Building Censuses Population figures Population planning by Province and census population of 2001 and relative position in 1991 and 1981. Units: ? ,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