Population and Housing Censuses  
Variations in the population
Variations in the population by Autonomous Community and province and censal year
Units: persons and percentages

	2011/1981 Census absolute variation	2011/1991 Census absolute variation	2011/2001 Census absolute variation	Census 2011/1981 relative variation in percentages	Census 2011/1991 relative variation in percentages	Census 2011/2001 relative variation in percentages	
TOTAL NATIONAL	9,132,553	7,943,648	5,968,545	24.23	20.44	14.61	
ANDALUCÍA	1,930,121	1,430,748	1,013,712	29.97	20.61	13.78	
Almería	277,888	233,240	152,005	67.64	51.21	28.32	
Cádiz	256,345	166,328	128,241	25.94	15.42	11.49	
Córdoba	81,750	48,123	40,918	11.34	6.38	5.37	
Granada	163,450	131,585	100,440	21.54	16.65	12.22	
Huelva	101,300	76,419	57,316	24.20	17.23	12.39	
Jaén	27,621	29,851	23,664	4.32	4.68	3.68	
Málaga	569,179	433,965	307,791	55.50	37.38	23.92	
Sevilla	452,589	311,238	203,338	30.61	19.22	11.77	
ARAGÓN	147,544	155,692	140,294	12.33	13.10	11.65	
Huesca	11,053	18,152	19,460	5.14	8.73	9.42	
Teruel	-10,295	-518	7,304	-6.71	-0.36	5.38	
Zaragoza	146,786	138,058	113,530	17.71	16.49	13.17	
ASTURIAS, PRINCIPADO DE	-54,389	-18,754	12,185	-4.81	-1.71	1.15	
BALEARS, ILLES	444,558	391,365	258,834	67.77	55.19	30.75	
CANARIAS	714,986	588,871	388,178	52.28	39.42	22.91	
Palmas, Las	378,442	319,256	199,549	53.39	41.57	22.48	
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	336,543	269,614	188,628	51.08	37.15	23.38	
CANTABRIA	79,419	65,216	57,411	15.48	12.37	10.73	
CASTILLA Y LEÓN	-42,971	-5,738	83,714	-1.66	-0.23	3.41	
Ávila	-11,943	-2,731	8,205	-6.51	-1.57	5.02	
Burgos	9,015	19,766	23,604	2.48	5.60	6.76	
León	-30,301	-32,584	4,561	-5.79	-6.20	0.93	
Palencia	-17,966	-14,966	-3,630	-9.53	-8.07	-2.08	
Salamanca	-14,297	-7,783	4,409	-3.92	-2.18	1.28	
Segovia	13,809	15,983	15,477	9.25	10.86	10.48	
Soria	-6,109	73	3,893	-6.07	0.08	4.29	
Valladolid	50,980	38,558	34,671	10.58	7.80	6.96	
Zamora	-36,160	-22,055	-7,477	-15.88	-10.32	-3.76	
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA	457,697	447,885	345,815	27.76	27.01	19.64	
Albacete	62,206	58,903	36,745	18.33	17.19	10.07	
Ciudad Real	51,498	51,193	47,671	10.84	10.77	9.95	
Cuenca	-810	9,967	14,819	-0.38	4.86	7.40	
Guadalajara	113,969	111,849	82,443	79.44	76.82	47.11	
Toledo	230,834	215,973	164,137	48.63	44.12	30.32	
CATALUÑA	1,563,246	1,460,349	1,176,733	26.24	24.10	18.55	
Barcelona	899,203	868,158	716,638	19.45	18.65	14.91	
Girona	284,794	242,178	186,502	60.98	47.52	32.99	
Lleida	85,266	84,973	76,222	24.14	24.04	21.04	
Tarragona	293,983	265,040	197,371	57.30	48.90	32.37	
COMUNITAT VALENCIANA	1,363,061	1,152,697	847,155	37.38	29.88	20.35	
Alicante/Alacant	702,981	559,603	390,241	61.17	43.29	26.69	
Castellón/Castelló	162,515	147,679	109,857	37.63	33.06	22.67	
Valencia/València	497,565	445,415	347,057	24.09	21.03	15.66	
EXTREMADURA	39,523	42,647	45,996	3.71	4.02	4.35	
Badajoz	48,280	41,411	36,917	7.50	6.37	5.64	
Cáceres	-8,756	1,237	9,080	-2.08	0.30	2.25	
GALICIA	-39,014	41,259	77,048	-1.39	1.51	2.86	
Coruña, A	48,164	44,320	45,259	4.41	4.04	4.13	
Lugo	-57,310	-36,298	-9,581	-14.14	-9.44	-2.68	
Ourense	-101,478	-24,794	-9,749	-23.59	-7.01	-2.88	
Pontevedra	71,609	58,030	51,118	8.11	6.47	5.66	
MADRID, COMUNIDAD DE	1,734,791	1,474,319	998,490	37.01	29.80	18.41	
MURCIA, REGIÓN DE	506,630	416,527	264,482	53.02	39.84	22.08	
NAVARRA, COMUNIDAD FORAL DE	131,127	120,852	84,300	25.76	23.27	15.17	
PAÍS VASCO	43,424	81,352	102,806	2.03	3.87	4.94	
Araba/Álava	62,915	48,331	34,391	24.40	17.74	12.01	
Bizkaia	-33,185	1,084	33,553	-2.79	0.09	2.99	
Gipuzkoa	13,694	31,937	34,862	1.97	4.72	5.18	
RIOJA, LA	66,821	57,739	44,471	26.27	21.92	16.07	
Ceuta	18,253	15,902	12,012	27.97	23.52	16.80	
Melilla	27,730	24,723	14,912	51.74	43.68	22.45	
Notes:
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística