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Provinces of Spain by natural population change

Madrid province had the highest natural population change of 49 provinces in 2021, at 1,509. Asturias province had the lowest, at -8,582. The median was -1,872 and the figure for Spain was -112,326. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Map of provinces, 2021

Álava province: -603 personsAlbacete province: -991 personsAlicante province: -5,020 personsAlmería province: 685 personsÁvila province: -1,190 personsBadajoz province: -2,585 personsBarcelona province: -8,119 personsBurgos province: -1,872 personsCáceres province: -2,486 personsCádiz province: -2,789 personsCastellón province: -1,871 personsCiudad Real province: -1,933 personsCórdoba province: -2,557 personsA Coruña province: -6,965 personsCuenca province: -1,139 personsGirona province: -802 personsGranada province: -1,684 personsGuadalajara province: -241 personsGipuzkoa province: -2,686 personsHuelva province: -732 personsHuesca province: -950 personsJaén province: -2,435 personsLeón province: -3,919 personsLleida province: -1,336 personsLa Rioja province: -1,219 personsLugo province: -3,397 personsMadrid province: 1,509 personsMálaga province: -2,129 personsMurcia province: 1,132 personsNavarre province: -658 personsOurense province: -3,296 personsAsturias province: -8,582 personsPalencia province: -1,427 personsPontevedra province: -4,408 personsSalamanca province: -2,241 personsCantabria province: -2,767 personsSegovia province: -712 personsSeville province: -2,048 personsSoria province: -651 personsTarragona province: -1,451 personsTeruel province: -779 personsToledo province: -1,579 personsValencia province: -7,080 personsValladolid province: -2,310 personsBiscay province: -5,521 personsZamora province: -1,882 personsZaragoza province: -3,324 personsCeuta province: 45 personsMelilla province: 368 persons
  • Under -2,600
  • -2,600 to -1,400
  • -1,400 to 0
  • 0 to 500
  • 500 to 1,000
  • 1,000 and over
  • No data
persons, 2021. Red areas are below zero and blue areas above it. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2021

Madrid province: 1,509 personsMadrid province1,509Murcia province: 1,132 personsMurcia province1,132Almería province: 685 personsAlmería province685Melilla province: 368 personsMelilla province368Ceuta province: 45 personsCeuta province45Guadalajara province: -241 personsGuadalajara province-241Álava province: -603 personsÁlava province-603Soria province: -651 personsSoria province-651Navarre province: -658 personsNavarre province-658Segovia province: -712 personsSegovia province-712Huelva province: -732 personsHuelva province-732Teruel province: -779 personsTeruel province-779Girona province: -802 personsGirona province-802Huesca province: -950 personsHuesca province-950Albacete province: -991 personsAlbacete province-991Cuenca province: -1,139 personsCuenca province-1,139Ávila province: -1,190 personsÁvila province-1,190La Rioja province: -1,219 personsLa Rioja province-1,219Lleida province: -1,336 personsLleida province-1,336Palencia province: -1,427 personsPalencia province-1,427Tarragona province: -1,451 personsTarragona province-1,451Toledo province: -1,579 personsToledo province-1,579Granada province: -1,684 personsGranada province-1,684Castellón province: -1,871 personsCastellón province-1,871Burgos province: -1,872 personsBurgos province-1,872Zamora province: -1,882 personsZamora province-1,882Ciudad Real province: -1,933 personsCiudad Real province-1,933Seville province: -2,048 personsSeville province-2,048Málaga province: -2,129 personsMálaga province-2,129Salamanca province: -2,241 personsSalamanca province-2,241Valladolid province: -2,310 personsValladolid province-2,310Jaén province: -2,435 personsJaén province-2,435Cáceres province: -2,486 personsCáceres province-2,486Córdoba province: -2,557 personsCórdoba province-2,557Badajoz province: -2,585 personsBadajoz province-2,585Gipuzkoa province: -2,686 personsGipuzkoa province-2,686Cantabria province: -2,767 personsCantabria province-2,767Cádiz province: -2,789 personsCádiz province-2,789Ourense province: -3,296 personsOurense province-3,296Zaragoza province: -3,324 personsZaragoza province-3,324Lugo province: -3,397 personsLugo province-3,397León province: -3,919 personsLeón province-3,919Pontevedra province: -4,408 personsPontevedra province-4,408Alicante province: -5,020 personsAlicante province-5,020Biscay province: -5,521 personsBiscay province-5,521A Coruña province: -6,965 personsA Coruña province-6,965Valencia province: -7,080 personsValencia province-7,080Barcelona province: -8,119 personsBarcelona province-8,119Asturias province: -8,582 personsAsturias province-8,582Madrid province: 1,509 personsMadrid province1,509Murcia province: 1,132 personsMurcia province1,132Almería province: 685 personsAlmería province685Melilla province: 368 personsMelilla province368Ceuta province: 45 personsCeuta province45Guadalajara province: -241 personsGuadalajara province-241Álava province: -603 personsÁlava province-603Soria province: -651 personsSoria province-651Navarre province: -658 personsNavarre province-658Segovia province: -712 personsSegovia province-712Huelva province: -732 personsHuelva province-732Teruel province: -779 personsTeruel province-779Girona province: -802 personsGirona province-802Huesca province: -950 personsHuesca province-950Albacete province: -991 personsAlbacete province-991Cuenca province: -1,139 personsCuenca province-1,139Ávila province: -1,190 personsÁvila province-1,190La Rioja province: -1,219 personsLa Rioja province-1,219Lleida province: -1,336 personsLleida province-1,336Palencia province: -1,427 personsPalencia province-1,427Tarragona province: -1,451 personsTarragona province-1,451Toledo province: -1,579 personsToledo province-1,579Granada province: -1,684 personsGranada province-1,684Castellón province: -1,871 personsCastellón province-1,871Burgos province: -1,872 personsBurgos province-1,872Zamora province: -1,882 personsZamora province-1,882Ciudad Real province: -1,933 personsCiudad Real province-1,933Seville province: -2,048 personsSeville province-2,048Málaga province: -2,129 personsMálaga province-2,129Salamanca province: -2,241 personsSalamanca province-2,241Valladolid province: -2,310 personsValladolid province-2,310Jaén province: -2,435 personsJaén province-2,435Cáceres province: -2,486 personsCáceres province-2,486Córdoba province: -2,557 personsCórdoba province-2,557Badajoz province: -2,585 personsBadajoz province-2,585Gipuzkoa province: -2,686 personsGipuzkoa province-2,686Cantabria province: -2,767 personsCantabria province-2,767Cádiz province: -2,789 personsCádiz province-2,789Ourense province: -3,296 personsOurense province-3,296Zaragoza province: -3,324 personsZaragoza province-3,324Lugo province: -3,397 personsLugo province-3,397León province: -3,919 personsLeón province-3,919Pontevedra province: -4,408 personsPontevedra province-4,408Alicante province: -5,020 personsAlicante province-5,020Biscay province: -5,521 personsBiscay province-5,521A Coruña province: -6,965 personsA Coruña province-6,965Valencia province: -7,080 personsValencia province-7,080Barcelona province: -8,119 personsBarcelona province-8,119Asturias province: -8,582 personsAsturias province-8,582
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Madrid province1,509+110.6%
2Murcia province1,132-13.9%
3Almería province685-41.8%
4Melilla province368+2.2%
5Ceuta province45-76.9%
6Guadalajara province-241+71.7%
7Álava province-603+30.6%
8Soria province-651+30.7%
9Navarre province-658+59.5%
10Segovia province-712+51.9%
11Huelva province-732-57.1%
12Teruel province-779+28.9%
13Girona province-802+8.4%
14Huesca province-950+32.2%
15Albacete province-991+52.7%
16Cuenca province-1,139+42.6%
17Ávila province-1,190+28%
18La Rioja province-1,219+11.8%
19Lleida province-1,336+8.5%
20Palencia province-1,427+13.3%
21Tarragona province-1,451+22.1%
22Toledo province-1,579+40.4%
23Granada province-1,684+33.9%
24Castellón province-1,871-23%
25Burgos province-1,872+28.3%
26Zamora province-1,882+23%
27Ciudad Real province-1,933+45%
28Seville province-2,048-10.3%
29Málaga province-2,129-28.5%
30Salamanca province-2,241+34.6%
31Valladolid province-2,310+22.6%
32Jaén province-2,435+13.9%
33Cáceres province-2,486+22%
34Córdoba province-2,557+3.5%
35Badajoz province-2,585-2.1%
36Gipuzkoa province-2,686+1%
37Cantabria province-2,767+9.6%
38Cádiz province-2,789-32.3%
39Ourense province-3,296+9.6%
40Zaragoza province-3,324+35.1%
41Lugo province-3,397+0.5%
42León province-3,919+26.9%
43Pontevedra province-4,408-7%
44Alicante province-5,020-18.9%
45Biscay province-5,521+6.8%
46A Coruña province-6,965-8.6%
47Valencia province-7,080-0.5%
48Barcelona province-8,119+52.6%
49Asturias province-8,582+12.2%

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

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest natural population change?

Madrid province, with 1,509 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest natural population change?

Asturias province, with -8,582 in 2021.

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