Population of Community of Madrid in 2024, by age group
The autonomous Community of Madrid was Spain’s third most populous region. In 2024, of the approximately seven million people residing in the Community of Madrid, the largest age group comprised individuals aged 45–49 years, totaling up to over 610,000 inhabitants. In contrast, the smallest age group was that of people aged over 90 years old, which amounted to only about 91,000 inhabitants in Madrid in that year.
Spain’s fertility rate, the lowest in Europe
Spain has one of the lowest fertility rates in the European Union, with barely 1.29 children per woman, according to the latest reports. During the last ten years, the country featured a continuous population density of approximately 93–95 inhabitants per square kilometer – a figure far from the European average, which stood nearly at 112 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2021.
Population in Madrid
The population in the Community of Madrid soared between the 1990s and 2010, growing from 5 to nearly 6.5 million inhabitants in about 15 years, as it became an attractive destination for both national and foreign immigrants. Nevertheless, the Spanish financial crisis led many foreigners to move out of the region, and the number of foreign nationals fell from over one million in 2009 to approximately 698,100 in 2017. By 2024, this figure had recovered and was over the numbers registered before the crisis. As of 2022, the most common foreign nationalities in the Community of Madrid were Romanian, Moroccan and Venezuelan. Together, inhabitants from these countries totaled roughly 289,773.
