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Forecasts indicate that Spain's resident population will grow by 8.4 % in the period up to The most recent advances in population projections made by the INE ("Short term population projection in Spain from 2010 to 2020" Press Release of October 7, 2010) state that the population will grow by 2.7% until 2020 with the current demographic trends, compared with 14.8% growth over the last decade.
Spain will keep an annual rate of population growth in the coming years less than 0.35% with a slight downward trend. After some years of high population growth, Spain will reach just over 47 million people in 2020, with the current demographic trends. Thus, in the period 2010-2020 the resident population will grow by 1.2 million (2.7%) compared to the 5.9 million increase (14.8%) in the first decade of the century. On annual average, population growth would be 124,591 inhabitants, lower than 593,931 in the past decade.
The foreign population input may diminish over the next few years due to the economic crisis and to the growth of unemployment, as well as a result of the immigration restriction measures enforced throughout Europe, but it is estimated to hold around 250,000 people annually in the next decade.
Changes in land use will be conditioned by initiatives deriving from the various government plans and programmes implemented. Possible outcomes include an increase in artificial surfaces due to creation of transport, technological and industrial infrastructure, an increase in forest area, and development of new agricultural crops. The principal initiatives are as follows:
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/2010/countries/es/land-use-outlook-2020-spain or scan the QR code.
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