Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2018, at 4.36 million. Soria province had the lowest, at 55,668. The median was 378,657 and the figure for Spain was 30.79 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,358,532Madrid province

Lowest55,668Soria province

Median378,65749 provinces

Spain30,785,600History

All provinces, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2018 persons	Change on 2017
1	Madrid province	4,358,532	+1%
2	Barcelona province	3,647,292	+0.9%
3	Valencia province	1,682,667	+0.3%
4	Seville province	1,297,824	-0.1%
5	Alicante province	1,203,737	-0.1%
6	Málaga province	1,104,737	+0.2%
7	Murcia province	991,112	+0.3%
8	Cádiz province	841,707	-0.3%
9	Biscay province	732,104	-0.1%
10	A Coruña province	711,218	-0.6%
11	Asturias province	654,754	-1.3%
12	Zaragoza province	618,675	-0.4%
13	Granada province	612,936	-0%
14	Pontevedra province	611,881	-0.7%
15	Córdoba province	519,505	-0.6%
16	Tarragona province	519,215	+0.1%
17	Girona province	497,807	+0.6%
18	Almería province	481,349	+0.1%
19	Toledo province	455,255	-0.2%
20	Gipuzkoa province	453,569	+0.1%
21	Badajoz province	448,214	-0.7%
22	Jaén province	425,734	-0.9%
23	Navarre province	418,932	+0.5%
24	Castellón province	379,217	-0.1%
25	Cantabria province	378,657	-0.5%
26	Huelva province	352,553	+0.2%
27	Valladolid province	334,209	-1%
28	Ciudad Real province	328,190	-1.4%
29	León province	290,843	-1.4%
30	Lleida province	282,003	-0.1%
31	Albacete province	258,427	-0.5%
32	Cáceres province	257,751	-1%
33	Burgos province	227,460	-0.7%
34	Álava province	211,318	+0.2%
35	Salamanca province	207,509	-0.9%
36	La Rioja province	203,464	-0%
37	Lugo province	202,024	-1%
38	Ourense province	182,235	-1.2%
39	Guadalajara province	173,063	+0.4%
40	Huesca province	141,622	-0.3%
41	Cuenca province	127,793	-0.7%
42	Zamora province	105,656	-1.9%
43	Palencia province	103,425	-1.3%
44	Ávila province	99,697	-1.3%
45	Segovia province	99,112	-0.6%
46	Teruel province	84,779	-0.8%
47	Ceuta province	57,661	+0.3%
48	Melilla province	57,129	+0.1%
49	Soria province	55,668	-0.4%

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 4.36 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Soria province, with 55,668 in 2018.

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.