Municipalities of Spain by population aged 16 to 64

Name: Municipalities of Spain by population aged 16 to 64, 2024
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Madrid had the highest population aged 16 to 64 of 8132 municipalities in 2024, at 2.29 million. Illán de Vacas had the lowest, at 1. The median was 320 and the figure for Spain was 31.72 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest2,287,082Madrid

Lowest1Illán de Vacas

Median3208132 municipalities

Spain31,716,737History

Top 40 municipalities, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2024 persons	Change on 2023
1	Madrid	2,287,082	+3%
2	Barcelona	1,123,497	+2.4%
3	València	539,115	+3.1%
4	Sevilla	446,037	+0.4%
5	Zaragoza	439,307	+1.2%
6	Málaga	392,094	+1%
7	Murcia	315,269	+1%
8	Palma	302,953	+2.2%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	262,444	+0.6%
10	Alacant/Alicante	235,260	+2.6%
11	Bilbao	219,672	+0.7%
12	Córdoba	210,255	-0%
13	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	188,389	+2.8%
14	Vigo	186,871	0%
15	Valladolid	179,792	+0.7%
16	Gijón	165,257	+0.3%
17	Vitoria-Gasteiz	161,324	+0.7%
18	Elx/Elche	159,547	+1.7%
19	A Coruña	155,317	+0.9%
20	Terrassa	150,541	+1.7%
21	Granada	147,169	+0.2%
22	Badalona	145,986	+0.8%
23	Sabadell	144,222	+2.1%
24	Jerez de la Frontera	142,606	+0.2%
25	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	142,518	+0.8%
26	Cartagena	142,161	+0.4%
27	Oviedo	137,559	+1%
28	Móstoles	133,814	+1.1%
29	Almería	132,487	+0.3%
30	Pamplona/Iruña	132,002	+1.1%
31	Alcalá de Henares	131,869	+0.8%
32	Fuenlabrada	128,216	-0.1%
33	Getafe	123,550	+2.7%
34	Leganés	122,816	+2.4%
35	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	118,000	+2.5%
36	Donostia/San Sebastián	116,796	-0.2%
37	Albacete	115,890	+0.3%
38	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	112,400	+0.7%
39	Alcorcón	110,761	+1.7%
40	Burgos	108,799	+1.1%
41	Marbella	108,317	+2.2%
42	Santander	106,451	+0.1%
43	Badajoz	99,336	+0.1%
44	Lleida	95,669	+1.6%
45	Torrejón de Ardoz	95,409	+2.4%
46	Logroño	95,112	+0.3%
47	Dos Hermanas	94,745	+1.3%
48	Huelva	93,473	+0.4%
49	Tarragona	92,094	+2.1%
50	Parla	90,351	+1.9%
51	Salamanca	85,851	+0.1%
52	Mataró	85,705	+1.2%
53	Algeciras	82,413	+1%
54	Alcobendas	80,213	+2%
55	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	78,715	+2.1%
56	Roquetas de Mar	76,646	+2.2%
57	Telde	73,767	+0.3%
58	Jaén	73,410	-0.1%
59	León	73,148	+0.6%
60	Girona	71,588	+2.7%
61	Reus	70,861	+1.6%
62	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	70,469	+1.1%
63	Cádiz	69,529	-1.1%
64	Las Rozas de Madrid	65,861	+0.7%
65	Sant Cugat del Vallès	64,975	+1.2%
66	Lorca	64,955	-0.5%
67	Ourense	64,018	+0.3%
68	Barakaldo	63,978	+0.9%
69	Cáceres	63,669	-0%
70	San Sebastián de los Reyes	63,509	+3%
71	Arona	63,396	+1.7%
72	Santiago de Compostela	63,053	+0.6%
73	Lugo	62,951	+1.4%
74	Mijas	62,407	+2%
75	El Ejido	61,984	-0.4%
76	San Fernando	61,757	-0.7%
77	Chiclana de la Frontera	61,188	+1%
78	Torrevieja	60,609	+7.8%
79	El Puerto de Santa María	59,726	-0.1%
80	Cornellà de Llobregat	59,669	+1.7%
81	Guadalajara	59,576	+2.3%
82	Torrent	59,423	+2.5%
83	Valdemoro	58,969	+3.4%
84	Vélez-Málaga	57,545	+1.1%
85	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	57,352	+2.2%
86	Pozuelo de Alarcón	57,333	+0.8%
87	Melilla	56,761	+0.7%
88	Ceuta	56,343	+0.6%
89	Toledo	56,136	+0.4%
90	Sant Boi de Llobregat	54,727	+1.4%
91	Rubí	54,701	+2.4%
92	Talavera de la Reina	54,695	+1.1%
93	Fuengirola	53,945	+0.7%
94	Pontevedra	53,082	+0.5%
95	Gandia	53,044	+2.8%
96	Benalmádena	52,655	+2.1%
97	Estepona	52,461	+2.3%
98	Molina de Segura	52,155	+1.6%
99	Orihuela	52,097	+1.4%
100	Alcalá de Guadaíra	51,698	+1.1%
101	Coslada	51,160	-0.1%
102	Manresa	50,744	+1.9%
103	Ciudad Real	49,601	+0.2%
104	Arrecife	49,347	+5.5%
105	Paterna	49,260	+1.7%
106	Benidorm	48,068	+3.5%
107	Majadahonda	47,550	+1%
108	Torremolinos	47,458	+1.1%
109	Castelldefels	47,332	+1.6%
110	Collado Villalba	46,731	+1.7%
111	Palencia	46,499	-0.2%
112	Avilés	46,448	-0.7%
113	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	46,078	-0.1%
114	Sagunt/Sagunto	45,962	+2.2%
115	Vilanova i la Geltrú	45,654	+2.5%
116	Getxo	45,072	-0.9%
117	Viladecans	44,695	+1.3%
118	Boadilla del Monte	44,024	+1.8%
119	La Línea de la Concepción	43,154	+0.3%
120	El Prat de Llobregat	42,332	+0.9%
121	Granollers	42,103	+1.9%
122	Granadilla de Abona	42,100	+4.4%
123	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	41,133	+0.9%
124	Aranjuez	41,057	+3%
125	Arganda del Rey	40,394	+1%
126	Irun	40,090	+0.7%
127	Motril	40,019	+1%
128	Mérida	39,740	+0.2%
129	Eivissa	38,922	+3.2%
130	Ponferrada	38,840	-0.9%
131	Alcoi/Alcoy	38,832	+1.6%
132	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	38,830	+0.1%
133	Colmenar Viejo	38,623	+3%
134	Ferrol	38,527	+0.7%
135	Pinto	38,327	+1.7%
136	Cerdanyola del Vallès	37,644	+0.1%
137	Adeje	37,336	+0.7%
138	Calvià	37,158	+0.5%
139	Ávila	37,112	+0.5%
140	Zamora	35,886	-0.2%
141	Tres Cantos	35,292	+2.1%
142	Linares	35,236	-0.2%
143	Rincón de la Victoria	35,208	+1.6%
144	Cuenca	35,173	-0.3%
145	Vila-real	34,808	+1.3%
146	Mollet del Vallès	34,786	+0.9%
147	Utrera	34,689	+0.5%
148	Huesca	34,191	+1%
149	Elda	34,115	+1.4%
150	Siero	33,411	+0.3%
151	Vic	32,847	+2.6%
152	Puerto del Rosario	32,800	+3.2%
153	Manacor	32,228	+3.3%
154	Figueres	31,955	+1.8%
155	Segovia	31,898	+0.6%
156	Mairena del Aljarafe	31,719	+0.1%
157	Gavà	31,449	+1.3%
158	Torrelavega	31,176	+0.1%
159	Alzira	31,150	+1.8%
160	Dénia	31,109	+3%
161	Mislata	30,506	+1%
162	Santa Eulària des Riu	30,278	+1.3%
163	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	30,139	+1.3%
164	Alhaurín de la Torre	30,104	+2%
165	Alcantarilla	29,439	+1.4%
166	Esplugues de Llobregat	29,410	+1.4%
167	La Orotava	29,253	+0.1%
168	Santurtzi	28,968	+0.1%
169	Lucena	28,854	+0.4%
170	Puerto Real	28,638	-0.1%
171	Lloret de Mar	28,506	+2.2%
172	Puertollano	28,171	-0.2%
173	La Rinconada	27,840	+0.2%
174	Burjassot	27,772	+3.2%
175	Blanes	27,738	+1%
176	Antequera	27,524	+0.4%
177	Arucas	27,435	+0.8%
178	Llucmajor	27,214	+2.2%
179	Portugalete	26,870	+0.1%
180	Marratxí	26,824	+1.5%
181	Vilafranca del Penedès	26,769	+2.6%
182	Torre-Pacheco	26,748	+3.1%
183	San Fernando de Henares	26,656	-1%
184	Igualada	26,578	+1.6%
185	Ripollet	26,539	+1.2%
186	El Vendrell	26,094	+2.4%
187	Écija	26,068	-0%
188	Los Realejos	25,958	+1.2%
189	Plasencia	25,945	+0.3%
190	Los Palacios y Villafranca	25,809	+0.2%
191	Sant Adrià de Besòs	25,713	+2.9%
192	Soria	25,593	+1.2%
193	Santa Pola	25,375	+1.7%
194	Olot	25,368	+2.1%
195	Arroyomolinos	25,226	+3.8%
196	Narón	25,142	+0.5%
197	Tudela	24,935	+2.2%
198	Don Benito	24,895	+0.1%
199	Galapagar	24,876	+2.2%
200	Azuqueca de Henares	24,813	+1.1%
201	Montcada i Reixac	24,762	+0.5%
202	Errenteria	24,745	+1.1%
203	Basauri	24,655	-0.1%
204	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	24,572	+2.6%
205	Tomelloso	24,549	+1%
206	Águilas	24,436	+1.5%
207	Vilagarcía de Arousa	24,365	+0.3%
208	Borriana/Burriana	24,257	+2.7%
209	Oleiros	24,095	+0.8%
210	Agüimes	24,028	+1.4%
210	Cambrils	24,028	+1%
212	Inca	23,800	+3.3%
213	Ontinyent	23,799	+0.4%
214	Yecla	23,643	+1%
215	Totana	23,589	+1.3%
216	Ingenio	23,488	+1.1%
217	Langreo	23,390	-0.3%
218	San Javier	23,383	+1.8%
219	San Roque	23,225	+1.9%
220	Teruel	23,209	+0.5%
221	Andújar	23,161	-0.7%
222	Cieza	23,145	-0.2%
223	Sant Joan Despí	23,080	+1.6%
224	Aldaia	23,062	+2.5%
225	Níjar	22,984	+0.5%
226	Arteixo	22,932	+1.5%
227	Ames	22,835	+1%
228	Castro-Urdiales	22,829	+0.2%
229	Petrer	22,619	-0.4%
230	Miranda de Ebro	22,587	+1.1%
231	Tortosa	22,534	+2.2%
232	Salt	22,533	+2.4%
233	Mazarrón	22,458	+1.6%
234	Almendralejo	22,446	+1.1%
235	Ciutadella de Menorca	22,265	+1.8%
236	Villena	22,224	+0.1%
237	Sant Josep de sa Talaia	22,194	+0.4%
238	Ronda	22,088	+0.3%
239	Úbeda	22,073	-0.9%
240	Illescas	21,947	+3%
241	Barberà del Vallès	21,849	+0.7%
242	La Oliva	21,788	+1.7%
243	Navalcarnero	21,770	+2.5%
244	Sitges	21,706	+1.1%
245	Mieres	21,685	-1%
246	Manises	21,611	+1.4%
247	Sant Pere de Ribes	21,494	+0.9%
248	Xirivella	21,390	+3.3%
249	Arcos de la Frontera	21,186	+0.2%
250	Salou	21,178	+0.8%

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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.

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Which municipality has the highest population aged 16 to 64?

Madrid, with 2.29 million in 2024, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest population aged 16 to 64?

Illán de Vacas, with 1 in 2024.

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.