Provinces of Spain by live births

Name: Provinces of Spain by live births, 2016
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Madrid province had the highest live births of 52 provinces in 2016, at 63,112. Soria province had the lowest, at 626. The median was 5,226 and the figure for Spain was 410,583. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest63,112Madrid province

Lowest626Soria province

Median5,22652 provinces

Spain410,583History

All provinces, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Madrid province	63,112	-2.7%
2	Barcelona province	50,670	-1.3%
3	Valencia province	21,635	-3.6%
4	Seville province	19,035	-2.4%
5	Murcia province	15,528	-2.8%
6	Alicante province	15,259	-4.1%
7	Málaga province	14,979	-2%
8	Cádiz province	11,814	0%
9	Balearic Islands province	10,616	+0.2%
10	Biscay province	9,156	-1.9%
11	Granada province	8,635	+0.3%
12	Las Palmas province	8,588	+2%
13	A Coruña province	8,339	-0.6%
14	Zaragoza province	8,149	-4.1%
15	Almería province	7,816	-1.5%
16	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province	7,571	-2%
17	Tarragona province	7,223	-4.5%
18	Girona province	7,175	-4.8%
19	Córdoba province	6,901	-2.1%
20	Pontevedra province	6,841	-2.7%
21	Asturias province	6,347	-1.7%
22	Toledo province	6,305	-2%
23	Gipuzkoa province	6,017	-5.4%
24	Navarre province	5,894	-1.9%
25	Badajoz province	5,878	-0.9%
26	Jaén province	5,348	-1.4%
27	Castellón province	5,103	+0.1%
28	Huelva province	4,735	-5.4%
29	Ciudad Real province	4,258	-1.5%
30	Cantabria province	4,244	-3%
31	Valladolid province	4,030	-3.9%
32	Lleida province	3,840	-3.6%
33	Albacete province	3,359	-3.4%
34	Álava province	3,074	-2.7%
35	Cáceres province	2,905	-2.1%
36	León province	2,869	-5.2%
37	La Rioja province	2,662	-2.6%
38	Burgos province	2,658	-3.7%
39	Guadalajara province	2,363	-3.7%
40	Salamanca province	2,238	-4.4%
41	Lugo province	2,101	-3.4%
42	Ourense province	1,781	-2.9%
43	Huesca province	1,721	-8%
44	Cuenca province	1,507	-1%
45	Melilla province	1,456	-3.6%
46	Segovia province	1,141	-4.7%
47	Ávila province	1,133	+2.3%
48	Ceuta province	1,060	-3.3%
49	Teruel province	1,059	+7.4%
50	Palencia province	1,047	-9.9%
51	Zamora province	933	-3.7%
52	Soria province	626	-1.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the provinces are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Movimiento natural de la población: nacimientos por residencia de la madre (tablas 6506 y 6507). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=6506. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which province has the highest live births?

Madrid province, with 63,112 in 2016, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest live births?

Soria province, with 626 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Movimiento natural de la población: nacimientos por residencia de la madre (tablas 6506 y 6507). Retrieved 2026-10-07.