Ecuadorians in Spain

The presence of Ecuadorians in Spain dates back to the 1980s.

Ecuadorians in Spain
Total population
404,414 / 135,275 (2018)[lower-alpha 1]
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Peruvians in Spain
Colombians in Spain
  1. 404,414 is the size of the population in Spain born in Ecuador (including those with Spanish citizenship). 135,275 is the size of the foreign population (thus, with no Spanish citizenship) in Spain with Ecuadorian citizenship.[1][2]

Numbers

The number of Ecuadorian citizens living in Spain peaked at 497,799 in the year 2005. Since then, it has decreased to 135,275 as of 2018, because many Ecuadorians acquired Spanish citizenship by naturalization, and also because some of them moved to other European countries during Spain's economic crisis of 2008–2014. When counting all people born in Ecuador and living in Spain (including Spanish citizens), their number as of 2018 is 404,414.

Notable people


Foreign population of Ecuadorian citizenship in Spain
Vertical bar chart of foreign population of Ecuadorian nationality in Spain between 1998 and 2017
  Population (1998-2017) Foreign population in Spain of Ecuadorian nationality according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Población (españoles/extranjeros) por País de Nacimiento, sexo y año". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
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