 16, 2022

Chinese and Pakistanis are almost everywhere.

Level 73

Feb 25, 2022

Indians as well, but not in Spain. Interesting! 🤔

Level 39

May 27, 2023

I'm baffled to how Pakistan is above India in this type of list. It's almost always the other around. Very strange 🤔

Level 81

Feb 27, 2022

There are very few Pakistanis at the South Pole.

Level 76

Jan 30, 2023

we have an antarctic research station there though

Level 82

Oct 4, 2023

Antarctica, yes, absolutely. South Pole... not so much.

Level 71

Feb 22, 2022

Kind of surprised about Brazil being on here

Level 72

May 4, 2023

Brazil has a high population, closely tied history, similar language, and sub-optimal economy. Plenty of incentives to move.

Level 69

Feb 27, 2022

Didn't expect to see my country Pakistan on here

Level 77

May 30, 2023

There are thousands of Pakistanis living in the Barcelona area actually. In fact, almost every convenience store in the city is owned by Pakistani people, and we usually call those stores simply "el paqui", meaning "the Pakistani". Funnily enough, in Madrid they call that same type of shop "el chino", since they are most commonly runned by Chinese people.

Level 40

Oct 1, 2022

At first I thought it was the other way around and got so confused lmao

Level 81

Oct 4, 2023

How in the world is Portugal not on here?

Level 69

Oct 10, 2023

Why would Portuguese people move to a country that has similar problems to Portugal?

There's also the fact that there are a lot of established Portuguese communities in countries like France, Switzerland and Belgium so I imagine people follow the trend,

Level 44

Aug 28, 2024

There are 108,000 Portuguese people in Spain nowadays and in fact it should be in the list lmao Portuguese people are actually the biggest migration group in two provinces (Orense and Pontevedra) because the similarities between Galicia and its own country. You can find a lot of them in every agrarian province/region like Andalucía or like La Rioja, where I'm from. Just in my town (250 inhabitants) there's this whole family of 4 and another guy, who is my neigbour. Literally everyone in Spain knows at least a couple of Portuguese people.

Level 67

Oct 5, 2023

Got 19/20. All the unlikely ones.........but forgot Argentina. (facepalm). (sigh).

Level 57

Nov 8, 2023

Completely forgot that France existed!

Level 76

Jan 13, 2024

A million moroccans. Spain is doomed. And so is Europe.

But sure, let's keep our borders open, why not?

Level 77

Mar 6, 2024

Yes, Europe is doomed, because of...what exactly?

Level 68

Jun 10, 2024

Post welfare and criminal statistics.

Oh, they're usually not available.

I wonder why that is.

Level 76

Jul 3, 2024

Too many things to count tbh.

But giving up our sovereignty over own borders, currency, destroying our agriculture and industrial sectors are the main factors imo.

The West is brainwashed into welcoming immigration, only working in "services" sectors and not creating families because that's "traditionally oppressive". I'm so sick of it.

Level 44

Aug 28, 2024

Crime and religion fanatics.

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