Municipalities of Spain by population, 2025

Name: Municipalities of Spain by population, 2025
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Madrid had the highest population of 8132 municipalities in 2025, at 3.51 million. Villanueva de Gormaz had the lowest, at 6. The median was 526 and the figure for Spain was 49.11 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest3,506,730Madrid

Lowest6Villanueva de Gormaz

Median5268132 municipalities

Spain49,114,494History

Top 40 municipalities, 2025

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Municipalities	2025 persons	Change on 2024
1	Madrid	3,506,730	+2.6%
2	Barcelona	1,731,649	+1.7%
3	València	840,792	+1.8%
4	Zaragoza	693,091	+0.9%
5	Sevilla	689,423	+0.3%
6	Málaga	599,063	+1.3%
7	Murcia	479,405	+1%
8	Palma	434,786	+0.8%
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	381,868	+0.4%
10	Alacant/Alicante	366,221	+2.1%
11	Bilbao	351,124	+0.9%
12	Córdoba	323,262	+0.1%
13	Valladolid	302,614	+0.7%
14	Vigo	294,489	+0.2%
15	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	289,510	+3.4%
16	Gijón	269,894	+0.5%
17	Vitoria-Gasteiz	260,699	+1.1%
18	A Coruña	251,543	+0.9%
19	Elx/Elche	245,557	+1%
20	Granada	233,975	+0.5%
21	Terrassa	233,270	+2%
22	Badalona	231,542	+2%
23	Sabadell	225,368	+1.4%
24	Oviedo	223,968	+1.6%
25	Cartagena	220,704	+0.4%
26	Móstoles	214,817	+0.4%
27	Jerez de la Frontera	213,634	-0%
28	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	211,957	+0.3%
29	Pamplona/Iruña	209,094	+0.6%
30	Almería	205,468	+1.4%
31	Alcalá de Henares	203,208	+1.2%
32	Leganés	195,734	+0.9%
33	Getafe	193,238	+1.8%
34	Fuenlabrada	190,076	-0.4%
35	Donostia/San Sebastián	189,866	+0.4%
36	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	183,711	+1.8%
37	Burgos	177,402	+0.9%
38	Alcorcón	175,719	+1.2%
39	Santander	175,425	+0.8%
40	Albacete	175,400	+0.7%
41	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	161,108	+0.5%
42	Marbella	159,786	+0.5%
43	Logroño	152,150	+0.7%
44	Badajoz	150,209	-0.2%
45	Lleida	146,266	+1.1%
46	Salamanca	146,110	+0.9%
47	Tarragona	143,649	+1.8%
48	Torrejón de Ardoz	143,526	+2.1%
49	Huelva	143,215	-0.1%
50	Dos Hermanas	142,519	+1.5%
51	Parla	137,471	+2%
52	Mataró	131,683	-0.1%
53	Algeciras	126,589	+1.3%
54	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	123,981	+2.3%
55	León	123,446	+1%
56	Alcobendas	123,342	+1.6%
57	Jaén	112,235	+0.1%
58	Reus	111,601	+1.5%
59	Roquetas de Mar	111,240	+1.9%
60	Cádiz	109,950	-0.9%
61	Girona	108,666	+1.5%
62	Ourense	105,769	+0.8%
63	Telde	104,168	+1.3%
64	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	103,148	+1.2%
65	Barakaldo	102,986	+1%
66	Santiago de Compostela	100,965	+1.4%
67	Lugo	100,143	+0.7%
68	Las Rozas de Madrid	99,037	+0.5%
69	Lorca	98,969	+0.6%
70	Torrevieja	98,533	+3.9%
71	Sant Cugat del Vallès	97,983	-0.6%
72	San Sebastián de los Reyes	96,992	+2.1%
73	Cáceres	96,651	+0.2%
74	Mijas	95,104	+1.9%
75	San Fernando	93,338	-0.3%
76	Guadalajara	92,834	+2.1%
77	Cornellà de Llobregat	92,237	+0.7%
78	El Ejido	91,440	+1.4%
79	Torrent	90,928	+1.7%
80	Chiclana de la Frontera	90,864	+1.2%
81	El Puerto de Santa María	89,983	0%
82	Pozuelo de Alarcón	89,770	+0.4%
83	Arona	87,793	+1.3%
84	Toledo	87,216	+0.8%
85	Melilla	86,780	+1.1%
86	Vélez-Málaga	86,048	+0.1%
87	Valdemoro	85,972	+3%
88	Sant Boi de Llobregat	85,610	+0.9%
89	Fuengirola	85,211	-0.8%
90	Orihuela	84,560	+1%
91	Talavera de la Reina	83,803	-1.1%
92	Ceuta	83,595	+0.4%
93	Pontevedra	83,316	+0.3%
94	Gandia	83,135	+3.8%
95	Rubí	82,823	+1.6%
96	Manresa	80,974	+1%
97	Coslada	80,512	-0.3%
98	Estepona	79,621	+1.5%
99	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	78,584	+1.9%
100	Molina de Segura	78,458	+1.2%
101	Benalmádena	78,338	+0.9%
102	Alcalá de Guadaíra	77,474	+0.7%
103	Palencia	77,466	+0.9%
104	Benidorm	77,327	+3.6%
105	Ciudad Real	76,217	+0.4%
106	Paterna	76,019	+1.6%
107	Getxo	75,752	-0.3%
108	Avilés	75,517	+0.2%
109	Majadahonda	73,625	+0.4%
110	Sagunt/Sagunto	73,031	+2.3%
111	Vilanova i la Geltrú	71,641	+1.7%
112	Torremolinos	71,329	+0.6%
113	Arrecife	70,811	+3.9%
114	Castelldefels	70,057	+0.9%
115	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	70,012	+0.2%
116	Viladecans	67,587	+0.4%
117	Collado Villalba	67,274	+0.9%
118	Boadilla del Monte	66,349	+0.8%
119	El Prat de Llobregat	66,338	+0.2%
120	Granollers	65,341	+1.8%
121	La Línea de la Concepción	64,499	+0.5%
122	Ferrol	64,367	+0.2%
123	Irun	63,835	+0.3%
124	Ponferrada	63,186	+0.3%
125	Aranjuez	63,040	+1.2%
126	Alcoi/Alcoy	61,468	+1.8%
127	Arganda del Rey	60,419	+1.5%
128	Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig	60,247	-0%
129	Mérida	60,225	+0.6%
130	Motril	59,862	+0.4%
131	Zamora	59,815	+0.5%
132	Ávila	59,107	+1.7%
133	Granadilla de Abona	58,752	+2.8%
134	Colmenar Viejo	58,730	+3%
135	Cerdanyola del Vallès	58,528	+0.7%
136	Pinto	56,651	+1.2%
137	Linares	55,633	+0.7%
138	Huesca	55,454	+1.4%
139	Eivissa	55,337	+3%
140	Elda	55,222	+2.6%
141	Tres Cantos	54,592	+3.1%
142	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	54,291	+0.3%
143	Calvià	53,793	+0.6%
144	Vila-real	53,623	+2.1%
145	Cuenca	53,600	+0.3%
146	Siero	53,049	+0.9%
147	Mollet del Vallès	52,990	+1.4%
148	Rincón de la Victoria	52,454	+0.4%
149	Utrera	52,403	+0.4%
150	Segovia	52,375	+1.6%
151	Torrelavega	51,796	+0.3%
152	Vic	50,796	+2.6%
153	Adeje	50,021	-1%
154	Figueres	49,689	+1.7%
155	Manacor	49,153	+2.9%
156	Gavà	48,243	+0.5%
157	Alzira	48,236	+1.9%
158	Esplugues de Llobregat	48,221	+1.3%
159	Mairena del Aljarafe	48,017	+0.2%
160	Dénia	47,261	+0.7%
161	Mislata	47,079	+2%
162	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	46,781	+0.5%
163	Santurtzi	46,442	+0.4%
164	Puerto del Rosario	46,150	+3.4%
165	Puertollano	45,565	+0.8%
166	Alhaurín de la Torre	45,066	+2.3%
167	Portugalete	44,843	+0.2%
168	Alcantarilla	43,876	+0.8%
169	Lucena	43,408	+0.7%
170	Lloret de Mar	43,000	+0.9%
171	Blanes	42,699	+1.2%
172	Vilafranca del Penedès	42,607	+2.7%
173	Puerto Real	42,527	+0.9%
174	La Orotava	42,514	-0.2%
175	Santa Eulària des Riu	42,479	+1.9%
176	Igualada	42,085	+1.5%
177	Antequera	41,849	+0.6%
178	Torre-Pacheco	41,479	+3.5%
179	Burjassot	41,299	+1.6%
180	El Vendrell	41,133	+1.7%
181	Soria	41,025	+0.7%
182	La Rinconada	40,724	+0.5%
183	Llucmajor	40,502	+1.5%
184	Marratxí	40,422	+0.9%
185	Basauri	40,274	-0.3%
186	Plasencia	40,132	+0.8%
187	Narón	39,953	+1.7%
188	Ripollet	39,897	+1.1%
189	Santa Pola	39,709	+3%
190	Écija	39,659	+0.4%
191	Olot	39,519	+1.8%
192	Errenteria	39,363	0%
193	Sant Adrià de Besòs	39,323	+2.2%
194	Arucas	39,232	+0.8%
195	San Fernando de Henares	39,059	+0.2%
196	Tudela	38,903	+0.6%
197	Oleiros	38,793	+1.2%
198	Los Palacios y Villafranca	38,761	0%
199	Langreo	38,612	+0.9%
200	Arroyomolinos	38,075	+2.3%
201	Don Benito	37,986	+0.7%
202	Borriana/Burriana	37,915	+2.7%
203	Vilagarcía de Arousa	37,888	+0.3%
204	Los Realejos	37,867	+0.9%
205	Águilas	37,811	+1.1%
206	Montcada i Reixac	37,460	+0.8%
207	la Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa	37,449	+1.5%
208	Tomelloso	37,060	+1.5%
209	Cambrils	37,042	+0.5%
210	Ontinyent	37,012	+1.6%
211	Galapagar	36,758	+1.6%
212	Teruel	36,655	-0.2%
213	Miranda de Ebro	36,622	+1.7%
214	San Javier	36,524	+1.8%
215	Yecla	36,453	+1.4%
216	Mieres	36,373	+0.7%
217	Inca	36,262	+1.7%
218	Tortosa	35,997	+2.1%
219	Sant Joan Despí	35,926	+2.4%
220	Azuqueca de Henares	35,924	+0.1%
221	Andújar	35,610	-0%
222	Cieza	35,577	+0.6%
223	Mazarrón	35,449	+1%
224	Villena	34,712	+1%
225	Aldaia	34,630	+1.7%
226	Almendralejo	34,587	+0.9%
227	Salt	34,491	+1.7%
228	Arteixo	34,403	+1.1%
229	San Roque	34,310	+0.4%
230	Petrer	34,022	-0.2%
231	Barberà del Vallès	33,987	+1.2%
232	Aranda de Duero	33,956	+0.6%
233	Agüimes	33,800	+1.9%
234	Ronda	33,671	+0.7%
235	Úbeda	33,588	-0.3%
236	Castro-Urdiales	33,450	-0.1%
237	Totana	33,358	-0.9%
238	Navalcarnero	33,331	+2%
239	Níjar	33,319	+0.7%
240	Illescas	33,301	+3.6%
241	Ames	33,276	+1.4%
242	Ingenio	32,905	+0.5%
243	Leioa	32,748	+0.2%
244	Sant Pere de Ribes	32,705	+1.8%
245	Calafell	32,624	+2.5%
246	Manises	32,609	+1%
246	Sitges	32,609	+0.6%
248	Ciutadella de Menorca	32,431	+1.5%
249	la Vall d'Uixó	32,242	+1.1%
250	Carballo	32,120	+1.7%

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About this ranking

Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.

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). Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles: Revisión del Padrón municipal (tabla 29005). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=29005. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Which municipality has the highest population?

Madrid, with 3.51 million in 2025, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which municipality has the lowest population?

Villanueva de Gormaz, with 6 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles: Revisión del Padrón municipal (tabla 29005). Retrieved 2026-10-07.