Municipalities of Spain by population aged 16 to 64

Name: Municipalities of Spain by population aged 16 to 64, 2022
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Madrid had the highest population aged 16 to 64 of 8131 municipalities in 2022, at 2.16 million. Villarroya had the lowest, at 1. The median was 317 and the figure for Spain was 30.91 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,157,942Madrid

Lowest1Villarroya

Median3178131 municipalities

Spain30,909,745History

Top 40 municipalities, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	Madrid	2,157,942	-0.2%
2	Barcelona	1,060,409	-0.8%
3	València	512,092	+0.4%
4	Sevilla	441,666	-0.4%
5	Zaragoza	427,888	-1.3%
6	Málaga	381,670	+0.1%
7	Murcia	306,593	+0.2%
8	Palma	288,993	-1.1%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	260,970	+0.1%
10	Alacant/Alicante	222,213	+0.4%
11	Bilbao	217,014	-0.9%
12	Córdoba	208,642	-0.2%
13	Vigo	186,081	-0.7%
14	Valladolid	177,593	-1.4%
15	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	174,973	+1.3%
16	Gijón	164,633	-0.9%
17	Vitoria-Gasteiz	158,899	-0.4%
18	Elx/Elche	156,204	+0.2%
19	A Coruña	151,686	-0.5%
20	Granada	145,931	-2%
21	Terrassa	145,640	+0.2%
22	Badalona	143,435	+0.3%
23	Jerez de la Frontera	141,825	+0.2%
24	Cartagena	140,509	+0.5%
25	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	140,437	0%
26	Sabadell	138,724	-0.9%
27	Oviedo	134,872	-1.9%
28	Móstoles	131,544	-0.8%
29	Almería	130,583	-1.3%
30	Fuenlabrada	130,432	-2.4%
31	Alcalá de Henares	129,424	-0.1%
32	Pamplona/Iruña	128,883	-0.1%
33	Getafe	118,593	+0.8%
34	Leganés	117,494	-0.2%
35	Donostia/San Sebastián	116,690	-0.7%
36	Albacete	114,666	-0.8%
37	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	112,194	-0.5%
38	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	110,577	-0.3%
39	Alcorcón	107,248	+0.5%
40	Burgos	107,184	-1.1%
41	Santander	106,011	-0.8%
42	Marbella	101,654	+0.4%
43	Badajoz	99,181	-0.5%
44	Logroño	94,715	-1.1%
45	Huelva	92,467	-0.4%
46	Dos Hermanas	92,379	+0.9%
47	Torrejón de Ardoz	91,280	+1.6%
48	Lleida	91,145	+0.4%
49	Tarragona	87,946	-1.1%
50	Parla	86,722	-0.5%
51	Salamanca	85,111	-1.3%
52	Mataró	83,870	-1.1%
53	Algeciras	80,319	-0.8%
54	Alcobendas	76,666	-0.3%
55	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	75,371	-0.8%
56	Jaén	73,372	-0.4%
57	Telde	73,346	+0.1%
58	Roquetas de Mar	72,602	+4.9%
59	León	72,502	-1.6%
60	Cádiz	71,322	-1.3%
61	Reus	68,363	+0.9%
62	Girona	67,812	0%
63	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	67,686	+3%
64	Lorca	64,362	+1.1%
65	Las Rozas de Madrid	63,765	+1%
66	Ourense	63,468	-1%
67	Cáceres	63,239	-0.7%
68	Sant Cugat del Vallès	63,177	+2.3%
69	Barakaldo	63,069	-0.4%
70	San Fernando	62,410	-0.9%
71	Santiago de Compostela	62,132	-0.2%
72	Lugo	61,440	-0.8%
73	El Ejido	60,706	+6.2%
74	San Sebastián de los Reyes	60,655	-0.5%
75	Arona	60,131	+0.2%
76	El Puerto de Santa María	59,664	+0.9%
77	Chiclana de la Frontera	59,657	+1.4%
78	Mijas	59,593	+2.1%
79	Cornellà de Llobregat	57,673	-0.1%
80	Guadalajara	57,238	+0.1%
81	Torrent	56,483	+1.2%
82	Pozuelo de Alarcón	56,308	+0.3%
83	Vélez-Málaga	55,833	+2.5%
84	Melilla	55,826	-1.3%
85	Ceuta	55,746	-0.6%
86	Toledo	55,344	-0.8%
87	Valdemoro	55,142	+2.6%
88	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	54,928	+1.5%
89	Sant Boi de Llobregat	53,554	-0.7%
90	Talavera de la Reina	53,424	-0.3%
91	Pontevedra	52,995	-0.9%
92	Rubí	52,601	+0.8%
93	Torrevieja	52,489	+0.5%
94	Coslada	52,301	-2%
95	Fuengirola	52,118	+0.3%
96	Alcalá de Guadaíra	50,330	+0.9%
97	Gandia	50,245	+0.4%
98	Orihuela	50,197	+2.9%
99	Molina de Segura	50,191	+1.2%
100	Benalmádena	49,532	+4.4%
101	Ciudad Real	49,311	-1%
102	Estepona	48,822	+3%
103	Manresa	48,609	-1.4%
104	Paterna	47,379	+0.5%
105	Avilés	47,256	-1.8%
106	Palencia	46,852	-1.9%
107	Majadahonda	46,785	+0.1%
108	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	46,269	+0.1%
109	Getxo	46,013	-1.6%
110	Arrecife	45,776	-1.5%
111	Torremolinos	45,771	+1.5%
112	Castelldefels	45,510	+0.3%
113	Collado Villalba	44,950	+0.7%
114	Benidorm	44,798	-0.8%
115	Viladecans	43,906	-0.1%
116	Vilanova i la Geltrú	43,889	+0.1%
117	Sagunt/Sagunto	43,593	+1.7%
118	La Línea de la Concepción	42,673	+0.4%
119	Boadilla del Monte	41,611	+6.7%
120	El Prat de Llobregat	41,599	-1.2%
121	Granollers	40,495	-1.3%
122	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	40,274	+0.8%
123	Irun	39,560	-0.9%
124	Mérida	39,556	-0.5%
125	Motril	39,494	+0.5%
126	Ponferrada	39,433	-1.8%
127	Aranjuez	39,300	-0.1%
128	Arganda del Rey	39,140	+1.8%
129	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	38,581	+1.4%
130	Ferrol	38,450	-1.4%
131	Granadilla de Abona	38,303	+0.9%
132	Alcoi/Alcoy	37,850	-0.2%
133	Cerdanyola del Vallès	37,222	-0.7%
134	Ávila	36,901	-0.2%
135	Pinto	36,868	+1%
136	Eivissa	36,724	+0.2%
137	Zamora	36,360	-2.3%
138	Adeje	36,344	+0.5%
139	Colmenar Viejo	36,297	+1.4%
140	Calvià	36,249	+0.4%
141	Linares	36,026	-1.9%
142	Cuenca	35,515	-1%
143	Utrera	34,363	+0.7%
144	Tres Cantos	34,098	+1.7%
145	Rincón de la Victoria	33,984	+1.2%
146	Vila-real	33,982	+0.4%
147	Mollet del Vallès	33,873	-0.3%
148	Huesca	33,442	-0.9%
149	Siero	33,290	-0.5%
150	Elda	33,265	-1.1%
151	Segovia	31,691	-1.7%
152	Mairena del Aljarafe	31,589	+0.3%
153	Vic	31,260	0%
154	Torrelavega	31,149	-0.9%
155	Gavà	30,612	+0.1%
156	Puerto del Rosario	30,566	+0.3%
157	Figueres	30,531	-0.1%
158	Manacor	30,255	+1.1%
159	Alzira	29,882	+1.1%
160	Mislata	29,473	+0.3%
161	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	29,352	+0.4%
162	Santa Eulària des Riu	29,334	+0.8%
163	Dénia	29,167	+2%
164	La Orotava	29,073	+0.1%
165	Santurtzi	28,724	-1.2%
166	Alcantarilla	28,703	+0.3%
167	Puerto Real	28,690	-0%
168	Alhaurín de la Torre	28,669	+2.2%
169	Esplugues de Llobregat	28,650	-1.4%
170	Puertollano	28,622	-1.6%
171	Lucena	28,533	-0.1%
172	Antequera	27,411	-0.6%
173	La Rinconada	27,319	+1.5%
174	San Fernando de Henares	27,130	-1.9%
175	Portugalete	27,049	-1.7%
176	Arucas	27,033	-0.5%
177	Blanes	26,682	+0.9%
178	Llucmajor	26,392	+0.7%
179	Écija	26,259	-0.4%
180	Burjassot	26,255	+0.4%
181	Lloret de Mar	26,186	+0.6%
182	Marratxí	26,086	+1.3%
183	Plasencia	25,935	-1%
184	Ripollet	25,829	-0.3%
185	Igualada	25,795	-0.1%
186	Los Palacios y Villafranca	25,718	-0%
187	Vilafranca del Penedès	25,624	+0.1%
188	Los Realejos	25,477	-0%
189	Torre-Pacheco	25,157	+2.5%
190	El Vendrell	24,943	+0.4%
191	Narón	24,886	+0.3%
192	Soria	24,856	-1.9%
193	Don Benito	24,759	-0.3%
194	Basauri	24,555	-0.9%
195	Montcada i Reixac	24,411	-1.3%
196	Vilagarcía de Arousa	24,316	+0.4%
197	Errenteria	24,189	-0.2%
198	Sant Adrià de Besòs	24,152	-0.6%
199	Azuqueca de Henares	24,125	-0.4%
200	Galapagar	24,016	+0.5%
201	Tudela	24,000	+0.2%
202	Santa Pola	23,977	+5.3%
203	Tomelloso	23,903	+0.2%
204	Olot	23,876	+1.4%
205	Águilas	23,820	+1.2%
206	Langreo	23,806	-1.9%
207	Ontinyent	23,640	-0.3%
208	Oleiros	23,638	+0.7%
209	Andújar	23,584	-0.9%
210	Arroyomolinos	23,425	+3.5%
211	Cieza	23,267	+0.2%
212	Cambrils	23,261	+1.9%
213	Agüimes	23,224	-0.4%
214	Yecla	23,219	+0.7%
215	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	23,175	-0.1%
216	Borriana/Burriana	23,036	+0.7%
217	Teruel	22,895	-1.4%
218	Ingenio	22,873	+0.3%
219	Petrer	22,761	-0.5%
220	Castro-Urdiales	22,719	+0.2%
221	Inca	22,607	+0.6%
222	San Javier	22,453	+2.6%
223	Úbeda	22,434	-0.8%
224	Totana	22,432	+0.5%
225	Ames	22,343	+0.3%
225	Mieres	22,343	-2.4%
227	Arteixo	22,300	+0.2%
227	San Roque	22,300	+2.7%
229	Sant Joan Despí	22,283	-0.1%
230	Miranda de Ebro	22,234	-1.5%
231	Ronda	22,155	-0.8%
232	Villena	22,152	-0.2%
233	Almendralejo	22,051	-0.3%
234	Níjar	22,004	+0.4%
235	Aldaia	21,922	+1.3%
236	Mazarrón	21,636	+1.6%
237	Barberà del Vallès	21,506	+0.3%
238	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	21,451	+1.6%
239	Tortosa	21,430	+0.8%
240	Salt	21,399	+1.1%
241	Ciutadella de Menorca	21,222	+0.9%
242	Sant Pere de Ribes	21,180	+0.3%
243	Arcos de la Frontera	21,149	+0.2%
244	Manises	21,008	+0.5%
245	Sitges	20,907	+3.7%
246	Navalcarnero	20,800	+1.8%
247	Aranda de Duero	20,662	-0.5%
248	Illescas	20,607	+1.1%
249	Leioa	20,583	-0.4%
250	Hellín	20,554	+0.5%

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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. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.

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Which municipality has the highest population aged 16 to 64?

Madrid, with 2.16 million in 2022, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest population aged 16 to 64?

Villarroya, with 1 in 2022.

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. 1 municipalities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.