Largest Cities by Population in Spain

153 cities in Spain with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the population register of January 1, 2025 (by National Statistics Institute, Spain).

Rank	City	Population
1	Madrid	3,477,497
2	Barcelona	1,713,247
3	Valencia	841,558
4	Zaragoza	699,007
5	Sevilla	688,714
6	Málaga	597,173
7	Murcia	477,631
8	Palma de Mallorca (Palma)	443,196
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	384,023
10	Alicante (Alicant)	365,586
11	Bilbao	350,975
12	Córdoba	324,159
13	Valladolid	301,798
14	Vigo	295,735
15	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	292,161
16	Gijón	271,259
17	Vitoria-Gasteiz	260,402
18	A Coruña (La Coruña)	251,277
19	Elche (Elx)	245,575
20	Granada	235,294
21	Terrassa (Tarrasa)	232,676
22	Badalona	230,642
23	Sabadell	224,589
24	Oviedo	223,576
25	Cartagena	220,400
26	Jerez de la Frontera	215,025
27	Móstoles	214,293
28	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	211,498
29	Pamplona (Iruña)	209,676
30	Almería	204,772
31	Alcalá de Henares	202,549
32	Leganés	195,946
33	Getafe	195,628
34	Fuenlabrada	189,814
35	San Sebastián (Donostia)	189,507
36	Castellón de la Plana (Castelló de la Plana)	183,709
37	Burgos	178,370
38	Alcorcón	176,806
39	Santander	175,082
40	Albacete	175,068
41	San Cristóbal de la Laguna (La Laguna)	161,927
42	Marbella	160,478
43	Logroño	151,681
44	Badajoz	150,870
45	Lleida (Lérida)	147,369
46	Salamanca	145,583
47	Torrejón de Ardoz	144,211
48	Huelva	143,774
49	Tarragona	143,260
50	Dos Hermanas	142,463
51	Parla	138,012
52	Mataró	131,370
53	Algeciras	126,500
54	León	124,091
55	Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Santa Coloma de Gramanet)	123,250
56	Alcobendas	123,222
57	Jaén	112,119
58	Reus	111,911
59	Cádiz	110,123
60	Roquetas de Mar	110,054
61	Girona (Gerona)	108,352
62	Ourense (Orense)	105,609
63	Telde	104,933
64	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	103,243
65	Barakaldo (San Vicente de Baracaldo)	103,084
66	Santiago de Compostela	100,842
67	Torrevieja	100,470
68	Lugo	100,071
69	Las Rozas de Madrid	99,579
70	Lorca	98,613
71	Sant Cugat del Vallès	97,959
72	San Sebastián de los Reyes	97,330
73	Cáceres	96,598
74	Mijas	94,320
75	San Fernando	93,490
76	Guadalajara	92,798
77	Cornellà de Llobregat	92,255
78	Torrent (Torrente)	91,353
79	Chiclana de la Frontera	90,997
80	El Ejido	90,617
81	El Puerto de Santa María	90,242
82	Pozuelo de Alarcón	89,474
83	Arona	89,036
84	Vélez-Málaga	87,798
85	Toledo	87,074
86	Melilla	87,067
87	Valdemoro	86,078
88	Sant Boi de Llobregat	85,317
89	Fuengirola	84,857
90	Talavera de la Reina	84,413
91	Orihuela	84,279
92	Ceuta	83,567
93	Pontevedra	83,339
94	Gandia	82,909
95	Rubí	82,825
96	Manresa	80,692
97	Coslada	80,365
98	Estepona	79,593
99	Santa Lucía de Tirajana	79,506
100	Benalmádena	78,787
101	Molina de Segura	78,210
102	Alcalá de Guadaíra	77,718
103	Palencia	77,369
104	Benidorm	77,211
105	Ciudad Real	76,087
106	Getxo (Guecho)	75,967
107	Avilés	75,915
108	Paterna	75,805
109	Majadahonda	73,662
110	Sagunto (Sagunt)	73,416
111	Vilanova i la Geltrú	71,305
112	Torremolinos	71,270
113	Arrecife	70,265
114	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	69,952
115	Castelldefels	69,689
116	Collado Villalba	67,956
117	Viladecans	67,536
118	Boadilla del Monte	66,319
119	El Prat de Llobregat	66,251
120	La Línea de la Concepción	65,420
121	Granollers	65,123
122	Ferrol (El Ferrol)	64,903
123	Aranjuez	63,838
124	Irun	63,737
125	Ponferrada	63,112
126	Alcoy (Alcoi)	61,613
127	San Vicente del Raspeig (Sant Vicent del Raspeig)	60,428
128	Mérida	60,319
129	Motril	60,160
130	Arganda del Rey	60,105
131	Zamora	59,857
132	Ávila	59,480
133	Granadilla de Abona	59,126
134	Colmenar Viejo	58,654
135	Cerdanyola del Vallès	58,264
136	Pinto	56,592
137	Linares	55,689
138	Elda	55,554
139	Huesca	55,033
140	San Bartolomé de Tirajana	54,925
141	Ibiza (Eivissa)	54,628
142	Tres Cantos	54,506
143	Calvià	54,082
144	Cuenca	53,761
145	Vila-real (Villarreal)	53,634
146	Siero	52,997
147	Mollet del Vallès	52,759
148	Utrera	52,489
149	Rincón de la Victoria	52,355
150	Segovia	52,189
151	Torrelavega	51,668
152	Adeje	50,612
153	Vic	50,405

Source: National Statistics Institute, Spain (2025 register), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

83 urban areas in Spain with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Madrid	5,591,755	+0.15%	646	8,659	73	5,624,369	5,588,668
2	Barcelona	3,996,022	+0.33%	456	8,771	116	4,049,293	4,117,282
3	Valencia	1,391,625	+0.11%	210	6,633	369	1,397,943	1,375,750
4	Bilbao	738,560	−0.44%	93	7,942	733	725,620	661,007
5	Seville	697,348	−0.31%	79	8,827	774	688,726	642,550
6	Zaragoza	582,884	−0.45%	65	8,967	952	572,289	519,783
7	Málaga	520,873	−0.19%	74	7,039	1,072	516,949	492,100
8	Palma de Mallorca	478,978	+1.14%	89	5,370	1,167	500,893	565,669
9	Alicante	398,071	+0.03%	73	5,453	1,440	398,565	391,844
10	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	381,756	+0.02%	52	7,341	1,510	382,099	372,353
11	Granada	366,458	−0.21%	77	4,759	1,573	363,388	333,091
12	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	356,708	−0.29%	61	5,848	1,621	352,530	329,595
13	Murcia	332,897	+0.58%	75	4,462	1,743	340,619	335,172
14	Valladolid	323,883	+0.21%	54	5,976	1,787	326,611	323,534
15	Vigo	288,378	−0.45%	67	4,304	2,033	283,138	256,829
16	Pamplona	286,872	−0.47%	41	6,997	2,048	281,500	253,602
17	A Coruña	271,418	−0.55%	50	5,450	2,176	265,412	239,241
18	Terrassa	264,940	+0.35%	37	7,122	2,231	268,600	271,973
19	Gijón	254,389	−0.44%	49	5,192	2,321	249,920	228,039
20	Vitoria-Gasteiz	245,532	−0.46%	42	5,846	2,415	241,010	215,917
21	Córdoba	241,276	−0.21%	32	7,540	2,462	239,266	227,137
22	Donostia / San Sebastián	228,933	−0.56%	44	5,227	2,596	223,784	204,261
23	Oviedo / Uviéu	213,595	−0.45%	21	10,171	2,805	209,711	191,609
24	Sant Boi de Llobregat	213,030	+0.24%	27	7,890	2,814	215,110	222,536
25	Santander	209,980	−0.83%	56	3,736	2,869	202,978	153,153
26	Jerez	186,271	−0.31%	29	6,423	3,274	183,955	169,996
27	Alcalá de Henares	178,653	+0.77%	29	6,203	3,424	184,186	185,730
28	Marbella	160,968	−0.19%	58	2,775	3,803	159,765	148,457
29	Torrejón de Ardoz	160,573	+0.16%	27	5,947	3,814	161,599	160,846
30	Logroño	159,406	−0.46%	21	7,591	3,846	156,486	141,481
31	Burgos	155,970	+0.33%	23	6,723	3,933	158,008	156,656
32	Almeria	155,869	−0.39%	59	2,651	3,941	153,459	140,034
33	Salamanca	149,473	+0.06%	18	8,304	4,104	149,851	161,407
34	Tarragona	148,414	+0.38%	41	3,620	4,143	150,645	153,520
35	León	147,583	−0.47%	24	6,149	4,176	144,784	131,735
36	Elx / Elche	146,854	+0.02%	26	5,648	4,195	146,951	144,165
37	Mairena del Aljarafe	145,921	−0.30%	36	4,053	4,228	144,145	134,244
38	Castelló de la Plana	145,047	+2.69%	19	7,477	4,250	160,625	157,657
39	Mataró	140,623	+0.24%	18	7,812	4,382	141,957	208,707
40	Lleida	138,681	+0.32%	23	6,030	4,445	140,442	142,203
41	Albacete	137,439	−0.01%	19	7,234	4,479	137,397	134,629
42	Girona	129,768	+0.32%	27	4,806	4,766	131,432	136,407
43	Torremolinos	127,387	−0.20%	38	3,352	4,856	126,393	106,639
44	Huelva	127,071	−0.30%	14	9,077	4,868	125,531	117,117
45	Algeciras	124,651	−0.19%	31	4,021	4,984	123,717	117,887
46	Cádiz	117,548	−0.28%	23	5,111	5,302	116,243	119,418
47	Cartagena	112,275	0.00%	22	5,103	5,563	112,280	110,075
48	Badajoz	104,681	−0.31%	16	6,543	5,981	103,374	94,873
49	Granollers	100,512	+0.25%	20	5,026	6,223	101,524	102,309
50	Dos Hermanas	93,288	−0.32%	20	4,664	6,713	92,108	80,991
51	Ourense	90,862	−0.47%	16	5,679	6,917	89,155	80,214
52	Reus	90,742	+0.16%	14	6,482	6,929	91,335	97,372
53	Fuengirola	90,269	−0.21%	22	4,103	6,961	89,504	85,121
54	Jaén	88,192	−0.23%	10	8,819	7,138	87,390	82,652
55	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	86,775	+0.13%	19	4,567	7,260	87,213	86,314
56	San Fernando	82,576	−0.30%	13	6,352	7,662	81,586	74,712
57	Ceuta	81,583	+0.05%	21	3,885	7,742	81,753	79,870
58	Castelldefels	78,621	+0.38%	18	4,368	8,051	79,805	83,061
59	Melilla	78,117	−0.16%	13	6,009	8,094	77,631	74,325
60	Manresa	76,937	+0.27%	14	5,495	8,217	77,756	78,541
61	Collado Villalba	74,897	+0.09%	14	5,350	8,418	75,172	75,782
62	Guadalajara	71,812	+1.68%	13	5,699	8,760	76,632	75,866
63	Avilés	69,229	−0.47%	20	3,461	9,057	67,922	61,525
64	Elda	69,206	−0.02%	11	6,291	9,060	69,146	67,639
65	Telde	68,946	+0.04%	30	2,298	9,097	69,051	67,267
66	Valdemoro	67,460	+0.50%	11	6,023	9,295	68,808	71,651
67	Vilanova i la Geltrú	67,215	+0.26%	17	3,954	9,337	67,913	68,728
68	Torrevieja	65,598	+0.03%	26	2,523	9,573	65,667	64,422
69	Cuartería El Uno	65,065	−0.03%	20	3,253	9,650	64,994	62,965
70	El Puerto de Santa María	63,562	−0.31%	29	2,192	9,881	62,785	55,703
71	Palencia	63,301	+0.08%	12	5,275	9,928	63,509	62,710
72	Ferrol	63,292	−0.48%	18	3,516	9,930	62,082	55,114
73	Los Cristianos	60,402	−0.32%	22	2,746	10,374	59,624	55,393
74	Talavera de la Reina	59,564	+0.09%	10	5,956	10,502	59,787	59,127
75	Igualada	59,525	+0.75%	13	4,509	10,509	61,314	61,995
76	Ciudad Real	55,556	−0.23%	9.00	6,173	11,219	55,050	52,123
77	Alcoi / Alcoy	54,854	+0.06%	10	5,485	11,350	54,980	53,973
78	La Orotava	54,459	−0.30%	19	2,866	11,435	53,812	–
79	Cáceres	54,334	−0.33%	11	4,939	11,462	53,612	–
80	Sant Andreu de la Barca	54,274	+0.97%	17	3,270	11,476	56,387	57,158
81	Ibiza	54,133	+0.46%	15	3,609	11,512	55,131	67,856
82	Benidorm	53,997	0.00%	13	4,154	11,533	54,001	52,929
83	Arganda del Rey	52,454	+0.08%	11	4,769	11,820	52,623	51,992

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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