Provinces of Spain by live births

Name: Provinces of Spain by live births, 2021
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Madrid province had the highest live births of 52 provinces in 2021, at 51,366. Soria province had the lowest, at 533. The median was 4,363 and the figure for Spain was 337,380. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest51,366Madrid province

Lowest533Soria province

Median4,36352 provinces

Spain337,380History

All provinces, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Madrid province	51,366	-1.9%
2	Barcelona province	42,213	-0.7%
3	Valencia province	18,243	-0.1%
4	Seville province	15,655	+0.6%
5	Murcia province	13,815	+0.8%
6	Alicante province	13,371	+0.3%
7	Málaga province	12,595	+0.6%
8	Balearic Islands province	9,520	+0.7%
9	Cádiz province	8,904	-2.3%
10	Granada province	7,083	+0.5%
11	Zaragoza province	6,973	+4.3%
12	Biscay province	6,972	-4.7%
13	Almería province	6,888	+0.2%
14	Las Palmas province	6,873	-2.6%
15	A Coruña province	6,318	-2.2%
16	Tarragona province	6,128	-1.2%
17	Girona province	6,077	-4.1%
18	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province	5,859	-4.2%
19	Córdoba province	5,799	+2.7%
20	Pontevedra province	5,448	-3.6%
21	Navarre province	5,113	+1.5%
22	Toledo province	5,069	-6.4%
23	Gipuzkoa province	4,935	-1.8%
24	Badajoz province	4,844	-1.9%
25	Asturias province	4,785	+0.3%
26	Jaén province	4,499	-0.6%
27	Huelva province	4,227	-0.1%
28	Castellón province	4,063	-2.4%
29	Ciudad Real province	3,494	+2.4%
30	Cantabria province	3,285	-3.6%
31	Lleida province	3,216	-5.4%
32	Valladolid province	3,020	-7.1%
33	Albacete province	2,790	+0.6%
34	Cáceres province	2,403	-1.6%
35	Álava province	2,369	-1.2%
36	León province	2,301	+1.1%
37	La Rioja province	2,192	-5.4%
38	Burgos province	2,096	-3.2%
39	Guadalajara province	1,881	-3.3%
40	Salamanca province	1,754	-2.8%
41	Lugo province	1,622	-3.4%
42	Huesca province	1,573	+5.9%
43	Ourense province	1,399	-4.2%
44	Cuenca province	1,300	+9%
45	Segovia province	967	+1.9%
46	Melilla province	933	-3%
47	Teruel province	917	-0.4%
48	Ávila province	875	-1.1%
49	Palencia province	840	-10.5%
50	Ceuta province	719	-14.7%
51	Zamora province	709	-10.5%
52	Soria province	533	-9.8%

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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 51,366 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest live births?

Soria province, with 533 in 2021.

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.