Building Censuses 
 Variations in the population
Variations in the population by provincial capitals and  census year.
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,Census 2001,Census 1991,Census 1981,Absolute Variation: census 1991/ census 1981,Absolute Variation: census 2001/ census 1991,Absolute Variation: census 2001/ census 1981,Relative Variation in percentage: census 1991/ census 1981,Relative Variation in percentage: census 2001/ census 1991,Relative Variation in percentage: census 2001/ census 1981,
NATIONAL TOTAL,13,782,693,13,826,923,13,692,691,134,232,-44,230,90,002,0.98,-0.32,0.66,
Albacete,148,934,130,023,116,484,13,539,18,911,32,450,11.62,14.54,27.86,
Alicante/Alacant,284,580,265,473,245,963,19,510,19,107,38,617,7.93,7.20,15.70,
Almería,166,328,155,120,140,745,14,375,11,208,25,583,10.21,7.23,18.18,
Ávila,49,712,45,977,40,173,5,804,3,735,9,539,14.45,8.12,23.74,
Badajoz,133,519,122,225,111,456,10,769,11,294,22,063,9.66,9.24,19.80,
Barcelona,1,503,884,1,643,542,1,752,627,-109,085,-139,658,-248,743,-6.22,-8.50,-14.19,
Bilbao,349,972,369,839,433,115,-63,276,-19,867,-83,143,-14.61,-5.37,-19.20,
Burgos,166,187,160,278,152,545,7,733,5,909,13,642,5.07,3.69,8.94,
Cáceres,82,716,74,589,65,758,8,831,8,127,16,958,13.43,10.90,25.79,
Cádiz,133,363,154,347,156,711,-2,364,-20,984,-23,348,-1.51,-13.60,-14.90,
Castellón de la Plana/Castelló de la Plana,147,667,134,213,124,487,9,726,13,454,23,180,7.81,10.02,18.62,
Ciudad Real,63,251,57,030,50,151,6,879,6,221,13,100,13.72,10.91,26.12,
Córdoba,308,072,302,154,279,386,22,768,5,918,28,686,8.15,1.96,10.27,
Coruña (A),236,379,246,953,231,721,15,232,-10,574,4,658,6.57,-4.28,2.01,
Cuenca,46,341,42,817,40,007,2,810,3,524,6,334,7.02,8.23,15.83,
Donostia-San Sebastián,178,377,171,439,172,303,-864,6,938,6,074,-0.50,4.05,3.53,
Girona,74,879,68,656,86,624,-17,968,6,223,-11,745,-20.74,9.06,-13.56,
Granada,240,661,255,212,246,642,8,570,-14,551,-5,981,3.47,-5.70,-2.42,
Guadalajara,68,248,63,649,55,137,8,512,4,599,13,111,15.44,7.23,23.78,
Huelva,142,284,142,547,127,822,14,725,-263,14,462,11.52,-0.18,11.31,
Huesca,46,243,44,165,41,455,2,710,2,078,4,788,6.54,4.71,11.55,
Jaén,112,590,103,260,95,783,7,477,9,330,16,807,7.81,9.04,17.55,
León,130,916,144,021,127,095,16,926,-13,105,3,821,13.32,-9.10,3.01,
Lleida,112,199,112,093,106,814,5,279,106,5,385,4.94,0.09,5.04,
Logroño,133,058,122,254,109,536,12,718,10,804,23,522,11.61,8.84,21.47,
Lugo,88,414,83,242,72,574,10,668,5,172,15,840,14.70,6.21,21.83,
Madrid,2,938,723,3,010,492,3,158,818,-148,326,-71,769,-220,095,-4.70,-2.38,-6.97,
Málaga,524,414,522,108,502,232,19,876,2,306,22,182,3.96,0.44,4.42,
Murcia,370,745,328,100,284,585,43,515,42,645,86,160,15.29,13.00,30.28,
Ourense,107,510,102,758,94,346,8,412,4,752,13,164,8.92,4.62,13.95,
Oviedo,201,154,196,051,184,473,11,578,5,103,16,681,6.28,2.60,9.04,
Palencia,79,797,77,863,71,716,6,147,1,934,8,081,8.57,2.48,11.27,
Palma de Mallorca,333,801,296,754,290,372,6,382,37,047,43,429,2.20,12.48,14.96,
Palmas de Gran Canaria (Las),354,863,354,877,360,098,-5,221,-14,-5,235,-1.45,0.00,-1.45,
Pamplona/Iruña,183,964,180,372,177,906,2,466,3,592,6,058,1.39,1.99,3.41,
Pontevedra,74,942,71,491,64,184,7,307,3,451,10,758,11.38,4.83,16.76,
Salamanca,156,368,162,888,153,981,8,907,-6,520,2,387,5.78,-4.00,1.55,
Santa Cruz de Tenerife,188,477,200,172,185,899,14,273,-11,695,2,578,7.68,-5.84,1.39,
Santander,180,717,191,079,179,694,11,385,-10,362,1,023,6.34,-5.42,0.57,
Segovia,54,368,54,375,50,759,3,616,-7,3,609,7.12,-0.01,7.11,
Sevilla,684,633,683,028,645,817,37,211,1,605,38,816,5.76,0.23,6.01,
Soria,35,151,32,360,30,326,2,034,2,791,4,825,6.71,8.62,15.91,
Tarragona,113,129,110,153,109,112,1,041,2,976,4,017,0.95,2.70,3.68,
Teruel,31,158,28,487,25,935,2,552,2,671,5,223,9.84,9.38,20.14,
Toledo,68,382,59,802,54,335,5,467,8,580,14,047,10.06,14.35,25.85,
Valencia,738,441,752,909,744,748,8,161,-14,468,-6,307,1.10,-1.92,-0.85,
Valladolid,316,580,330,700,320,293,10,407,-14,120,-3,713,3.25,-4.27,-1.16,
Vitoria-Gasteiz,216,852,206,116,189,533,16,583,10,736,27,319,8.75,5.21,14.41,
Zamora,64,845,64,476,58,560,5,916,369,6,285,10.10,0.57,10.73,
Zaragoza,614,905,594,394,571,855,22,539,20,511,43,050,3.94,3.45,7.53,
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Source: National Statistics Institute