A total of 2,482,808 citizens with Spanish nationality resided abroad as of January 1, 2018, which represents an increase of 3.2% (76,197 people) compared to the previous year.
This is indicated by the latest data from the Register of Spaniards Residing Abroad (PERE) published recently by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
By continent, 61.8% of Spaniards registered abroad have their residence in America, 34.7% in Europe, and 3.5% in the rest of the world.
By country, Argentina is currently home to the most citizens with Spanish nationality, with a total of 457,204. The second country with the most resident Spaniards is France (253,036), while Venezuela occupies the third position with 167,255 people, although this is the country where the number of resident Spaniards decreased the most during the last year.
The fourth country in this ranking is Germany (154,876), the fifth United States (147,817), and the sixth Cuba (139,851). The list of the top ten countries with the most resident Spaniards as of January 1, 2018, is completed by Mexico (135,955), Brazil (130,635), United Kingdom (127,920), and Switzerland (119,117).
During the last year, the largest increases in Spanish residents in foreign countries occurred in the United Kingdom (12,141 more), the United States (11,012) and France (9,454). In contrast, in Venezuela the figure was reduced by 13,242 registered individuals compared to those on January 1, 2017.
All data is collected in the following interactive table:
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