Galicia will gain 3,617 inhabitants until 2039, going from about 2,693,649 Galicians in 2024 to 2,697,266, according to data from the Population Projection and Household Projection studies published this Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), which indicate that the average household will go from 2.4 people to 2.16. Although the national population will grow by 11.5%, to exceed 53.7 million inhabitants, the number of Galicians will only grow by 0.13% during that period.
Specifically, although the trend in the coming years will be a decrease in population in Galicia, In the last years analyzed, the Community will gain inhabitants. It will be foreigners born outside of Spain who will account for this increase. Thus, the number of foreigners in Galicia will go from almost 300,000 in 2024 to exceed 522,770 in 2039. That is, they will represent almost 19.4% of the total population, compared to the current 11.1%.
The number of Galician households will increase by 10.5%, to exceed 1.23 million. The majority will be one person, with 463,925, 34.8% more. Homes with two inhabitants will grow by 19.2%, to 385,522, while those with three will decrease by 9.2%, to 206,194. However, the greatest decrease between 2024 and 2039 will be recorded by households with 4 people or more, with 182,030, 19.3% less in 15 years. In this way, the average size will be 2.16 people per household.
