Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2020
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2020, at 4.51 million. Soria province had the lowest, at 55,702. The median was 377,633 and the figure for Spain was 31.27 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,506,305Madrid province

Lowest55,702Soria province

Median377,63349 provinces

Spain31,274,248History

All provinces, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2020 persons	Change on 2019
1	Madrid province	4,506,305	+1.9%
2	Barcelona province	3,760,038	+1.5%
3	Valencia province	1,713,649	+1.4%
4	Seville province	1,304,708	+0.5%
5	Alicante province	1,231,700	+1.3%
6	Málaga province	1,128,338	+1.5%
7	Murcia province	1,014,595	+1.4%
8	Cádiz province	842,730	+0.3%
9	Biscay province	739,550	+0.7%
10	A Coruña province	708,413	-0.1%
11	Asturias province	642,017	-0.8%
12	Zaragoza province	630,399	+1%
13	Granada province	618,052	+0.6%
14	Pontevedra province	611,401	+0.2%
15	Tarragona province	533,249	+1.7%
16	Córdoba province	516,204	-0.1%
17	Girona province	512,955	+1.7%
18	Almería province	492,904	+1.4%
19	Toledo province	465,263	+1.3%
20	Gipuzkoa province	459,312	+0.7%
21	Badajoz province	444,954	-0.3%
22	Navarre province	428,423	+1.1%
23	Jaén province	420,541	-0.5%
24	Castellón province	384,433	+0.8%
25	Cantabria province	377,633	-0%
26	Huelva province	356,377	+0.7%
27	Valladolid province	331,797	-0.3%
28	Ciudad Real province	324,859	-0.1%
29	Lleida province	287,081	+1.2%
30	León province	283,865	-1.2%
31	Albacete province	257,701	+0.1%
32	Cáceres province	253,965	-0.6%
33	Burgos province	225,691	-0.2%
34	Álava province	213,631	+0.6%
35	La Rioja province	205,864	+0.9%
36	Salamanca province	205,158	-0.5%
37	Lugo province	198,354	-0.8%
38	Ourense province	180,220	-0.5%
39	Guadalajara province	177,966	+1.5%
40	Huesca province	142,748	+0.8%
41	Cuenca province	127,536	+0.2%
42	Zamora province	102,284	-1.5%
43	Palencia province	101,196	-1%
44	Segovia province	98,896	-0%
45	Ávila province	98,577	-0.4%
46	Teruel province	84,696	+0.3%
47	Melilla province	57,584	+0.1%
48	Ceuta province	57,380	-0.5%
49	Soria province	55,702	+0.5%

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 4.51 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Soria province, with 55,702 in 2020.

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.