Abstract
The Spanish population is about 47 million people (2018). Such significant growth in the population was not predicted in the last century, but is a consequence of a large wave of immigration in recent years (about six million residents are not Spanish nationals, two million of these are from the rest of the Europe and 2.2 from Latin America). Even so, the number is insufficient to maintain the welfare state enjoyed by the country, given the very low birth rate of Spanish women, and it will be necessary for the population to increase considerably to ensure the sustainability of the health system and pensions. In fact, the number of immigrants is very low in relation to other European countries such as France or Germany.
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Demography rates are expressed in % instead of in ‰ in this book.
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Tapiador, F.J. (2020). Population: Sudden Ongoing Changes. In: The Geography of Spain. World Regional Geography Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18907-5_16
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