Overview
Address
Instituto de la Juventud de España
Spanish Institute for Youth
C/ José Ortega y Gasset 71
ES-28006 Madrid
Tel: +34 917 827 602
E-Mail:
Website
In Spain, while there is no single, uniform definition of “youth”, the age group of 15 to 29 is established by the Youth Strategy 2030 (Estrategia Juventud 2030) as the general reference for youth policies.
According to the Spanish National Statistical Institute (INE) data on Population figures and Demographic Censuses, Spain has an estimated population of 48,619,695 people in January 2024, of those 7.871.257 are youth, roughly 16%.
| Youth Population | % Young population | % of the total population | |
| Total | 7.871.257 | 100% | 16.2% |
| Male | 4.043.167 | 51% | 8.3% |
| Female | 3.828.090 | 49% | 7.9% |
Source: National Statistical Institute, Population Continuous Statistics 2024, Population Continuous Statistics, 1st January 2024, age group of 15-29 (retrieved 08/10/2025)
Ratio of young people in the total population on 1st January
Ratio of men and women in the youth population
Ratio of young immigrants in all immigrants from non-EU countries
Statistic references
Total number of young people:
7 431 973
References:
Ratio (%) of young people in the total population (2022): Eurostat, yth_demo_020 [data extracted on 24/05/2023].
Absolute number of young people on 1 January for the age group 15-29 (2022): Eurostat, yth_demo_010 [data extracted on 24/05/2023].
Ratio (%) of men and women in the youth population (2022): Eurostat, yth_demo_020 [data extracted on 24/05/2023].
Young immigrants from non-EU countries (2021): Eurostat, yth_demo_070 [data extracted on 24/05/2023].