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Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment

Madrid province had the highest net migration including statistical adjustment of 49 provinces in 2017, at 57,140. Ciudad Real province had the lowest, at -3,829. The median was 576 and the figure for Spain was 178,449. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest57,140Madrid province
Lowest-3,829Ciudad Real province
Median57649 provinces
Spain178,449History

All provinces, 2017

Madrid province: 57,140 personsMadrid province57,140Barcelona province: 48,235 personsBarcelona province48,235Valencia province: 14,293 personsValencia province14,293Biscay province: 5,469 personsBiscay province5,469Girona province: 5,439 personsGirona province5,439A Coruña province: 4,684 personsA Coruña province4,684Navarre province: 4,363 personsNavarre province4,363Málaga province: 4,207 personsMálaga province4,207Gipuzkoa province: 4,035 personsGipuzkoa province4,035Alicante province: 3,539 personsAlicante province3,539Tarragona province: 2,862 personsTarragona province2,862Álava province: 2,363 personsÁlava province2,363Cantabria province: 1,952 personsCantabria province1,952Castellón province: 1,417 personsCastellón province1,417Lleida province: 1,412 personsLleida province1,412La Rioja province: 1,240 personsLa Rioja province1,240Zaragoza province: 1,096 personsZaragoza province1,096Lugo province: 1,068 personsLugo province1,068Huelva province: 1,052 personsHuelva province1,052Pontevedra province: 969 personsPontevedra province969Guadalajara province: 896 personsGuadalajara province896Ourense province: 889 personsOurense province889Huesca province: 771 personsHuesca province771Asturias province: 681 personsAsturias province681Granada province: 576 personsGranada province576Toledo province: 540 personsToledo province540Burgos province: 312 personsBurgos province312Soria province: 212 personsSoria province212Almería province: 92 personsAlmería province92Palencia province: -96 personsPalencia province-96Teruel province: -108 personsTeruel province-108Murcia province: -123 personsMurcia province-123Ceuta province: -163 personsCeuta province-163Segovia province: -200 personsSegovia province-200Salamanca province: -284 personsSalamanca province-284Seville province: -385 personsSeville province-385Cuenca province: -516 personsCuenca province-516Ávila province: -588 personsÁvila province-588Melilla province: -682 personsMelilla province-682Valladolid province: -735 personsValladolid province-735Albacete province: -760 personsAlbacete province-760Zamora province: -788 personsZamora province-788León province: -885 personsLeón province-885Cádiz province: -1,124 personsCádiz province-1,124Cáceres province: -1,172 personsCáceres province-1,172Badajoz province: -2,125 personsBadajoz province-2,125Córdoba province: -2,280 personsCórdoba province-2,280Jaén province: -3,141 personsJaén province-3,141Ciudad Real province: -3,829 personsCiudad Real province-3,829
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Madrid province57,140+91.8%
2Barcelona province48,235+60.3%
3Valencia province14,293+139.3%
4Biscay province5,469+37.6%
5Girona province5,439+50.7%
6A Coruña province4,684+207.6%
7Navarre province4,363+46.1%
8Málaga province4,207+26.1%
9Gipuzkoa province4,035+53.5%
10Alicante province3,539+380.4%
11Tarragona province2,862+423.2%
12Álava province2,363+25%
13Cantabria province1,952+215.3%
14Castellón province1,417+1,940.3%
15Lleida province1,412+550.7%
16La Rioja province1,240+198.1%
17Zaragoza province1,096+220.5%
18Lugo province1,068+116.6%
19Huelva province1,052+187.9%
20Pontevedra province969+30.1%
21Guadalajara province896+25.8%
22Ourense province889+531.6%
23Huesca province771+1,252.6%
24Asturias province681n/a
25Granada province576+137.2%
26Toledo province540+147.2%
27Burgos province312+132%
28Soria province212+182.5%
29Almería province92-95.3%
30Palencia province-96+36%
31Teruel province-108+77.4%
32Murcia province-123-105.5%
33Ceuta province-163-55.2%
34Segovia province-200+66.3%
35Salamanca province-284+68.4%
36Seville province-385+84.9%
37Cuenca province-516+64%
38Ávila province-588+42.8%
39Melilla province-682-34%
40Valladolid province-735+16.5%
41Albacete province-760+42.8%
42Zamora province-788+14.9%
43León province-885+48.4%
44Cádiz province-1,124+51.1%
45Cáceres province-1,172+23.9%
46Badajoz province-2,125+30.4%
47Córdoba province-2,280+5.6%
48Jaén province-3,141+6.5%
49Ciudad Real province-3,829-13.7%

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About this ranking

Population change during the year minus natural change (live births minus deaths), including statistical adjustment. A negative value means the population fell by more than natural change explains (Eurostat demographic balance).

Eurostat calculates this as a residual, not by counting immigrants and emigrants, so it also absorbs census revisions and other statistical adjustments. For the EU it reflects migration to and from countries outside the EU. net_migration (World Bank, UN estimate) uses a different method, so the two series differ.

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

Eurostat. Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, 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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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment, 2017) [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, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment, 2017. Eurostat, European Commission, 21 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment, 2017. 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/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2017.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3), Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which province has the highest net migration including statistical adjustment?

Madrid province, with 57,140 in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest net migration including statistical adjustment?

Ciudad Real province, with -3,829 in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

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