Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2020
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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El Ejido had the highest fertility rate of 151 municipalities in 2020, at 1.88 children per woman. San Cristóbal de La Laguna had the lowest, at 0.81 children per woman. The median was 1.21 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.18 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest1.88El Ejido

Lowest0.81San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Median1.21151 municipalities

Spain1.18History

Top 40 municipalities, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2020 children per woman	Change on 2019
1	El Ejido	1.88	-0.05
2	Melilla	1.78	-0.21
3	Lorca	1.65	+0.03
4	La Línea de la Concepción	1.48	-0.11
5	Manresa	1.47	-0.05
6	Almería	1.46	-0.01
7	Cartagena	1.45	-0.03
8	Ceuta	1.43	-0.12
9	Teruel	1.41	+0.09
10	Lleida	1.4	-0.02
10	Murcia	1.4	-0.02
10	Roquetas de Mar	1.4	-0.03
13	Boadilla del Monte	1.38	+0.03
14	Badalona	1.36	-0.03
14	Parla	1.36	-0.09
14	Reus	1.36	-0.05
14	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.36	-0.07
14	Terrassa	1.36	-0.03
19	Ávila	1.35	0
19	Getafe	1.35	-0.03
19	Motril	1.35	+0.02
19	Sabadell	1.35	0
19	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.35	+0.02
19	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.35	-0.05
25	Granollers	1.34	-0.01
25	Molina de Segura	1.34	-0.06
25	Paterna	1.34	+0.04
25	Utrera	1.34	+0.06
29	Huesca	1.32	-0.04
30	Soria	1.31	-0.02
31	Girona	1.3	-0.03
31	Orihuela	1.3	+0.03
33	Tarragona	1.29	-0.04
34	Algeciras	1.28	-0.03
34	Colmenar Viejo	1.28	-0.07
34	Elda	1.28	0
34	Guadalajara	1.28	-0.01
34	Mataró	1.28	-0.01
34	Sevilla	1.28	-0.02
34	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.28	-0.03
41	Irun	1.27	-0.04
41	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.27	+0.01
41	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.27	-0.07
44	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.26	0
44	Aranjuez	1.26	-0.07
44	Dos Hermanas	1.26	-0.03
44	El Puerto de Santa María	1.26	-0.02
44	Granada	1.26	0
44	Huelva	1.26	+0.01
44	Mérida	1.26	0
44	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.26	+0.02
44	Vila-real	1.26	-0.04
53	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.25	-0.03
53	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.25	-0.07
53	Linares	1.25	-0.02
53	Pamplona/Iruña	1.25	+0.02
53	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.25	-0.06
53	Segovia	1.25	+0.02
53	Torrent	1.25	-0.04
53	Vélez-Málaga	1.25	-0.06
61	Burgos	1.24	-0.02
61	El Prat de Llobregat	1.24	-0.07
61	Elx/Elche	1.24	-0.02
61	Zaragoza	1.24	0
65	Badajoz	1.23	-0.01
65	Majadahonda	1.23	0
65	Rubí	1.23	-0.1
65	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.23	-0.04
69	Albacete	1.22	-0.02
69	Gandia	1.22	-0.04
69	Jaén	1.22	+0.01
69	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.22	-0.02
69	Valdemoro	1.22	-0.03
74	Córdoba	1.21	-0.02
74	Logroño	1.21	0
74	Mijas	1.21	-0.02
74	Pinto	1.21	-0.08
78	Alacant/Alicante	1.2	-0.02
78	Arganda del Rey	1.2	-0.05
78	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.2	-0.03
78	Ciudad Real	1.2	+0.02
78	Toledo	1.2	-0.05
83	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.19	-0.07
83	Estepona	1.19	-0.04
83	Málaga	1.19	-0.03
83	Talavera de la Reina	1.19	-0.05
87	Alcorcón	1.18	-0.06
87	Barakaldo	1.18	-0.04
87	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.18	-0.04
87	Jerez de la Frontera	1.18	-0.04
87	Móstoles	1.18	-0.05
87	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.18	-0.07
87	Torrevieja	1.18	-0.04
94	Collado Villalba	1.17	-0.05
94	Viladecans	1.17	-0.03
96	Arrecife	1.16	-0.07
96	Madrid	1.16	-0.03
96	Marbella	1.16	-0.04
99	Leganés	1.15	-0.05
99	València	1.15	-0.02
99	Valladolid	1.15	-0.01
99	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.15	-0.02
103	Bilbao	1.14	-0.03
103	Mollet del Vallès	1.14	-0.03
103	Palma	1.14	-0.02
106	Alcobendas	1.13	-0.02
106	Salamanca	1.13	-0.05
108	Alcalá de Henares	1.12	-0.04
108	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.12	-0.03
108	León	1.12	+0.01
111	Cáceres	1.1	-0.01
111	Cuenca	1.1	-0.03
111	Eivissa	1.1	-0.07
114	Getxo	1.09	+0.01
114	Torremolinos	1.09	-0.03
116	Benidorm	1.08	-0.02
116	Fuenlabrada	1.08	-0.05
118	Palencia	1.07	-0.05
119	Castelldefels	1.06	-0.01
119	San Fernando	1.06	-0.02
119	Torrelavega	1.06	-0.02
122	Barcelona	1.05	-0.04
122	Benalmádena	1.05	-0.09
122	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.05	-0.02
125	Granadilla de Abona	1.03	-0.09
126	A Coruña	1.02	-0.02
126	Ferrol	1.02	0
126	Ponferrada	1.02	-0.06
126	Santander	1.02	-0.04
130	Ourense	1.01	+0.01
130	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.01	-0.02
132	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1	0
132	Coslada	1	-0.02
132	Lugo	1	-0.06
132	Pontevedra	1	-0.04
132	Santiago de Compostela	1	-0.04
132	Vigo	1	-0.02
138	Zamora	0.98	-0.07
139	Avilés	0.97	-0.02
139	Calvià	0.97	0
139	Oviedo	0.97	-0.02
142	Arona	0.96	-0.07
142	Cádiz	0.96	-0.04
142	Siero	0.96	-0.04
145	Fuengirola	0.93	-0.05
146	Gijón	0.89	-0.04
146	Telde	0.89	-0.03
148	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	0.88	-0.02
149	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0.87	-0.04
150	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.82	-0.06
151	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.81	-0.03

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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 2020 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?

El Ejido, with 1.88 children per woman in 2020, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, with 0.81 children per woman in 2020.

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 2020 and are not ranked.