Home › World › Spain

Spain: cities by population

Spain has a population of 46,723,749; Madrid is both its capital and its largest city. 6,718 places recorded across 19 autonomous communities.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

Largest cities

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Madrid	Madrid	3,255,944
2	Barcelona	Catalonia	1,686,208
3	Valencia	Valencia	824,340
4	Zaragoza	Aragon	686,986
5	Sevilla	Andalusia	686,741
6	Málaga	Andalusia	592,346
7	Murcia	Murcia	471,982
8	Palma	Balearic Islands	438,234
9	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Canary Islands	383,516
10	Alicante	Valencia	348,901
11	Bilbao	Basque Country	347,342
12	Córdoba	Andalusia	325,708
13	Valladolid	Castille and León	300,618
14	Vigo	Galicia	293,642
15	Gijón	Asturias	271,780
16	Gasteiz / Vitoria	Basque Country	257,407
17	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	Catalonia	257,038
18	A Coruña	Galicia	250,438
19	Elche	Valencia	234,765
20	Granada	Andalusia	233,532
21	Ciudad Lineal	Madrid	228,171
22	Oviedo	Asturias	220,027
23	Terrassa	Catalonia	218,535
24	Badalona	Catalonia	217,741
25	Cartagena	Murcia	213,943
26	Jerez de la Frontera	Andalusia	212,879
27	Sabadell	Catalonia	211,734
28	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Canary Islands	211,359
29	Pamplona	Navarre	208,243
30	Móstoles	Madrid	207,095
31	Almería	Andalusia	196,851
32	Alcalá de Henares	Madrid	193,751
33	Fuenlabrada	Madrid	190,496
34	Leganés	Madrid	188,425
35	Getafe	Madrid	187,525
36	Donostia / San Sebastián	Basque Country	185,357
37	Burgos	Castille and León	176,418
38	Santander	Cantabria	173,635
39	Albacete	Castille-La Mancha	173,050
40	Alcorcón	Madrid	172,384
41	Castelló de la Plana	Valencia	171,857
42	Marbella	Andalusia	156,295
43	Logroño	La Rioja	151,164
44	La Laguna	Canary Islands	150,661
45	Badajoz	Extremadura	150,530
46	Salamanca	Castille and León	144,825
47	Huelva	Andalusia	144,258
48	Tarragona	Catalonia	141,542
49	Lleida	Catalonia	140,797
50	Chamartín	Madrid	140,000