Municipalities of Spain by average age

Name: Municipalities of Spain by average age, 2020
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Ferrol had the highest average age of 151 municipalities in 2020, at 49.3 years. Melilla had the lowest, at 35.9 years. The median was 42.7 years and the figure for Spain was 43.6 years. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest49.3Ferrol

Lowest35.9Melilla

Median42.7151 municipalities

Spain43.6History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 years	Change on 2019
1	Ferrol	49.3	+0.3
2	Avilés	48.4	+0.3
3	León	48.4	+0.2
4	Gijón	48.4	+0.3
5	Salamanca	48.2	+0.2
6	Zamora	47.9	+0.5
7	Valladolid	47.7	+0.3
8	Ourense	47.5	+0.2
9	Torrelavega	47.3	+0.2
10	Ponferrada	47.3	+0.4
11	Santander	47.3	+0.2
12	Bilbao	46.9	0
13	A Coruña	46.9	+0.2
13	Oviedo	46.9	+0.3
15	Palencia	46.8	+0.4
16	Getxo	46.7	+0.3
17	Cádiz	46.6	+0.4
18	Donostia/San Sebastián	46.6	+0.2
19	Siero	46.4	+0.4
20	Barakaldo	46.2	+0.1
21	Segovia	45.9	+0.1
22	Vigo	45.8	+0.3
23	Lugo	45.7	+0.3
24	Santiago de Compostela	45.7	+0.3
25	Burgos	45.3	+0.2
26	Fuengirola	45.3	+0.4
27	Irun	45.1	+0.3
28	Torrevieja	44.9	+0.2
29	Orihuela	44.9	+0.1
30	Pontevedra	44.8	+0.4
31	Pamplona/Iruña	44.7	+0.1
32	Granada	44.7	+0.2
33	Zaragoza	44.6	+0.1
34	Alcoi/Alcoy	44.6	+0.2
35	Benidorm	44.5	+0.3
36	Elda	44.5	+0.3
37	València	44.5	+0.2
38	Barcelona	44.4	-0.1
38	Soria	44.4	+0.2
40	Vitoria-Gasteiz	44.4	+0.2
41	Logroño	44.3	+0.2
42	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	44.3	+0.3
43	Alcorcón	44.2	+0.4
43	Sagunt/Sagunto	44.2	+0.1
45	Coslada	44.1	+0.5
45	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	44.1	+0.3
47	Madrid	44.1	-0
48	Leganés	44	+0.3
49	Ávila	44	+0.2
50	Teruel	43.8	+0.3
51	Linares	43.8	+0.5
52	Huesca	43.7	+0.1
52	Vilanova i la Geltrú	43.7	+0.3
54	Cuenca	43.6	+0.4
55	Cerdanyola del Vallès	43.5	+0.3
56	Sevilla	43.4	+0.2
57	Cornellà de Llobregat	43.4	+0.1
58	Córdoba	43.3	+0.3
59	Móstoles	43.3	+0.3
60	Alacant/Alicante	43.2	+0.2
61	Cáceres	43.2	+0.4
62	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	43.2	0
63	Jaén	43.1	+0.6
64	Manresa	43.1	0
65	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	43.1	+0.2
66	Talavera de la Reina	43	+0.3
67	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	43	+0.4
68	El Prat de Llobregat	43	+0.3
69	Sant Boi de Llobregat	42.9	+0.2
70	Huelva	42.9	+0.3
71	Alcalá de Henares	42.8	+0.3
72	Ciudad Real	42.8	+0.3
72	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	42.8	+0.4
74	Gandia	42.8	+0.2
75	Torremolinos	42.7	+0.2
76	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	42.7	+0.1
77	Badalona	42.7	+0.1
78	Lleida	42.5	+0.1
79	Granollers	42.5	+0.2
80	Sabadell	42.5	+0.1
81	Málaga	42.4	+0.3
82	Getafe	42.4	+0.2
82	Tarragona	42.4	+0.2
84	Mollet del Vallès	42.4	+0.5
85	Guadalajara	42.3	+0.2
85	San Fernando	42.3	+0.5
87	Albacete	42.1	+0.4
88	Mataró	42.1	+0.2
89	Elx/Elche	42	+0.3
90	Badajoz	41.9	+0.4
91	Telde	41.9	+0.5
92	Reus	41.9	+0.1
93	Jerez de la Frontera	41.8	+0.4
94	Toledo	41.8	+0.3
95	Vila-real	41.7	+0.3
96	Mérida	41.6	+0.4
97	Pozuelo de Alarcón	41.6	+0.4
98	Vélez-Málaga	41.6	+0.4
99	Palma	41.5	+0.2
100	Viladecans	41.5	+0.3
101	Terrassa	41.5	+0.2
102	Benalmádena	41.5	+0.3
103	Calvià	41.4	+0.4
103	Cartagena	41.4	+0.3
105	El Puerto de Santa María	41.4	+0.4
106	La Línea de la Concepción	41.4	+0.3
107	Aranjuez	41.3	+0.3
108	Estepona	41.3	+0.3
109	Almería	41.2	+0.2
110	Castelldefels	41.2	+0.3
111	Utrera	41.1	+0.3
112	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	41.1	+0.4
113	Torrent	41	+0.2
114	Marbella	41	+0.3
114	Rubí	41	+0.2
116	Alcobendas	41	+0.3
117	Collado Villalba	40.9	+0.4
118	Fuenlabrada	40.9	+0.5
119	Majadahonda	40.9	+0.4
119	Murcia	40.9	+0.2
121	Motril	40.8	+0.3
122	Algeciras	40.8	+0.3
123	Girona	40.6	+0.2
124	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	40.6	+0.4
125	Torrejón de Ardoz	40.4	+0.4
126	Arona	40.4	+0.6
127	Eivissa	40.3	n/a
128	Mijas	40.2	+0.3
129	San Sebastián de los Reyes	40.1	+0.3
130	Chiclana de la Frontera	40.1	+0.5
131	Alcalá de Guadaíra	40.1	+0.4
132	Lorca	40	+0.1
133	Colmenar Viejo	39.9	+0.2
134	Paterna	39.8	+0.3
135	Las Rozas de Madrid	39.6	+0.5
136	Dos Hermanas	39.6	+0.4
137	Sant Cugat del Vallès	39.4	+0.2
138	Pinto	39.2	+0.4
138	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	39.2	+0.4
140	Arganda del Rey	39.2	+0.3
141	Molina de Segura	39.1	+0.2
142	Arrecife	38.9	+0.3
143	Granadilla de Abona	38.8	+0.2
144	Boadilla del Monte	37.8	+0.3
144	Parla	37.8	+0.4
146	Ceuta	37.7	+0.4
147	Valdemoro	37.6	+0.4
148	Roquetas de Mar	37.3	+0.4
149	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	37.1	+0.3
150	El Ejido	37	+0.3
151	Melilla	35.9	+0.2

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About this ranking

Mean age of the resident population on 1 January.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Indicadores demográficos básicos: edad media de la población (tablas 3197, 3198, 3199 y 30699). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=30699. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which municipality has the highest average age?

Ferrol, with 49.3 years in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest average age?

Melilla, with 35.9 years in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indicadores demográficos básicos: edad media de la población (tablas 3197, 3198, 3199 y 30699). Retrieved 2026-10-07. 4 municipalities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.