Unit 11 The Population of Spain

Population/Población

Inhabitants/Habitantes

Natural Growth/Crecimiento Natural

Immigration/Inmigración

Population Density/Densidad de población

Coastal/Costero/a

Inland/Del interior

Exception/Excepción

Active Population/Población Activo

Inactive Population/Población Inactivo

Able/Capaz

Earn/Ganar

Salary/Salario

Wealth/Riqueza

Migration/Migración

Emigrant/Emigrante

International Immigration/ Inmigración internacional

International Emigration/Emigración internacional

International Migration/ Migración internacional

Immigrant/Inmigrante

Foreign/ Extranjero (adj.)

Country/País

The population of Spain is over 47 million.  The number of inhabitants is growing because of positive natural growth and immigration.

The population density in Spain is 91 inhabitants per square kilometer.  The coastal areas and islands have more population than inland provinces, with the exception of Madrid.

The active population includes people who are the legal working age and able to work.  The inactive population includes people who are not of legal working age, people who are ill and people who do not earn a salary.

In Spain, the percentage of the active population working in each sector varies:

Primary Sector: 5%

Secondary Sector: 30%

Tertiary Sector: 65%

The tertiary sector generates the most wealth.

Migration

An emigrant is a person who leaves the place they were born to live in a different place. International Emigration is migration from one country to another. Internal Migration is migration within the same country. International Immigration is when a person leaves their country to live in a foreign one.

An immigrant is a person who comes to live in a foreign country.