Romanians in Spain

Romanians in Spain (Romanian: Românii din Spania; Spanish: Rumanos en España, Catalan: Romanesos a Espanya) form the second largest group of foreigners in the country, after Moroccans.[4] As of 2021, there were 623,097 Romanian citizens in Spain.[5] The number of residents in Spain who were born in Romania was 539,418 in 2022.[6] Most of the immigration took place given economic reasons. The linguistic similarities between Romanian and Spanish, as well as Romanians' Latin identity, are also a reason for the country's attractiveness to Romanians.[7]

Romanians in Spain
Total population
539,418 residents of Spain were born in Romania (2022)[1]

623,097 Romanian citizens reside in Spain (2021).[2]

1,079,726 (includes naturalized) (2021)[3]
Languages
Romanian, Spanish
Religion
Predominantly: Romanian Orthodox;
also: Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Romanian Britons, Romanian Italians, Romanian Germans, Romanian Australians, Romanian Americans, Romanian Canadians, Romanian French people
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    Currently the number of Romanians in Spain is decreasing. In 2012, there were 897,203 Romanians living in Spain, in 2021 their number decreased to 556,204.[8]

    Background

    After the December, 1989 Romanian Revolution, emigration was liberalized, but for the next few years, emigration to Spain was modest. It started to increase slowly during the late 1990s, and exploded after 2002. Emigration was further facilitated by the entry of Romania in the EU in 2007. By 2011, it reached a peak of nearly 900,000 people, after which the Romanian population has been steadily decreasing as a result of emigration from Spain since 2012 due to the economic problems and unemployment in the country, falling to 623,097 by 2022.[9] Because of this, the diaspora in Italy, which has continued to increase, is now considerably larger than that in Spain.

    Population
    Historical population
    YearPop.±%
    1998 2,258—    
    1999 3,147+39.4%
    2000 6,410+103.7%
    2001 31,641+393.6%
    2002 67,279+112.6%
    2003 137,347+104.1%
    2004 207,960+51.4%
    2005 317,366+52.6%
    2006 407,159+28.3%
    2007 527,019+29.4%
    2008 731,806+38.9%
    2009 798,892+9.2%
    2010 831,235+4.0%
    2011 865,707+4.1%
    2012 897,203+3.6%
    2013 870,258−3.0%
    2014 797,054−8.4%
    2015 752,268−5.6%
    2016 717,462−4.6%
    2017 687,733−4.1%
    2018 676,005−1.7%
    2019 671,985−0.6%
    2020 667,378−0.7%
    2021 644,473−3.4%
    2022 623,097[10]−3.3%

    Romanian diaspora in Spain is today the second Romanian diaspora in the EU, after that of Italy. Romanians in Spain have settled especially in the provinces of Madrid, Castellón, València, Zaragoza and Barcelona.[11] In recent years, emigration to Southern Europe has started to slow down, with many Romanians now preferring Northern European countries such as Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[12][13]

    Romanian diaspora inside the EU between 2008 and 2012.

    Notable individuals

    See also

    References
    1. https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/e245/p08/l0/&file=01006.px#!tabs-tabla
    2. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año. Datos provisionales 2022". INE.
    3. "Estadística de residentes extranjeros en España" (PDF). Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (in Spanish). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
    4. "Number of Romanians in Spain declined in 2017". June 26, 2018.
    5. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año. Datos provisionales 2022". INE.
    6. https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/e245/p08/l0/&file=01006.px#!tabs-tabla
    7. Sorin Pâslaru (30 June 2016). "De ce trebuie România să constituie Alianţa Latină împreună cu Italia şi Spania. Ce avem de făcut în NUE – Noua Uniune Europeană". Ziarul Financiar (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
    8. "España pierde 277.560 rumanos en diez años, la diáspora huye del país: "Ya no compensa vivir aquí"". EPE.ES (Spain).
    9. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año. Datos provisionales 2022". INE.
    10. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año. Datos provisionales 2022". INE.
    11. https://www.participation-citoyenne.eu/sites/default/files/report-spain.pdf
    12. "Jumatate dintre tinerii romani vor sa plece din tara. Se schimba destinatiile, media de varsta, euronavetismul este in crestere Interviu (I)". Ziare.com.
    13. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año. Datos provisionales 2020". INE.

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