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The city consolidates its population and already has 100,421 registered inhabitants, of which 50.26% (50,477) are Spanish and 49.74% (49,944) of international origin from 122 countries on the five continents.
01.02.2024
Citizens from Ukraine (7,650), Russia (5,837) and Great Britain (4,912) consolidate themselves in the top three positions of international residents in the city
Torrevieja has exceeded 100,00 registered inhabitants, and has established itself as the third city with the highest number of inhabitants in the province of Alicante and the fifth in the Valencian Community, only behind the three provincial capitals (Valencia, Alicante and Castellón) and from Elche.
As of today, February 1, the city has a total of 100,421 inhabitants registered in its census, according to the statistical data of population and evolution of the Municipal Register of the City Council, of which 50.26% (50,477) are Spanish and 49.74% (49,944) are of international origin from 122 countries on the five continents.
It is worth highlighting the significant growth in people registered throughout 2023, a total of 8,690 from January 2023 to today, when there were 91,731 registered inhabitants. The number of men registered in Torrevieja amounts to 48,887 (48.68%), while 51,534 (51.32%) are women.
From the data provided by the Department of Census and Statistics of the Torrevieja town hall, citizens from Ukraine (7,650), Russia (5,837) and Great Britain (4,912) consolidate themselves in the top three positions of international residents in the city. It should be noted that since January 2023, a total of 1,879 Ukrainians and 905 Russians have been registered in the city, mainly due to Russia's invasion of this country that began in February 2022.
After the two countries of the former USSR and the United Kingdom are Colombian residents with 4,360 registered residents, which for the fourth consecutive year surpass the stable and historical Moroccan population of Torrevieja (2,473), followed by Swedes (1,677), Romanians (1,604 ), Bulgarians (1,524), Belgians (1,474), Italians (1,246), Germans (1,159), Algerians (982), Poles (909), Chinese (830), Brazilians (803), Argentines (777), Norwegians (667 ), Venezuelans (664), Finns (622), French (621), Belarusians (582), Lithuanians (559), Indians (533), Netherlands (529), Cubans (447) and Irish (384). Thus, until completing the international residents from 122 countries, among which are also citizens of Senegal, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Chile, Uruguay, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia, Macedonia, Denmark, Austria, Cyprus, Malta, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, United States of America, Cape Verde, Guinea, Nigeria, Gabon, Gambia, South Africa, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Egypt, Nepal, Madagascar, Mauritius, Philippines, Israel, Bangladesh, Burkina Fasso, Thailand, Australia, Japan, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Vietnam, Sri-Lanka, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Suriname, etc.
Finally, in relation to the distribution of the census population in Torrevieja according to age, the number of children and young people under 20 years of age amounts to 18,536. Likewise, the number of Torrevieja residents between 20 and 40 years old amounts to 22,435; From 40 to 60 years old there are 30,513 registered; from 60 to 80 years old, a total of 23,485; and from 80 to 100 years old, the number of those registered is 5,431; while residents in Torrevieja aged 100 or more amount to 21, of which 6 are men and 15 women.