Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2016
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2016, at 4.3 million. Soria province had the lowest, at 56,364. The median was 380,835 and the figure for Spain was 30.76 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,295,441Madrid province

Lowest56,364Soria province

Median380,83549 provinces

Spain30,757,167History

All provinces, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2016 persons	Change on 2015
1	Madrid province	4,295,441	+0.2%
2	Barcelona province	3,593,909	+0.2%
3	Valencia province	1,678,462	-0.4%
4	Seville province	1,302,023	-0%
5	Alicante province	1,207,465	-0.2%
6	Málaga province	1,100,390	+0.4%
7	Murcia province	985,086	0%
8	Cádiz province	846,805	-0.2%
9	Biscay province	733,976	-0.6%
10	A Coruña province	720,628	-1%
11	Asturias province	671,724	-1.4%
12	Zaragoza province	623,772	-1%
13	Pontevedra province	619,587	-0.8%
14	Granada province	614,407	-0.2%
15	Córdoba province	525,014	-0.3%
16	Tarragona province	519,948	-0.4%
17	Girona province	492,772	0%
18	Almería province	479,027	+0.7%
19	Toledo province	457,233	-0.5%
20	Badajoz province	454,807	-0.5%
21	Gipuzkoa province	453,794	-0.3%
22	Jaén province	432,233	-0.6%
23	Navarre province	415,721	-0%
24	Cantabria province	383,025	-1%
25	Castellón province	380,835	-0.7%
26	Huelva province	353,088	-0.3%
27	Valladolid province	340,877	-1.2%
28	Ciudad Real province	336,041	-1.2%
29	León province	299,323	-1.6%
30	Lleida province	282,487	-0.4%
31	Cáceres province	262,901	-0.7%
32	Albacete province	260,708	-0.6%
33	Burgos province	231,711	-1.2%
34	Salamanca province	211,698	-1.4%
35	Álava province	210,591	-0.2%
36	Lugo province	206,132	-1.1%
37	La Rioja province	204,103	-0.4%
38	Ourense province	187,125	-1.8%
39	Guadalajara province	171,585	-0.2%
40	Huesca province	142,561	-0.6%
41	Cuenca province	130,223	-1.3%
42	Zamora province	109,624	-1.8%
43	Palencia province	105,956	-1.4%
44	Ávila province	102,455	-1.3%
45	Segovia province	100,643	-1%
46	Teruel province	86,215	-1%
47	Ceuta province	57,208	-0.3%
48	Melilla province	56,819	+0.4%
49	Soria province	56,364	-1.1%

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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 4.3 million in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Soria province, with 56,364 in 2016.

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.