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Latin Americans in Spain are individuals in
Per Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 1 January 2022:
* 568,034
* 440,992
* 420,573
* 328,333
* 265,949
* 190,478
* 179,829
* 176,800
* 156,540
* 150,643
* 110,321
* 83,773
* 69,508
* 66,304
* 65,002
* 29,947
* 15,226
* 6,744
* 5,804
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
who are from or descend from individuals from Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
. As of January 2024, there are 4,252,074 Latin Americans living in Spain. Flows of migration have been dependent on the economic conditions in their countries of birth and in Spain. Colombians in Spain constitute the largest group of Latin Americans in the country.
History
Many Latin Americans immigrated to Spain during the country's economic boom in the late 1990s and beginning of the 2000s. Events during this period that pushed Latin Americans to immigrate included the 1998–1999 Ecuador economic crisis and the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression. Venezuelan migration to Spain surged as a result of the country's ongoing crisis; as of 2021, Venezuelans constituted the single largest nationality applying for asylum in the country. Migration decreased in 2020 due to reduced long-distance flights during theCOVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
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While ten years is the usual minimum for a foreigner to acquire Spanish nationality by residency, Latin Americans – including Brazilians – can achieve it in two years.
Economics
Nativo, a company set up in 1997 to import Latin American brands to migrants in Spain, was bought in 2008 by Goya Foods, a US-based multinational active across the American continent.Demographics
Colombian migrants in Spain are the largest group of Latin Americans in the country. As of 2024, more than a million residents inMadrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
were born in Latin America. Migrants from Brazil – the sole Portuguese-speaking country in Latin America – are particularly notable in Galicia, where the native language
A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period hypothesis, critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' ...
is close to their own.
By country of birth
Per Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 1 January 2022:
* 568,034
* 440,992
* 420,573
* 328,333
* 265,949
* 190,478
* 179,829
* 176,800
* 156,540
* 150,643
* 110,321
* 83,773
* 69,508
* 66,304
* 65,002
* 29,947
* 15,226
* 6,744
* 5,804
See also
* Colombians in Spain * Ecuadorians in Spain * Venezuelans in Spain * Mexicans in SpainReferences
{{Ethnic groups of Spain Immigration to Spain