Provinces of Spain by population

Name: Provinces of Spain by population, 2014
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
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Madrid province had the highest population of 52 provinces in 2014, at 6.45 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 84,509. The median was 614,723 and the figure for Spain was 46.77 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest6,454,440Madrid province

Lowest84,509Melilla province

Median614,72352 provinces

Spain46,771,341History

All provinces, 2014

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2014 persons	Change on 2013
1	Madrid province	6,454,440	-0.6%
2	Barcelona province	5,523,784	-0.3%
3	Valencia province	2,548,898	-0.7%
4	Seville province	1,941,355	-0%
5	Alicante province	1,868,438	-4%
6	Málaga province	1,621,968	-1.9%
7	Murcia province	1,466,818	-0.4%
8	Cádiz province	1,240,175	+0.1%
9	Biscay province	1,151,905	-0.4%
10	A Coruña province	1,132,735	-0.5%
11	Balearic Islands province	1,103,442	-0.7%
12	Las Palmas province	1,100,027	-0.3%
13	Asturias province	1,061,756	-0.6%
14	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province	1,004,788	-1%
15	Zaragoza province	960,111	-1.9%
16	Pontevedra province	950,919	-0.4%
17	Granada province	919,455	0%
18	Tarragona province	800,962	-1.1%
19	Córdoba province	799,402	-0.4%
20	Girona province	756,156	-0.7%
21	Gipuzkoa province	715,148	+0.2%
22	Almería province	701,688	+0.3%
23	Toledo province	699,136	-1%
24	Badajoz province	690,929	-0.4%
25	Jaén province	659,033	-0.9%
26	Navarre province	640,790	-0.6%
27	Cantabria province	588,656	-0.5%
28	Castellón province	587,508	-2.4%
29	Valladolid province	529,157	-0.6%
30	Ciudad Real province	519,613	-1%
31	Huelva province	519,229	-0.3%
32	León province	484,694	-1%
33	Lleida province	438,001	-0.7%
34	Cáceres province	408,703	-0.4%
35	Albacete province	396,987	-0.8%
36	Burgos province	366,900	-1.2%
37	Lugo province	342,748	-0.9%
38	Salamanca province	342,459	-0.9%
39	Ourense province	322,293	-1.4%
40	Álava province	321,932	+0.2%
41	La Rioja province	319,002	-0.9%
42	Guadalajara province	255,426	-0.9%
43	Huesca province	224,909	-0.6%
44	Cuenca province	207,449	-2.1%
45	Zamora province	185,432	-1.5%
46	Palencia province	167,609	-0.8%
47	Ávila province	167,015	-1.1%
48	Segovia province	159,303	-1.5%
49	Teruel province	140,365	-1.3%
50	Soria province	92,221	-1.1%
51	Ceuta province	84,963	+0.9%
52	Melilla province	84,509	+1%

Other periods

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 provinces 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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Questions

Which province has the highest population?

Madrid province, with 6.45 million in 2014, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest population?

Melilla province, with 84,509 in 2014.

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.