In January 2023, Tenerife’s population counted 931.646 inhabitants, of which 456.403 men and 475.243 women. Out of the total, 85,87% of its inhabitants are Spanish from birth, with 80,64% born on the Canary Islands and 9,34% born in another Spanish territory. Out of the total, 22,71% are foreign-borns. The largest minority groups come from America (12,08%) and from Europe (8.22%). For example, the 5,64% of Tenerife’s inhabitants come from Venezuela and the 2.38% from Cuba. From Europe the following data has been collected: the 1.57% comes from the UK, 1.04% from Germany and 2.12% from Italy, becoming in the last years the number one european nationality in the island.

Cultural diversity in Tenerife

 

Population diversity

In January 2014, Tenerife’s population counted 889.936 inhabitants, of which 438.777 men and 451.159 women. Out of the total, the 80.44% of its inhabitants is Spanish from birth, with 72.63% born on the Canary Islands and 7.82% born in another Spanish territory. Out of the total, the 13.04% are non-nationals, whereas the 6.51% are foreign-borns. The largest minority groups come from America (9.33%) and from Europe (8.22%). For example, the 3.86% of Tenerife’s inhabitants come from Venezuela, the 1.64% from Cuba and the 0.98% from Argentina. From Europe the following data has been collected: the 1.93% comes from UK, 1.41% from Germany and, similarly, the 1.37% from Italy.

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