Torrevieja Exceeds 113,000 Inhabitants
Posted: 13 May 2026 06:40
Probably the figure that stuck out from the article was 7,103, being the number of new inhabitants registered in the first five months of this year, which is an average of 60 per day.
https://www.informacion.es/vega-baja/20 ... 38860.html
Google translate, minus video and images:
Torrevieja exceeds 113,000 inhabitants: it must take on 60 more residents per day since the beginning of the year, according to the municipal register
The Ukrainian community is the largest with over ten thousand members, followed by the Colombian community, which is growing to almost 6,000, and the Russian community in third place, which has gained almost 800 registered members despite limitations on its economic activity due to sanctions. The INE (National Institute of Statistics) continues to place the official figure at 98,553 registered residents.
Torrevieja has surpassed 113,453 inhabitants during the first half of 2016 (forum admin note - article typo). For the governing team, these figures demonstrate that the city continues to consolidate itself, positively, "as one of the cities with the highest population growth in all of Spain" and they highlight it as "one of the most multicultural municipalities in the country".
According to the official municipal register, updated this Tuesday, Torrevieja now has a total of 113,453 registered inhabitants, of which 56,126 are men and 57,327 are women. This figure represents an increase of 7,103 inhabitants in less than five months. At the start of the year, on January 8th, the City Council reported a population of 106,000. The growth is 6.6% in 125 days, or sixty new residents per day.
The National Institute of Statistics (INE), the body that officially sets the population for municipalities, still left Torrevieja in its latest census revision below 100,000 inhabitants - 98,553 residents - a figure that will probably be exceeded in the update that the INE will carry out in the middle of this year.
According to the same sources, a total of 3,568 new registrations were processed in the local register between January and March, a figure that "evidences the significant population increase that the city continues to experience."
Staff reinforcement
According to the local government, "these figures once again highlight the extraordinary demographic growth that Torrevieja has been experiencing in recent years, driven by the arrival of both new national and international residents," and which has a direct reflection "in the intense administrative activity" recorded daily by the Census and Statistics Department of the City Council.
This work was only possible after most of the staff assigned to the area, including the department head, gave the City Council an ultimatum to reinforce the service, given what they described as an unsustainable situation. This situation had persisted for months without the technological upgrades announced by the municipal Innovation department and included on the electronic portal preventing long queues and a lack of appointments due to the high demand. This is something the municipal press release fails to mention.
During the first quarter of the year, 1,603 changes of address were processed, along with 1,879 renewals for foreign residents (carried out every two years) and 357 confirmations of long-term residence for foreigners. In addition, 1,327 modifications of personal data and 554 address corrections were also recorded. The Census and Statistics Department's activity was further reflected in the issuance of a total of 10,589 certificates of all types during the first three months of the year, solidifying its position as one of the municipal services with the highest volume of public service in the Torrevieja City Council.
Regularization process
In April 2026, coinciding with the start of the extraordinary regularization process for undocumented migrants, the municipal department maintained a particularly intense work pace. During these weeks, a total of 1,355 new residents were registered on the municipal census, reflecting the continued high rate of new arrivals to Torrevieja.
Furthermore, there has been a "huge" increase in the issuance of municipal certificates, reaching a total of 8,167 certificates issued, that is, 3,734 more than in the month of March, demonstrating the large influx of citizens who came to the municipal offices to manage administrative documentation related to the register.
The Census and Statistics Department highlights the significant effort being made by municipal staff to handle the growing volume of daily work, providing an agile and efficient service despite the continuous population increase that Torrevieja registers year after year.
Demographic reality
The updated census once again confirms the demographic reality of Torrevieja, a city in constant growth with high residential mobility, consolidating its position as one of the municipalities with the greatest population dynamism in the entire province of Alicante and the Valencian Community. The other side of this coin, however, is the problem of overcrowding, saturation, and significant deficiencies in the provision of public services such as healthcare, waste collection, and especially at this time, education, with the establishment of three primary schools and one secondary school built exclusively in prefabricated classrooms over the last five years: numbers 14, 15, and 16, and IES Number 6.
Of the 113,453 inhabitants registered in Torrevieja, 51,432 people are of Spanish nationality, while more than 62,000 residents correspond to foreign citizens from dozens of countries around the world.
Among the nationalities with the largest presence in Torrevieja, the Ukrainian population stands out, now reaching 10,787 registered residents, followed by the Colombian community with 5,892 residents, which is appearing in second place for the first time. The Russian community, with 5,834 residents in the city, has dropped to third position, but has increased by almost seven hundred inhabitants in a year despite the economic sanctions and restrictions imposed on Russian citizens due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Next are the British with 4,671 and the Moroccan with 3,743 citizens.
Torrevieja maintains a significant presence of residents from numerous European countries such as Sweden (1,993), Romania (1,784), Belgium (1,646), Bulgaria (1,487), Italy (1,435), Germany (1,372) or Poland (1,361).
https://www.informacion.es/vega-baja/20 ... 38860.html
Google translate, minus video and images:
Torrevieja exceeds 113,000 inhabitants: it must take on 60 more residents per day since the beginning of the year, according to the municipal register
The Ukrainian community is the largest with over ten thousand members, followed by the Colombian community, which is growing to almost 6,000, and the Russian community in third place, which has gained almost 800 registered members despite limitations on its economic activity due to sanctions. The INE (National Institute of Statistics) continues to place the official figure at 98,553 registered residents.
Torrevieja has surpassed 113,453 inhabitants during the first half of 2016 (forum admin note - article typo). For the governing team, these figures demonstrate that the city continues to consolidate itself, positively, "as one of the cities with the highest population growth in all of Spain" and they highlight it as "one of the most multicultural municipalities in the country".
According to the official municipal register, updated this Tuesday, Torrevieja now has a total of 113,453 registered inhabitants, of which 56,126 are men and 57,327 are women. This figure represents an increase of 7,103 inhabitants in less than five months. At the start of the year, on January 8th, the City Council reported a population of 106,000. The growth is 6.6% in 125 days, or sixty new residents per day.
The National Institute of Statistics (INE), the body that officially sets the population for municipalities, still left Torrevieja in its latest census revision below 100,000 inhabitants - 98,553 residents - a figure that will probably be exceeded in the update that the INE will carry out in the middle of this year.
According to the same sources, a total of 3,568 new registrations were processed in the local register between January and March, a figure that "evidences the significant population increase that the city continues to experience."
Staff reinforcement
According to the local government, "these figures once again highlight the extraordinary demographic growth that Torrevieja has been experiencing in recent years, driven by the arrival of both new national and international residents," and which has a direct reflection "in the intense administrative activity" recorded daily by the Census and Statistics Department of the City Council.
This work was only possible after most of the staff assigned to the area, including the department head, gave the City Council an ultimatum to reinforce the service, given what they described as an unsustainable situation. This situation had persisted for months without the technological upgrades announced by the municipal Innovation department and included on the electronic portal preventing long queues and a lack of appointments due to the high demand. This is something the municipal press release fails to mention.
During the first quarter of the year, 1,603 changes of address were processed, along with 1,879 renewals for foreign residents (carried out every two years) and 357 confirmations of long-term residence for foreigners. In addition, 1,327 modifications of personal data and 554 address corrections were also recorded. The Census and Statistics Department's activity was further reflected in the issuance of a total of 10,589 certificates of all types during the first three months of the year, solidifying its position as one of the municipal services with the highest volume of public service in the Torrevieja City Council.
Regularization process
In April 2026, coinciding with the start of the extraordinary regularization process for undocumented migrants, the municipal department maintained a particularly intense work pace. During these weeks, a total of 1,355 new residents were registered on the municipal census, reflecting the continued high rate of new arrivals to Torrevieja.
Furthermore, there has been a "huge" increase in the issuance of municipal certificates, reaching a total of 8,167 certificates issued, that is, 3,734 more than in the month of March, demonstrating the large influx of citizens who came to the municipal offices to manage administrative documentation related to the register.
The Census and Statistics Department highlights the significant effort being made by municipal staff to handle the growing volume of daily work, providing an agile and efficient service despite the continuous population increase that Torrevieja registers year after year.
Demographic reality
The updated census once again confirms the demographic reality of Torrevieja, a city in constant growth with high residential mobility, consolidating its position as one of the municipalities with the greatest population dynamism in the entire province of Alicante and the Valencian Community. The other side of this coin, however, is the problem of overcrowding, saturation, and significant deficiencies in the provision of public services such as healthcare, waste collection, and especially at this time, education, with the establishment of three primary schools and one secondary school built exclusively in prefabricated classrooms over the last five years: numbers 14, 15, and 16, and IES Number 6.
Of the 113,453 inhabitants registered in Torrevieja, 51,432 people are of Spanish nationality, while more than 62,000 residents correspond to foreign citizens from dozens of countries around the world.
Among the nationalities with the largest presence in Torrevieja, the Ukrainian population stands out, now reaching 10,787 registered residents, followed by the Colombian community with 5,892 residents, which is appearing in second place for the first time. The Russian community, with 5,834 residents in the city, has dropped to third position, but has increased by almost seven hundred inhabitants in a year despite the economic sanctions and restrictions imposed on Russian citizens due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Next are the British with 4,671 and the Moroccan with 3,743 citizens.
Torrevieja maintains a significant presence of residents from numerous European countries such as Sweden (1,993), Romania (1,784), Belgium (1,646), Bulgaria (1,487), Italy (1,435), Germany (1,372) or Poland (1,361).