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The Andorran economy:

general developments

IV. Population, employment and education

1. Population and migratory flows

In 2021, the estimated population of Andorra rose to 79,535, the highest figure in the historical
series that is available since 2009. This was an increase of 1.9% since the previous year, the
strongest in the last four years. The figures for population registered with the local Comú
authorities (a different concept to the cited estimated population), reflect a similar dynamic, with
an increase of 1.8%, to 84,383, the highest level since 2010. As a result, the difference between
the two population data sources remains at 4,900.

REGISTERED AND ESTIMATED POPULATION - In thousands
Chart 4.1

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Registered Est mated
Source: Parish censuses of the Comú governments / Department of Stat st cs.

The increase in the estimated population of In 2021, Andorra saw strong
Andorra was headed by the rising number of populat on dynamics.
foreigners (2.7%), much greater than in the
previous year (0.6%), although growth in the
Andorran population also accelerated (1.1%). So, the tendency renewed for the foreign population
to grow faster than the Andorran population, which had stopped in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Consequently, the foreign population reached a total of 41,106 people, or 2,677 more individuals The Andorran economy: general developments | IV. Population, employment and education
than the Andorran population and representing 51.7% of the total, close to the maximum in the
available historical series of estimated population (52.1% in 2010), but still far from the 72.5%
of the registered population it had reached in 1986. These data confirm the attractiveness of
the Andorran market to foreign workers, after a loss of momentum recorded in 2020 due to the
health crisis.

The distribution by nationalities shows that the increase in foreigners was spread, with an especially
notable contribution from the group of other nationalities (7.9%), followed by the French (3.7%) and
Spanish (2.6%). The only group that saw a decline was the Portuguese (-2.2%), falling for the second
consecutive year to the lowest figure in the available historical series for estimated population. The