Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2019
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Melilla had the highest fertility rate of 151 municipalities in 2019, at 1.99 children per woman. San Cristóbal de La Laguna had the lowest, at 0.84 children per woman. The median was 1.24 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.23 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest1.99Melilla

Lowest0.84San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Median1.24151 municipalities

Spain1.23History

Top 40 municipalities, 2019

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2019 children per woman	Change on 2018
1	Melilla	1.99	-0.18
2	El Ejido	1.93	+0.05
3	Lorca	1.62	-0.03
4	La Línea de la Concepción	1.59	-0.02
5	Ceuta	1.55	-0.1
6	Manresa	1.52	-0.04
7	Cartagena	1.48	-0.03
8	Almería	1.47	-0.04
9	Parla	1.45	-0.05
10	Roquetas de Mar	1.43	-0.07
10	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.43	-0.06
12	Lleida	1.42	+0.01
12	Murcia	1.42	-0.02
14	Reus	1.41	-0.05
15	Molina de Segura	1.4	-0.03
15	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.4	-0.05
17	Badalona	1.39	-0.02
17	Terrassa	1.39	-0.03
19	Getafe	1.38	-0.06
20	Huesca	1.36	0
21	Ávila	1.35	-0.02
21	Boadilla del Monte	1.35	-0.01
21	Colmenar Viejo	1.35	-0.02
21	Granollers	1.35	-0.02
21	Sabadell	1.35	-0.06
26	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.34	-0.09
27	Aranjuez	1.33	-0.08
27	Girona	1.33	0
27	Motril	1.33	-0.01
27	Rubí	1.33	-0.08
27	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.33	-0.06
27	Soria	1.33	-0.01
27	Tarragona	1.33	-0.03
34	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.32	-0.01
34	Teruel	1.32	+0.03
36	Algeciras	1.31	-0.06
36	El Prat de Llobregat	1.31	-0.04
36	Irun	1.31	+0.04
36	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.31	-0.04
36	Vélez-Málaga	1.31	-0.04
36	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.31	-0.05
42	Paterna	1.3	-0.05
42	Sevilla	1.3	-0.02
42	Vila-real	1.3	-0.03
45	Dos Hermanas	1.29	-0.02
45	Guadalajara	1.29	0
45	Mataró	1.29	-0.06
45	Pinto	1.29	-0.09
45	Torrent	1.29	-0.06
50	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.28	-0.08
50	El Puerto de Santa María	1.28	0
50	Elda	1.28	-0.01
50	Utrera	1.28	-0.06
54	Linares	1.27	-0.03
54	Orihuela	1.27	+0.03
54	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.27	-0.08
57	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.26	-0.02
57	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.26	-0.03
57	Burgos	1.26	0
57	Elx/Elche	1.26	-0.04
57	Gandia	1.26	+0.01
57	Granada	1.26	-0.04
57	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.26	-0.06
57	Mérida	1.26	-0.07
65	Arganda del Rey	1.25	-0.08
65	Huelva	1.25	+0.02
65	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.25	-0.06
65	Toledo	1.25	-0.06
65	Valdemoro	1.25	-0.05
70	Albacete	1.24	-0.04
70	Alcorcón	1.24	-0.04
70	Badajoz	1.24	-0.07
70	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.24	-0.04
70	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.24	-0.02
70	Talavera de la Reina	1.24	-0.07
70	Zaragoza	1.24	-0.04
77	Arrecife	1.23	-0.06
77	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.23	-0.08
77	Córdoba	1.23	-0.03
77	Estepona	1.23	-0.04
77	Majadahonda	1.23	-0.04
77	Mijas	1.23	-0.07
77	Móstoles	1.23	-0.02
77	Pamplona/Iruña	1.23	-0.01
77	Segovia	1.23	-0.01
86	Alacant/Alicante	1.22	-0.03
86	Barakaldo	1.22	-0.02
86	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.22	-0.03
86	Collado Villalba	1.22	-0.07
86	Jerez de la Frontera	1.22	-0.07
86	Málaga	1.22	-0.05
86	Torrevieja	1.22	-0.02
93	Jaén	1.21	-0.03
93	Logroño	1.21	-0.02
95	Leganés	1.2	0
95	Marbella	1.2	-0.03
95	Viladecans	1.2	-0.06
98	Madrid	1.19	-0.02
99	Ciudad Real	1.18	-0.06
99	Salamanca	1.18	-0.04
101	Bilbao	1.17	-0.01
101	Eivissa	1.17	n/a
101	Mollet del Vallès	1.17	-0.11
101	València	1.17	-0.01
101	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.17	-0.05
106	Alcalá de Henares	1.16	0
106	Palma	1.16	-0.02
106	Valladolid	1.16	0
109	Alcobendas	1.15	-0.01
109	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.15	-0.01
111	Benalmádena	1.14	-0.06
112	Cuenca	1.13	-0.05
112	Fuenlabrada	1.13	-0.02
114	Granadilla de Abona	1.12	n/a
114	Palencia	1.12	-0.01
114	Torremolinos	1.12	-0.01
117	Cáceres	1.11	-0.03
117	León	1.11	-0.03
119	Benidorm	1.1	0
120	Barcelona	1.09	-0.01
121	Getxo	1.08	-0.04
121	Ponferrada	1.08	-0.01
121	San Fernando	1.08	-0.01
121	Torrelavega	1.08	+0.03
125	Castelldefels	1.07	-0.01
125	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.07	-0.07
127	Lugo	1.06	-0.09
127	Santander	1.06	-0.01
129	Zamora	1.05	-0.03
130	A Coruña	1.04	-0.02
130	Pontevedra	1.04	-0.03
130	Santiago de Compostela	1.04	-0.05
133	Arona	1.03	-0.04
133	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.03	-0.07
135	Coslada	1.02	-0.05
135	Ferrol	1.02	-0.03
135	Vigo	1.02	-0.04
138	Cádiz	1	-0.01
138	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1	-0.02
138	Ourense	1	-0.03
138	Siero	1	-0.05
142	Avilés	0.99	-0.02
142	Oviedo	0.99	-0.02
144	Fuengirola	0.98	-0.07
145	Calvià	0.97	n/a
146	Gijón	0.93	-0.03
147	Telde	0.92	-0.03
148	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0.91	-0.05
149	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	0.9	-0.06
150	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.88	-0.02
151	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.84	-0.05

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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. 4 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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 1.99 children per woman in 2019, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, with 0.84 children per woman in 2019.

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. 4 municipalities have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.