# Autonomous communities of Spain by population, 2025

All 19 values come from Instituto Nacional de Estadística for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/spain-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/spain-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Andalusia | 8,666,412 |
| 2 | Catalonia | 8,146,265 |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 7,137,031 |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 5,415,843 |
| 5 | Galicia | 2,713,169 |
| 6 | Castile and León | 2,398,500 |
| 7 | Canary Islands | 2,249,976 |
| 8 | Basque Country | 2,242,342 |
| 9 | Castilla-La Mancha | 2,119,234 |
| 10 | Region of Murcia | 1,589,138 |
| 11 | Aragon | 1,358,812 |
| 12 | Balearic Islands | 1,237,480 |
| 13 | Extremadura | 1,051,638 |
| 14 | Asturias | 1,013,529 |
| 15 | Navarre | 683,500 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 593,964 |
| 17 | La Rioja | 327,286 |
| 18 | Melilla | 86,780 |
| 19 | Ceuta | 83,595 |