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