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Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants Catalonia. 2024
Population Surface area km² Density inh./km² Ranking by number of inh.
Barcelona 1,686,208 101.4 16,637.5 1
Hospitalet de Llobregat, l' 282,299 12.4 22,766.0 2
Terrassa 228,294 70.2 3,253.9 3
Badalona 226,219 21.2 10,680.8 4
Sabadell 221,564 37.8 5,863.0 5
Lleida 144,878 212.3 682.4 6
Tarragona 141,018 57.9 2,436.0 7
Mataró 130,887 22.5 5,809.5 8
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 120,903 7.0 17,271.9 9
Reus 109,961 52.8 2,081.8 10
Girona 106,476 39.1 2,721.8 11
Sant Cugat del Vallès 98,649 48.2 2,045.4 12
Cornellà de Llobregat 91,196 7.0 13,046.6 13
Sant Boi de Llobregat 84,588 21.5 3,939.8 14
Rubí 81,523 32.3 2,523.9 15
Manresa 79,737 41.6 1,914.9 16
Vilanova i la Geltrú 70,293 34.0 2,068.0 17
Castelldefels 69,196 12.9 5,376.5 18
Viladecans 67,179 20.4 3,293.1 19
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,910 31.4 2,098.4 20
Granollers 63,897 14.9 4,297.0 21
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,831 30.6 1,892.4 22
Mollet del Vallès 52,045 10.8 4,832.4 23
Vic 49,333 30.6 1,613.2 24
Figueres 48,670 19.3 2,521.8 25
Gavà 47,961 30.8 1,559.7 26
Esplugues de Llobregat 47,700 4.6 10,369.6 27
Sant Feliu de Llobregat 46,381 11.8 3,923.9 28
Lloret de Mar 42,134 48.7 865.0 29
Blanes 41,935 17.7 2,374.6 30
Igualada 41,755 8.1 5,148.6 31
Vilafranca del Penedès 41,541 19.7 2,114.0 32
Vendrell, el 40,526 36.8 1,101.2 33
Ripollet 39,430 4.3 9,106.2 34
Olot 38,836 29.0 1,337.8 35
Sant Adrià de Besòs 38,672 3.8 10,123.6 36
Montcada i Reixac 37,096 23.5 1,580.6 37
Cambrils 36,686 35.2 1,041.9 38
Tortosa 35,513 218.5 162.5 39
Sant Joan Despí 35,012 6.2 5,674.6 40
Salt 33,946 6.6 5,112.3 41
Barberà del Vallès 33,644 8.3 4,048.6 42
Sitges 32,496 43.9 741.1 43
Sant Pere de Ribes 32,006 40.8 784.5 44
Calafell 31,567 20.4 1,548.9 45
Salou 30,442 15.1 2,012.0 46
Pineda de Mar 29,415 10.7 2,738.8 47
Premià de Mar 28,928 2.1 13,710.0 48
Sant Vicenç dels Horts 28,595 9.1 3,135.4 49
Martorell 28,483 12.8 2,232.2 50
Sant Andreu de la Barca 27,039 5.5 4,916.2 51
Molins de Rei 26,930 15.9 1,689.5 52
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda 25,936 15.8 1,638.4 53
Castellar del Vallès 25,301 44.9 563.4 54
Valls 25,085 55.3 453.8 55
Olesa de Montserrat 24,703 16.6 1,485.4 56
Masnou, el 24,444 3.4 7,210.6 57
Palafrugell 24,245 26.9 902.0 58
Vila-seca 24,061 21.6 1,111.9 59
Sant Feliu de Guíxols 22,934 16.2 1,413.1 60
Amposta 22,623 138.3 163.6 61
Esparreguera 22,499 27.4 821.1 62
Manlleu 21,291 17.2 1,240.0 63
Vilassar de Mar 21,169 4.0 5,292.2 64
Sant Just Desvern 20,815 7.8 2,665.2 65
Banyoles 20,707 11.1 1,873.9 66
Franqueses del Vallès, les 20,667 29.1 709.2 67
Roses 20,255 45.9 441.2 68
Calella 20,207 8.0 2,525.9 69
Sant Quirze del Vallès 20,110 14.1 1,429.3 70
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.

Last update: December 19, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Density
Total population divided by the surface area, expressed in inhabitants per square kilometre.
Population
All inhabitants of a given place. Since 1996, when the continuous management system was established for the Municipal Population Register, in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, official population figures for municipalities have been obtained annually using data referred to January 1 of each year.
Surface area
Extension of the territory, measured in square kilometres, which lies within the administrative boundaries of a certain municipality. Also includes enclaves that some municipalities have that are located within other counties.

Methodological aspects

The Municipal population register is the administrative record containing the residents of a given municipality and it constitutes proof that they reside in the municipality and have their usual home there. Statistical processing of the municipal population register provides figures on the number of people registered in the population census in each municipality in Catalonia.

The new county of El Moianès was created as of 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".

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