Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2022, at 4.54 million. Soria province had the lowest, at 55,258. The median was 377,712 and the figure for Spain was 31.42 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,535,157Madrid province

Lowest55,258Soria province

Median377,71249 provinces

Spain31,417,513History

All provinces, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	Madrid province	4,535,157	+0.2%
2	Barcelona province	3,785,070	0%
3	Valencia province	1,735,024	+0.8%
4	Seville province	1,310,648	+0.1%
5	Alicante province	1,250,437	+1%
6	Málaga province	1,151,173	+1%
7	Murcia province	1,031,133	+0.9%
8	Cádiz province	846,798	+0.2%
9	Biscay province	733,423	-0.7%
10	A Coruña province	703,518	-0.4%
11	Asturias province	627,948	-1.3%
12	Zaragoza province	626,707	-0.7%
13	Granada province	621,583	0%
14	Pontevedra province	608,196	-0.3%
15	Tarragona province	543,709	+0.9%
16	Girona province	522,915	+0.7%
17	Córdoba province	512,004	-0.4%
18	Almería province	504,649	+1.4%
19	Toledo province	475,034	+0.9%
20	Gipuzkoa province	458,323	-0.5%
21	Badajoz province	442,018	-0.5%
22	Navarre province	431,144	+0.3%
23	Jaén province	416,015	-0.7%
24	Castellón province	389,882	+0.8%
25	Cantabria province	377,712	-0.2%
26	Huelva province	361,387	+1%
27	Valladolid province	328,493	-0.6%
28	Ciudad Real province	323,461	-0.4%
29	Lleida province	289,936	+0.4%
30	León province	277,248	-1.3%
31	Albacete province	257,255	-0.2%
32	Cáceres province	250,812	-0.7%
33	Burgos province	223,454	-0.7%
34	Álava province	213,336	-0.1%
35	La Rioja province	206,186	-0.1%
36	Salamanca province	201,676	-0.9%
37	Lugo province	194,988	-1%
38	Guadalajara province	182,653	+1.1%
39	Ourense province	178,184	-0.6%
40	Huesca province	144,531	+0.5%
41	Cuenca province	127,729	+0.2%
42	Zamora province	99,647	-1.2%
43	Segovia province	99,217	-0.1%
44	Ávila province	98,902	-0.1%
45	Palencia province	98,562	-1.4%
46	Teruel province	84,611	-0.4%
47	Melilla province	57,045	-1.1%
48	Ceuta province	56,895	-0.7%
49	Soria province	55,258	-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 4.54 million in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Soria province, with 55,258 in 2022.

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.