Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2015
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Melilla had the highest fertility rate of 145 municipalities in 2015, at 2.49 children per woman. San Bartolomé de Tirajana had the lowest, at 0.9 children per woman. The median was 1.34 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.33 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2.49Melilla

Lowest0.9San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Median1.34145 municipalities

Spain1.33History

Top 40 municipalities, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2015 children per woman	Change on 2014
1	Melilla	2.49	-0.02
2	Ceuta	1.87	-0.01
3	El Ejido	1.79	+0.05
4	Lorca	1.69	+0.05
5	Parla	1.64	-0.03
6	Algeciras	1.59	-0.02
7	Almería	1.58	+0.03
7	La Línea de la Concepción	1.58	+0.02
9	Cartagena	1.56	+0.01
10	Terrassa	1.52	+0.01
11	Aranjuez	1.51	0
11	Paterna	1.51	+0.02
11	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.51	+0.03
11	Valdemoro	1.51	-0.07
15	Granollers	1.5	+0.04
15	Molina de Segura	1.5	-0.03
17	Roquetas de Mar	1.49	+0.02
17	Sabadell	1.49	+0.04
19	Murcia	1.48	-0.01
19	Reus	1.48	+0.04
19	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.48	0
19	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.48	+0.04
23	Huesca	1.47	-0.04
23	Mataró	1.47	0
23	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.47	0
23	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.47	+0.01
27	Lleida	1.46	+0.06
27	Manresa	1.46	-0.07
29	Girona	1.45	+0.02
29	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.45	+0.03
31	Ávila	1.44	+0.06
31	Badajoz	1.44	+0.05
31	Badalona	1.44	+0.02
31	El Prat de Llobregat	1.44	+0.03
31	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.44	+0.02
31	Rubí	1.44	+0.03
31	Torrent	1.44	+0.03
38	Getafe	1.43	+0.07
38	Majadahonda	1.43	+0.09
38	Motril	1.43	+0.08
38	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.43	+0.03
38	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.43	0
38	Vélez-Málaga	1.43	-0.01
44	El Puerto de Santa María	1.42	+0.05
44	Teruel	1.42	0
44	Toledo	1.42	+0.02
44	Utrera	1.42	+0.02
48	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.41	-0.05
48	Dos Hermanas	1.41	0
48	Viladecans	1.41	-0.01
51	Jerez de la Frontera	1.4	+0.01
51	Mérida	1.4	+0.02
51	Tarragona	1.4	+0.03
54	Mijas	1.39	+0.04
54	Mollet del Vallès	1.39	+0.02
56	Albacete	1.38	0
56	Córdoba	1.38	0
56	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.38	+0.05
56	Sevilla	1.38	+0.04
60	Arganda del Rey	1.37	+0.02
60	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.37	+0.04
60	Estepona	1.37	+0.02
60	Irun	1.37	+0.01
60	Soria	1.37	-0.02
60	Zaragoza	1.37	+0.02
66	Málaga	1.36	+0.01
66	Marbella	1.36	+0.04
68	Alcorcón	1.35	+0.04
68	Elx/Elche	1.35	-0.01
68	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.35	+0.03
71	Elda	1.34	+0.06
71	Granada	1.34	+0.04
71	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.34	-0.03
71	Vila-real	1.34	-0.04
75	Guadalajara	1.33	+0.01
75	Huelva	1.33	-0.01
75	Leganés	1.33	+0.02
78	Jaén	1.32	+0.02
79	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.31	+0.01
79	Barakaldo	1.31	0
79	Burgos	1.31	-0.01
79	Linares	1.31	+0.02
79	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.31	+0.08
84	Collado Villalba	1.3	-0.01
85	Cáceres	1.29	+0.04
85	Madrid	1.29	+0.02
85	Móstoles	1.29	+0.05
88	Arrecife	1.28	+0.02
88	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.28	+0.08
88	Logroño	1.28	-0.01
88	Salamanca	1.28	+0.04
92	Castelldefels	1.27	+0.03
92	Ciudad Real	1.27	+0.03
92	Cuenca	1.27	+0.03
92	Talavera de la Reina	1.27	+0.02
96	Alacant/Alicante	1.26	+0.03
96	Alcobendas	1.26	+0.02
96	Pamplona/Iruña	1.26	+0.01
96	San Fernando	1.26	-0.03
96	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.26	+0.08
101	Bilbao	1.24	+0.03
101	Segovia	1.24	+0.09
101	València	1.24	+0.03
104	Benalmádena	1.23	+0.04
104	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.23	+0.01
104	Lugo	1.23	+0.01
107	Gandia	1.22	+0.03
107	Palencia	1.22	-0.02
107	Palma	1.22	0
110	Fuenlabrada	1.21	0
110	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.21	-0.03
110	Torrevieja	1.21	+0.12
110	Valladolid	1.21	+0.03
114	Getxo	1.2	0
114	Torremolinos	1.2	0
116	León	1.19	+0.01
116	Orihuela	1.19	+0.07
116	Ponferrada	1.19	+0.06
116	Santiago de Compostela	1.19	+0.05
120	Barcelona	1.16	+0.01
120	Fuengirola	1.16	+0.06
122	Alcalá de Henares	1.15	+0.04
122	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.15	+0.03
124	Ourense	1.14	-0.02
124	Zamora	1.14	-0.04
126	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1.13	+0.01
126	Pontevedra	1.13	-0.03
128	Avilés	1.11	+0.04
128	Santander	1.11	0
130	A Coruña	1.1	+0.01
130	Arona	1.1	+0.07
130	Cádiz	1.1	+0.02
130	Vigo	1.1	-0.01
134	Benidorm	1.09	+0.06
135	Oviedo	1.05	0
136	Ferrol	1.03	+0.02
136	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1.03	0
136	Telde	1.03	+0.02
136	Torrelavega	1.03	0
140	Coslada	1.02	+0.05
140	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	1.02	+0.01
140	Siero	1.02	0
143	Gijón	1	+0.02
144	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.98	+0.01
145	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.9	+0.04

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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. 10 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 2.49 children per woman in 2015, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with 0.9 children per woman in 2015.

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. 10 municipalities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.