Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2017
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Melilla had the highest fertility rate of 147 municipalities in 2017, at 2.27 children per woman. San Bartolomé de Tirajana had the lowest, at 0.92 children per woman. The median was 1.3 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.31 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2.27Melilla

Lowest0.92San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Median1.3147 municipalities

Spain1.31History

Top 40 municipalities, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2017 children per woman	Change on 2016
1	Melilla	2.27	-0.07
2	El Ejido	1.87	+0.01
3	Ceuta	1.75	-0.06
4	La Línea de la Concepción	1.64	+0.07
4	Lorca	1.64	-0.04
6	Parla	1.57	-0.06
7	Almería	1.55	-0.03
8	Cartagena	1.53	-0.03
8	Roquetas de Mar	1.53	-0.01
10	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.5	-0.02
11	Manresa	1.49	+0.02
11	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.49	-0.04
13	Algeciras	1.48	-0.08
13	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.48	-0.01
13	Rubí	1.48	-0.02
16	Boadilla del Monte	1.47	+0.05
16	Reus	1.47	-0.03
16	Sabadell	1.47	-0.03
19	Getafe	1.46	0
19	Murcia	1.46	-0.01
19	Terrassa	1.46	-0.04
22	Molina de Segura	1.45	-0.02
22	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.45	-0.03
24	Pinto	1.44	n/a
25	Granollers	1.43	-0.05
26	Aranjuez	1.42	-0.03
26	Badalona	1.42	-0.02
26	Lleida	1.42	-0.03
29	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.41	-0.04
30	Ávila	1.4	-0.03
30	Badajoz	1.4	-0.04
30	Mataró	1.4	-0.04
30	Motril	1.4	0
30	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.4	-0.03
30	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.4	-0.02
30	Utrera	1.4	0
37	El Prat de Llobregat	1.39	-0.01
37	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.39	-0.04
37	Paterna	1.39	-0.09
40	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.38	-0.01
40	El Puerto de Santa María	1.38	-0.03
40	Girona	1.38	-0.04
40	Huesca	1.38	-0.06
40	Majadahonda	1.38	-0.09
40	Tarragona	1.38	0
40	Torrent	1.38	-0.07
47	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.37	0
47	Dos Hermanas	1.37	-0.02
47	Mérida	1.37	-0.04
47	Vélez-Málaga	1.37	-0.03
47	Vila-real	1.37	+0.01
52	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.36	-0.03
52	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.36	-0.04
52	Sevilla	1.36	-0.02
55	Arganda del Rey	1.35	-0.03
55	Toledo	1.35	-0.06
55	Valdemoro	1.35	-0.09
58	Elda	1.34	0
58	Jerez de la Frontera	1.34	-0.03
58	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.34	0
61	Albacete	1.33	-0.04
61	Elx/Elche	1.33	-0.02
61	Mijas	1.33	-0.02
61	Soria	1.33	-0.03
65	Granada	1.32	-0.04
65	Talavera de la Reina	1.32	+0.02
65	Zaragoza	1.32	-0.04
68	Alcorcón	1.31	-0.04
68	Guadalajara	1.31	-0.03
68	Linares	1.31	+0.02
71	Collado Villalba	1.3	-0.04
71	Córdoba	1.3	-0.05
71	Estepona	1.3	-0.05
71	Málaga	1.3	-0.05
71	Mollet del Vallès	1.3	-0.1
71	Viladecans	1.3	-0.05
77	Arrecife	1.29	-0.01
77	Jaén	1.29	-0.01
77	Marbella	1.29	-0.03
80	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.28	-0.08
80	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.28	0
80	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.28	-0.01
80	Móstoles	1.28	-0.02
80	Teruel	1.28	-0.07
85	Barakaldo	1.27	-0.02
85	Burgos	1.27	-0.01
85	Ciudad Real	1.27	-0.01
85	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.27	-0.03
85	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.27	0
90	Gandia	1.26	+0.02
90	Irun	1.26	-0.04
90	Leganés	1.26	-0.03
90	Torrevieja	1.26	+0.04
94	Alacant/Alicante	1.25	-0.02
94	Logroño	1.25	-0.02
94	Madrid	1.25	-0.04
94	Pamplona/Iruña	1.25	0
94	Salamanca	1.25	-0.01
99	Benalmádena	1.24	-0.04
99	Huelva	1.24	-0.05
101	Cuenca	1.23	-0.03
101	Segovia	1.23	-0.02
103	Cáceres	1.22	-0.05
103	Orihuela	1.22	+0.04
105	Alcobendas	1.21	-0.03
105	Lugo	1.21	-0.03
105	València	1.21	-0.02
108	Bilbao	1.2	-0.02
108	Palma	1.2	-0.02
110	Valladolid	1.19	-0.01
111	Fuenlabrada	1.18	-0.01
111	Santiago de Compostela	1.18	-0.04
113	Alcalá de Henares	1.17	0
113	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.17	-0.03
113	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.17	-0.08
116	Castelldefels	1.16	-0.06
116	León	1.16	0
116	Palencia	1.16	-0.04
119	Barcelona	1.15	-0.02
119	Getxo	1.15	-0.05
121	San Fernando	1.14	-0.05
121	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.14	-0.02
121	Torremolinos	1.14	-0.05
124	Fuengirola	1.12	-0.03
125	Ponferrada	1.11	-0.05
125	Pontevedra	1.11	-0.02
125	Zamora	1.11	-0.01
128	Arona	1.1	-0.02
128	Benidorm	1.1	+0.02
128	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1.1	-0.01
131	A Coruña	1.09	-0.02
131	Santander	1.09	-0.01
133	Siero	1.08	+0.04
133	Vigo	1.08	-0.02
135	Ourense	1.06	-0.07
136	Avilés	1.05	-0.06
136	Cádiz	1.05	-0.04
136	Coslada	1.05	-0.01
136	Oviedo	1.05	-0.01
140	Ferrol	1.04	0
140	Torrelavega	1.04	+0.03
142	Telde	1.01	-0.03
143	Gijón	1	+0.01
144	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	0.99	-0.02
145	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0.98	-0.04
146	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.94	-0.03
147	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.92	+0.02

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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. 8 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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 2.27 children per woman in 2017, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with 0.92 children per woman in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.