Municipalities of Spain by population aged 16 to 64

Name: Municipalities of Spain by population aged 16 to 64, 2023
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Madrid had the highest population aged 16 to 64 of 8131 municipalities in 2023, at 2.22 million. Illán de Vacas had the lowest, at 1. The median was 319 and the figure for Spain was 31.34 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,220,873Madrid

Lowest1Illán de Vacas

Median3198131 municipalities

Spain31,343,030History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2023 persons	Change on 2022
1	Madrid	2,220,873	+2.9%
2	Barcelona	1,096,856	+3.4%
3	València	522,730	+2.1%
4	Sevilla	444,171	+0.6%
5	Zaragoza	434,253	+1.5%
6	Málaga	388,252	+1.7%
7	Murcia	312,131	+1.8%
8	Palma	296,454	+2.6%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	260,784	-0.1%
10	Alacant/Alicante	229,346	+3.2%
11	Bilbao	218,253	+0.6%
12	Córdoba	210,274	+0.8%
13	Vigo	186,861	+0.4%
14	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	183,260	+4.7%
15	Valladolid	178,456	+0.5%
16	Gijón	164,737	+0.1%
17	Vitoria-Gasteiz	160,255	+0.9%
18	Elx/Elche	156,955	+0.5%
19	A Coruña	153,937	+1.5%
20	Terrassa	148,026	+1.6%
21	Granada	146,841	+0.6%
22	Badalona	144,759	+0.9%
23	Jerez de la Frontera	142,331	+0.4%
24	Cartagena	141,543	+0.7%
25	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	141,334	+0.6%
26	Sabadell	141,222	+1.8%
27	Oviedo	136,245	+1%
28	Móstoles	132,351	+0.6%
29	Almería	132,069	+1.1%
30	Alcalá de Henares	130,790	+1.1%
31	Pamplona/Iruña	130,544	+1.3%
32	Fuenlabrada	128,326	-1.6%
33	Getafe	120,246	+1.4%
34	Leganés	119,972	+2.1%
35	Donostia/San Sebastián	116,996	+0.3%
36	Albacete	115,499	+0.7%
37	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	115,139	+2.6%
38	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	111,631	+1%
39	Alcorcón	108,895	+1.5%
40	Burgos	107,595	+0.4%
41	Santander	106,339	+0.3%
42	Marbella	106,019	+4.3%
43	Badajoz	99,284	+0.1%
44	Logroño	94,873	+0.2%
45	Lleida	94,162	+3.3%
46	Dos Hermanas	93,545	+1.3%
47	Torrejón de Ardoz	93,186	+2.1%
48	Huelva	93,087	+0.7%
49	Tarragona	90,201	+2.6%
50	Parla	88,680	+2.3%
51	Salamanca	85,760	+0.8%
52	Mataró	84,724	+1%
53	Algeciras	81,604	+1.6%
54	Alcobendas	78,614	+2.5%
55	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	77,127	+2.3%
56	Roquetas de Mar	74,965	+3.3%
57	Telde	73,547	+0.3%
58	Jaén	73,468	+0.1%
59	León	72,728	+0.3%
60	Cádiz	70,317	-1.4%
61	Reus	69,744	+2%
62	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	69,714	+3%
63	Girona	69,696	+2.8%
64	Las Rozas de Madrid	65,411	+2.6%
65	Lorca	65,255	+1.4%
66	Sant Cugat del Vallès	64,228	+1.7%
67	Ourense	63,829	+0.6%
68	Cáceres	63,697	+0.7%
69	Barakaldo	63,436	+0.6%
70	Santiago de Compostela	62,706	+0.9%
71	Arona	62,333	+3.7%
72	El Ejido	62,253	+2.5%
73	San Fernando	62,171	-0.4%
74	Lugo	62,102	+1.1%
75	San Sebastián de los Reyes	61,672	+1.7%
76	Mijas	61,192	+2.7%
77	Chiclana de la Frontera	60,581	+1.5%
78	El Puerto de Santa María	59,806	+0.2%
79	Cornellà de Llobregat	58,689	+1.8%
80	Guadalajara	58,261	+1.8%
81	Torrent	57,966	+2.6%
82	Valdemoro	57,046	+3.5%
83	Vélez-Málaga	56,924	+2%
84	Pozuelo de Alarcón	56,851	+1%
85	Melilla	56,360	+1%
86	Torrevieja	56,214	+7.1%
87	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	56,134	+2.2%
88	Ceuta	56,002	+0.5%
89	Toledo	55,929	+1.1%
90	Talavera de la Reina	54,103	+1.3%
91	Sant Boi de Llobregat	53,996	+0.8%
92	Fuengirola	53,554	+2.8%
93	Rubí	53,421	+1.6%
94	Pontevedra	52,793	-0.4%
95	Gandia	51,615	+2.7%
96	Benalmádena	51,581	+4.1%
97	Orihuela	51,395	+2.4%
98	Molina de Segura	51,322	+2.3%
99	Estepona	51,269	+5%
100	Coslada	51,215	-2.1%
101	Alcalá de Guadaíra	51,152	+1.6%
102	Manresa	49,776	+2.4%
103	Ciudad Real	49,521	+0.4%
104	Paterna	48,448	+2.3%
105	Majadahonda	47,078	+0.6%
106	Torremolinos	46,937	+2.5%
107	Arrecife	46,796	+2.2%
108	Avilés	46,761	-1%
109	Palencia	46,599	-0.5%
110	Castelldefels	46,588	+2.4%
111	Benidorm	46,457	+3.7%
112	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	46,147	-0.3%
113	Collado Villalba	45,945	+2.2%
114	Getxo	45,501	-1.1%
115	Sagunt/Sagunto	44,978	+3.2%
116	Vilanova i la Geltrú	44,561	+1.5%
117	Viladecans	44,140	+0.5%
118	Boadilla del Monte	43,226	+3.9%
119	La Línea de la Concepción	43,030	+0.8%
120	El Prat de Llobregat	41,970	+0.9%
121	Granollers	41,327	+2.1%
122	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	40,761	+1.2%
123	Granadilla de Abona	40,327	+5.3%
124	Arganda del Rey	40,008	+2.2%
125	Aranjuez	39,853	+1.4%
126	Irun	39,828	+0.7%
127	Mérida	39,646	+0.2%
128	Motril	39,608	+0.3%
129	Ponferrada	39,174	-0.7%
130	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	38,777	+0.5%
131	Ferrol	38,262	-0.5%
132	Alcoi/Alcoy	38,222	+1%
133	Eivissa	37,722	+2.7%
134	Pinto	37,668	+2.2%
135	Cerdanyola del Vallès	37,605	+1%
136	Colmenar Viejo	37,503	+3.3%
137	Adeje	37,087	+2%
138	Calvià	36,969	+2%
139	Ávila	36,943	+0.1%
140	Zamora	35,965	-1.1%
141	Linares	35,323	-2%
142	Cuenca	35,275	-0.7%
143	Rincón de la Victoria	34,644	+1.9%
144	Tres Cantos	34,573	+1.4%
145	Utrera	34,527	+0.5%
146	Mollet del Vallès	34,485	+1.8%
147	Vila-real	34,355	+1.1%
148	Huesca	33,860	+1.2%
149	Elda	33,654	+1.2%
150	Siero	33,318	+0.1%
151	Vic	32,003	+2.4%
152	Puerto del Rosario	31,777	+4%
153	Segovia	31,707	+0.1%
154	Mairena del Aljarafe	31,700	+0.4%
155	Figueres	31,403	+2.9%
156	Manacor	31,207	+3.1%
157	Torrelavega	31,157	0%
158	Gavà	31,054	+1.4%
159	Alzira	30,595	+2.4%
160	Dénia	30,208	+3.6%
161	Mislata	30,192	+2.4%
162	Santa Eulària des Riu	29,888	+1.9%
163	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	29,755	+1.4%
164	Alhaurín de la Torre	29,504	+2.9%
165	La Orotava	29,225	+0.5%
166	Alcantarilla	29,023	+1.1%
167	Esplugues de Llobregat	29,017	+1.3%
168	Santurtzi	28,940	+0.8%
169	Lucena	28,742	+0.7%
170	Puerto Real	28,680	-0%
171	Puertollano	28,225	-1.4%
172	Lloret de Mar	27,888	+6.5%
173	La Rinconada	27,792	+1.7%
174	Blanes	27,471	+3%
175	Antequera	27,405	-0%
176	Arucas	27,218	+0.7%
177	San Fernando de Henares	26,920	-0.8%
178	Burjassot	26,904	+2.5%
179	Portugalete	26,840	-0.8%
180	Llucmajor	26,616	+0.8%
181	Marratxí	26,421	+1.3%
182	Ripollet	26,225	+1.5%
183	Igualada	26,170	+1.5%
184	Écija	26,079	-0.7%
184	Vilafranca del Penedès	26,079	+1.8%
186	Torre-Pacheco	25,953	+3.2%
187	Plasencia	25,877	-0.2%
188	Los Palacios y Villafranca	25,758	+0.2%
189	Los Realejos	25,660	+0.7%
190	El Vendrell	25,474	+2.1%
191	Soria	25,301	+1.8%
192	Narón	25,014	+0.5%
193	Sant Adrià de Besòs	24,995	+3.5%
194	Santa Pola	24,953	+4.1%
195	Don Benito	24,862	+0.4%
196	Olot	24,839	+4%
197	Basauri	24,675	+0.5%
198	Montcada i Reixac	24,629	+0.9%
199	Azuqueca de Henares	24,531	+1.7%
200	Errenteria	24,477	+1.2%
201	Tudela	24,391	+1.6%
202	Galapagar	24,343	+1.4%
203	Tomelloso	24,305	+1.7%
204	Arroyomolinos	24,296	+3.7%
205	Vilagarcía de Arousa	24,289	-0.1%
206	Águilas	24,082	+1.1%
207	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	23,959	+3.4%
208	Oleiros	23,895	+1.1%
209	Cambrils	23,798	+2.3%
210	Agüimes	23,701	+2.1%
210	Ontinyent	23,701	+0.3%
212	Borriana/Burriana	23,610	+2.5%
213	Langreo	23,449	-1.5%
214	Yecla	23,406	+0.8%
215	Andújar	23,328	-1.1%
216	Totana	23,278	+3.8%
217	Ingenio	23,231	+1.6%
218	Cieza	23,188	-0.3%
219	Teruel	23,095	+0.9%
220	Inca	23,030	+1.9%
221	San Javier	22,965	+2.3%
222	Níjar	22,874	+4%
223	San Roque	22,788	+2.2%
224	Castro-Urdiales	22,777	+0.3%
225	Sant Joan Despí	22,721	+2%
226	Petrer	22,713	-0.2%
227	Ames	22,612	+1.2%
228	Arteixo	22,598	+1.3%
229	Aldaia	22,509	+2.7%
230	Miranda de Ebro	22,345	+0.5%
231	Úbeda	22,283	-0.7%
232	Villena	22,202	+0.2%
233	Almendralejo	22,196	+0.7%
234	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	22,099	+3%
235	Mazarrón	22,097	+2.1%
236	Tortosa	22,052	+2.9%
237	Ronda	22,017	-0.6%
238	Salt	21,996	+2.8%
239	Mieres	21,901	-2%
240	Ciutadella de Menorca	21,870	+3.1%
241	Barberà del Vallès	21,690	+0.9%
242	Sitges	21,462	+2.7%
243	La Oliva	21,426	+4.6%
244	Manises	21,310	+1.4%
245	Illescas	21,305	+3.4%
246	Sant Pere de Ribes	21,301	+0.6%
247	Navalcarnero	21,236	+2.1%
248	Arcos de la Frontera	21,143	-0%
249	Salou	21,007	+5.9%
250	Aranda de Duero	20,941	+1.4%

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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 2023 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 2.22 million in 2023, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest population aged 16 to 64?

Illán de Vacas, with 1 in 2023.

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 2023 and are not ranked.