Provinces of Spain by live births

Name: Provinces of Spain by live births, 2018
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Madrid province had the highest live births of 52 provinces in 2018, at 57,554. Soria province had the lowest, at 606. The median was 4,733 and the figure for Spain was 372,777. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest57,554Madrid province

Lowest606Soria province

Median4,73352 provinces

Spain372,777History

All provinces, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Madrid province	57,554	-5%
2	Barcelona province	46,687	-4.8%
3	Valencia province	19,277	-5.9%
4	Seville province	17,094	-4.4%
5	Murcia province	14,675	-2.7%
6	Alicante province	14,161	-5.8%
7	Málaga province	13,480	-6.5%
8	Balearic Islands province	10,285	-0%
9	Cádiz province	10,246	-4.9%
10	Biscay province	7,945	-6.8%
11	Las Palmas province	7,742	-6.1%
12	Granada province	7,441	-6.6%
13	Almería province	7,417	-1.9%
14	Zaragoza province	7,379	-6.1%
15	A Coruña province	7,132	-7.9%
16	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province	7,033	-6.7%
17	Girona province	6,745	-3.9%
18	Tarragona province	6,637	-5.3%
19	Córdoba province	6,209	-4.4%
20	Pontevedra province	5,983	-13.4%
21	Asturias province	5,733	-4.6%
22	Toledo province	5,712	-5.3%
23	Gipuzkoa province	5,472	-2.2%
24	Navarre province	5,398	-6.1%
25	Badajoz province	5,210	-8.9%
26	Jaén province	4,886	-0.3%
27	Castellón province	4,580	-4.3%
28	Huelva province	4,256	-8.9%
29	Cantabria province	3,805	-7.6%
30	Ciudad Real province	3,676	-8.4%
31	Lleida province	3,497	-6.4%
32	Valladolid province	3,463	-5.8%
33	Albacete province	3,040	-5.6%
34	Álava province	2,683	-9.4%
35	León province	2,633	-0%
36	Cáceres province	2,611	-5.9%
37	Burgos province	2,351	-4.2%
38	La Rioja province	2,330	-9.2%
39	Guadalajara province	2,114	-3.6%
40	Salamanca province	2,075	+2.3%
41	Lugo province	1,959	-5.9%
42	Huesca province	1,651	-4.2%
43	Ourense province	1,486	-13%
44	Melilla province	1,340	-0.1%
45	Cuenca province	1,303	-7.4%
46	Segovia province	1,058	-1.7%
47	Palencia province	983	-8.6%
48	Ávila province	979	-8.7%
49	Ceuta province	972	-7%
50	Teruel province	947	+0.1%
51	Zamora province	896	-0.9%
52	Soria province	606	+2.5%

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 57,554 in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest live births?

Soria province, with 606 in 2018.

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.