Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2015, at 4.29 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 56,567. The median was 383,627 and the figure for Spain was 30.83 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,286,090Madrid province

Lowest56,567Melilla province

Median383,62749 provinces

Spain30,832,907History

All provinces, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2015 persons	Change on 2014
1	Madrid province	4,286,090	-0.6%
2	Barcelona province	3,585,386	-0.6%
3	Valencia province	1,684,720	-0.6%
4	Seville province	1,302,410	-0.3%
5	Alicante province	1,210,257	-1%
6	Málaga province	1,095,998	+0.3%
7	Murcia province	984,601	-0.2%
8	Cádiz province	848,793	-0.3%
9	Biscay province	738,149	-0.8%
10	A Coruña province	727,631	-1.2%
11	Asturias province	681,490	-1.7%
12	Zaragoza province	629,883	-0.7%
13	Pontevedra province	624,324	-0.9%
14	Granada province	615,601	-0.3%
15	Córdoba province	526,655	-0.5%
16	Tarragona province	522,171	-0.8%
17	Girona province	492,662	-0.7%
18	Almería province	475,557	+0.2%
19	Toledo province	459,748	-0.8%
20	Badajoz province	456,961	-0.5%
21	Gipuzkoa province	455,014	-0.5%
22	Jaén province	434,778	-0.5%
23	Navarre province	415,928	-0.5%
24	Cantabria province	386,860	-1%
25	Castellón province	383,627	-1%
26	Huelva province	354,217	-0.2%
27	Valladolid province	345,127	-1.1%
28	Ciudad Real province	340,105	-0.9%
29	León province	304,121	-1.4%
30	Lleida province	283,667	-0.6%
31	Cáceres province	264,703	-0.6%
32	Albacete province	262,408	-0.6%
33	Burgos province	234,639	-1.1%
34	Salamanca province	214,663	-1.2%
35	Álava province	211,085	-0.7%
36	Lugo province	208,387	-1.4%
37	La Rioja province	204,978	-0.9%
38	Ourense province	190,537	-1.7%
39	Guadalajara province	171,988	-0.5%
40	Huesca province	143,354	-0.7%
41	Cuenca province	131,932	-1.2%
42	Zamora province	111,579	-1.6%
43	Palencia province	107,423	-1.3%
44	Ávila province	103,801	-1.3%
45	Segovia province	101,707	-1%
46	Teruel province	87,116	-1.4%
47	Ceuta province	57,354	-0.3%
48	Soria province	57,011	-1.2%
49	Melilla province	56,567	+0.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Resident population aged 15 to 64 on 1 January (Eurostat).

The working-age band Eurostat uses for EU comparisons. population_16_64 (INE, Spain) starts at 16, 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 on 1 January by broad age group, 15 to 64, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Questions

Which province has the highest population aged 15 to 64?

Madrid province, with 4.29 million in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Melilla province, with 56,567 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 on 1 January by broad age group, 15 to 64, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). Retrieved 2026-10-09.