Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2017, at 4.32 million. Soria province had the lowest, at 55,881. The median was 379,606 and the figure for Spain was 30.74 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,315,970Madrid province

Lowest55,881Soria province

Median379,60649 provinces

Spain30,743,309History

All provinces, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2017 persons	Change on 2016
1	Madrid province	4,315,970	+0.5%
2	Barcelona province	3,613,423	+0.5%
3	Valencia province	1,678,258	-0%
4	Seville province	1,299,432	-0.2%
5	Alicante province	1,204,352	-0.3%
6	Málaga province	1,102,416	+0.2%
7	Murcia province	988,596	+0.4%
8	Cádiz province	844,225	-0.3%
9	Biscay province	732,738	-0.2%
10	A Coruña province	715,401	-0.7%
11	Asturias province	663,487	-1.2%
12	Zaragoza province	621,289	-0.4%
13	Pontevedra province	616,061	-0.6%
14	Granada province	613,147	-0.2%
15	Córdoba province	522,630	-0.5%
16	Tarragona province	518,823	-0.2%
17	Girona province	494,814	+0.4%
18	Almería province	481,078	+0.4%
19	Toledo province	456,009	-0.3%
20	Gipuzkoa province	453,140	-0.1%
21	Badajoz province	451,407	-0.7%
22	Jaén province	429,414	-0.7%
23	Navarre province	417,012	+0.3%
24	Cantabria province	380,452	-0.7%
25	Castellón province	379,606	-0.3%
26	Huelva province	351,952	-0.3%
27	Valladolid province	337,727	-0.9%
28	Ciudad Real province	332,799	-1%
29	León province	294,999	-1.4%
30	Lleida province	282,182	-0.1%
31	Cáceres province	260,462	-0.9%
32	Albacete province	259,631	-0.4%
33	Burgos province	229,169	-1.1%
34	Álava province	210,919	+0.2%
35	Salamanca province	209,433	-1.1%
36	Lugo province	203,996	-1%
37	La Rioja province	203,525	-0.3%
38	Ourense province	184,409	-1.5%
39	Guadalajara province	172,373	+0.5%
40	Huesca province	142,028	-0.4%
41	Cuenca province	128,743	-1.1%
42	Zamora province	107,723	-1.7%
43	Palencia province	104,772	-1.1%
44	Ávila province	101,043	-1.4%
45	Segovia province	99,752	-0.9%
46	Teruel province	85,461	-0.9%
47	Ceuta province	57,477	+0.5%
48	Melilla province	57,086	+0.5%
49	Soria province	55,881	-0.9%

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 4.32 million in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Soria province, with 55,881 in 2017.

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.