Population and housing census. Population structure

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"Population and housing census. Population structure" is intended to provide information on the number of residents in the C. A of the Basque Country, in addition to its spatial distribution by municipality, district, section, entity. The population by neighbourhood is made in municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The description of the population is made by means of demographic variables such as sex, age, place of birth and nationality. This operation provides information as of January 1 of each year since 2001, now providing information as of July 1 as of 2022. The main source is the administrative register of the Municipal Register, in addition to others such as the Birth Statistics and the Death Statistics.

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Reference period > 01/01/2025
Last update > 12/05/2025
 
 

Total population (01/01/2025)

2,218,210 

Density (inhab./km2) (01/01/2025)

305.8 

Men (01/01/2025)

1,076,674 

Women (01/01/2025)

1,141,536 

 
 

 
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In 2025 the Basque Country resident population rose to 2,218,210 people, 10,203 more than a year ago (12/05/2025)12/05/2025
In 2024, 217,489 foreign nationals resided in the Basque Country, 9.9% of the total population (12/16/2024)12/16/2024
The Basque population grew by 11,262 people in 2024, offsetting the loss registered during the pandemic  (10/30/2024)10/30/2024
More than 50% of Basque Country residents aged 18 and over were married or in a civil partnership (07/11/2024)07/11/2024
The population of the Basque Country grew by 4,717 people in the first half of 2023, and exceeded 2,200,000 inhabitants for the first time (06/14/2024)06/14/2024
In 2023, 203,662 foreign nationals resided in the Basque Country, 9.3% of the total population (12/12/2023)12/12/2023
In 2023, after 2 years of decline, the Basque population increased by 10,228 people (10/11/2023)10/11/2023
The population of the Basque Country grew by 5,096 people in the first half of 2022 (06/27/2023)06/27/2023
The number of foreign residents in the Basque Country exceeded 186,000 inhabitants, 8.5% of the total population (12/13/2022)12/13/2022
The foreign population residing in the Basque Country reached 185,000 inhabitants, 8.4% of the total (12/14/2020)12/14/2020
The population of the Basque Country increased by 11,700 in 2020, approaching 2,200,000 inhabitants (10/16/2020)10/16/2020
There are 301,816 minors aged 0 to 14 in the Basque Country, representing 14% of the population (04/24/2020)04/24/2020
263,000 people in the Basque Country live alone and 43% are over the age of 64 (04/17/2020)04/17/2020
Foreign nationals represented 7.6% of the total population of the Basque Country on 1 January 2019 (12/10/2019)12/10/2019
The population of the Basque Country reached its historic high on 1 January 2019, with 2,188,017 people (10/17/2019)10/17/2019
Latin American nationals are the most numerous amongst foreign residents of the Basque Country (12/11/2018)12/11/2018
The population of the Basque Country increased by almost 5,000 people as at 1 January 2018  (11/15/2018)11/15/2018
In 2016 28% of Basque Country residents had been born outside of the autonomous region (04/04/2018)04/04/2018
The Basque population decreased by more than 3,000 between the census counts of 2011 and 2016 (11/29/2017)11/29/2017
The population of the Basque Country increased by almost 4,000 in 2017 (11/08/2017)11/08/2017
Nationals of Latin American countries are the most numerous amongst foreign residents of the Basque Country (12/05/2016)12/05/2016
The population of the Basque Country fell by 1,324 in 2016 (11/16/2016)11/16/2016
The most numerous foreign residents in the Basque Country are those with nationality of Latin American countries (12/10/2015)12/10/2015
The population of the Basque Country has started to grow again after 2 years of decline (11/13/2015)11/13/2015
The population of the Basque Country grew by 93,000 between 2001 and 2014 (06/29/2015)06/29/2015
8% of the population of the Basque Country was born abroad (12/16/2014)12/16/2014
The population of the Basque Country fell for the second consecutive year in 2014 (12/09/2014)12/09/2014
Eustat incorporated interactive pyramids on its website that allow one to view the Basque population from 1976 to 2026 (05/30/2014)05/30/2014
8% of the population of the Basque Country was born abroad (04/14/2014)04/14/2014
A slight fall in the population of the Basque Country on 1 January 2013 (03/13/2014)03/13/2014
The Basque Country is one of the communities with the lowest proportion of individuals born abroad (06/07/2012)06/07/2012
The Basque Country is one of the communities with the greatest proportion of older people (05/28/2012)05/28/2012
The Basque Country is one of the Autonomous Communities with the greatest number of elderly people and the greatest percentage of foreign people (11/23/2011)11/23/2011
The percentage of women with more than two sons or daughters falls (06/20/2011)06/20/2011
The number of residents born abroad increased to 115,000 (03/11/2009)03/11/2009
The population of the A. C. of the Basque Country is disperse and the population of three out of four municipalities increased between 2001 and 2006.  (01/31/2008)01/31/2008
 
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Código operación : 
010154
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Biannual
Timeframe : 
01/01/2025
Last updated : 
12/05/2025
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