Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2018
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Melilla had the highest fertility rate of 148 municipalities in 2018, at 2.17 children per woman. San Cristóbal de La Laguna had the lowest, at 0.89 children per woman. The median was 1.28 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.26 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2.17Melilla

Lowest0.89San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Median1.28148 municipalities

Spain1.26History

Top 40 municipalities, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2018 children per woman	Change on 2017
1	Melilla	2.17	-0.1
2	El Ejido	1.88	+0.01
3	Ceuta	1.65	-0.1
3	Lorca	1.65	+0.01
5	La Línea de la Concepción	1.61	-0.03
6	Manresa	1.56	+0.07
7	Almería	1.51	-0.04
7	Cartagena	1.51	-0.02
9	Parla	1.5	-0.07
9	Roquetas de Mar	1.5	-0.03
11	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.49	-0.01
12	Reus	1.46	-0.01
13	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.45	-0.04
14	Getafe	1.44	-0.02
14	Murcia	1.44	-0.02
16	Molina de Segura	1.43	-0.02
16	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.43	-0.05
18	Terrassa	1.42	-0.04
19	Aranjuez	1.41	-0.01
19	Badalona	1.41	-0.01
19	Lleida	1.41	-0.01
19	Rubí	1.41	-0.07
19	Sabadell	1.41	-0.06
24	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.39	-0.06
25	Pinto	1.38	-0.06
26	Algeciras	1.37	-0.11
26	Ávila	1.37	-0.03
26	Colmenar Viejo	1.37	n/a
26	Granollers	1.37	-0.06
30	Boadilla del Monte	1.36	-0.11
30	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.36	-0.01
30	Huesca	1.36	-0.02
30	Tarragona	1.36	-0.02
30	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.36	-0.05
35	El Prat de Llobregat	1.35	-0.04
35	Mataró	1.35	-0.05
35	Paterna	1.35	-0.04
35	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.35	-0.05
35	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.35	-0.05
35	Torrent	1.35	-0.03
35	Vélez-Málaga	1.35	-0.02
42	Motril	1.34	-0.06
42	Soria	1.34	+0.01
42	Utrera	1.34	-0.06
45	Arganda del Rey	1.33	-0.02
45	Girona	1.33	-0.05
45	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.33	-0.03
45	Mérida	1.33	-0.04
45	Vila-real	1.33	-0.04
50	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.32	-0.07
50	Sevilla	1.32	-0.04
52	Badajoz	1.31	-0.09
52	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.31	-0.07
52	Dos Hermanas	1.31	-0.06
52	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.31	-0.05
52	Talavera de la Reina	1.31	-0.01
52	Toledo	1.31	-0.04
58	Elx/Elche	1.3	-0.03
58	Granada	1.3	-0.02
58	Linares	1.3	-0.01
58	Mijas	1.3	-0.03
58	Valdemoro	1.3	-0.05
63	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.29	+0.01
63	Arrecife	1.29	0
63	Collado Villalba	1.29	-0.01
63	Elda	1.29	-0.05
63	Guadalajara	1.29	-0.02
63	Jerez de la Frontera	1.29	-0.05
63	Teruel	1.29	+0.01
70	Albacete	1.28	-0.05
70	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.28	0
70	Alcorcón	1.28	-0.03
70	El Puerto de Santa María	1.28	-0.1
70	Mollet del Vallès	1.28	-0.02
70	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.28	-0.06
70	Zaragoza	1.28	-0.04
77	Estepona	1.27	-0.03
77	Irun	1.27	+0.01
77	Majadahonda	1.27	-0.11
77	Málaga	1.27	-0.03
81	Burgos	1.26	-0.01
81	Córdoba	1.26	-0.04
81	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.26	-0.01
81	Viladecans	1.26	-0.04
85	Alacant/Alicante	1.25	0
85	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.25	-0.03
85	Gandia	1.25	-0.01
85	Móstoles	1.25	-0.03
89	Barakaldo	1.24	-0.03
89	Ciudad Real	1.24	-0.03
89	Jaén	1.24	-0.05
89	Orihuela	1.24	+0.02
89	Pamplona/Iruña	1.24	-0.01
89	Segovia	1.24	+0.01
89	Torrevieja	1.24	-0.02
96	Huelva	1.23	-0.01
96	Logroño	1.23	-0.02
96	Marbella	1.23	-0.06
99	Salamanca	1.22	-0.03
99	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.22	-0.05
101	Madrid	1.21	-0.04
102	Benalmádena	1.2	-0.04
102	Leganés	1.2	-0.06
104	Bilbao	1.18	-0.02
104	Cuenca	1.18	-0.05
104	Palma	1.18	-0.02
104	València	1.18	-0.03
108	Alcalá de Henares	1.16	-0.01
108	Alcobendas	1.16	-0.05
108	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.16	-0.01
108	Valladolid	1.16	-0.03
112	Fuenlabrada	1.15	-0.03
112	Lugo	1.15	-0.06
114	Cáceres	1.14	-0.08
114	León	1.14	-0.02
114	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.14	-0.03
117	Palencia	1.13	-0.03
117	Torremolinos	1.13	-0.01
119	Getxo	1.12	-0.03
120	Barcelona	1.1	-0.05
120	Benidorm	1.1	0
120	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.1	-0.04
123	Ponferrada	1.09	-0.02
123	San Fernando	1.09	-0.05
123	Santiago de Compostela	1.09	-0.09
126	Castelldefels	1.08	-0.08
126	Zamora	1.08	-0.03
128	Arona	1.07	-0.03
128	Coslada	1.07	+0.02
128	Pontevedra	1.07	-0.04
128	Santander	1.07	-0.02
132	A Coruña	1.06	-0.03
132	Vigo	1.06	-0.02
134	Ferrol	1.05	+0.01
134	Fuengirola	1.05	-0.07
134	Siero	1.05	-0.03
134	Torrelavega	1.05	+0.01
138	Ourense	1.03	-0.03
139	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1.02	-0.08
140	Avilés	1.01	-0.04
140	Cádiz	1.01	-0.04
140	Oviedo	1.01	-0.04
143	Gijón	0.96	-0.04
143	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	0.96	-0.03
143	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0.96	-0.02
146	Telde	0.95	-0.06
147	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.9	-0.02
148	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.89	-0.05

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. 7 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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 2.17 children per woman in 2018, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, with 0.89 children per woman in 2018.

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. 7 municipalities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.