# Provinces of Spain by natural change rate, 2024

All 49 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `natural_change_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/spain-provinces

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Melilla province | 4.2 |
| 2 | Ceuta province | 2 |
| 3 | Almería province | 1.2 |
| 4 | Murcia province | 0.5 |
| 5 | Madrid province | 0.2 |
| 6 | Girona province | -1.2 |
| 6 | Guadalajara province | -1.2 |
| 6 | Málaga province | -1.2 |
| 6 | Seville province | -1.2 |
| 6 | Toledo province | -1.2 |
| 11 | Granada province | -1.6 |
| 12 | Barcelona province | -1.7 |
| 13 | Huelva province | -1.8 |
| 14 | Alicante province | -1.9 |
| 15 | Cádiz province | -2.1 |
| 15 | Valencia province | -2.1 |
| 17 | Castellón province | -2.2 |
| 17 | Navarre province | -2.2 |
| 19 | Lleida province | -2.3 |
| 19 | Tarragona province | -2.3 |
| 21 | Álava province | -2.7 |
| 22 | Córdoba province | -3.1 |
| 23 | Albacete province | -3.3 |
| 24 | Zaragoza province | -3.5 |
| 25 | Badajoz province | -3.7 |
| 25 | Jaén province | -3.7 |
| 27 | La Rioja province | -3.9 |
| 28 | Gipuzkoa province | -4 |
| 28 | Valladolid province | -4 |
| 30 | Ciudad Real province | -4.2 |
| 30 | Huesca province | -4.2 |
| 32 | Segovia province | -4.3 |
| 33 | Biscay province | -4.8 |
| 34 | Cuenca province | -5.1 |
| 35 | Cantabria province | -5.2 |
| 36 | Burgos province | -5.4 |
| 37 | Pontevedra province | -5.5 |
| 38 | Cáceres province | -6.4 |
| 39 | A Coruña province | -6.5 |
| 39 | Teruel province | -6.5 |
| 41 | Salamanca province | -6.9 |
| 42 | Ávila province | -7.4 |
| 42 | Soria province | -7.4 |
| 44 | Palencia province | -8 |
| 45 | Asturias province | -8.5 |
| 46 | León province | -9.1 |
| 47 | Lugo province | -10.1 |
| 48 | Zamora province | -11.2 |
| 49 | Ourense province | -11.3 |