Demographic Shifts in Spain: Immigration and Economic Dynamics

🚨 This podcast episode is a celebration of Liberalism and Cosmopolitanism: a real-world demonstration that open markets and open minds can deliver prosperity. 

🔑 In 1990 less than 1% of the Spanish population were foreign residents.The foreign-born population was even smaller, with immigrants accounting for about 0.5% of residents 

As of January 1, 2025: 14% of residents in Spain are foreign nationals.

18.2% of Spain’s population was born outside the country.

1 in 7 residents of Madrid were born in Latin America. 

Spain flipped from near-zero immigration in 1990 to Europe’s most dynamic melting-pot today. We unpack how free-market reforms, EU membership and Spain’s famously liberal social scene turned the country into a magnet for Latin-American talent — reshaping Madrid and offering a hopeful fix for Europe’s aging crisis.

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