Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64

Name: Provinces of Spain by population aged 15 to 64, 2023
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Madrid province had the highest population aged 15 to 64 of 49 provinces in 2023, at 4.64 million. Soria province had the lowest, at 56,087. The median was 378,660 and the figure for Spain was 31.86 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,638,086Madrid province

Lowest56,087Soria province

Median378,66049 provinces

Spain31,860,370History

All provinces, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2023 persons	Change on 2022
1	Madrid province	4,638,086	+2.3%
2	Barcelona province	3,867,764	+2.2%
3	Valencia province	1,771,080	+2.1%
4	Seville province	1,319,464	+0.7%
5	Alicante province	1,281,658	+2.5%
6	Málaga province	1,178,698	+2.4%
7	Murcia province	1,048,349	+1.7%
8	Cádiz province	849,039	+0.3%
9	Biscay province	735,942	+0.3%
10	A Coruña province	705,935	+0.3%
11	Zaragoza province	635,069	+1.3%
12	Granada province	626,367	+0.8%
13	Asturias province	626,167	-0.3%
14	Pontevedra province	608,578	+0.1%
15	Tarragona province	557,141	+2.5%
16	Girona province	535,971	+2.5%
17	Almería province	514,256	+1.9%
18	Córdoba province	510,949	-0.2%
19	Toledo province	485,843	+2.3%
20	Gipuzkoa province	461,109	+0.6%
21	Badajoz province	439,957	-0.5%
22	Navarre province	436,292	+1.2%
23	Jaén province	412,552	-0.8%
24	Castellón province	399,015	+2.3%
25	Cantabria province	378,660	+0.3%
26	Huelva province	363,533	+0.6%
27	Valladolid province	329,910	+0.4%
28	Ciudad Real province	323,409	-0%
29	Lleida province	295,013	+1.8%
30	León province	275,660	-0.6%
31	Albacete province	258,208	+0.4%
32	Cáceres province	249,187	-0.6%
33	Burgos province	224,483	+0.5%
34	Álava province	214,738	+0.7%
35	La Rioja province	207,948	+0.9%
36	Salamanca province	201,853	+0.1%
37	Lugo province	194,726	-0.1%
38	Guadalajara province	187,830	+2.8%
39	Ourense province	178,295	+0.1%
40	Huesca province	145,529	+0.7%
41	Cuenca province	128,953	+1%
42	Segovia province	100,110	+0.9%
43	Ávila province	99,084	+0.2%
44	Zamora province	98,548	-1.1%
45	Palencia province	97,686	-0.9%
46	Teruel province	85,039	+0.5%
47	Melilla province	57,521	+0.8%
48	Ceuta province	57,195	+0.5%
49	Soria province	56,087	+1.5%

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 4.64 million in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest population aged 15 to 64?

Soria province, with 56,087 in 2023.

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.