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Municipalities in Galicia by population aged 16 to 64
Vigo had the highest population aged 16 to 64 of 313 municipalities in 2021, at 187,325. Negueira de Muñiz had the lowest, at 143. The median was 1,732 and the figure for Galicia was 1.67 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
Median 1,732 313 municipalities
Vigo Vigo: 187,325 persons 187,325 A Coruña A Coruña: 152,445 persons 152,445 Ourense Ourense: 64,101 persons 64,101 Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela: 62,260 persons 62,260 Lugo Lugo: 61,935 persons 61,935 Pontevedra Pontevedra: 53,492 persons 53,492 Ferrol Ferrol: 39,009 persons 39,009 Narón Narón: 24,814 persons 24,814 Vilagarcía de Arousa Vilagarcía de Arousa: 24,211 persons 24,211 Oleiros Oleiros: 23,468 persons 23,468 Ames Ames: 22,277 persons 22,277 Arteixo Arteixo: 22,266 persons 22,266 Culleredo Culleredo: 20,545 persons 20,545 Carballo Carballo: 19,612 persons 19,612 Redondela Redondela: 18,655 persons 18,655 Cangas Cangas: 17,445 persons 17,445 Ribeira Ribeira: 17,365 persons 17,365 Cambre Cambre: 16,704 persons 16,704 Marín Marín: 15,715 persons 15,715 Ponteareas Ponteareas: 15,239 persons 15,239 O Porriño O Porriño: 13,565 persons 13,565 Moaña Moaña: 12,651 persons 12,651 Lalín Lalín: 12,517 persons 12,517 Teo Teo: 12,345 persons 12,345 Boiro Boiro: 12,218 persons 12,218 A Estrada A Estrada: 12,187 persons 12,187 Nigrán Nigrán: 11,591 persons 11,591 Sanxenxo Sanxenxo: 11,181 persons 11,181 Poio Poio: 11,175 persons 11,175 Tui Tui: 11,164 persons 11,164 Monforte de Lemos Monforte de Lemos: 10,843 persons 10,843 Sada Sada: 10,237 persons 10,237 Gondomar Gondomar: 9,988 persons 9,988 Mos Mos: 9,864 persons 9,864 Viveiro Viveiro: 9,587 persons 9,587 Tomiño Tomiño: 8,965 persons 8,965 Cambados Cambados: 8,872 persons 8,872 Noia Noia: 8,827 persons 8,827 O Barco de Valdeorras O Barco de Valdeorras: 8,720 persons 8,720 Vilalba Vilalba: 8,418 persons 8,418 persons. Source: INE . Retrieved 2026-10-07. Full ranking Rank Municipalities 2021persons 1 Vigo 187,325 2 A Coruña 152,445 3 Ourense 64,101 4 Santiago de Compostela 62,260 5 Lugo 61,935 6 Pontevedra 53,492 7 Ferrol 39,009 8 Narón 24,814 9 Vilagarcía de Arousa 24,211 10 Oleiros 23,468 11 Ames 22,277 12 Arteixo 22,266 13 Culleredo 20,545 14 Carballo 19,612 15 Redondela 18,655 16 Cangas 17,445 17 Ribeira 17,365 18 Cambre 16,704 19 Marín 15,715 20 Ponteareas 15,239 21 O Porriño 13,565 22 Moaña 12,651 23 Lalín 12,517 24 Teo 12,345 25 Boiro 12,218 26 A Estrada 12,187 27 Nigrán 11,591 28 Sanxenxo 11,181 29 Poio 11,175 30 Tui 11,164 31 Monforte de Lemos 10,843 32 Sada 10,237 33 Gondomar 9,988 34 Mos 9,864 35 Viveiro 9,587 36 Tomiño 8,965 37 Cambados 8,872 38 Noia 8,827 39 O Barco de Valdeorras 8,720 40 Vilalba 8,418 41 Verín 8,369 42 O Carballiño 8,250 43 Betanzos 8,142 44 Sarria 8,130 45 Baiona 8,030 46 Ordes 7,739 47 Fene 7,623 48 Bueu 7,603 49 Barbadás 7,255 50 O Grove 7,023 51 A Laracha 6,996 52 Rianxo 6,779 53 Vilanova de Arousa 6,402 54 A Guarda 6,390 55 Salvaterra de Miño 6,288 56 Burela 6,237 57 Caldas de Reis 6,232 58 Foz 6,196 59 As Pontes de García Rodríguez 6,186 60 Ribadeo 6,140 61 Salceda de Caselas 6,129 62 A Pobra do Caramiñal 5,974 63 Xinzo de Limia 5,681 64 Porto do Son 5,613 65 Santa Comba 5,423 66 Silleda 5,315 67 Padrón 5,205 68 Oroso 5,067 69 Brión 5,023 70 Muros 4,898 71 Soutomaior 4,846 72 Chantada 4,770 73 Pontedeume 4,683 74 Cee 4,611 75 Melide 4,543 76 Negreira 4,125 77 Carral 4,115 78 O Rosal 4,075 79 Bergondo 4,046 80 Miño 4,021 81 Valdoviño 4,018 82 Cedeira 3,960 83 O Pereiro de Aguiar 3,944 84 Vimianzo 3,920 85 Allariz 3,863 86 Ares 3,720 87 Valga 3,704 88 Vilaboa 3,637 89 San Cibrao das Viñas 3,528 90 Arzúa 3,509 91 Ponte Caldelas 3,419 92 Outes 3,394 93 Coristanco 3,314 94 Outeiro de Rei 3,291 95 Meaño 3,290 96 Ribadumia 3,283 97 A Illa de Arousa 3,234 98 Guitiriz 3,232 99 Cerdedo-Cotobade 3,213 100 Abegondo 3,198 101 Malpica de Bergantiños 3,150 102 Celanova 3,149 103 Ponteceso 3,129 104 Vedra 3,109 105 Mugardos 3,106 106 Camariñas 3,093 107 Ortigueira 3,090 108 Ribadavia 3,019 109 Meis 2,983 110 Castro de Rei 2,974 111 Fisterra 2,969 112 A Cañiza 2,963 113 Neda 2,948 114 Oza-Cesuras 2,946 115 Cerceda 2,937 116 Vila de Cruces 2,893 117 O Pino 2,830 118 Cuntis 2,682 119 Rois 2,671 120 Muxía 2,631 121 Mondariz 2,603 122 Boqueixón 2,585 123 Curtis 2,551 124 Cervo 2,540 125 A Rúa 2,526 126 Zas 2,519 127 Cospeito 2,517 128 Moraña 2,504 129 Cabana de Bergantiños 2,375 130 As Neves 2,264 131 Barro 2,260 132 Mazaricos 2,153 133 Val do Dubra 2,111 134 Cariño 2,109 135 Carnota 2,101 136 Catoira 2,099 137 Pontecesures 2,090 138 Friol 2,086 139 Monterroso 2,078 140 Xove 2,071 141 Touro 2,000 142 Cabanas 1,943 143 Mondoñedo 1,929 144 Oia 1,912 145 O Corgo 1,866 146 Lousame 1,853 147 A Fonsagrada 1,834 147 Pazos de Borbén 1,834 149 A Baña 1,824 150 Palas de Rei 1,819 151 O Saviñao 1,814 152 Coles 1,783 153 Barreiros 1,764 154 Laxe 1,754 155 Portas 1,737 156 Dumbría 1,732 156 Tordoia 1,732 158 Trazo 1,709 159 Forcarei 1,704 160 A Pastoriza 1,676 161 Begonte 1,674 162 Quiroga 1,612 163 San Sadurniño 1,607 164 Dodro 1,594 165 Maceda 1,593 166 Becerreá 1,571 167 Maside 1,518 168 Castroverde 1,515 169 Arbo 1,502 170 Guntín 1,444 171 Covelo 1,439 172 Láncara 1,434 173 Viana do Bolo 1,422 174 Mesía 1,401 175 Taboada 1,393 176 A Lama 1,390 177 Frades 1,376 178 Paderne 1,374 179 Amoeiro 1,352 180 Baralla 1,343 181 Toén 1,337 182 Rodeiro 1,285 183 Cartelle 1,246 184 A Pontenova 1,236 184 Monterrei 1,236 186 Agolada 1,224 187 Abadín 1,220 188 Lourenzá 1,177 189 Nogueira de Ramuín 1,141 190 Pantón 1,135 191 Carballedo 1,122 192 A Pobra de Trives 1,106 192 Crecente 1,106 194 Sober 1,105 195 Boimorto 1,093 196 Monfero 1,091 197 Vilamarín 1,062 198 O Valadouro 1,060 199 Antas de Ulla 1,042 200 Boborás 1,041 201 Coirós 1,032 202 San Cristovo de Cea 1,028 203 A Merca 1,018 203 Corcubión 1,018 205 Meira 1,010 206 Campo Lameiro 1,009 207 Sobrado 997 208 Xermade 995 209 Vilamartín de Valdeorras 991 210 Aranga 979 211 Fornelos de Montes 955 212 A Peroxa 954 213 Oímbra 953 214 Rábade 944 215 Lobios 923 216 O Vicedo 920 217 Pol 909 218 Paradela 905 219 Alfoz 888 220 Padrenda 872 221 Carballeda de Valdeorras 847 222 Taboadela 839 222 Vilardevós 839 224 Santiso 832 225 Cualedro 796 226 Bóveda 780 227 A Pobra do Brollón 778 228 Portomarín 762 229 O Incio 750 230 Irixoa 748 231 Baños de Molgas 745 232 Avión 743 233 O Páramo 742 234 A Capela 738 234 Muíños 738 236 Paderne de Allariz 732 237 Riós 727 237 Rubiá 727 239 Leiro 724 240 Vilarmaior 723 241 A Gudiña 722 242 Ramirás 716 243 Mañón 708 244 Bande 696 245 Vilasantar 683 246 Cervantes 669 247 Xunqueira de Ambía 665 248 Moeche 663 249 Castrelo de Miño 662 250 As Somozas 659
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About this ranking Resident population aged 16 to 64 on 1 January (INE annual census). Used as the working-age denominator.
Spain only. For EU countries and regions use population_15_64 (Eurostat age band).
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Censo anual de población: población de 16 a 64 años (tabla 68540). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=68540. Retrieved 2026-10-07.Use this data in your AI agent Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
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Questions Which municipality has the highest population aged 16 to 64? Vigo, with 187,325 in 2021, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
Which municipality has the lowest population aged 16 to 64? Negueira de Muñiz, with 143 in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from? Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Censo anual de población: población de 16 a 64 años (tabla 68540). Retrieved 2026-10-07.
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