The municipality of Murcia already has a pattern formed by a total of 439,144 inhabitants, as of January 8, 2009, a figure from the past year has increased by 5556 people.
As of January 1, 2008, the municipal population, adopted by the plenary of the Corporation in December last year, consisted of 430,125 inhabitants, of which 179 441 people are in the neighborhoods of the city and the rest in the districts (250 684).
As the number of foreigners registered in the municipality, the figure rises to 55,672 inhabitants.
The largest number of residents of Spanish nationality from Morocco (12 210), Ecuador (9978), Bolivia (6822), Ukraine (3627), Colombia (2557), Bulgaria (2251) and Romania (2168).
It should be noted in this connection that there has been low compared to Moroccans and Ecuadorians, as the number of registered persons of these nationalities has dropped, have been discharged 80 people in Morocco and 154 in Ecuador.
According to Deputy Mayor for Economic and Financial Affairs, Joaquin Moya-Angeles, "the decline registered from Morocco and Ecuador is the result of unemployment which is currently undergoing construction at its greatest extent, as a result of the economic crisis facing the country. "
Faced with this decline is the significant increase registered from Bolivia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and United Kingdom.
The movements have been experienced in the municipal register of inhabitants are:
Increase due to births: 5,466
High from other municipalities: 10,557
High from abroad: 7,725
High default (in this section are foreigners who do not come directly from their countries of origin have not been registered in another municipality and come to Murcia): 1,333
Other high: 113
Death casualties: 2,861
Low by destination to other municipalities: 11,871
Low to destinations abroad: 455
Low non-EU foreigners who have not carried out the renovation: 4185.
Other casualties: 242
Another of the changes produced in the municipal are produced by the change of address within the municipality, in this case the figure rises to 25,534 changes.
Decrease the population in the districts. With respect to last year, it is noteworthy that the neighborhoods have undergone a population decline, which has moved into the districts of the municipality of Murcia.
These changes of address have been carried out in those districts in which it is a significant residential growth.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia