Editing Community of Madrid (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Community of Madrid population pyramid in 2022.svg|thumb|Community of Madrid population pyramid in 2022]]
{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source: [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]]
|1900| 775034
|1910| 878641
|1920| 1067637
|1930| 1383591
|1940| 1579793
|1950| 1926311
|1960| 2606254
|1970| 3792561
|1981| 4687083
|1991| 4947555
|2001| 5423384
|2011| 6489680
|2021| 6726640
}}
[[File:Densidad de población de la Comunidad de Madrid (2017).svg|left|245px]]
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| text = [[Population density]] by municipality<br />according to the Institute for Statistics of<br />the Community of Madrid (2017):<br />{{Legend|#800000|≥ 600/km<sup>2</sup>}} {{Legend|#eb0000|200-600/km<sup>2</sup>}} {{Legend|#ff7474|90-200/km<sup>2</sup>}} {{Legend|#ffb2b2|20-90/km<sup>2</sup>}}{{Legend|#fff0f0|<20/km<sup>2</sup>}}
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As of 1 January 2024, the Community of Madrid has a registered population of 7,001,715 inhabitants,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-ciudad-malaga-alcanza-591367-habitantes-empadronados-septima-capital-mas-poblada-espana-20241212154351.html|date=12 December 2024|title=La ciudad de Málaga alcanza los 591.367 habitantes empadronados y es la séptima capital más poblada de España|website=[[Europa Press]]}}</ref> and it is the most populated province and third most populated autonomous community in Spain. [[Population density]] is 829.62 hab/km<sup>2</sup>, much higher than the national average of 93.8 hab/km<sup>2</sup>. Population density varies with the community itself; the [[Madrid|municipality of Madrid]] has a density of 5,300 hab/km<sup>2</sup>, whereas the Sierra Norte has a population density of less than 10 hab/km<sup>2</sup>. The vast majority of the population lives in the capital and its metropolitan area, which is the most populated in Spain.

Madrid also has the greatest population density in Spain. Its inhabitants are mainly concentrated in the capital (which is the Spanish city with the highest resident population) and in a series of municipalities ([[Móstoles]], [[Alcalá de Henares]], [[Fuenlabrada]], [[Leganés]], [[Alcorcón]], [[Getafe]], [[Torrejón de Ardoz]], and [[Alcobendas]]), as opposed to in rural areas with low population density. Its citizens have diverse origins, and Madrid is the province with the highest number of residents born outside its territory and with the largest foreign population (13.32%).{{dubious|date=August 2019}} It is a focus of attraction for those migrating for reasons of employment. Population growth in Madrid is mainly due to the arrival of foreigners.<ref>http://www.ine.es/en/inebmenu/mnu_migrac_en.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511041600/http://www.ine.es/en/inebmenu/mnu_migrac_en.htm |date=2008-05-11 }} INEbase. Demography and population. Migrations</ref>

As of 1 January 2024, the region's population included 1,038,671 people born in Spanish-speaking countries from the Americas, up from 81,552 in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2024-12-20/madrid-llega-ya-al-millon-de-latinos-uno-de-cada-siete-habitantes.html?ssm=TW_CM_MAD#Echobox=1734679996|first1=Fernando|last1=Peinado|first2=Daniele|last2=Grasso|website=[[El País]]|title=Madrid supera el millón de latinoamericanos, uno de cada siete habitantes|date=20 December 2024 }}</ref>

The Community of Madrid is the [[NUTS regions|EU-Region]] with the highest average [[life expectancy]] at birth. The average life expectancy was 82.2 years for males and 87.8 for females in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_statistics_at_regional_level|title=Population statistics at regional level - Statistics Explained|website=ec.europa.eu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>
{{Largest cities
| country = the Community of Madrid
| stat_ref = [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]] (1 January 2023)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Ministry of Economy (Spain)|Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital]]|url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/13/all|title=Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
| list_by_pop =
| kind        = municipalities
| city_1 = Madrid
| pop_1 = 3,331,035
| img_1 = Madrid (38624991251).jpg
| city_2 = Móstoles
| pop_2 = 211,265
| img_2 = Transporte mostoles.JPG
| city_3 = Alcalá de Henares
| pop_3 = 199,184
| img_3 = 001337 - Alcalá de Henares (4121247387).jpg
| city_4 = Leganés
| pop_4 = 191,114
| img_4 = Leganés - Barrio El Carrascal, Avenida Juan Carlos I.JPG
| city_5 = Fuenlabrada
| pop_5 = 188,376
| city_6 = Getafe
| pop_6 = 185,899
| city_7 = Alcorcón
| pop_7 = 171,772
| city_8 = Torrejón de Ardoz
| pop_8 = 137,711
| city_9 = Parla
| pop_9 = 133,004
| city_10 = Alcobendas
| pop_10 = 119,416
| city_11 = Rivas Vaciamadrid
| pop_11 = 100,275
| city_12 = Las Rozas de Madrid{{!}}Las Rozas
| pop_12 = 98,086
| city_13 =San Sebastián de los Reyes
| pop_13 = 92,734
| city_14 = Pozuelo de Alarcón
| pop_14 = 88,784
| city_15 = Valdemoro
| pop_15 = 81,394
| city_16 = Coslada
| pop_16 = 80,171
| city_17 = Majadahonda
| pop_17 = 72,548
| city_18 = Collado Villalba
| pop_18 = 65,657
| city_19 = Boadilla del Monte
| pop_19 = 64,742
| city_20 = Aranjuez
| pop_20 = 60,668

}}

===Foreign population===
As of 2022, the region had a foreign-born population of 949,969.<ref name=ineextranjeros>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Tabla.htm?path=/t20/e245/p08/l0/&file=02005.px&L=0|publisher=[[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|Instituto Nacional de Estadística]]|access-date=2019-04-05|title=Población extranjera por Nacionalidad, comunidades, Sexo y Año.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426032350/http://www.ine.es/jaxi/Tabla.htm?path=%2Ft20%2Fe245%2Fp08%2Fl0%2F&file=02005.px&L=0|archive-date=26 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The largest groups of foreigners were those of [[Romanians|Romanian]], [[Moroccans|Moroccan]], [[Venezuelans|Venezuelan]], [[Colombians|Colombian]], [[Chinese people|Chinese]], [[Peruvians|Peruvian]] and [[Italians|Italian]] citizenship.<ref name=ineextranjeros />
{|class="wikitable floatright"
|+Foreign population by country of citizenship (2022)<ref name=ineextranjeros />
! Nationality || Population
|-
|{{flagu|Romania}} || align = "right" | 144,694
|-
|{{flagu|Morocco}} || align = "right" | 77,369
|-
|{{flagu|Venezuela}}|| align="right" | 67,710
|-
|{{flagu|Colombia}} || align = "right" | 67,354
|-
|{{flagu|China}}|| align="right" | 60,148
|-
|{{flagu|Peru}}|| align="right" | 47,024
|-
|{{flag|Italy}} || align = "right" | 43,464
|-
| {{Flagu|Honduras}}|| align="right" | 36,337
|-
| {{Flag|Ecuador}}|| align="right" | 33,405
|-
| {{Flag|Paraguay}} || align = right | 26,264
|-
| Other || align = right | 346,200
|}