Population and Housing Censuses Variations in the population Variations in the population by capital of province and censal year Units: persons and percentages 2011 Census Population 2001 Census Population 1991 Census Population 1981 Census Population 2011/1981 Census absolute variation 2011/1991 Census absolute variation 2011/2001 Census absolute variation 2011/1981 Census relative variation in percentages 2011/1991 Census relative variation in percentages 2011/2001 Census relative variation in percentages Total 14,927,554 13,782,693 13,826,923 13,692,681 1,234,873 1,100,631 1,144,861 9 8 8 02003 Albacete 171,999 148,934 130,023 116,484 55,515 41,976 23,065 48 32 15 03014 Alicante/Alacant 329,325 284,580 265,473 245,963 83,362 63,852 44,745 34 24 16 04013 Almería 189,680 166,328 155,120 140,745 48,935 34,560 23,352 35 22 14 05019 Ávila 59,482 49,712 45,977 40,173 19,309 13,505 9,770 48 29 20 06015 Badajoz 151,214 133,519 122,225 111,456 39,758 28,989 17,695 36 24 13 08019 Barcelona 1,611,013 1,503,884 1,643,542 1,752,627 -141,614 -32,529 107,129 -8 -2 7 48020 Bilbao 351,356 349,972 369,839 433,115 -81,759 -18,483 1,384 -19 -5 0 09059 Burgos 178,864 166,187 160,278 152,545 26,319 18,586 12,677 17 12 8 10037 Cáceres 95,616 82,716 74,589 65,758 29,858 21,027 12,900 45 28 16 11012 Cádiz 124,014 133,363 154,347 156,711 -32,697 -30,333 -9,349 -21 -20 -7 12040 Castellón de la Plana/Castelló de la Plana 176,298 147,667 134,213 124,487 51,811 42,085 28,631 42 31 19 13034 Ciudad Real 75,071 63,251 57,030 50,151 24,920 18,041 11,820 50 32 19 14021 Córdoba 328,326 308,072 302,154 279,386 48,940 26,172 20,254 18 9 7 15030 Coruña, A 245,053 236,379 246,953 231,721 13,332 -1,900 8,674 6 -1 4 16078 Cuenca 56,472 46,341 42,817 40,007 16,465 13,655 10,131 41 32 22 20069 Donostia-San Sebastián 185,512 178,377 171,439 172,303 13,209 14,073 7,135 8 8 4 17079 Girona 96,113 74,879 68,656 86,624 9,489 27,457 21,234 11 40 28 18087 Granada 241,003 240,661 255,212 246,642 -5,639 -14,209 342 -2 -6 0 19130 Guadalajara 84,404 68,248 63,649 55,137 29,267 20,755 16,156 53 33 24 21041 Huelva 147,808 142,284 142,547 127,822 19,986 5,261 5,524 16 4 4 22125 Huesca 52,031 46,243 44,165 41,455 10,576 7,866 5,788 26 18 13 23050 Jaén 116,469 112,590 103,260 95,783 20,686 13,209 3,879 22 13 3 24089 León 131,411 130,916 144,021 127,095 4,316 -12,610 495 3 -9 0 25120 Lleida 137,283 112,199 112,093 106,814 30,469 25,190 25,084 29 22 22 26089 Logroño 152,698 133,058 122,254 109,536 43,162 30,444 19,640 39 25 15 27028 Lugo 98,001 88,414 83,242 72,574 25,427 14,759 9,587 35 18 11 28079 Madrid 3,198,645 2,938,723 3,010,492 3,158,818 39,827 188,153 259,922 1 6 9 29067 Málaga 561,435 524,414 522,108 502,232 59,203 39,327 37,021 12 8 7 30030 Murcia 437,667 370,745 328,100 284,585 153,082 109,567 66,922 54 33 18 32054 Ourense 107,314 107,510 102,758 94,346 12,968 4,556 -196 14 4 -0 33044 Oviedo 225,005 201,154 196,051 184,473 40,532 28,954 23,851 22 15 12 34120 Palencia 81,089 79,797 77,863 71,716 9,373 3,226 1,292 13 4 2 07040 Palma 402,044 333,801 296,754 290,372 111,672 105,290 68,243 38 35 20 35016 Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las 381,271 354,863 354,877 360,098 21,173 26,394 26,408 6 7 7 31201 Pamplona/Iruña 195,943 183,964 180,372 177,906 18,037 15,571 11,979 10 9 7 36038 Pontevedra 82,346 74,942 71,491 64,184 18,162 10,855 7,404 28 15 10 37274 Salamanca 151,658 156,368 162,888 153,981 -2,323 -11,230 -4,710 -2 -7 -3 38038 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 204,476 188,477 200,172 185,899 18,577 4,304 15,999 10 2 8 39075 Santander 178,095 180,717 191,079 179,694 -1,599 -12,984 -2,622 -1 -7 -1 40194 Segovia 54,945 54,368 54,375 50,759 4,186 570 577 8 1 1 41091 Sevilla 698,042 684,633 683,028 645,817 52,225 15,014 13,409 8 2 2 42173 Soria 40,286 35,151 32,360 30,326 9,960 7,926 5,135 33 24 15 43148 Tarragona 133,223 113,129 110,153 109,112 24,111 23,070 20,094 22 21 18 44216 Teruel 35,660 31,158 28,487 25,935 9,725 7,173 4,502 37 25 14 45168 Toledo 83,872 68,382 59,802 54,335 29,537 24,070 15,490 54 40 23 46250 Valencia 792,054 738,441 752,909 744,748 47,306 39,145 53,613 6 5 7 47186 Valladolid 311,682 316,580 330,700 320,293 -8,611 -19,018 -4,898 -3 -6 -2 01059 Vitoria-Gasteiz 240,753 216,852 206,116 189,533 51,220 34,637 23,901 27 17 11 49275 Zamora 65,417 64,845 64,476 58,560 6,857 941 572 12 1 1 50297 Zaragoza 678,115 614,905 594,394 571,855 106,260 83,721 63,210 19 14 10 Notes: 1) In the Census of 1981, data are referred to the de jure population Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística