Data / Rankings / Net migration including statistical adjustment / Provinces of Spain

Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment

Alicante province had the highest net migration including statistical adjustment of 49 provinces in 2021, at 25,481. Melilla province had the lowest, at -1,886. The median was 1,425 and the figure for Spain was 198,371. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest25,481Alicante province
Lowest-1,886Melilla province
Median1,42549 provinces
Spain198,371History

All provinces, 2021

Alicante province: 25,481 personsAlicante province25,481Valencia province: 23,164 personsValencia province23,164Málaga province: 20,292 personsMálaga province20,292Madrid province: 15,124 personsMadrid province15,124Murcia province: 10,251 personsMurcia province10,251Tarragona province: 8,927 personsTarragona province8,927Almería province: 8,428 personsAlmería province8,428Toledo province: 7,492 personsToledo province7,492Girona province: 6,296 personsGirona province6,296A Coruña province: 5,630 personsA Coruña province5,630Castellón province: 5,542 personsCastellón province5,542Barcelona province: 5,491 personsBarcelona province5,491Huelva province: 4,574 personsHuelva province4,574Cantabria province: 3,510 personsCantabria province3,510Cádiz province: 3,461 personsCádiz province3,461Pontevedra province: 3,295 personsPontevedra province3,295Navarre province: 3,140 personsNavarre province3,140Lleida province: 2,962 personsLleida province2,962Guadalajara province: 2,684 personsGuadalajara province2,684Granada province: 2,659 personsGranada province2,659Ourense province: 2,224 personsOurense province2,224Huesca province: 2,154 personsHuesca province2,154Lugo province: 1,569 personsLugo province1,569Seville province: 1,552 personsSeville province1,552Asturias province: 1,425 personsAsturias province1,425Ávila province: 1,395 personsÁvila province1,395La Rioja province: 1,392 personsLa Rioja province1,392Cuenca province: 1,269 personsCuenca province1,269Valladolid province: 1,089 personsValladolid province1,089Álava province: 1,027 personsÁlava province1,027Cáceres province: 899 personsCáceres province899Segovia province: 817 personsSegovia province817Salamanca province: 791 personsSalamanca province791León province: 755 personsLeón province755Burgos province: 676 personsBurgos province676Teruel province: 652 personsTeruel province652Zamora province: 585 personsZamora province585Biscay province: 564 personsBiscay province564Gipuzkoa province: 419 personsGipuzkoa province419Palencia province: 274 personsPalencia province274Albacete province: 232 personsAlbacete province232Soria province: 185 personsSoria province185Córdoba province: 46 personsCórdoba province46Ciudad Real province: -15 personsCiudad Real province-15Badajoz province: -656 personsBadajoz province-656Jaén province: -942 personsJaén province-942Ceuta province: -1,062 personsCeuta province-1,062Zaragoza province: -1,474 personsZaragoza province-1,474Melilla province: -1,886 personsMelilla province-1,886
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

RankProvinces2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Alicante province25,481+86.9%
2Valencia province23,164+48.2%
3Málaga province20,292+33.2%
4Madrid province15,124-26.7%
5Murcia province10,251+30%
6Tarragona province8,927-6.5%
7Almería province8,428+60.5%
8Toledo province7,492-9.3%
9Girona province6,296-31%
10A Coruña province5,630+14.4%
11Castellón province5,542+11.9%
12Barcelona province5,491-81.1%
13Huelva province4,574+91.6%
14Cantabria province3,510-26.2%
15Cádiz province3,461-28.2%
16Pontevedra province3,295-21.9%
17Navarre province3,140-16.3%
18Lleida province2,962-7.7%
19Guadalajara province2,684-30%
20Granada province2,659-52.8%
21Ourense province2,224+4.9%
22Huesca province2,154-18.1%
23Lugo province1,569-17.8%
24Seville province1,552-61.8%
25Asturias province1,425-62.9%
26Ávila province1,395-19.4%
27La Rioja province1,392-34.4%
28Cuenca province1,269+32.6%
29Valladolid province1,089-25.4%
30Álava province1,027-30.6%
31Cáceres province899+11.5%
32Segovia province817-44.2%
33Salamanca province791+141.9%
34León province755-31.3%
35Burgos province676-55.9%
36Teruel province652-48.6%
37Zamora province585+89.3%
38Biscay province564-88.4%
39Gipuzkoa province419-89.2%
40Palencia province274-37%
41Albacete province232-76.4%
42Soria province185-57.4%
43Córdoba province46+108.3%
44Ciudad Real province-15-100.9%
45Badajoz province-656-141.5%
46Jaén province-942-641.7%
47Ceuta province-1,062-69.6%
48Zaragoza province-1,474-129.1%
49Melilla province-1,886-303%

Other periods

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table

MLA 9

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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 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/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2021.

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

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_provinces_of_spain_by_2021,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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, 2021}},
  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/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - 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, 2021
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/21
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/net-migration-including-statistical-adjustment/spain-provinces?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Provinces of Spain by net migration including statistical adjustment using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"net_migration_plus_adjustment","level":"province","within":"Spain","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=net_migration_plus_adjustment&level=province&within=Spain&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which province has the highest net migration including statistical adjustment?

Alicante province, with 25,481 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest net migration including statistical adjustment?

Melilla province, with -1,886 in 2021.

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, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Net migration including statistical adjustment: other rankings

Provinces of Spain: more rankings