Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate

Name: Municipalities of Spain by fertility rate, 2021
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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El Ejido had the highest fertility rate of 155 municipalities in 2021, at 1.82 children per woman. San Bartolomé de Tirajana had the lowest, at 0.72 children per woman. The median was 1.19 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.18 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest1.82El Ejido

Lowest0.72San Bartolomé de Tirajana

Median1.19155 municipalities

Spain1.18History

Top 40 municipalities, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2021 children per woman	Change on 2020
1	El Ejido	1.82	-0.06
2	Lorca	1.67	+0.02
3	Melilla	1.61	-0.17
4	Boadilla del Monte	1.59	+0.21
5	Teruel	1.47	+0.06
6	Almería	1.45	-0.01
6	Cartagena	1.45	0
6	Utrera	1.45	+0.11
9	Manresa	1.44	-0.03
9	Roquetas de Mar	1.44	+0.04
11	Murcia	1.41	+0.01
11	Paterna	1.41	+0.07
13	Sant Cugat del Vallès	1.4	+0.05
14	Badalona	1.37	+0.01
15	Getafe	1.36	+0.01
15	Las Rozas de Madrid	1.36	+0.09
15	Majadahonda	1.36	+0.13
18	Lleida	1.35	-0.05
18	Sabadell	1.35	0
20	La Línea de la Concepción	1.34	-0.14
21	Motril	1.33	-0.02
21	Pozuelo de Alarcón	1.33	+0.07
23	Orihuela	1.32	+0.02
23	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	1.32	-0.04
23	Terrassa	1.32	-0.04
26	Huesca	1.31	-0.01
26	Mérida	1.31	+0.05
28	Ceuta	1.3	-0.13
28	Rincón de la Victoria	1.3	n/a
30	Ávila	1.29	-0.06
30	El Puerto de Santa María	1.29	+0.03
30	Girona	1.29	-0.01
30	Jaén	1.29	+0.07
30	Sevilla	1.29	+0.01
30	Soria	1.29	-0.02
36	Pamplona/Iruña	1.28	+0.03
36	Parla	1.28	-0.08
36	Reus	1.28	-0.08
36	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	1.28	+0.01
36	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	1.28	-0.07
36	Tarragona	1.28	-0.01
42	Granollers	1.27	-0.07
42	Mataró	1.27	-0.01
42	Molina de Segura	1.27	-0.07
42	Puertollano	1.27	n/a
46	Arganda del Rey	1.26	+0.06
46	Cornellà de Llobregat	1.26	+0.01
46	Dos Hermanas	1.26	0
46	Elx/Elche	1.26	+0.02
46	Guadalajara	1.26	-0.02
46	Torrejón de Ardoz	1.26	+0.03
46	Vitoria-Gasteiz	1.26	-0.02
53	Algeciras	1.25	-0.03
53	Zaragoza	1.25	+0.01
55	Chiclana de la Frontera	1.24	+0.04
55	Huelva	1.24	-0.02
55	Mijas	1.24	+0.03
55	Santurtzi	1.24	n/a
59	Albacete	1.23	+0.01
59	Ciudad Real	1.23	+0.03
59	Colmenar Viejo	1.23	-0.05
59	Elda	1.23	-0.05
59	Granada	1.23	-0.03
59	Vilanova i la Geltrú	1.23	+0.08
65	Badajoz	1.22	-0.01
65	Córdoba	1.22	+0.01
65	Valdemoro	1.22	0
68	Alcalá de Guadaíra	1.21	-0.05
68	Linares	1.21	-0.04
68	Vila-real	1.21	-0.05
71	Irun	1.2	-0.07
71	Segovia	1.2	-0.05
73	Burgos	1.19	-0.05
73	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	1.19	-0.06
73	León	1.19	+0.07
73	Logroño	1.19	-0.02
73	Sagunt/Sagunto	1.19	-0.03
73	Torrent	1.19	-0.06
73	Vélez-Málaga	1.19	-0.06
80	Alacant/Alicante	1.18	-0.02
80	El Prat de Llobregat	1.18	-0.06
80	Málaga	1.18	-0.01
80	Sant Boi de Llobregat	1.18	-0.07
84	Mollet del Vallès	1.16	+0.02
84	Rubí	1.16	-0.07
84	Torrevieja	1.16	-0.02
87	Gandia	1.15	-0.07
87	Jerez de la Frontera	1.15	-0.03
87	Móstoles	1.15	-0.03
87	Palma	1.15	+0.01
87	San Sebastián de los Reyes	1.15	-0.03
87	Talavera de la Reina	1.15	-0.04
87	València	1.15	0
94	Aranjuez	1.14	-0.12
95	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	1.13	-0.05
95	Toledo	1.13	-0.07
95	Valladolid	1.13	-0.02
98	Alcobendas	1.12	-0.01
98	Cáceres	1.12	+0.02
98	Collado Villalba	1.12	-0.05
98	Madrid	1.12	-0.04
98	Torremolinos	1.12	+0.03
98	Viladecans	1.12	-0.05
104	Alcalá de Henares	1.11	-0.01
105	Alcorcón	1.1	-0.08
105	Castelldefels	1.1	+0.04
105	Donostia/San Sebastián	1.1	-0.02
105	Pinto	1.1	-0.11
109	Bilbao	1.09	-0.05
109	Getxo	1.09	0
111	Barakaldo	1.08	-0.1
111	Estepona	1.08	-0.11
111	Marbella	1.08	-0.08
111	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	1.08	+0.07
115	Benidorm	1.07	-0.01
115	Leganés	1.07	-0.08
115	Salamanca	1.07	-0.06
118	Arrecife	1.06	-0.1
119	San Fernando	1.05	-0.01
120	Torrelavega	1.03	-0.03
121	A Coruña	1.02	0
121	Barcelona	1.02	-0.03
121	Basauri	1.02	n/a
121	Cuenca	1.02	-0.08
121	Fuenlabrada	1.02	-0.06
121	Santiago de Compostela	1.02	+0.02
127	Alcoi/Alcoy	1.01	-0.18
127	Cerdanyola del Vallès	1.01	+0.01
127	Lugo	1.01	+0.01
127	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	1.01	-0.04
127	Siero	1.01	+0.05
132	Eivissa	1	-0.1
132	Pontevedra	1	0
134	Calvià	0.99	+0.02
134	Palencia	0.99	-0.08
136	Ferrol	0.98	-0.04
136	Ourense	0.98	-0.03
138	Benalmádena	0.97	-0.08
138	Oviedo	0.97	0
138	Santander	0.97	-0.05
141	Vigo	0.96	-0.04
142	Fuengirola	0.95	+0.02
143	Coslada	0.93	-0.07
143	Zamora	0.93	-0.05
145	Granadilla de Abona	0.92	-0.11
146	Avilés	0.91	-0.06
146	Ponferrada	0.91	-0.11
148	Gijón	0.9	+0.01
149	Arona	0.88	-0.08
149	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	0.88	0
149	Telde	0.88	-0.01
152	Cádiz	0.87	-0.09
153	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0.85	-0.02
154	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	0.82	+0.01
155	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	0.72	-0.1

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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. 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 1.82 children per woman in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest fertility rate?

San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with 0.72 children per woman in 2021.

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.