Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2016
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Melilla had the highest fertility rate of 146 municipalities in 2016, at 2.34 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.

Highest2.34Melilla

Lowest0.9San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Median1.34146 municipalities

Spain1.33History

Top 40 municipalities, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2016 children per woman	Change on 2015
1	Melilla	2.34	-0.15
2	El Ejido	1.86	+0.07
3	Ceuta	1.81	-0.06
4	Lorca	1.68	-0.01
5	Parla	1.63	-0.01
6	Almería	1.58	0
7	La Línea de la Concepción	1.57	-0.01
8	Algeciras	1.56	-0.03
8	Cartagena	1.56	0
10	Roquetas de Mar	1.54	+0.05
11	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.53	+0.02
12	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.52	+0.07
13	Reus	1.5	+0.02
13	Rubí	1.5	+0.06
13	Sabadell	1.5	+0.01
13	Terrassa	1.5	-0.02
17	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.49	+0.02
18	Granollers	1.48	-0.02
18	Paterna	1.48	-0.03
18	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.48	0
21	Majadahonda	1.47	+0.04
21	Manresa	1.47	+0.01
21	Molina de Segura	1.47	-0.03
21	Murcia	1.47	-0.01
25	Getafe	1.46	+0.03
26	Aranjuez	1.45	-0.06
26	Lleida	1.45	-0.01
26	Torrent	1.45	+0.01
26	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.45	-0.03
30	Badajoz	1.44	0
30	Badalona	1.44	0
30	Huesca	1.44	-0.03
30	Mataró	1.44	-0.03
30	Valdemoro	1.44	-0.07
35	Ávila	1.43	-0.01
35	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.43	-0.01
35	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.43	0
38	Boadilla del Monte	1.42	n/a
38	Girona	1.42	-0.03
38	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.42	-0.01
41	El Puerto de Santa María	1.41	-0.01
41	Mérida	1.41	+0.01
41	Toledo	1.41	-0.01
44	El Prat de Llobregat	1.4	-0.04
44	Mollet del Vallès	1.4	+0.01
44	Motril	1.4	-0.03
44	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.4	-0.07
44	Utrera	1.4	-0.02
44	Vélez-Málaga	1.4	-0.03
50	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.39	+0.02
50	Dos Hermanas	1.39	-0.02
50	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.39	+0.04
53	Arganda del Rey	1.38	+0.01
53	Sevilla	1.38	0
53	Tarragona	1.38	-0.02
56	Albacete	1.37	-0.01
56	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.37	-0.01
56	Jerez de la Frontera	1.37	-0.03
59	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.36	-0.05
59	Granada	1.36	+0.02
59	Soria	1.36	-0.01
59	Vila-real	1.36	+0.02
59	Zaragoza	1.36	-0.01
64	Alcorcón	1.35	0
64	Córdoba	1.35	-0.03
64	Elx/Elche	1.35	0
64	Estepona	1.35	-0.02
64	Málaga	1.35	-0.01
64	Mijas	1.35	-0.04
64	Teruel	1.35	-0.07
64	Viladecans	1.35	-0.06
72	Collado Villalba	1.34	+0.04
72	Elda	1.34	0
72	Guadalajara	1.34	+0.01
72	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.34	+0.03
76	Marbella	1.32	-0.04
77	Arrecife	1.3	+0.02
77	Irun	1.3	-0.07
77	Jaén	1.3	-0.02
77	Móstoles	1.3	+0.01
77	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.3	-0.04
77	Talavera de la Reina	1.3	+0.03
83	Barakaldo	1.29	-0.02
83	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.29	+0.01
83	Huelva	1.29	-0.04
83	Leganés	1.29	-0.04
83	Linares	1.29	-0.02
83	Madrid	1.29	0
89	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.28	-0.03
89	Benalmádena	1.28	+0.05
89	Burgos	1.28	-0.03
89	Ciudad Real	1.28	+0.01
93	Alacant/Alicante	1.27	+0.01
93	Cáceres	1.27	-0.02
93	Logroño	1.27	-0.01
93	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.27	+0.01
97	Cuenca	1.26	-0.01
97	Salamanca	1.26	-0.02
99	Pamplona/Iruña	1.25	-0.01
99	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.25	+0.04
99	Segovia	1.25	+0.01
102	Alcobendas	1.24	-0.02
102	Gandia	1.24	+0.02
102	Lugo	1.24	+0.01
105	València	1.23	-0.01
106	Bilbao	1.22	-0.02
106	Castelldefels	1.22	-0.05
106	Palma	1.22	0
106	Santiago de Compostela	1.22	+0.03
106	Torrevieja	1.22	+0.01
111	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.2	-0.03
111	Getxo	1.2	0
111	Palencia	1.2	-0.02
111	Valladolid	1.2	-0.01
115	Fuenlabrada	1.19	-0.02
115	San Fernando	1.19	-0.07
115	Torremolinos	1.19	-0.01
118	Orihuela	1.18	-0.01
119	Alcalá de Henares	1.17	+0.02
119	Barcelona	1.17	+0.01
121	León	1.16	-0.03
121	Ponferrada	1.16	-0.03
121	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.16	+0.01
124	Fuengirola	1.15	-0.01
125	Ourense	1.13	-0.01
125	Pontevedra	1.13	0
127	Arona	1.12	+0.02
127	Zamora	1.12	-0.02
129	A Coruña	1.11	+0.01
129	Avilés	1.11	0
129	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1.11	-0.02
132	Santander	1.1	-0.01
132	Vigo	1.1	0
134	Cádiz	1.09	-0.01
135	Benidorm	1.08	-0.01
136	Coslada	1.06	+0.04
136	Oviedo	1.06	+0.01
138	Ferrol	1.04	+0.01
138	Siero	1.04	+0.02
138	Telde	1.04	+0.01
141	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1.02	-0.01
142	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	1.01	-0.01
142	Torrelavega	1.01	-0.02
144	Gijón	0.99	-0.01
145	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.97	-0.01
146	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.9	0

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. 9 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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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Which municipality has the highest fertility rate?

Melilla, with 2.34 children per woman in 2016, 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 2016.

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. 9 municipalities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.