Population and Housing Censuses Variations in the population Population order by Autonomous Community and censal population of 2011 and relative position in 2011, 2001, 1991 and 1981 Units: persons and positions 2011 Census Population Relative position in 2011 Relative position in 2001 Relative position in 1991 Relative position in 1981 TOTAL NATIONAL 46,815,916 .. .. .. .. Andalucía 8,371,270 1 1 1 1 Cataluña 7,519,843 2 2 2 2 Madrid, Comunidad de 6,421,874 3 3 3 3 Comunitat Valenciana 5,009,931 4 4 4 4 Galicia 2,772,928 5 5 5 5 Castilla y León 2,540,188 6 6 6 6 País Vasco 2,185,393 7 7 7 7 Castilla - La Mancha 2,106,331 8 8 8 8 Canarias 2,082,655 9 9 9 9 Murcia, Región de 1,462,128 10 11 13 13 Aragón 1,344,509 11 10 10 10 Extremadura 1,104,499 12 13 12 12 Balears, Illes 1,100,503 13 14 14 14 Asturias, Principado de 1,075,183 14 12 11 11 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 640,129 15 15 16 16 Cantabria 592,542 16 16 15 15 Rioja, La 321,173 17 17 17 17 Ceuta 83,517 18 18 18 18 Melilla 81,323 19 19 19 19 Notes: Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística