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Autonomous Communities

The population of the autonomous communities of Spain according to census results.

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
Spain	ESP	Kingd	Madrid	504,783	37,682,355	38,872,268	40,847,371	46,815,916	47,400,798		→
Andalucía [Andalusia]	AND	Reg	Sevilla	87,598	6,440,985	6,940,522	7,357,558	8,371,268	8,484,804	8759800	→
Aragón	ARA	Reg	Zaragoza	47,720	1,196,952	1,188,817	1,204,215	1,344,502	1,331,938	4772000	→
Asturias	AST	Reg	Oviedo	10,604	1,129,556	1,093,937	1,062,998	1,075,179	1,012,117	1060400	→
Canarias [Canary Islands]	CAN	Reg	Santa Cruz de Tenerife / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	7,447	1,367,646	1,493,784	1,694,477	2,082,655	2,178,924	744700	→
Cantabria	CAR	Reg	Santander	5,321	513,115	527,326	535,131	592,543	584,708	532100	→
Castilla-La Mancha	CLM	Reg	Toledo	79,462	1,648,584	1,658,446	1,760,516	2,106,349	2,052,505	7946200	→
Castilla y León	CLE	Reg	Valladolid	94,225	2,583,137	2,545,926	2,456,474	2,540,251	2,385,223	9422500	→
Cataluña [Catalonia]	CAT	Reg	Barcelona	32,113	5,956,414	6,059,494	6,343,110	7,519,838	7,749,896	3211300	→
Ceuta	CEU	City	Ceuta	19	65,264	67,615	71,505	83,517	84,071	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	2325500	→
Extremadura	EXT	Reg	Mérida	41,635	1,064,968	1,061,852	1,058,503	1,104,521	1,061,636	4163500	→
Galicia	GAL	Reg	Santiago de Compostela	29,574	2,811,912	2,731,669	2,695,880	2,772,927	2,698,177	2957400	→
Illes Balears (Islas Baleares) [Balearic Islands]	BAL	Reg	Palma	4,992	655,909	709,138	841,669	1,100,503	1,183,415	499200	→
La Rioja	LAR	Reg	Logroño	5,045	254,349	263,434	276,702	321,171	319,444	504500	→
Madrid	MAD	Reg	Madrid	8,028	4,686,895	4,947,555	5,423,384	6,421,878	6,726,640	802800	→
Melilla	MEL	City	Melilla	13	63,593	56,600	66,411	81,323	86,450	1300	→
Murcia	MUR	Reg	Murcia	11,313	955,487	1,045,601	1,197,646	1,462,125	1,518,279	1131300	→
Navarra [Navarre]	NAV	Reg	Pamplona	10,390	509,002	519,277	555,829	640,125	662,032	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	723500	→

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-01-01
1	Madrid	MAD	3,277,451
2	Barcelona	CAT	1,627,559
3	València	VAL	788,842
4	Sevilla	AND	684,340
5	Zaragoza	ARA	681,430
6	Málaga	AND	578,063
7	Murcia	MUR	459,778
8	Palma	BAL	424,837
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	CAN	380,667
10	Bilbao	PAI	345,749

Contents: Cities

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

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

(1981) M. Mas & F.J. Goerlich: La localización de la población española sobre el territorio.
(1991) (2001) (2011) (2021) Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid (web).