Population in Spain compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Spain and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	United States	Spain	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	30,455,000	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	30,739,250	183,691,481	0.93%	1.67%
1962	31,023,366	186,537,737	0.92%	1.55%
1963	31,296,651	189,241,798	0.88%	1.45%
1964	31,609,195	191,888,791	1%	1.4%
1965	31,954,292	194,302,963	1.09%	1.26%
1966	32,283,194	196,560,338	1.03%	1.16%
1967	32,682,947	198,712,056	1.24%	1.09%
1968	33,113,134	200,706,052	1.32%	1%
1969	33,441,054	202,676,946	0.99%	0.98%
1970	33,814,531	205,052,174	1.12%	1.17%
1971	34,224,490	207,660,677	1.21%	1.27%
1972	34,604,469	209,896,021	1.11%	1.08%
1973	34,988,947	211,908,788	1.11%	0.96%
1974	35,373,335	213,853,928	1.1%	0.92%
1975	35,757,900	215,973,199	1.09%	0.99%
1976	36,137,812	218,035,164	1.06%	0.95%
1977	36,511,638	220,239,425	1.03%	1.01%
1978	36,864,898	222,584,545	0.97%	1.06%
1979	37,191,330	225,055,487	0.89%	1.11%
1980	37,491,165	226,542,250	0.81%	0.66%
1981	37,758,631	229,465,744	0.71%	1.29%
1982	37,986,012	231,664,432	0.6%	0.96%
1983	38,171,525	233,792,014	0.49%	0.92%
1984	38,330,364	235,824,908	0.42%	0.87%
1985	38,469,512	237,923,734	0.36%	0.89%
1986	38,584,624	240,132,831	0.3%	0.93%
1987	38,684,815	242,288,936	0.26%	0.9%
1988	38,766,939	244,499,004	0.21%	0.91%
1989	38,827,764	246,819,222	0.16%	0.95%
1990	38,867,322	250,131,894	0.1%	1.34%
1991	38,966,376	253,492,503	0.25%	1.34%
1992	39,157,685	256,894,189	0.49%	1.34%
1993	39,361,262	260,255,352	0.52%	1.31%
1994	39,549,108	263,435,673	0.48%	1.22%
1995	39,724,050	266,557,091	0.44%	1.18%
1996	39,889,852	269,667,391	0.42%	1.17%
1997	40,057,389	272,911,760	0.42%	1.2%
1998	40,223,509	276,115,288	0.41%	1.17%
1999	40,386,875	279,294,713	0.41%	1.15%
2000	40,567,864	282,162,411	0.45%	1.03%
2001	40,850,412	284,968,955	0.7%	0.99%
2002	41,431,558	287,625,193	1.42%	0.93%
2003	42,187,645	290,107,933	1.82%	0.86%
2004	42,921,895	292,805,298	1.74%	0.93%
2005	43,653,155	295,516,599	1.7%	0.93%
2006	44,397,319	298,379,912	1.7%	0.97%
2007	45,226,803	301,231,207	1.87%	0.96%
2008	45,954,106	304,093,966	1.61%	0.95%
2009	46,362,946	306,771,529	0.89%	0.88%
2010	46,576,897	309,327,143	0.46%	0.83%
2011	46,742,697	311,583,481	0.36%	0.73%
2012	46,773,055	313,877,662	0.06%	0.74%
2013	46,604,197	316,059,947	-0.36%	0.7%
2014	46,460,733	318,386,329	-0.31%	0.74%
2015	46,422,303	320,738,994	-0.08%	0.74%
2016	46,458,139	323,071,755	0.08%	0.73%
2017	46,571,232	325,122,128	0.24%	0.63%
2018	46,782,011	326,838,199	0.45%	0.53%
2019	47,118,501	328,329,953	0.72%	0.46%
2020	47,359,424	331,526,933	0.51%	0.97%
2021	47,443,821	331,893,745	0.18%	0.11%
2022	47,786,102	333,271,411	0.72%	0.42%
2023	48,347,910	334,914,895	1.18%	0.49%
2024	48,807,137	340,110,988	0.95%	1.55%
2025	48,786,181	341,931,772	-0.04%	0.54%
2026	48,746,279	343,664,369	-0.08%	0.51%
2027	48,696,847	345,331,185	-0.1%	0.49%
2028	48,642,132	346,981,137	-0.11%	0.48%
2029	48,578,166	348,601,982	-0.13%	0.47%
2030	48,501,513	350,176,974	-0.16%	0.45%
2031	48,412,854	351,725,612	-0.18%	0.44%
2032	48,321,195	353,249,060	-0.19%	0.43%
2033	48,230,054	354,749,644	-0.19%	0.42%
2034	48,136,421	356,234,239	-0.19%	0.42%
2035	48,036,650	357,694,316	-0.21%	0.41%
2036	47,929,957	359,119,002	-0.22%	0.4%
2037	47,819,257	360,517,853	-0.23%	0.39%
2038	47,706,580	361,895,407	-0.24%	0.38%
2039	47,588,878	363,229,908	-0.25%	0.37%
2040	47,463,597	364,512,364	-0.26%	0.35%
2041	47,332,618	365,753,139	-0.28%	0.34%
2042	47,194,588	366,969,419	-0.29%	0.33%
2043	47,052,293	368,146,925	-0.3%	0.32%
2044	46,902,636	369,258,123	-0.32%	0.3%
2045	46,738,565	370,318,770	-0.35%	0.29%
2046	46,564,383	371,328,255	-0.37%	0.27%
2047	46,381,681	372,299,116	-0.39%	0.26%
2048	46,190,642	373,230,539	-0.41%	0.25%
2049	45,985,428	374,119,803	-0.44%	0.24%
2050	45,769,362	374,986,259	-0.47%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Spain increased by 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Spain gained 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2005 and is 32nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Spain's population will shrink by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.