Provinces of Spain by live births

Name: Provinces of Spain by live births, 2020
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Madrid province had the highest live births of 52 provinces in 2020, at 52,357. Soria province had the lowest, at 591. The median was 4,379 and the figure for Spain was 341,315. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest52,357Madrid province

Lowest591Soria province

Median4,37952 provinces

Spain341,315History

All provinces, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Madrid province	52,357	-6.1%
2	Barcelona province	42,531	-5.6%
3	Valencia province	18,263	-3%
4	Seville province	15,559	-4.2%
5	Murcia province	13,706	-3.9%
6	Alicante province	13,334	-5.1%
7	Málaga province	12,517	-5.5%
8	Balearic Islands province	9,455	-2.3%
9	Cádiz province	9,116	-6.5%
10	Biscay province	7,319	-5.5%
11	Las Palmas province	7,059	-6.9%
12	Granada province	7,050	-7.7%
13	Almería province	6,874	-5.7%
14	Zaragoza province	6,688	-5.6%
15	A Coruña province	6,458	-2.4%
16	Girona province	6,334	-1.6%
17	Tarragona province	6,200	-5.9%
18	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province	6,119	-6.6%
19	Pontevedra province	5,650	-4.7%
20	Córdoba province	5,649	-5.8%
21	Toledo province	5,415	+0.4%
22	Navarre province	5,036	-6.2%
23	Gipuzkoa province	5,026	-2.2%
24	Badajoz province	4,938	-4.3%
25	Asturias province	4,771	-7.4%
26	Jaén province	4,527	-4.4%
27	Huelva province	4,230	-6.4%
28	Castellón province	4,164	-6.3%
29	Ciudad Real province	3,412	-4.6%
30	Cantabria province	3,407	-3.9%
31	Lleida province	3,399	-2.5%
32	Valladolid province	3,250	-1.2%
33	Albacete province	2,773	-3.4%
34	Cáceres province	2,442	-2%
35	Álava province	2,398	-6.6%
36	La Rioja province	2,318	-3.7%
37	León province	2,276	-4%
38	Burgos province	2,165	-10.2%
39	Guadalajara province	1,945	-6.7%
40	Salamanca province	1,805	-6.6%
41	Lugo province	1,679	-1.5%
42	Huesca province	1,486	-5.9%
43	Ourense province	1,460	-0.6%
44	Cuenca province	1,193	-14.1%
45	Melilla province	962	-22.2%
46	Segovia province	949	-7.4%
47	Palencia province	939	+1.3%
48	Teruel province	921	-6%
49	Ávila province	885	-7%
50	Ceuta province	843	+0.2%
51	Zamora province	792	-5.4%
52	Soria province	591	+2.1%

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 52,357 in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest live births?

Soria province, with 591 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, Movimiento natural de la población: nacimientos por residencia de la madre (tablas 6506 y 6507). Retrieved 2026-10-07.