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Population in Spain compared to Ukraine: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Spain was 48,848,840 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Spain's population is 48,787,930 people compared to 39,535,850 in Ukraine.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 1.23 times bigger than Ukraine's.
  • Spain is ranked the 32nd most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
  • The countries together account for 1.07% of the world: 0.59% for Spain vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
  • For the last 10 years, Spain has had an average growth rate of +0.43% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
  • Since 2006, the population of Spain has increased from 44.4M people to 48.8M (9.89% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.3M to 39.5M (16.4% decline).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 21.8% of the population in Spain and 43.2% in Ukraine.

Spain vs Ukraine: live population counter

Spain Ukraine
Current population
48787930
39535850
Population rank 32/197 40/197
Percent of world population 0.59% 0.48%
One net population change
1.06 minutes
4.13 minutes
One birth every
1.62 minutes
2.48 minutes
One death every
1.21 minutes
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
4.71 minutes
27.5 seconds
Annual migration change +111,674 +1,146,012
Daily growth/decline +1,360 +349
Annual growth/decline +496,312 +127,385
Annual growth/decline rate +1.03% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 101/197 147/197

Spain and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart

Spain
Population

Growth rate
Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Spain Ukraine Spain Ukraine
1960 30,455,000 42,824,093 - -
1961 30,739,250 43,399,766 0.93% 1.34%
1962 31,023,366 43,943,674 0.92% 1.25%
1963 31,296,651 44,462,372 0.88% 1.18%
1964 31,609,195 44,951,156 1% 1.1%
1965 31,954,292 45,386,892 1.09% 0.97%
1966 32,283,194 45,802,519 1.03% 0.92%
1967 32,682,947 46,215,988 1.24% 0.9%
1968 33,113,134 46,614,325 1.32% 0.86%
1969 33,441,054 46,976,256 0.99% 0.78%
1970 33,814,531 47,261,306 1.12% 0.61%
1971 34,224,490 47,573,287 1.21% 0.66%
1972 34,604,469 47,946,893 1.11% 0.79%
1973 34,988,947 48,277,121 1.11% 0.69%
1974 35,373,335 48,576,570 1.1% 0.62%
1975 35,757,900 48,865,229 1.09% 0.59%
1976 36,137,812 49,120,842 1.06% 0.52%
1977 36,511,638 49,336,481 1.03% 0.44%
1978 36,864,898 49,521,243 0.97% 0.37%
1979 37,191,330 49,721,381 0.89% 0.4%
1980 37,491,165 49,955,152 0.81% 0.47%
1981 37,758,631 50,189,281 0.71% 0.47%
1982 37,986,012 50,402,724 0.6% 0.43%
1983 38,171,525 50,637,029 0.49% 0.46%
1984 38,330,364 50,887,599 0.42% 0.49%
1985 38,469,512 51,108,770 0.36% 0.43%
1986 38,584,624 51,318,745 0.3% 0.41%
1987 38,684,815 51,515,732 0.26% 0.38%
1988 38,766,939 51,724,853 0.21% 0.41%
1989 38,827,764 51,917,817 0.16% 0.37%
1990 38,867,322 52,054,092 0.1% 0.26%
1991 38,966,376 52,170,961 0.25% 0.22%
1992 39,157,685 52,323,671 0.49% 0.29%
1993 39,361,262 52,350,126 0.52% 0.05%
1994 39,549,108 52,075,998 0.48% -0.52%
1995 39,724,050 51,665,539 0.44% -0.79%
1996 39,889,852 51,226,109 0.42% -0.85%
1997 40,057,389 50,786,885 0.42% -0.86%
1998 40,223,509 50,379,731 0.41% -0.8%
1999 40,386,875 49,976,446 0.41% -0.8%
2000 40,567,864 49,556,660 0.45% -0.84%
2001 40,850,412 49,106,855 0.7% -0.91%
2002 41,431,558 48,677,281 1.42% -0.87%
2003 42,187,645 48,315,136 1.82% -0.74%
2004 42,921,895 47,979,507 1.74% -0.69%
2005 43,653,155 47,585,556 1.7% -0.82%
2006 44,397,319 47,278,694 1.7% -0.64%
2007 45,226,803 47,062,798 1.87% -0.46%
2008 45,954,106 46,819,175 1.61% -0.52%
2009 46,362,946 46,623,731 0.89% -0.42%
2010 46,576,897 46,456,003 0.46% -0.36%
2011 46,742,697 46,307,853 0.36% -0.32%
2012 46,773,055 46,210,056 0.06% -0.21%
2013 46,604,197 46,126,770 -0.36% -0.18%
2014 46,460,733 45,972,380 -0.31% -0.33%
2015 46,422,303 45,784,896 -0.08% -0.41%
2016 46,458,139 45,616,832 0.08% -0.37%
2017 46,571,232 45,436,041 0.24% -0.4%
2018 46,782,011 45,208,907 0.45% -0.5%
2019 47,118,501 44,957,458 0.72% -0.56%
2020 47,359,424 44,680,014 0.51% -0.62%
2021 47,443,821 44,298,640 0.18% -0.85%
2022 47,786,102 41,048,766 0.72% -7.34%
2023 48,352,528 37,732,836 1.19% -8.08%
2024 48,848,840 37,860,221 1.03% 0.34%
2025 48,827,866 38,980,379 -0.04% 2.96%
2026 48,787,930 39,535,850 -0.08% 1.43%
2027 48,738,456 39,245,208 -0.1% -0.74%
2028 48,683,694 38,952,086 -0.11% -0.75%
2029 48,619,674 38,654,416 -0.13% -0.76%
2030 48,542,955 38,353,848 -0.16% -0.78%
2031 48,454,221 38,050,624 -0.18% -0.79%
2032 48,362,482 37,746,688 -0.19% -0.8%
2033 48,271,264 37,442,088 -0.19% -0.81%
2034 48,177,551 37,135,839 -0.19% -0.82%
2035 48,077,695 36,828,149 -0.21% -0.83%
2036 47,970,911 36,519,767 -0.22% -0.84%
2037 47,860,116 36,209,679 -0.23% -0.85%
2038 47,747,343 35,897,705 -0.24% -0.86%
2039 47,629,540 35,584,263 -0.25% -0.87%
2040 47,504,152 35,270,911 -0.26% -0.88%
2041 47,373,061 34,957,580 -0.28% -0.89%
2042 47,234,914 34,641,778 -0.29% -0.9%
2043 47,092,497 34,324,132 -0.3% -0.92%
2044 46,942,712 34,004,074 -0.32% -0.93%
2045 46,778,501 33,680,448 -0.35% -0.95%
2046 46,604,170 33,351,499 -0.37% -0.98%
2047 46,421,312 33,017,828 -0.39% -1%
2048 46,230,109 32,680,968 -0.41% -1.02%
2049 46,024,720 32,338,515 -0.44% -1.05%
2050 45,808,469 31,990,136 -0.47% -1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Spain increased by 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Spain gained 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2006 and is 32nd in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Spain's population will shrink by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.

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