Almost half of all new residents who moved to Andalucía last year chose Malaga

The increase in population experienced in the province in 2023 was fuelled with the arrival of foreigners accounting for 57.5% of them

Nuria Triguero

Malaga

Friday, 16 February 2024, 09:07 | Updated 10:22h.

Four out of every ten new Andalusian inhabitants settle in Malaga province, latest data shows.

A total of 14,601 more people called Malaga province their home last year, less than half the 37,619 new inhabitants it gained the previous year. The figure places the province seventh in the national ranking for population increase in 2023. Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, the Balearic Islands and Murcia recorded greater increases, according to the latest update of Spain's INE national statistic institute's population data.

Despite the slowdown, Malaga continues to lead Andalucía's population growth with four out of every ten new regional inhabitants registered to the province. Andalucía gained 35,973 residents between 1 January 2023 and the same date in 2024. Six of the eight provinces grew: Malaga (+14,601), Seville (+8,042), Almeria (+8,015), Granada (+5,254), Cadiz (+3,477) and Huelva (+949). Cordoba (-2,914) and Jaén (-1,451) lost population.

18.3% increase in the foreign population

The increase in population experienced by Malaga in 2023 was fuelled with the arrival of foreign residents accounting for 57.5% of them. Of the 14,601 new residents, 8,391 are of foreign nationality and 6,210 are Spanish, the data shows. The foreign colony settled in the province now totals 322,751 people, equivalent to 18.3% of the total population of Malaga.

In Spain

The resident population in Spain increased by 85,870 people in the fourth quarter and stood at 48,592,909 inhabitants as of 1 January 2024. During the fourth quarter of 2023, the population grew in all Spanish regions and cities, except in Andalucía and Extremadura. The largest increases were in Melilla (0.64%), Comunidad de Madrid (0.44%) and Comunidad Valenciana (0.41%).

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