Tenerife is the largest (2.034.36 km²) and most populated (897.582 inhabitants in January 2013) of the Canarias archipelago. Its economy is based on the tourism sector, due to the fact that it received around 5 million visits in 2013 particularly from the European continent.

National Intercultural Cities Network - Spain

In January 2024, Tenerife's population counted 959 189 inhabitants, of which 469 351 are men and 489 838 women. Out of the total, 75.23% of its inhabitants are Spanish from birth, with 67.28% born on the Canary Islands and 7.95% born in another Spanish territory. Out of the total, 24.7% were born abroad. The largest minority groups come from the Americas (13.37%) and from Europe (9.08%). Specifically, 5.94% of Tenerife's inhabitants come from Venezuela and 2.85% from Cuba. From Europe, the following data has been collected: 1.41% comes from the UK, 1.12% from Germany and 2.24% from Italy, which has become in the last years the most common foreign European nationality in the island. 

• Tenerife Intercultural profile
• Welcome to Tenerife – A welcoming guide to newcomers (+ FR / DE / SP)

• What is the ICC Index?
• Tenerife Results : 1st report (December 2015) / 2nd report (August 2018) / 3rd report (April 2021)