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Natural population change in Barcelona province

Natural population change in Barcelona province was -9,789 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 1% from 2023. That is the 49th highest of 49 provinces in 2024.

2024, persons-9,789
Change on 2023-1%
Rank49th of 49Provinces of Spain ranked
Series high20,8672008
Series low-17,1212020

Natural population change in Barcelona province, 2000 to 2024

-20K-10K010K20K30K20002004200820122016202020242000: 6,300 persons2001: 7,500 persons2002: 9,000 persons2003: 10,100 persons2004: 15,800 persons2005: 14,380 persons2006: 18,581 persons2007: 17,725 persons2008: 20,867 persons2009: 17,782 persons2010: 17,783 persons2011: 15,501 persons2012: 10,700 persons2013: 7,880 persons2014: 7,686 persons2015: 4,308 persons2016: 4,393 persons2017: 626 persons2018: -1,726 persons2019: -1,796 persons2020: -17,121 persons2021: -8,119 persons2022: -10,075 persons2023: -9,690 persons2024: -9,789 persons
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-07-21.
All 25 values
Periodpersons
2024-9,789
2023-9,690
2022-10,075
2021-8,119
2020-17,121
2019-1,796
2018-1,726
2017626
20164,393
20154,308
20147,686
20137,880
201210,700
201115,501
201017,783
200917,782
200820,867
200717,725
200618,581
200514,380
200415,800
200310,100
20029,000
20017,500
20006,300

Compared with Catalonia and Spain and European Union (27)

Place2024
Barcelona province-9,789
Catalonia-13,777
Spain-116,056
European Union (27)-1,259,065

Rankings

Definition

Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

How to cite

Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the natural population change in Barcelona province?

Natural population change in Barcelona province was -9,789 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 1% from 2023. That is the 49th highest of 49 provinces in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest natural population change in Barcelona province?

20,867 in 2008, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

Natural population change elsewhere in Catalonia

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