Spain: Autonomous Communities and Major Cities (original) (raw)

Autonomous Communities

The population of the Spanish regions ("autonomous communities") according to census results and latest register evaluations.

Name Abbr. Status Capital AreaA (km²) PopulationCensus (C)1981-03-01 PopulationCensus (C)1991-03-01 PopulationCensus (C)2001-11-01 PopulationCensus (C)2011-11-01 PopulationCensus (C)2021-01-01 PopulationEvaluation (R)2023-01-01
Spain ESP Kingd Madrid 504,783 37,682,355 38,872,268 40,847,371 46,815,916 47,400,798 48,085,361
Andalucía [Andalusia] AND Reg Sevilla 87,598 6,440,985 6,940,522 7,357,558 8,371,268 8,484,804 8,584,147 8759800
Aragón ARA Reg Zaragoza 47,720 1,196,952 1,188,817 1,204,215 1,344,502 1,331,938 1,341,289 4772000
Asturias AST Reg Oviedo 10,604 1,129,556 1,093,937 1,062,998 1,075,179 1,012,117 1,006,060 1060400
Canarias [Canary Islands] CAN Reg Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Las Palmas 7,447 1,367,646 1,493,784 1,694,477 2,082,655 2,178,924 2,213,016 744700
Cantabria CAR Reg Santander 5,321 513,115 527,326 535,131 592,543 584,708 588,387 532100
Castilla-La Mancha CLM Reg Toledo 79,462 1,648,584 1,658,446 1,760,516 2,106,349 2,052,505 2,084,086 7946200
Castilla y León CLE Reg Valladolid 94,225 2,583,137 2,545,926 2,456,474 2,540,251 2,385,223 2,383,703 9422500
Cataluña [Catalonia] CAT Reg Barcelona 32,113 5,956,414 6,059,494 6,343,110 7,519,838 7,749,896 7,901,963 3211300
Ceuta CEU City Ceuta 19 65,264 67,615 71,505 83,517 84,071 83,052 1900
Comunitat Valenciana (Comunidad Valenciana) VAL Reg València 23,255 3,646,778 3,857,234 4,162,776 5,009,930 5,067,911 5,216,195 2325500
Extremadura EXT Reg Mérida 41,635 1,064,968 1,061,852 1,058,503 1,104,521 1,061,636 1,054,306 4163500
Galicia GAL Reg Santiago de Compostela 29,574 2,811,912 2,731,669 2,695,880 2,772,927 2,698,177 2,699,424 2957400
Illes Balears (Islas Baleares) [Balearic Islands] BAL Reg Palma 4,992 655,909 709,138 841,669 1,100,503 1,183,415 1,209,906 499200
La Rioja LAR Reg Logroño 5,045 254,349 263,434 276,702 321,171 319,444 322,282 504500
Madrid MAD Reg Madrid 8,028 4,686,895 4,947,555 5,423,384 6,421,878 6,726,640 6,871,903 802800
Melilla MEL City Melilla 13 63,593 56,600 66,411 81,323 86,450 85,493 1300
Murcia MUR Reg Murcia 11,313 955,487 1,045,601 1,197,646 1,462,125 1,518,279 1,551,692 1131300
Navarra [Navarre] NAV Reg Pamplona 10,390 509,002 519,277 555,829 640,125 662,032 672,155 1039000
País Vasco (Euskal Herriko) [Basque Country] PAI Reg Vitoria-Gasteiz 7,235 2,141,809 2,104,041 2,082,587 2,185,405 2,212,628 2,216,302 723500

Major Cities

| | Name | Adm. | PopulationEvaluation (R)2023-01-01 | | | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | --------- | | 1 | Madrid | MAD | 3,340,176 | | 2 | Barcelona | CAT | 1,655,956 | | 3 | València | VAL | 804,121 | | 4 | Sevilla | AND | 684,164 | | 5 | Zaragoza | ARA | 683,949 | | 6 | Málaga | AND | 587,068 | | 7 | Murcia | MUR | 467,501 | | 8 | Palma | BAL | 430,640 | | 9 | Las Palmas | CAN | 380,863 | | 10 | Alicante | VAL | 350,598 |

Contents: Cities

The population of all cities in Spain with more than 50,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest register evaluations.

Name Adm. PopulationCensus (C)1981-03-01 PopulationCensus (C)1991-03-01 PopulationCensus (C)2001-11-01 PopulationCensus (C)2011-11-01 PopulationCensus (C)2021-01-01 PopulationEvaluation (R)2023-01-01 Area
A Coruña (La Coruña) GAL 231,721 246,953 236,379 245,053 245,541 247,350 3783
Adeje CAN 6,766 9,708 20,255 42,886 48,822 50,523 10595
Albacete CLM 113,897 130,023 148,934 171,999 172,806 173,202 112699
Alcalá de Guadaíra AND 45,577 52,257 57,426 73,317 75,722 76,829 28500
Alcalá de Henares MAD 137,169 159,355 176,434 200,505 195,570 198,348 8772
Alcobendas MAD 63,731 78,725 92,090 110,351 116,895 119,471 4498
Alcorcón MAD 140,957 139,662 153,100 167,217 171,575 172,845 3373
Alcoy (Alcoi) VAL 66,396 65,514 58,358 60,716 59,187 59,563 12986
Algeciras AND 85,390 101,256 101,468 117,695 123,435 123,943 8580
Alicante (Alacant) VAL 245,963 265,473 284,580 329,325 338,768 350,598 20127
Almería AND 140,745 155,120 166,328 189,680 200,273 200,665 29572
Aranjuez MAD 35,619 36,162 40,797 55,984 60,156 60,998 20111
Arganda del Rey MAD 22,032 26,113 33,432 53,786 56,315 58,623 7965
Arona CAN 13,556 22,721 40,826 75,484 83,097 86,497 8160
Arrecife CAN 28,864 33,906 44,980 55,381 64,278 64,735 2428
Ávila CLE 40,173 45,977 49,712 59,482 58,120 58,548 23070
Avilés AST 87,996 85,351 83,185 82,938 76,951 75,643 2681
Badajoz EXT 107,136 122,225 133,519 151,214 151,048 150,716 144037
Badalona CAT 229,780 218,725 205,836 219,241 221,750 224,301 2095
Barakaldo (San Vicente de Baracaldo) PAI 114,462 105,088 94,478 100,064 100,847 100,987 2512
Barcelona CAT 1,752,627 1,643,542 1,503,884 1,611,013 1,627,559 1,655,956 9911
Benalmádena AND 13,622 21,994 34,565 61,394 70,419 76,318 2688
Benidorm VAL 24,983 42,442 51,873 68,045 68,874 72,184 3851
Bilbao PAI 416,999 369,839 349,972 351,356 345,749 345,235 4139
Boadilla del Monte MAD 6,084 15,824 27,443 46,611 59,000 64,635 4720
Burgos CLE 152,545 160,278 166,187 178,864 174,154 174,585 10706
Cáceres EXT 65,758 74,589 82,716 95,616 95,659 96,195 175023
Cádiz AND 156,711 154,347 133,363 124,014 114,442 112,077 1230
Calvià BAL 11,777 20,982 35,977 49,807 51,831 53,496 14502
Cartagena MUR 167,936 168,023 184,686 215,757 215,826 218,196 55808
Castelldefels CAT 24,697 33,017 46,428 61,858 66,866 68,327 1281
Castelló de la Plana (Castellón de la Plana) VAL 124,487 134,213 147,667 176,298 172,637 175,915 11133
Cerdanyola del Vallès CAT 40,078 56,612 53,343 57,674 57,335 57,752 3083
Ceuta CEU 65,264 67,615 71,505 83,517 84,071 83,052 1987
Chiclana de la Frontera AND 36,492 46,862 61,028 80,769 86,450 88,770 20586
Ciudad Real CLM 50,151 57,030 63,251 75,071 75,081 75,254 28515
Collado Villalba MAD 18,762 26,356 47,001 60,964 64,297 66,260 2652
Colmenar Viejo MAD 19,787 39,633 35,181 46,140 52,465 55,100 18256
Córdoba AND 279,386 302,154 308,072 328,326 322,327 324,418 125425
Cornellà de Llobregat CAT 91,563 84,927 79,979 86,504 89,158 90,076 682
Coslada MAD 53,730 73,866 77,884 89,155 81,388 80,146 1201
Cuenca CLM 40,007 42,817 46,341 56,472 54,187 53,630 91060
Donostia (San Sebastián) PAI 169,233 171,439 178,377 185,512 187,892 188,136 6089
Dos Hermanas AND 57,548 78,025 101,988 128,433 136,296 138,991 16034
Eivissa (Ibiza) BAL 25,343 29,935 34,826 48,550 50,566 51,872 1114
Elche (Elx) VAL 164,779 188,062 194,767 227,417 235,566 238,285 32650
Elda VAL 53,128 54,350 51,593 54,357 52,580 53,038 4579
El Ejido AND 29,486 41,374 57,877 80,839 83,310 89,391 22558
El Prat de Llobregat CAT 60,419 64,321 61,818 62,981 65,417 65,409 3153
El Puerto de Santa María AND 55,748 65,517 76,236 89,012 89,062 90,197 15910
Estepona AND 23,542 34,965 43,109 64,468 71,696 77,068 13750
Ferrol (El Ferrol) GAL 87,691 83,045 77,950 71,690 64,928 64,005 8265
Fuengirola AND 29,160 37,742 49,675 72,019 81,987 85,136 1037
Fuenlabrada MAD 78,096 144,723 182,705 196,986 192,612 189,287 3941
Gandia (Gandía) VAL 48,558 51,806 59,850 77,595 75,700 77,916 6083
Getafe MAD 126,558 139,190 151,479 168,642 183,872 187,525 7838
Getxo (Guecho) PAI 67,793 79,954 82,285 80,252 77,101 76,297 1187
Gijón AST 256,433 259,067 266,419 276,969 269,311 268,948 18171
Girona (Gerona) CAT 63,308 68,656 74,879 96,113 101,648 104,038 3897
Granada AND 246,642 255,212 240,661 241,003 233,680 232,246 8113
Granadilla de Abona CAN 13,752 16,884 21,135 41,209 52,401 55,505 16250
Granollers CAT 45,348 51,873 53,105 59,571 62,125 62,950 1495
Guadalajara CLM 52,313 63,649 68,248 84,404 86,946 88,886 23549
Huelva AND 127,822 142,547 142,284 147,808 142,668 142,968 15203
Huesca ARA 41,455 44,165 46,243 52,031 53,377 53,938 16104
Irun (Irún) PAI 53,334 53,276 56,601 60,747 62,898 62,853 4240
Jaén AND 95,783 103,260 112,590 116,469 111,915 111,767 42430
Jerez de la Frontera AND 171,283 183,316 183,273 211,784 213,616 214,294 118794
La Laguna (San Cristóbal de la Laguna) CAN 106,146 110,895 128,822 152,025 158,117 159,576 10245
La Línea de la Concepción AND 56,609 58,315 59,437 65,412 64,242 64,739 2667
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria CAN 360,098 354,877 354,863 381,271 380,667 380,863 10332
Las Rozas de Madrid MAD 13,405 35,137 63,385 89,885 95,294 98,621 5831
Leganés MAD 163,910 171,589 173,584 185,758 188,687 190,974 4309
León CLE 127,095 144,021 130,916 131,411 122,398 121,763 3903
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat CAT 295,074 272,578 239,019 256,509 265,003 276,617 1362
Linares AND 55,122 59,249 57,578 60,799 56,525 55,130 19670
Lleida (Lérida) CAT 106,814 112,093 112,199 137,283 138,933 142,990 21201
Logroño LAR 109,536 122,254 133,058 152,698 150,596 150,206 7892
Lorca MUR 61,879 65,919 77,477 91,849 95,726 97,904 167520
Lugo GAL 72,574 83,242 88,414 98,001 97,514 98,189 32978
Madrid MAD 3,158,818 3,010,492 2,938,723 3,198,645 3,277,451 3,340,176 60577
Majadahonda MAD 22,852 33,475 50,683 69,587 72,173 72,833 3847
Málaga AND 483,847 522,108 524,414 561,435 578,063 587,068 39513
Manresa CAT 67,007 66,320 63,981 76,311 77,944 78,570 4164
Marbella AND 60,172 80,599 100,036 135,124 149,032 156,153 11713
Mataró CAT 97,008 101,510 106,358 123,367 129,749 129,613 2230
Melilla MEL 53,593 56,600 66,411 81,323 86,450 85,493 1424
Mérida EXT 41,027 49,284 50,271 57,810 59,627 59,563 86519
Mijas AND 14,777 31,680 46,232 74,028 86,556 90,763 14880
Molina de Segura MUR 31,515 37,806 46,905 66,771 73,593 75,941 16950
Mollet del Vallès CAT 35,480 40,877 47,270 52,096 51,129 51,692 1080
Móstoles MAD 150,259 192,018 196,524 203,493 208,632 210,592 4536
Motril AND 40,506 46,500 51,298 60,460 58,723 59,199 10331
Murcia MUR 284,585 328,100 370,745 437,667 459,778 467,501 88596
Orihuela VAL 44,776 49,475 54,390 79,889 78,486 82,425 36544
Ourense (Orense) GAL 94,346 102,758 107,510 107,314 104,578 104,187 8455
Oviedo AST 184,473 196,051 201,154 225,005 217,164 217,369 18665
Palencia CLE 71,716 77,863 79,797 81,089 77,086 76,266 9495
Palma (Palma de Mallorca) BAL 290,372 296,754 333,801 402,044 424,837 430,640 20863
Pamplona (Iruña) NAV 177,906 180,372 183,964 195,943 203,596 206,233 2514
Parla MAD 56,318 69,907 79,213 122,045 130,550 132,842 2451
Paterna VAL 32,613 41,081 46,974 66,853 71,328 73,362 3585
Pinto MAD 18,761 22,251 31,340 46,223 53,625 55,178 6204
Ponferrada CLE 53,763 59,948 62,175 68,383 63,739 62,941 28316
Pontevedra GAL 64,184 71,491 74,942 82,346 83,241 82,592 11822
Pozuelo de Alarcón MAD 29,756 48,328 68,214 83,371 87,080 88,504 4320
Reus CAT 79,245 87,670 89,006 106,849 105,981 108,535 5293
Rincón de la Victoria AND 7,803 12,601 25,302 41,040 49,917 51,315 2848
Rivas-Vaciamadrid MAD 653 14,863 35,742 73,865 93,272 100,053 6738
Roquetas de Mar AND 18,891 26,842 50,096 86,799 98,364 105,886 5965
Rubí CAT 43,839 50,405 61,159 74,321 78,465 80,034 3220
Sabadell CAT 186,123 189,404 183,788 206,949 216,759 217,968 3753
Sagunto (Sagunt) VAL 55,294 55,457 56,471 65,813 67,326 70,486 13237
Salamanca CLE 153,981 162,888 156,368 151,658 143,549 143,666 3934
San Bartolomé de Tirajana CAN 17,739 24,451 34,515 53,440 53,429 54,668 33242
San Fernando AND 72,103 85,410 88,073 96,786 94,952 94,072 3065
Sanlúcar de Barrameda AND 48,390 56,006 60,254 67,232 69,590 69,819 17027
San Sebastián de los Reyes MAD 39,950 53,707 61,884 80,561 90,958 92,417 5866
Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Santa Coloma de Gramanet) CAT 140,613 133,138 112,992 119,391 118,489 119,195 709
Santa Cruz de Tenerife CAN 185,899 200,172 188,477 204,476 208,103 208,906 15044
Santa Lucía de Tirajana CAN 26,628 33,059 47,652 66,725 73,921 76,418 6253
Santander CAR 179,694 191,079 180,717 178,095 172,000 172,655 3608
Sant Boi de Llobregat CAT 72,926 77,932 78,738 82,666 83,621 83,667 2213
Sant Cugat del Vallès CAT 30,633 38,937 60,265 84,934 93,937 97,579 4820
Santiago de Compostela GAL 82,404 87,807 90,188 95,397 97,798 98,716 22001
San Vicente del Raspeig (Sant Vicent del Raspeig) VAL 23,350 29,225 39,666 54,781 58,925 59,964 4055
Segovia CLE 50,759 54,375 54,368 54,945 51,234 50,926 16359
Sevilla AND 645,817 683,028 684,633 698,042 684,340 684,164 14134
Siero AST 40,350 44,033 47,890 52,142 51,574 52,166 21123
Talavera de la Reina CLM 64,840 68,700 75,369 87,676 83,201 84,102 18583
Tarragona CAT 109,112 110,153 113,129 133,223 136,150 138,326 5882
Telde CAN 62,509 77,356 87,949 101,080 103,175 103,240 10033
Terrassa (Tarrasa) CAT 155,614 158,063 173,775 214,406 222,576 225,274 7029
Toledo CLM 54,335 59,802 68,382 83,872 85,254 85,818 23214
Torrejón de Ardoz MAD 75,599 82,238 97,887 123,213 133,377 138,197 3262
Torrelavega CAR 56,490 60,023 55,477 55,125 51,203 51,232 3553
Torremolinos AND 18,385 27,543 44,772 66,270 67,877 70,345 1990
Torrent (Torrente) VAL 51,762 56,564 65,417 80,829 84,325 87,329 6923
Torrevieja VAL 12,321 25,014 50,953 90,097 83,740 89,729 7176
Tres Cantos MAD 52 15,431 36,927 41,173 48,726 51,354 3793
Utrera AND 38,097 43,220 45,175 51,722 51,229 51,857 65127
Valdemoro MAD 13,345 17,806 33,169 69,354 77,931 81,619 6417
València [Valencia] VAL 744,748 752,909 738,441 792,054 788,842 804,121 13931
Valladolid CLE 320,293 330,700 316,580 311,682 297,370 297,129 19737
Vélez-Málaga AND 41,937 50,999 57,142 76,922 82,972 86,364 15788
Vigo GAL 261,331 276,109 280,186 295,623 294,650 294,910 10906
Viladecans CAT 43,358 48,294 56,841 64,999 66,810 66,615 2006
Vilanova i la Geltrú CAT 43,833 45,864 54,230 66,074 67,369 68,768 3387
Vila-real (Villarreal) VAL 34,923 37,927 42,442 50,747 51,113 51,839 5512
Vitoria-Gasteiz PAI 189,533 206,116 216,852 240,753 252,953 255,423 27681
Zamora CLE 58,560 64,476 64,845 65,417 60,397 59,362 14928
Zaragoza ARA 571,855 594,394 614,905 678,115 681,430 683,949 97378