People on the street in Palma, Mallorca
High population growth has been due to immigration and employment opportunities in the tourism industry.
230,000 more people in Mallorca over the past 20 years
Population growth is largely due to immigration.
Calvia and Deya, the Mallorcan municipalities with the highest foreign populations
Twenty-six per cent of Mallorca's population is foreign.
Another month in Mallorca and the human pressure has increased
A September human pressure daily average in Mallorca of 1,358,356.
Children in fountains in Palma, Mallorca
The population percentage to the age of four is down almost 20%.
Mallorca's ageing population and the worrying fall in the birth rate
Total population has risen by 85,000 in the past ten years, but the percentage to the age of 14 has dropped.
People on the streets in Palma, Mallorca
August human pressure (total resident and temporary population) may be a record.
One in five Balearic residents are foreign
Population growth this year is mainly due to foreign immigration.
Over one million people in Mallorca in February - the first time ever
No reason to believe that there is a redistribution of tourists away from the months of the high season.
Balearic emigration has doubled in ten years
Most emigration has been to the American continent.
Foreign population explodes in the Balearics
The number of foreigners living in Palma has increased by 900%.
Almost 40% of babies in the Balearics have a foreign parent
The percentage has risen significantly over a 20-year period.
Record number of people in the Balearics for a September day
The record number for Mallorca was not broken.
Environment minister - it is "essential" to limit tourism growth
And it would be "crazy" to allow the population growth that has been forecast.
Might the Balearic population decrease in the long term?
Immigration may well decline, while climate change is expected to have an impact.
Balearics braced for a population boom
In Spain as a whole, the population figures will reach 51.67 million in 2037.
June human pressure in the Balearics on a par with 2019
Growth is "unsustainable". "We can't fit everyone into the islands."
Comment
When is a limit not a limit?
The government cannot impose a limit as it doesn’t have the means to control the entry of people to the Balearics.
Andrew Ede17/02/2023 14:02