Population and Housing Censuses  
Variations in the population
Population order by province 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,..,..,..,..,
28 Madrid,6,421,874,1,1,1,1,
08 Barcelona,5,522,565,2,2,2,2,
46 Valencia/València,2,563,342,3,3,3,3,
41 Sevilla,1,930,941,4,4,4,4,
03 Alicante/Alacant,1,852,166,5,5,5,6,
29 Málaga,1,594,808,6,6,6,9,
30 Murcia,1,462,128,7,7,11,11,
11 Cádiz,1,244,732,8,9,10,10,
48 Bizkaia,1,156,190,9,8,7,5,
15 Coruña, A,1,141,286,10,10,8,8,
07 Balears, Illes,1,100,503,11,15,18,19,
35 Palmas, Las,1,087,225,12,13,15,16,
33 Asturias,1,075,183,13,11,9,7,
38 Santa Cruz de Tenerife,995,429,14,17,17,18,
50 Zaragoza,975,385,15,14,13,13,
36 Pontevedra,954,877,16,12,12,12,
18 Granada,922,100,17,16,14,14,
43 Tarragona,807,044,18,22,22,24,
14 Córdoba,802,575,19,18,16,15,
17 Girona,751,806,20,23,26,29,
20 Gipuzkoa,708,425,21,19,19,17,
45 Toledo,705,516,22,25,28,28,
06 Badajoz,691,799,23,20,20,20,
04 Almería,688,736,24,26,30,34,
23 Jaén,667,484,25,21,21,21,
31 Navarra,640,129,26,24,25,25,
12 Castellón/Castelló,594,423,27,30,31,30,
39 Cantabria,592,542,28,27,23,23,
47 Valladolid,532,765,29,28,27,26,
13 Ciudad Real,526,628,30,31,29,27,
21 Huelva,519,895,31,32,32,33,
24 León,493,312,32,29,24,22,
25 Lleida,438,428,33,35,37,38,
10 Cáceres,412,701,34,33,33,32,
02 Albacete,401,580,35,34,39,39,
09 Burgos,372,538,36,37,38,37,
37 Salamanca,350,018,37,38,35,36,
27 Lugo,348,067,38,36,34,35,
32 Ourense,328,697,39,39,36,31,
26 Rioja, La,321,173,40,41,41,41,
01 Araba/Álava,320,778,41,40,40,40,
19 Guadalajara,257,442,42,45,48,49,
22 Huesca,225,962,43,42,43,44,
16 Cuenca,215,165,44,43,44,43,
49 Zamora,191,613,45,44,42,42,
05 Ávila,171,647,46,47,46,46,
34 Palencia,170,513,47,46,45,45,
40 Segovia,163,171,48,48,47,48,
44 Teruel,143,162,49,49,49,47,
42 Soria,94,610,50,50,50,50,
51 Ceuta,83,517,51,51,51,51,
52 Melilla,81,323,52,52,52,52,
Notes:
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística