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Autonomous Communities

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

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-01	Population Census (C) 2001-11-01	Population Census (C) 2011-11-01	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Evaluation (R) 2024-01-01
Andalucía [Andalusia]	AND	Reg	Sevilla	87,598	6,440,985	6,940,522	7,357,558	8,371,268	8,484,804	8,631,862	8759800	→
Aragón	ARA	Reg	Zaragoza	47,720	1,196,952	1,188,817	1,204,215	1,344,502	1,331,938	1,351,591	4772000	→
Asturias	AST	Reg	Oviedo	10,604	1,129,556	1,093,937	1,062,998	1,075,179	1,012,117	1,009,599	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	2,238,754	744700	→
Cantabria	CAR	Reg	Santander	5,321	513,115	527,326	535,131	592,543	584,708	590,851	532100	→
Castilla-La Mancha	CLM	Reg	Toledo	79,462	1,648,584	1,658,446	1,760,516	2,106,349	2,052,505	2,104,433	7946200	→
Castilla y León	CLE	Reg	Valladolid	94,225	2,583,137	2,545,926	2,456,474	2,540,251	2,385,223	2,391,682	9422500	→
Cataluña [Catalonia]	CAT	Reg	Barcelona	32,113	5,956,414	6,059,494	6,343,110	7,519,838	7,749,896	8,012,231	3211300	→
Ceuta	CEU	City	Ceuta	19	65,264	67,615	71,505	83,517	84,071	83,179	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	5,319,285	2325500	→
Extremadura	EXT	Reg	Mérida	41,635	1,064,968	1,061,852	1,058,503	1,104,521	1,061,636	1,054,681	4163500	→
Galicia	GAL	Reg	Santiago de Compostela	29,574	2,811,912	2,731,669	2,695,880	2,772,927	2,698,177	2,705,833	2957400	→
Illes Balears (Islas Baleares) [Balearic Islands]	BAL	Reg	Palma	4,992	655,909	709,138	841,669	1,100,503	1,183,415	1,231,768	499200	→
La Rioja	LAR	Reg	Logroño	5,045	254,349	263,434	276,702	321,171	319,444	324,184	504500	→
Madrid	MAD	Reg	Madrid	8,028	4,686,895	4,947,555	5,423,384	6,421,878	6,726,640	7,009,268	802800	→
Melilla	MEL	City	Melilla	13	63,593	56,600	66,411	81,323	86,450	85,985	1300	→
Murcia	MUR	Reg	Murcia	11,313	955,487	1,045,601	1,197,646	1,462,125	1,518,279	1,568,492	1131300	→
Navarra [Navarre]	NAV	Reg	Pamplona	10,390	509,002	519,277	555,829	640,125	662,032	678,333	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	2,227,684	723500	→
Spain	ESP	Kingd	Madrid	504,783	37,682,355	38,872,268	40,847,371	46,815,916	47,400,798	48,619,695		→

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Evaluation (R) 2024-01-01
1	Madrid	MAD	3,422,416
2	Barcelona	CAT	1,686,208
3	València	VAL	824,340
4	Zaragoza	ARA	691,037
5	Sevilla	AND	686,741
6	Málaga	AND	592,346
7	Murcia	MUR	471,982
8	Palma	BAL	438,234
9	Las Palmas	CAN	383,516
10	Alicante	VAL	358,608

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.	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-01	Population Census (C) 2001-11-01	Population Census (C) 2011-11-01	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01	Population Evaluation (R) 2024-01-01	Area
A Coruña (La Coruña)	GAL	231,721	246,953	236,379	245,053	245,541	249,255	3783	→
Adeje	CAN	6,766	9,708	20,255	42,886	48,822	50,929	10595	→
Albacete	CLM	113,897	130,023	148,934	171,999	172,806	174,073	112699	→
Alcalá de Guadaíra	AND	45,577	52,257	57,426	73,317	75,722	77,112	28500	→
Alcalá de Henares	MAD	137,169	159,355	176,434	200,505	195,570	199,804	8772	→
Alcobendas	MAD	63,731	78,725	92,090	110,351	116,895	121,446	4498	→
Alcorcón	MAD	140,957	139,662	153,100	167,217	171,575	174,740	3373	→
Alcoy (Alcoi)	VAL	66,396	65,514	58,358	60,716	59,187	60,447	12986	→
Algeciras	AND	85,390	101,256	101,468	117,695	123,435	125,047	8580	→
Alicante (Alacant)	VAL	245,963	265,473	284,580	329,325	338,768	358,608	20127	→
Almería	AND	140,745	155,120	166,328	189,680	200,273	201,946	29572	→
Aranjuez	MAD	35,619	36,162	40,797	55,984	60,156	62,508	20111	→
Arganda del Rey	MAD	22,032	26,113	33,432	53,786	56,315	59,209	7965	→
Arona	CAN	13,556	22,721	40,826	75,484	83,097	87,848	8160	→
Arrecife	CAN	28,864	33,906	44,980	55,381	64,278	68,025	2428	→
Ávila	CLE	40,173	45,977	49,712	59,482	58,120	59,119	23070	→
Avilés	AST	87,996	85,351	83,185	82,938	76,951	75,663	2681	→
Badajoz	EXT	104,886	115,459	131,083	148,684	151,048	151,146	144037	→
Badalona	CAT	229,780	218,725	205,836	219,241	221,750	226,219	2095	→
Barakaldo (San Vicente de Baracaldo)	PAI	114,462	105,088	94,478	100,064	100,847	101,869	2512	→
Barcelona	CAT	1,752,627	1,643,542	1,503,884	1,611,013	1,627,559	1,686,208	9911	→
Benalmádena	AND	13,622	21,994	34,565	61,394	70,419	78,011	2688	→
Benidorm	VAL	24,983	42,442	51,873	68,045	68,874	74,573	3851	→
Bilbao	PAI	416,999	369,839	349,972	351,356	345,749	347,342	4139	→
Boadilla del Monte	MAD	6,084	15,824	27,443	46,611	59,000	65,528	4720	→
Burgos	CLE	152,545	160,278	166,187	178,864	174,154	176,551	10706	→
Cáceres	EXT	65,758	74,589	82,716	95,616	95,659	96,448	175023	→
Cádiz	AND	156,711	154,347	133,363	124,014	114,442	111,180	1230	→
Calvià	BAL	11,777	20,982	35,977	49,807	51,831	53,826	14502	→
Cartagena	MUR	167,936	168,023	184,686	215,757	215,826	219,235	55808	→
Castelldefels	CAT	24,697	33,017	46,428	61,858	66,866	69,196	1281	→
Castelló de la Plana (Castellón de la Plana)	VAL	124,487	134,213	147,667	176,298	172,637	179,861	11133	→
Cerdanyola del Vallès	CAT	40,078	56,612	53,343	57,674	57,335	57,831	3083	→
Ceuta	CEU	65,264	67,615	71,505	83,517	84,071	83,179	1987	→
Chiclana de la Frontera	AND	36,492	46,862	61,028	80,769	86,450	89,805	20586	→
Ciudad Real	CLM	50,151	57,030	63,251	75,071	75,081	75,674	28515	→
Collado Villalba	MAD	18,762	26,356	47,001	60,964	64,297	67,323	2652	→
Colmenar Viejo	MAD	19,787	39,633	35,181	46,140	52,465	56,878	18256	→
Córdoba	AND	279,386	302,154	308,072	328,326	322,327	324,902	125425	→
Cornellà de Llobregat	CAT	91,563	84,927	79,979	86,504	89,158	91,196	682	→
Coslada	MAD	53,730	73,866	77,884	89,155	81,388	80,688	1201	→
Cuenca	CLM	40,007	42,817	46,341	56,472	54,187	53,643	91060	→
Donostia (San Sebastián)	PAI	169,233	171,439	178,377	185,512	187,892	188,487	6089	→
Dos Hermanas	AND	57,548	78,025	101,988	128,433	136,296	140,463	16034	→
Eivissa (Ibiza)	BAL	25,343	29,935	34,826	48,550	50,566	53,228	1114	→
Elche (Elx)	VAL	164,779	188,062	194,767	227,417	235,566	242,317	32650	→
Elda	VAL	53,128	54,350	51,593	54,357	52,580	53,925	4579	→
El Ejido	AND	29,486	41,374	57,877	80,839	83,310	89,462	22558	→
El Prat de Llobregat	CAT	60,419	64,321	61,818	62,981	65,417	65,910	3153	→
El Puerto de Santa María	AND	55,748	65,517	76,236	89,012	89,062	90,423	15910	→
Estepona	AND	23,542	34,965	43,109	64,468	71,696	78,590	13750	→
Ferrol (El Ferrol)	GAL	87,691	83,045	77,950	71,690	64,928	64,358	8265	→
Fuengirola	AND	29,160	37,742	49,675	72,019	81,987	85,646	1037	→
Fuenlabrada	MAD	78,096	144,723	182,705	196,986	192,612	190,496	3941	→
Gandia (Gandía)	VAL	48,558	51,806	59,850	77,595	75,700	80,001	6083	→
Getafe	MAD	126,558	139,190	151,479	168,642	183,872	191,560	7838	→
Getxo (Guecho)	PAI	67,793	79,954	82,285	80,252	77,101	76,155	1187	→
Gijón	AST	256,433	259,067	266,419	276,969	269,311	270,219	18171	→
Girona (Gerona)	CAT	63,308	68,656	74,879	96,113	101,648	106,476	3897	→
Granada	AND	246,642	255,212	240,661	241,003	233,680	233,532	8113	→
Granadilla de Abona	CAN	13,752	16,884	21,135	41,209	52,401	57,644	16250	→
Granollers	CAT	45,348	51,873	53,105	59,571	62,125	63,897	1495	→
Guadalajara	CLM	52,313	63,649	68,248	84,404	86,946	90,878	23549	→
Huelva	AND	127,822	142,547	142,284	147,808	142,668	143,526	15203	→
Huesca	ARA	41,455	44,165	46,243	52,031	53,377	54,664	16104	→
Irun (Irún)	PAI	53,334	53,276	56,601	60,747	62,898	63,298	4240	→
Jaén	AND	95,783	103,260	112,590	116,469	111,915	111,945	42430	→
Jerez de la Frontera	AND	171,283	183,316	183,273	211,784	213,616	214,844	118794	→
La Laguna (San Cristóbal de la Laguna)	CAN	106,146	110,895	128,822	152,025	158,117	160,855	10245	→
La Línea de la Concepción	AND	56,609	58,315	59,437	65,412	64,242	64,987	2667	→
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	CAN	360,098	354,877	354,863	381,271	380,667	383,516	10332	→
Las Rozas de Madrid	MAD	13,405	35,137	63,385	89,885	95,294	99,193	5831	→
Leganés	MAD	163,910	171,589	173,584	185,758	188,687	193,934	4309	→
León	CLE	127,095	144,021	130,916	131,411	122,398	122,866	3903	→
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	CAT	295,074	272,578	239,019	256,509	265,003	282,299	1362	→
Linares	AND	55,122	59,249	57,578	60,799	56,525	55,303	19670	→
Lleida (Lérida)	CAT	106,814	112,093	112,199	137,283	138,933	144,878	21201	→
Logroño	LAR	109,536	122,254	133,058	152,698	150,596	150,845	7892	→
Lorca	MUR	61,879	65,919	77,477	91,849	95,726	97,769	167520	→
Lugo	GAL	72,574	83,242	88,414	98,001	97,514	99,365	32978	→
Madrid	MAD	3,158,818	3,010,492	2,938,723	3,198,645	3,277,451	3,422,416	60577	→
Majadahonda	MAD	22,852	33,475	50,683	69,587	72,173	73,547	3847	→
Málaga	AND	483,847	522,108	524,414	561,435	578,063	592,346	39513	→
Manresa	CAT	67,007	66,320	63,981	76,311	77,944	79,737	4164	→
Marbella	AND	60,172	80,599	100,036	135,124	149,032	159,054	11713	→
Mataró	CAT	97,008	101,510	106,358	123,367	129,749	130,887	2230	→
Melilla	MEL	53,593	56,600	66,411	81,323	86,450	85,985	1424	→
Mérida	EXT	41,027	49,284	50,271	57,810	59,627	59,894	86519	→
Mijas	AND	14,777	31,680	46,232	74,028	86,556	92,211	14880	→
Molina de Segura	MUR	31,515	37,806	46,905	66,771	73,593	77,012	16950	→
Mollet del Vallès	CAT	35,480	40,877	47,270	52,096	51,129	52,045	1080	→
Móstoles	MAD	150,259	192,018	196,524	203,493	208,632	213,268	4536	→
Motril	AND	39,131	44,794	49,391	57,844	58,723	59,867	10331	→
Murcia	MUR	284,585	328,100	370,745	437,667	459,778	471,982	88596	→
Orihuela	VAL	44,776	49,475	54,390	79,889	78,486	83,348	36544	→
Ourense (Orense)	GAL	94,346	102,758	107,510	107,314	104,578	104,725	8455	→
Oviedo	AST	184,473	196,051	201,154	225,005	217,164	220,027	18665	→
Palencia	CLE	71,716	77,863	79,797	81,089	77,086	76,578	9495	→
Palma (Palma de Mallorca)	BAL	290,372	296,754	333,801	402,044	424,837	438,234	20863	→
Pamplona (Iruña)	NAV	177,906	180,372	183,964	195,943	203,596	208,243	2514	→
Parla	MAD	56,318	69,907	79,213	122,045	130,550	134,876	2451	→
Paterna	VAL	32,613	41,081	46,974	66,853	71,328	74,508	3585	→
Pinto	MAD	18,761	22,251	31,340	46,223	53,625	55,989	6204	→
Ponferrada	CLE	53,763	59,948	62,175	68,383	63,739	62,957	28316	→
Pontevedra	GAL	64,184	71,491	74,942	82,346	83,241	83,106	11822	→
Pozuelo de Alarcón	MAD	29,756	48,328	68,214	83,371	87,080	89,123	4320	→
Reus	CAT	79,245	87,670	89,006	106,849	105,981	109,961	5293	→
Rincón de la Victoria	AND	7,803	12,601	25,302	41,040	49,917	52,043	2848	→
Rivas-Vaciamadrid	MAD	653	14,863	35,742	73,865	93,272	101,637	6738	→
Roquetas de Mar	AND	18,891	26,842	50,096	86,799	98,364	108,348	5965	→
Rubí	CAT	43,839	50,405	61,159	74,321	78,465	81,523	3220	→
Sabadell	CAT	186,123	189,404	183,788	206,949	216,759	221,564	3753	→
Sagunto (Sagunt)	VAL	55,294	55,457	56,471	65,813	67,326	71,756	13237	→
Salamanca	CLE	153,981	162,888	156,368	151,658	143,549	144,458	3934	→
San Bartolomé de Tirajana	CAN	17,739	24,451	34,515	53,440	53,429	54,976	33242	→
San Fernando	AND	72,103	85,410	88,073	96,786	94,952	93,793	3065	→
Sanlúcar de Barrameda	AND	48,390	56,006	60,254	67,232	69,590	69,887	17027	→
San Sebastián de los Reyes	MAD	39,950	53,707	61,884	80,561	90,958	94,942	5866	→
Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Santa Coloma de Gramanet)	CAT	140,613	133,138	112,992	119,391	118,489	120,903	709	→
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	CAN	185,899	200,172	188,477	204,476	208,103	210,486	15044	→
Santa Lucía de Tirajana	CAN	26,628	33,059	47,652	66,725	73,921	78,048	6253	→
Santander	CAR	179,694	191,079	180,717	178,095	172,000	173,635	3608	→
Sant Boi de Llobregat	CAT	72,926	77,932	78,738	82,666	83,621	84,588	2213	→
Sant Cugat del Vallès	CAT	30,633	38,937	60,265	84,934	93,937	98,649	4820	→
Santiago de Compostela	GAL	82,404	87,807	90,188	95,397	97,798	99,491	22001	→
San Vicente del Raspeig (Sant Vicent del Raspeig)	VAL	23,350	29,225	39,666	54,781	58,925	60,415	4055	→
Segovia	CLE	50,759	54,375	54,368	54,945	51,234	51,388	16359	→
Sevilla	AND	645,817	683,028	684,633	698,042	684,340	686,741	14134	→
Siero	AST	40,350	44,033	47,890	52,142	51,574	52,514	21123	→
Talavera de la Reina	CLM	64,840	68,700	75,369	87,676	83,201	85,138	18583	→
Tarragona	CAT	104,753	105,626	108,878	133,223	136,150	141,018	5882	→
Telde	CAN	62,509	77,356	87,949	101,080	103,175	103,587	10033	→
Terrassa (Tarrasa)	CAT	155,614	158,063	173,775	214,406	222,576	228,294	7029	→
Toledo	CLM	54,335	59,802	68,382	83,872	85,254	86,281	23214	→
Torrejón de Ardoz	MAD	75,599	82,238	97,887	123,213	133,377	141,047	3262	→
Torrelavega	CAR	56,490	60,023	55,477	55,125	51,203	51,466	3553	→
Torremolinos	AND	18,385	27,543	44,772	66,270	67,877	70,920	1990	→
Torrent (Torrente)	VAL	51,762	56,564	65,417	80,829	84,325	89,456	6923	→
Torrevieja	VAL	12,321	25,014	50,953	90,097	83,740	95,760	7176	→
Tres Cantos	MAD	52	15,431	36,927	41,173	48,726	52,825	3793	→
Utrera	AND	35,783	40,719	42,619	49,296	51,229	52,279	65127	→
Valdemoro	MAD	13,345	17,806	33,169	69,354	77,931	83,582	6417	→
València [Valencia]	VAL	744,748	752,909	738,441	792,054	788,842	824,340	13931	→
Valladolid	CLE	320,293	330,700	316,580	311,682	297,370	299,816	19737	→
Vélez-Málaga	AND	41,937	50,999	57,142	76,922	82,972	87,300	15788	→
Vigo	GAL	261,331	276,109	280,186	295,623	294,650	295,523	10906	→
Viladecans	CAT	43,358	48,294	56,841	64,999	66,810	67,179	2006	→
Vilanova i la Geltrú	CAT	43,833	45,864	54,230	66,074	67,369	70,293	3387	→
Vila-real (Villarreal)	VAL	34,923	37,927	42,442	50,747	51,113	52,523	5512	→
Vitoria-Gasteiz	PAI	189,533	206,116	216,852	240,753	252,953	257,407	27681	→
Zamora	CLE	58,560	64,476	64,845	65,417	60,397	59,553	14928	→
Zaragoza	ARA	569,837	592,548	612,484	678,115	681,430	691,037	97378	→

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.