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Population figures
Population planning by Province and census population of 2001 and  relative position in 1991 and 1981.
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	Population of 2001: Absolute figures	Population of 2001: Percentage	Population of 2001: Percentage accumulated	Relative position in 1991	Relative position in 1981	
NATIONAL TOTAL	40,847,371	..	..	..	..	
Madrid	5,423,384	13.28	13.28	1	1	
Barcelona	4,805,927	11.77	25.04	2	2	
Valencia	2,216,285	5.43	30.47	3	3	
Sevilla	1,727,603	4.23	34.70	4	4	
Alicante/Alacant	1,461,925	3.58	38.28	5	6	
Málaga	1,287,017	3.15	41.43	6	9	
Murcia	1,197,646	2.93	44.36	11	11	
Vizcaya	1,122,637	2.75	47.11	7	5	
Cádiz	1,116,491	2.73	49.84	10	10	
Coruña (A)	1,096,027	2.68	52.52	8	8	
Asturias	1,062,998	2.60	55.13	9	7	
Pontevedra	903,759	2.21	57.34	12	12	
Palmas (Las)	887,676	2.17	59.51	15	16	
Zaragoza	861,855	2.11	61.62	13	13	
Illes Balears	841,669	2.06	63.68	18	19	
Granada	821,660	2.01	65.69	14	14	
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	806,801	1.98	67.67	17	18	
Córdoba	761,657	1.86	69.53	16	15	
Guipúzcoa	673,563	1.65	71.18	19	17	
Badajoz	654,882	1.60	72.79	20	20	
Jaén	643,820	1.58	74.36	21	21	
Tarragona	609,673	1.49	75.86	22	24	
Girona	565,304	1.38	77.24	26	29	
Navarra	555,829	1.36	78.60	25	25	
Toledo	541,379	1.33	79.93	28	28	
Almería	536,731	1.31	81.24	30	34	
Cantabria	535,131	1.31	82.55	23	23	
Valladolid	498,094	1.22	83.77	27	26	
León	488,751	1.20	84.97	24	22	
Castellón/Castelló	484,566	1.19	86.15	31	30	
Ciudad Real	478,957	1.17	87.32	29	27	
Huelva	462,579	1.13	88.46	32	33	
Cáceres	403,621	0.99	89.44	33	32	
Albacete	364,835	0.89	90.34	39	39	
Lleida	362,206	0.89	91.22	37	38	
Lugo	357,648	0.88	92.10	34	35	
Burgos	348,934	0.85	92.95	38	37	
Salamanca	345,609	0.85	93.80	35	36	
Ourense	338,446	0.83	94.63	36	31	
Álava	286,387	0.70	95.33	40	40	
Rioja (La)	276,702	0.68	96.01	41	41	
Huesca	206,502	0.51	96.51	43	44	
Cuenca	200,346	0.49	97.00	44	43	
Zamora	199,090	0.49	97.49	42	42	
Guadalajara	174,999	0.43	97.92	48	49	
Palencia	174,143	0.43	98.35	45	45	
Ávila	163,442	0.40	98.75	46	46	
Segovia	147,694	0.36	99.11	47	48	
Teruel	135,858	0.33	99.44	49	47	
Soria	90,717	0.22	99.66	50	50	
Ceuta	71,505	0.18	99.84	51	51	
Melilla	66,411	0.16	100.00	52	52	
Notes:
Source: National Statistics Institute