Latin American diaspora in Spain
Latin Americans in Spain are individuals inSpain who are from or descend from individuals fromLatin America . As of January 2024, there are 4,252,074 Latin Americans living in Spain.[ 1] Colombians in Spain constitute the largest group of Latin Americans in the country.[ 2] [ 3]
Many Latin Americans immigrated to Spain during the country's economic boom in the late 1990s and beginning of the 2000s. Events during this period that pushed Latin Americans to immigrate included the1998–1999 Ecuador economic crisis [ 4] [ 5] 1998–2002 Argentine great depression .[ 6]
Venezuelan migration to Spain surged as a result of thecountry's ongoing crisis ; as of 2021, Venezuelans constituted the single largest nationality applying for asylum in the country.[ 7] [ 8] COVID-19 pandemic .[ 9]
While ten years is the usual minimum for a foreigner to acquire Spanish nationality by residency, Latin Americans – including Brazilians – can achieve it in two years.[ 10]
Colombian migrants in Spain are the largest group of Latin Americans in the country.[ 2] Madrid were born in Latin America.[ 11] Galicia , where thenative language is close to their own.[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
By country of birth [ edit ] Ecuadorian independence day celebrations in Madrid PerInstituto Nacional de Estadística , 1 January 2022:[ 1]
Colombia 568,034Venezuela 440,992Ecuador 420,573Argentina 328,333Peru 265,949Dominican Republic 190,478Bolivia 179,829Cuba 176,800Brazil 156,540Honduras 150,643Paraguay 110,321Uruguay 83,773Nicaragua 69,508Mexico 66,304Chile 65,002El Salvador 29,947Guatemala 15,226Panama 6,744Costa Rica 5,804^a b "Población residente por fecha, sexo, grupo de edad y país de nacimiento" [Resident population by date, sex, age group and country of birth] (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved11 December 2022 .^a b Rosati, Sara (2018-03-20)."Latinos in Spain: Finding the delicate balance between two identities" .EL PAÍS English . Retrieved2025-01-16 . ^ https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=66322#_tabs-tabla ^ Tomalá Parrales, Miguel Ángel."El proceso migratorio en el Ecuador después de la crisis económica-financiera de 1998-1999. Un análisis histórico descriptivo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved11 December 2021 . {{cite journal }}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help ) ^ Gabrielli, Lorenzo (July 2015)."Corridor Report on Spain: the case of Ecuadorian and Moroccan immigrants" (PDF) .GRITIM – Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona . Retrieved2025-01-16 . ^ Andrade, Marina."La inmigración de argentinos en España a partir de 2001" (in Spanish). Retrieved11 December 2021 . {{cite journal }}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help ) ^ Romero-Castillo, Evan (27 August 2018)."Asilo: Venezuela-España, odisea sin retorno" [Asylum: Venezuela-Spain, one-way odyssey] (in Spanish). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved11 December 2021 . ^ "Comunidad venezolana en España, principal solicitante de protección internacional" [Venezuelan community in Spain, top requesters for international protection] (in Spanish). Voz de América. 5 March 2021. Retrieved11 December 2021 .^ Kuhs, Jordi (13 July 2020)."La COVID-19 ha frenado la inmigración latinoamericana a España, pero volverá" [COVID-19 has put the brakes on Latin American immigration to Spain, but it will return].La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved11 December 2021 . ^ "Adquisición de la nacionalidad española" [Acquisition of Spanish nationality] (in Spanish). Embassy of Spain in Brazil. Retrieved11 December 2021 .^ Peinado, Fernando; Grasso, Daniele (20 December 2024)."Madrid supera el millón de latinoamericanos, uno de cada siete habitantes" [Madrid surpasses a million Latin Americans, one out of every seven inhabitants].El País (in Spanish). Retrieved1 March 2025 . ^ dos Reis Silva, Lucas."Trabajo Fin de Máster: Proyecto migratorio e identidad. Inmigración brasileña en A Coruña" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved11 December 2021 . {{cite journal }}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help ) ^ "Portugal, Rumanía y Brasil, origen de la mayoría de los inmigrantes" [Portugal, Romania and Brazil, origin of the majority of immigrants].El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 3 January 2019. Retrieved11 December 2021 .^ Solé, Carlota; Cavalcanti, Leonardo; Parella, Sònia."La inmigración brasileña en la estructura socioeconómica de España" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Work and Immigration. Retrieved11 December 2021 . {{cite journal }}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help )
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Colombia 568,034
Venezuela 440,992
Ecuador 420,573
Argentina 328,333
Peru 265,949
Dominican Republic 190,478
Bolivia 179,829
Cuba 176,800
Brazil 156,540
Honduras 150,643
Paraguay 110,321
Uruguay 83,773
Nicaragua 69,508
Mexico 66,304
Chile 65,002
El Salvador 29,947
Guatemala 15,226
Panama 6,744
Costa Rica 5,804