Torrevieja’s global village: Booming population with 123 nationalities

Torrevieja begins 2025 with a population of 106,350 registered inhabitants, marking an increase of almost 6,000 people in just one year.

This makes it the third most populous city in the province of Alicante and the fifth in the Valencian Community, following the provincial capitals of Valencia, Alicante, and Castellón, as well as Elche.

According to the Torrevieja City Council’s population and registration data, nearly half of the city’s residents, 47.91 per cent (50,960), are Spanish, while 52.09 per cent (55,390) are from international backgrounds, coming from 123 different countries across five continents.

Torrevieja’s Global Village: Booming Population

An interesting fact is that Torrevieja has recently added two residents from Dominica, a Caribbean island, increasing the number of countries represented in the city’s population registry from 122 to 123. The city’s registered population consists of 52,039 men (48.93 per cent) and 54,311 women (51.07 per cent).

A noteworthy change in the past year is the significant rise in the number of Ukrainian residents, now totalling 9,512 in Torrevieja. This makes Ukraine the most represented foreign country in the city, followed by Russia (5,926), Colombia (5,141), and the United Kingdom (4,708), which has been surpassed by Colombia for the first time. Among the 9,512 Ukrainians, 5,227 are women (55 per cent) and 4,285 are men (45 per cent).

Other nationalities with notable populations in Torrevieja include Morocco (2,961), Sweden (1,840), Romania (1,712), Belgium (1,574), Bulgaria (1,550), Italy (1,322), Algeria (1,254), Germany (1,237), Poland (1,141), China (884), Brazil (868), Argentina (823), Venezuela (783), Norway (708), France (685), Lithuania (646), Finland (638), Belarus (636), India (593), the Netherlands (575), Cuba (531), Ecuador (424), Latvia (414), and Ireland (393).

Cosmopolitan Cityscape: 123 Different Nationalities

The city’s international community now includes residents from 123 different countries, with new additions from Senegal, Kazakhstan, Chile, Uruguay, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia, Macedonia, Denmark, Austria, Cyprus, Malta, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, the United States, Cape Verde, Guinea, Nigeria, Gabon, Gambia, South Africa, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nepal, Madagascar, Mauritius, the Philippines, Israel, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Thailand, Australia, Japan, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Suriname, and Dominica, among others.

Additionally, six people are listed as “stateless” in the city’s records, three men and three women.