Marbella, by the numbers

As of 1 January 2026, Marbella has 173,420 registered residents from 155 nationalities, 63,206 of them foreign nationals (Marbella Wire).

1. Population (registered residents, Jan 2026)marbella.es173,420
2. Municipal areaen.wikipedia.org114.3 km²
3. Coastline (within Marbella limits)en.wikipedia.org27 km
4. Blue Flag beachesmalagacar.com8
5. Annual sunshine hoursweather-and-climate.com2,919
6. Average summer high temperatureweather-and-climate.com28-30°C (August max 29.3°C)
7. Golf courses in the areagolfbreaks.com20
8. Foreign residents (percentage)marbella.es36.45%

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Checked by Vernon Marsh on 10 September 2026

The padrón, Marbella's municipal register, counted 173,420 residents on 1 January 2026, up nearly 7,000 on the year before. Of those, 110,214 are Spanish nationals and 63,206 hold one of 155 other nationalities, about 36.4% of the total.

1. 1 January 2023156,295INE · marbella.es
2. 1 January 2024165,871Padrón · marbella.es
3. 31 December 2024166,999Padrón · marbella.es
4. 1 January 2026173,420Padrón · marbella.es

As of 1 January 2026, 5,638 residents of Marbella are registered as born in the United Kingdom, +332 more than a year earlier, one of the town's 155 nationalities (Marbella Wire).

The number depends on who is counting. The town hall's own padrón reached 173,420 on 1 January 2026, but INE, the national statistics institute, has approved only 159,786 residents in its most recent official count, a gap the ayuntamiento put at more than 13,500 in a funding complaint filed 30 January 2026. It says the shortfall costs the city more than €4 million a year in state funding. marbella.es