Provinces of Spain by fertility rate

Almería province had the highest fertility rate of 52 provinces in 2023, at 1.44 children per woman. Santa Cruz de Tenerife province had the lowest, at 0.79 children per woman. The median was 1.14 children per woman and the figure for Spain was 1.12 children per woman. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Median1.1452 provinces
Spain1.12History

All provinces, 2023

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Almería provinceAlmería province: 1.44 children per woman1.44Murcia provinceMurcia province: 1.36 children per woman1.36Melilla provinceMelilla province: 1.33 children per woman1.33Lleida provinceLleida province: 1.26 children per woman1.26Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 1.24 children per woman1.24Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 1.24 children per woman1.24Álava provinceÁlava province: 1.23 children per woman1.23Castellón provinceCastellón province: 1.23 children per woman1.23Seville provinceSeville province: 1.23 children per woman1.23Toledo provinceToledo province: 1.23 children per woman1.23Girona provinceGirona province: 1.21 children per woman1.21Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 1.21 children per woman1.21Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 1.2 children per woman1.2Granada provinceGranada province: 1.2 children per woman1.2Teruel provinceTeruel province: 1.2 children per woman1.2Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 1.19 children per woman1.19Jaén provinceJaén province: 1.19 children per woman1.19Navarre provinceNavarre province: 1.19 children per woman1.19Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 1.18 children per woman1.18Alicante provinceAlicante province: 1.16 children per woman1.16Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 1.16 children per woman1.16Huesca provinceHuesca province: 1.16 children per woman1.16Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 1.16 children per woman1.16Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 1.15 children per woman1.15Huelva provinceHuelva province: 1.15 children per woman1.15Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 1.14 children per woman1.14Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 1.14 children per woman1.14Segovia provinceSegovia province: 1.14 children per woman1.14Valencia provinceValencia province: 1.14 children per woman1.14La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 1.13 children per woman1.13Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 1.13 children per woman1.13Burgos provinceBurgos province: 1.11 children per woman1.11Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 1.1 children per woman1.1Madrid provinceMadrid province: 1.1 children per woman1.1Soria provinceSoria province: 1.1 children per woman1.1Biscay provinceBiscay province: 1.09 children per woman1.09Málaga provinceMálaga province: 1.08 children per woman1.08Ávila provinceÁvila province: 1.07 children per woman1.07Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1.07 children per woman1.07Lugo provinceLugo province: 1.07 children per woman1.07Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 1.05 children per woman1.05Palencia provincePalencia province: 1.03 children per woman1.03Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 1.02 children per woman1.02A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 1.01 children per woman1.01León provinceLeón province: 0.99 children per woman0.99Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 0.97 children per woman0.97Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 0.97 children per woman0.97Asturias provinceAsturias province: 0.94 children per woman0.94Zamora provinceZamora province: 0.93 children per woman0.93Ourense provinceOurense province: 0.92 children per woman0.92Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 0.88 children per woman0.88Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 0.79 children per woman0.79
children per woman. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2023
children per woman
Change on 2022
1Almería province1.44-0.06
2Murcia province1.36-0.06
3Melilla province1.33-0.23
4Lleida province1.26-0.06
5Ceuta province1.24-0.09
5Córdoba province1.240
7Álava province1.23-0.02
7Castellón province1.23-0.01
7Seville province1.23-0.01
7Toledo province1.23-0.02
11Girona province1.21-0.05
11Tarragona province1.21-0.05
13Gipuzkoa province1.2+0.02
13Granada province1.2-0.06
13Teruel province1.2-0.13
16Badajoz province1.19+0.03
16Jaén province1.19+0.01
16Navarre province1.19-0.08
19Albacete province1.18-0.04
20Alicante province1.16-0.04
20Ciudad Real province1.16-0.03
20Huesca province1.16-0.09
20Zaragoza province1.16-0.03
24Cádiz province1.15-0.01
24Huelva province1.15-0.05
26Cuenca province1.14-0.05
26Guadalajara province1.14-0.05
26Segovia province1.14-0.01
26Valencia province1.14-0.03
30La Rioja province1.13-0.11
30Valladolid province1.13-0.06
32Burgos province1.11-0.07
33Cáceres province1.10
33Madrid province1.1-0.04
33Soria province1.1-0.08
36Biscay province1.09-0.03
37Málaga province1.08-0.05
38Ávila province1.07-0.08
38Barcelona province1.07-0.07
38Lugo province1.07+0.01
41Balearic Islands province1.05-0.06
42Palencia province1.03-0.07
43Salamanca province1.02-0.03
44A Coruña province1.01-0.01
45León province0.990
46Cantabria province0.97-0.06
46Pontevedra province0.97-0.03
48Asturias province0.94-0.03
49Zamora province0.93-0.01
50Ourense province0.92+0.01
51Las Palmas province0.88-0.02
52Santa Cruz de Tenerife province0.79-0.02

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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 provinces 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=1478. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Which province has the highest fertility rate?

Almería province, with 1.44 children per woman in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest fertility rate?

Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, with 0.79 children per woman in 2023.

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.

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