Benidorm has
experienced since the mid twentieth century an extraordinary urban
transformation, which has caused its population from 5,000 inhabitants at the
end of the 50s to the present figure.
On the other hand, Benidorm is the place
with more skyscrapers per capita in the world and second in the number of them
per square meter, only after Manhattan.
Which was the tallest building in Spain,
the Hotel Bali III, is located in Benidorm, is the highest hotel in Europe. It has also started construction of the tallest
residential building in Europe to be called
Intempo (200 m.).
Demographic
developments in Benidorm [2]
1787 1857 1877 1887 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940
Population 2,526 3,720 2,905 3,498 3,417 3,113 2,976 2,726 2,955
1950 1960 1970 1981 1991 1996 2001 2006 2007 2008
Population 2,726 6,259 12,124 25,544 42,442 50,040 51,873 67,627 69,058 70,280
It has 70,280
inhabitants (2007), but because a vast majority of foreigners are not
registered are estimated to be around 100,000 for most of the year. Even so,
29.3% of the population census in 2007 is of foreign nationality, highlighting
the people of British origin and other countries of the European Union.
Benidorm is a tourist city thanks largely to its climate and average
temperatures, which fluctuate throughout the year between the 12 º in winter
and 28 º are reached in summer.
