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Britons in Spain
Total population
761,000+
Regions with significant populations
Andalusia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands
Languages

English, Spanish, Catalan

Religion

Anglicanism, Protestantism, Catholicism

Related ethnic groups

Britons

British migration to Spain is a phenomenon that has increased rapidly since the late 1990s and now consists of an estimated 761,000 people.[1]

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Population statistics

In 2007, the officially registered British-born population of Spain numbered 315,000[2] (though various estimates place the true figure significantly higher, ranging from 700,000 to more than 1,000,000[3][4][5][6]), constituting 8.09% of the foreign population and making Britain the fourth most common country from which migrants to Spain originate (behind Morocco, Romania, and Ecuador).

Regional Numbers

According to the data collected by the INE, the distribution of Britons in Spain is as follows[7]

Location Population
Valencia 82,214
Andalusia 63,472
Canary Islands 24,742
Balearic Islands 14,744
Catalonia 13,747
Murcia 9,708
Other regions 9,564
Madrid 6,650

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