Surge in foreign residents is going to drive the population boom.
Surge in foreign residents is going to drive the population boom.
Mallorca set for a population explosion
Spain is among the European countries with the highest proportion of immigrants, with 17.1% of residents having been born abroad.
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.
45% of babies born in the Balearics have foreign parents
The percentage of children with a foreign mother has risen by five times over 25 years.
German population of the Balearics has fallen by half
Brexit, oddly perhaps, is probably the reason why more UK citizens than German are now registered in the Balearics.
16,000 foreign citizens will be able to vote in Balearic municipal elections
The number registered to vote is less than ten per cent of the foreign population in the Balearics.
Almost 40% of babies in the Balearics have a foreign parent
The percentage has risen significantly over a 20-year period.
Balearics has largest foreign population in Spain
17,952 resident are from the United Kingdom.
People on the street in Palma, Mallorca
The population of the Balearics increased by 22,000 over the course of 2019.
Calvia and Deya have highest percentages of foreign residents
In six Mallorcan municipalities, the foreign population accounts for at least a quarter of the total.
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