Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2014
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Melilla had the highest fertility rate of 147 municipalities in 2014, at 2.51 children per woman. San Bartolomé de Tirajana had the lowest, at 0.86 children per woman. The median was 1.32 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.32 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2.51Melilla

Lowest0.86San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Median1.32147 municipalities

Spain1.32History

Top 40 municipalities, 2014

CSV Chart (SVG)

children per woman. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2014 children per woman
1	Melilla	2.51
2	Ceuta	1.88
3	El Ejido	1.74
4	Parla	1.67
5	Lorca	1.64
6	Algeciras	1.61
7	Valdemoro	1.58
8	La Línea de la Concepción	1.56
9	Almería	1.55
9	Cartagena	1.55
11	Manresa	1.53
11	Molina de Segura	1.53
13	Aranjuez	1.51
13	Huesca	1.51
13	Terrassa	1.51
16	Murcia	1.49
16	Paterna	1.49
18	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.48
18	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.48
20	Mataró	1.47
20	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.47
20	Roquetas de Mar	1.47
23	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.46
23	Granollers	1.46
23	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.46
26	Sabadell	1.45
27	Reus	1.44
27	Vélez-Málaga	1.44
27	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.44
30	Girona	1.43
30	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.43
32	Badalona	1.42
32	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.42
32	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.42
32	Teruel	1.42
32	Viladecans	1.42
37	Dos Hermanas	1.41
37	El Prat de Llobregat	1.41
37	Rubí	1.41
37	Torrent	1.41
41	Lleida	1.4
41	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.4
41	Toledo	1.4
41	Utrera	1.4
45	Badajoz	1.39
45	Jerez de la Frontera	1.39
45	Soria	1.39
48	Albacete	1.38
48	Ávila	1.38
48	Córdoba	1.38
48	Mérida	1.38
48	Vila-real	1.38
53	El Puerto de Santa María	1.37
53	Mollet del Vallès	1.37
53	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.37
53	Tarragona	1.37
57	Elx/Elche	1.36
57	Getafe	1.36
57	Irun	1.36
60	Arganda del Rey	1.35
60	Estepona	1.35
60	Málaga	1.35
60	Mijas	1.35
60	Motril	1.35
60	Zaragoza	1.35
66	Huelva	1.34
66	Majadahonda	1.34
66	Sevilla	1.34
69	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.33
69	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.33
71	Burgos	1.32
71	Guadalajara	1.32
71	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.32
71	Marbella	1.32
75	Alcorcón	1.31
75	Barakaldo	1.31
75	Collado Villalba	1.31
75	Leganés	1.31
79	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.3
79	Granada	1.3
79	Jaén	1.3
79	Puertollano	1.3
83	Linares	1.29
83	Logroño	1.29
83	San Fernando	1.29
86	Elda	1.28
87	Madrid	1.27
88	Arrecife	1.26
89	Cáceres	1.25
89	Pamplona/Iruña	1.25
89	Talavera de la Reina	1.25
92	Alcobendas	1.24
92	Castelldefels	1.24
92	Ciudad Real	1.24
92	Cuenca	1.24
92	Móstoles	1.24
92	Palencia	1.24
92	Salamanca	1.24
92	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.24
100	Alacant/Alicante	1.23
100	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.23
102	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.22
102	Lugo	1.22
102	Palma	1.22
105	Bilbao	1.21
105	Fuenlabrada	1.21
105	València	1.21
108	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.2
108	Getxo	1.2
108	Torremolinos	1.2
111	Benalmádena	1.19
111	Gandia	1.19
113	León	1.18
113	Valladolid	1.18
113	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.18
113	Zamora	1.18
117	Ourense	1.16
117	Pontevedra	1.16
119	Barcelona	1.15
119	Segovia	1.15
121	Santiago de Compostela	1.14
122	Ponferrada	1.13
123	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1.12
123	Orihuela	1.12
123	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.12
126	Alcalá de Henares	1.11
126	Santander	1.11
126	Vigo	1.11
129	Fuengirola	1.1
130	A Coruña	1.09
130	Torrevieja	1.09
132	Cádiz	1.08
133	Avilés	1.07
134	Oviedo	1.05
135	Arona	1.03
135	Benidorm	1.03
135	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1.03
135	Torrelavega	1.03
139	Siero	1.02
140	Calvià	1.01
140	Ferrol	1.01
140	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	1.01
140	Telde	1.01
144	Gijón	0.98
145	Coslada	0.97
145	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.97
147	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.86

Other periods

About this ranking

Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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: indicador coyuntural de fecundidad (tablas 1407, 1441, 1478 y 30667). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=30667. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which municipality has the highest fertility rate?

Melilla, with 2.51 children per woman in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with 0.86 children per woman in 2014.

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: indicador coyuntural de fecundidad (tablas 1407, 1441, 1478 y 30667). Retrieved 2026-10-07. 8 municipalities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.