Provinces of Spain by natural population change

Madrid province had the highest natural population change of 49 provinces in 2015, at 18,020. Asturias province had the lowest, at -7,095. The median was -617 and the figure for Spain was -1,976. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest18,020Madrid province

Lowest-7,095Asturias province

Median-61749 provinces

Spain-1,976History

All provinces, 2015

persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2015 persons	Change on 2014
1	Madrid province	18,020	-19.7%
2	Murcia province	4,743	-19.8%
3	Barcelona province	4,308	-44%
4	Seville province	3,373	-37.3%
5	Almería province	2,630	-15%
6	Málaga province	2,290	-33.5%
7	Cádiz province	1,693	-38.7%
8	Girona province	1,139	-18.1%
9	Melilla province	994	-12.8%
10	Huelva province	634	-29.1%
11	Ceuta province	592	-14.6%
12	Tarragona province	556	-52.8%
13	Toledo province	467	-56.6%
14	Álava province	392	-51.1%
15	Navarre province	327	-51.3%
16	Guadalajara province	310	-49.8%
17	Granada province	152	-81.6%
18	Alicante province	51	-95.4%
19	Albacete province	-224	-55.6%
20	Castellón province	-284	-185.8%
21	La Rioja province	-361	-594.2%
22	Lleida province	-419	-2,718.8%
23	Soria province	-555	-10.8%
24	Gipuzkoa province	-572	-238.5%
25	Segovia province	-617	-39%
26	Valencia province	-668	-149.2%
27	Teruel province	-794	-41.3%
28	Córdoba province	-823	-4,215%
29	Huesca province	-856	-9.7%
30	Badajoz province	-969	-144.1%
31	Cuenca province	-985	-32.4%
32	Palencia province	-994	-1.2%
33	Valladolid province	-1,002	-224.3%
34	Ávila province	-1,039	-30.4%
35	Burgos province	-1,105	-8.7%
36	Ciudad Real province	-1,277	-60.8%
37	Jaén province	-1,317	-139.5%
38	Zaragoza province	-1,337	-67.5%
39	Salamanca province	-1,631	-18.9%
40	Cáceres province	-1,655	-34%
41	Cantabria province	-1,666	-24.9%
42	Zamora province	-1,778	-10.3%
43	Pontevedra province	-2,257	-86.2%
44	Biscay province	-2,482	-74.9%
45	Ourense province	-2,837	-11.5%
46	Lugo province	-2,952	-8%
47	León province	-3,192	-11.3%
48	A Coruña province	-4,215	-10.7%
49	Asturias province	-7,095	-14.2%

Other periods

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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

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.

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Eurostat. Population change, 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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (Provinces of Spain by natural population change, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table

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Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), Provinces of Spain by natural population change, 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 21 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/spain-provinces?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Provinces of Spain by natural population change, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/spain-provinces?period=2015.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), Provinces of Spain by natural population change, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/spain-provinces?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_provinces_of_spain_by_2015,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo\_r\_gind3): Provinces of Spain by natural population change, 2015}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-population-change/spain-provinces?period=2015. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Population change, 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.},
}

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Which province has the highest natural population change?

Madrid province, with 18,020 in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest natural population change?

Asturias province, with -7,095 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.