Zaragoza has added 9,423 new inhabitants during the last year and already has a total of 694,109 as of January 1, 2023.

According to the municipal register, the population of the city of Zaragoza has increased by 1.36% compared to that of 2022, which places it as the fourth most populous city in Spain, above Seville, which on January 1, 2023 counted 693,229 residents in the register.

It should be noted that the population figure is strictly limited to the municipality of Seville, because its metropolitan area is larger than the city of Zaragoza.

These data are collected in the magazine Cifras 2023, published by the area of Presidency, Finance and Interior of the City Council of Zaragoza, through the Office of Organization and General Services.

The new figures show that, of the total population, 52% are women with an average age of 47 years and the rest, men with an average of 44.

The increase of 1.37% is largely explained by the sharp rise in the foreign population, of 13%, which already represents 14% of the total, 1% more than the previous year, which translates into 97,879 residents.

Its importance is essential to understand the positive evolution of the register, especially considering that the number of inhabitants born in Spain has fallen by 1,831, 0.31% less.

86% of the population registered in Zaragoza is Spanish, 596,230 people, and the remaining 14%, 97,879 inhabitants, corresponds to the foreign population, the previous year amounted to 86,625.

Most of them come from Romania (23,211 residents), followed by Nicaragua (9,827 people), Colombia, which this year climbs two positions (with 7,895), Morocco (7,010) and China (with a population of 5,472).

The figures reflect an increase of almost 47% of the Ukrainian population, since, in 2022, Zaragoza had 1,075 Ukrainian inhabitants and in 2023 it has 2,021. The war against Russia has undoubtedly played a role.

The magazine Cifras de Zaragoza has been published since 2014 and it analyzes the population data, as of January 1, obtained from the Municipal Register of Inhabitants of the city.

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