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Population growth

Population growth Catalonia. 2024
Value Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
Total growth 111,895 13.87
Natural population growth -13,722 -1.70
Net migration 122,593 15.19
Units: Number of persons.
Source: Idescat. Population estimates, Births Statistics and Deaths Statistics.
Note: From 2021 onwards, in some cases, total growth does not match the sum of natural population growth and net migration because it includes a statistical adjustment not attributable to demographic phenomena.
Population growth Spain. 2024
Value Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
Total growth 508,602 10.41
Natural population growth -118,113 -2.37
Net migration 626,268 12.81
Units: Number of persons.
Source: INE. Continuous Population Statistics, Births Statistics and Deaths Statistics.
Note: From 2020 onwards, in some cases, total growth does not match the sum of natural population growth and net migration because it includes a statistical adjustment not attributable to demographic phenomena.

Last update: May 7, 2025. Revised series on January 28, 2026.

Methodological note

The population growth is calculated as the balance between the population and the inflows and outflows, both natural (births and deaths) and migratory (immigration and emigration).

The total crude growth rate is the quotient between the variation in the population groups, expressed as the difference between the number of initial and final inhabitants of a period, and the population halfway through the period. It is expressed in so many per thousand.

The crude natural population growth rate is the quotient between the natural balance, expressed as the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths, in a determinate year and the population halfway through the period. It is expressed in so many per thousand.

The crude net migration rate is the quotient between the migratory balance, expressed as the difference between the number of immigrations and the number of emigrations in a given year, and the population halfway through the period. It is expressed in so many per thousand.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.