Every year Seville loses local population in search of a better future and new opportunities.. According to data, the Sevillian population residing abroad has grown by 67.8% in the last decade to reach 48,636of which 24,044 are men and 24,592 women.
The figure has reached its maximum after having increased progressively since 2009, when there were 25,013 Sevillians residing abroad. This figure has doubled in 15 years and there are now more than 48,600 Sevillians living outside the country. It seems the trend is for it to continue increasing, since so far in 2024 alone, 1,660 people born in Seville live outside our borders.
A priori, in addition to the lack of job opportunities in Spain, which is considered the main cause of emigration. The crisis that originated in 2008 and from which we did not begin to emerge until 2015 caused many to flee in search of a better future, and they never returned..
Of the more than 48,600 Sevillians who live outside our borders, according to the latest update of the Register of Spaniards Resident Abroad (PERE), published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and collected by the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia , the majority resides in Europe, with 28,505 emigrants, followed by America (17,969) and, very far away, by Asia (926), Africa (651) and Oceania (585).
Germany, the favorite destination of Sevillians
Analyzing by country, Germany is by far the favorite destination for Sevillians looking outside of Spain for a better future. The more than 7,500 people born in the province and living in this country far exceed the population of dozens of Sevillian municipalities.especially in rural areas. It is followed by France, with 6,189, and Belgium, with 2,490. In America, the US with 4,142 and Argentina with 3,436 are the receiving countries with the most Sevillians among their residents.
Seville capital and Utrera, the towns with the most Sevillians outside
If the data is analyzed by locality, the capitalwith the goal of 700,000 inhabitants for years, and which it has not been able to achieve, It is the municipality in the province that has the most neighbors living abroad, although somewhat logical due to the greater volume of registered voters. Thus, they are 14,015 born in the capital and that they are not part of its daily life because they live thousands of kilometers away. In second place in this ranking is Utrera, the fourth municipality in the province of Seville by population volume, with 324 neighbors living abroadand, in third place, Dos Hermanas, where 289 people were born who decided to leave out to find a way forward. It is followed by Alcalá de Guadaíra, the third most populated municipality in Seville, with 286 residents outside. On the opposite side, there are seven municipalities with at least five residents residing abroad. They are, in descending order, Cañada Rosal and Huevar del Aljarafe, with five; El Ronquillo, with four; Greater Island and Castilleja del Campo, with three; El Garrobo, with two: and Castilleja de Guzmán, which only has one neighbor residing abroadspecifically a minor between 10 and 14 years old who resides in Belgium.
By age, the largest volume of Sevillians residing abroad has an average age of between 30 and 50 years. The age group with the most emigrants is between 45 and 49, but it is striking how there are 1,606 Sevillians over 85 years old who were born here in the years of the Civil War and post-war years and who left fleeing from an uncertain stage in our country and they never returned. Babies from 0 to 4 years old with 98.
Many Andalusians outside our land
The Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia highlights that at the beginning of 2024, 327,579 people with Spanish nationality registered in Andalusia were residing abroad, a figure that has grown 3.1% more than in 2023.
Andalusians residing abroad were mainly distributed between Europe (49.7%) and America (45.7%), the majority of them in South America. The main countries of residence were Argentina (19.5%), France (14.3%) and Germany (11.7%).
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