| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 52,495 (2022) 0.95% of Spain's foreign population 0.11% of Spain's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| All over Spain, especially Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Andalusia | |
| Languages | |
| Polish, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Poles, Spaniards, Silesians |
Poles in Spain or Polish-Spaniards are citizens and/or residents of Spain whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Poland.
Demographics
The Polish minority in Spain numbered approximately 52,495 according to 2022 census figures. The Polish population is mainly guest workers drawn by Spain's economic boom during the 1990s. Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Huelva and Valencia have significant Polish populations.
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5,521 | — |
| 2001 | 13,469 | 144% |
| 2004 | 27,862 | 106.9% |
| 2006 | 45,797 | 64.4% |
| 2008 | 78,560 | 71.5% |
| 2010 | 86,324 | 9.9% |
| 2012 | 84,281 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 69,471 | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 57,234 | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 52,446 | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 53,418 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 52,206 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 52,882 | 1.3% |
Poles in the Spanish Civil War
Main article: Polish volunteers in the Spanish Civil WarApproximately 5,400 volunteers of Polish origin participated in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades. The majority (3,800) were miners working in France, 300 were Polish-Americans, and several hundred were Poles living in various European countries. Only 800 came from Poland itself.
Notable people
- Luis José Sartorius, 1st Count of San Luis, noble, politician and journalist
- László Kubala, former football player
- Enrique Múgica Herzog, politician
- Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen consort of Spain, queen consort of Naples and Sicily
- Adam Karol Czartoryski, aristocrat
- Esther Koplowitz, businesswoman magnate and philanthropist
- Alicia Koplowitz, businesswoman magnate
- Tamara Czartoryska, sportswoman and model
- Adam Jezierski, actor
See also
- Great Emigration – Period when large numbers of educated people fled Poland and Lithuania, 1831 to 1870
- Masurians – Lechitic ethnic group of northeastern Poland
- Poland – Country in Central Europe
- Poland–Spain relations – diplomatic relations between the Republic of Poland and the Kingdom of SpainPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
- Polish diaspora – People of Polish heritage who live outside Poland
- Silesians – Inhabitants of the Silesia region
References
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística. "Polacos en España (Censo 2022)". Retrieved 24 September 2023.
External links
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística / National Institute of Statistics
- Asociaciones polacas en España / Polskie stowarzyszenia w Hiszpanii
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