Population and Housing Censuses Variations in the population Variations in the population by islands 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 Balears, Illes. TOTAL 1,100,503 841,669 709,138 655,909 444,594 391,365 258,834 68 55 31 Formentera 10,583 5,553 4,333 4,222 6,361 6,250 5,030 151 144 91 Ibiza 133,594 88,076 72,309 59,933 73,661 61,285 45,518 123 85 52 Mallorca 861,929 676,516 568,065 534,511 327,418 293,864 185,413 61 52 27 Menorca 94,397 71,524 64,431 57,243 37,154 29,966 22,873 65 47 32 Palmas, Las. TOTAL 1,087,225 887,676 767,969 708,762 378,463 319,256 199,549 53 42 22 Fuerteventura 102,941 60,273 36,908 27,104 75,837 66,033 42,668 280 179 71 Gran Canaria 846,085 730,622 666,150 630,937 215,148 179,935 115,463 34 27 16 Lanzarote 138,200 96,781 64,911 50,721 87,479 73,289 41,419 172 113 43 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. TOTAL 995,429 806,801 725,815 658,884 336,545 269,614 188,628 51 37 23 Gomera, La 21,680 18,285 15,963 18,760 2,920 5,717 3,395 16 36 19 Hierro, El 10,726 8,682 7,162 6,507 4,219 3,564 2,044 65 50 24 Palma, La 83,690 78,800 78,867 76,426 7,264 4,823 4,890 10 6 6 Tenerife 879,333 701,034 623,823 557,191 322,142 255,510 178,299 58 41 25 Notes: 1) In the Census of 1981, data are referred to the de jure population Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística