Torrevieja’s population
TORREVIEJA IS leading the way in terms of population growth in the Valencian Community with its population increasing by 1,739 during 2012 to 107,009. And while talk over the past few years has been about a mass exodus of UK citizens returning home, in fact the opposite is true, as the numbers of citizens from the British Isles continues to increase year by year!
According to the statistics of population and evolution of the Municipality, the city of Torrevieja starts 2013 with a total of 107,009 registered inhabitants, up from 105,270 inhabitants in 2011, of which 53.6% are citizens of foreign origin (57,329 inhabitants) and 46.4% (49,680 people) are Spanish. Thus Torrevieja spends another year as the third largest city in the province of Alicante and the fifth in Valencia, just behind the three provincial capitals (Valencia, Alicante and Castellón) and Elche.
The quick breakdown by country shows that Citizens from the UK account for 13,226 registered inhabitants, Russia (4,474), Germany (4,097), and Sweden (3,196), top the list of foreign countries in the Torrevieja census. The biggest change noted is the significant increase of citizens from Russia, now having taken over the second spot from Germany and behind only UK residents. The data shows a steady increase of those registered from European Union countries but continues to show a continued decline since 2008 of citizens of Hispanic origin, especially from Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru and Chile.
With the population growth comes a rise in births and now, of the 49,680 Spanish citizens registered in the city, 22,180 were born in the province of Alicante of which 15,213 were born in Torrevieja itself followed by residents of the Community of Madrid (6,939), Community of Murcia (2,416), Vizcaya (1,096), Asturias (1,031), Leon (789), Valladolid (729), Ciudad Real (717), Jaén (709), Barcelona ( 607), Badajoz (579), Guipúzcoa (552), Albacete (577), Valencia (543), Toledo (535), Salamanca (499) Caceres (484) and Burgos (461).
Back in 2005, Torrevieja only had 2,372 Russian citizens, which had risen to 3,464 by 2010 and stands at 4,474 today, with these figures expected to continue to increase over the coming years. After residents registered from Russia, the major International population is made up from Germany (4,097), Sweden (3,196), Morocco (3,076), Bulgaria (2,788), Romania (2,623), Norway (2,404), Ukraine (2,169) , Belgium (1,591), Finland (1,360), Colombia (1,312), Italy (1,195), Ireland (1,035), China (908), Ecuador (814), Lithuania (752), Brazil (565), Poland (675) , Netherlands (652), Argentina (579) and France (629).