País Vasco / Basque Country (Spain): Provinces, Major Cities & Municipalities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Provinces

The population of the provinces of the Basque Autonomous Community according to census results and latest official estimates.

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 Estimate (E) 2021-01-01
Spain	ESP	Kingd	Madrid	504,783	37,682,355	38,872,268	40,847,371	46,815,916	47,385,107		→
Álava		Prov	Vitoria-Gasteiz	3,038	257,850	272,447	286,387	320,783	333,626	303800	→
Guipúzcoa		Prov	Donostia	1,980	694,681	676,488	673,563	708,428	726,033	198000	→
Vizcaya [Biscay]		Prov	Bilbao	2,217	1,189,278	1,155,106	1,122,637	1,156,194	1,154,334	221700	→
País Vasco (Euskal Herriko) [Basque Country]	PAI	Reg	Vitoria-Gasteiz	7,235	2,141,809	2,104,041	2,082,587	2,185,405	2,213,993	723500	→

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2021-01-01
1	Bilbao	346,405
2	Vitoria-Gasteiz	253,093
3	Donostia	188,102
4	Barakaldo	100,907
5	Getxo	77,139
6	Irun	62,933
7	Santurtzi	46,085
8	Portugalete	45,285
9	Basauri	40,535
10	Errenteria	39,219

Contents: Cities & Municipalities

The population of all cities and communes in the Basque Autonomous Community with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	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 Estimate (E) 2021-01-01	Area
Amorebieta-Etxano	15,655	15,818	16,182	18,400	19,576	5884	→
Arrasate (Mondragón)	26,279	25,532	23,118	21,975	21,867	3080	→
Azpeitia	13,196	13,427	13,708	14,429	15,191	6939	→
Barakaldo (San Vicente de Baracaldo)	114,462	105,088	94,478	100,064	100,907	2512	→
Basauri	52,554	50,224	45,085	41,777	40,535	701	→
Bermeo	18,312	17,923	16,938	17,092	16,784	3381	→
Bilbao	416,999	369,839	349,972	351,356	346,405	4139	→
Donostia (San Sebastián)	169,233	171,439	178,377	185,512	188,102	6089	→
Durango	21,357	22,627	25,003	28,367	29,935	1073	→
Eibar	36,919	32,362	28,219	27,382	27,467	2478	→
Erandio	1,934	25,055	22,422	24,369	24,489	1817	→
Ermua	18,860	17,981	16,795	16,235	15,791	647	→
Errenteria (Rentería)	46,496	41,646	38,224	39,228	39,219	3226	→
Galdakao	26,785	28,569	29,544	29,153	29,404	3147	→
Gernika-Lumo	15,818	15,691	15,264	16,727	17,093	853	→
Getxo (Guecho)	67,793	79,954	82,285	80,252	77,139	1187	→
Hernani	19,824	18,489	18,287	19,260	20,362	3981	→
Hondarribia	11,380	13,524	15,044	16,391	16,852	2863	→
Irun (Irún)	53,334	53,276	56,601	60,747	62,933	4240	→
Lasarte-Oria	18,538	18,131	17,195	17,830	18,893	601	→
Laudio (Llodio)	20,896	20,475	18,931	18,461	18,009	3756	→
Leioa	22,382	24,815	28,381	30,483	32,188	840	→
Mungia	11,341	11,900	13,807	16,857	17,701	4446	→
Pasaia	20,756	18,314	15,962	15,727	15,867	1134	→
Portugalete	58,071	55,823	51,066	47,698	45,285	318	→
Santurtzi (Santurce-Antiguo)	53,919	50,466	47,173	47,101	46,085	888	→
Sestao	40,374	35,948	31,773	28,805	27,342	352	→
Tolosa	18,899	18,150	17,642	18,389	19,795	3739	→
Vitoria-Gasteiz	189,533	206,116	216,852	240,753	253,093	27681	→
Zarautz	15,351	18,007	21,078	22,513	23,271	1435	→

The population estimates are based on the municipal register. Because of definition differences they are not exactly comparable with census results.
(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).