The Diplomat
The population of the city of Madrid on 1 January 2023 increased by 1.6% to 3,339,931 registered inhabitants. Of these, 46.7% are men and 53.3% women, 1,559,866 and 1,780,065, respectively, while 82.9% of the population is Spanish and 17.1% foreign.
This was announced yesterday at a press conference following the Governing Board meeting by the spokesperson for the municipal government, Inmaculada Sanz, following the approval of the annual review of the Municipal Register, which includes the changes that took place over the past year in terms of births, deaths, registrations and cancellations, reports Europa Press.
In this way, it shows that the resident population increased by 53,269 people in 2022, compared to the loss of almost 50,000 inhabitants in the total of the last two years, thus recovering the positive trend of the period 2015-2019.
In relation to the place of birth of residents in Madrid, almost 75% were born in Spain (2,461,461 people), compared to a quarter who were born abroad (878,470 people). Inhabitants of Spanish nationality remain stable, while foreigners account for practically the total population increase in the city of Madrid (53,196 inhabitants), continuing the upward trend that began in 2016 and was interrupted by the pandemic.
Sanz explained that the increase in population as of 1 January 2023 was a consequence of the external migratory balance, thus maintaining the negative balance in vegetative growth and internal migratory movements.
In 2022 there were 24,129 births, almost 6,000 fewer than ten years ago, while deaths, 27,980 in 2022, are close to the values prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, with 10,270 fewer than in 2020, so the natural increase balance is negative, with 3,851 people, compared with -2,503 in 2021. In addition, more than 104,000 people moved from Madrid to other Spanish municipalities, while more than 94,000 people arrived in the capital from other municipalities, representing a loss of population due to the difference between arrivals and departures of 10,065 people.
And there were also 132,000 registrations from abroad, which represents an increase of more than 58,000 people compared to those registered in 2021, the highest figure in the historical series. Of these, 45% came from Colombia (21,873 people), Peru (18,612) and Venezuela (18,571), while, from Europe, registrations from Ukraine (3,346) stand out.
Meanwhile, the number of people leaving the country due to transfers abroad was slightly more than 9,800, 250 fewer than in 2021. The most common countries of destination were the United States (1,104) and the United Kingdom (866).
