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Largest cities in Spain

Madrid, Spain has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 3,506,730 people (INE — Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles, revisión del Padrón Municipal 1 January 2025, 2025-01-01).

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Spain cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-08-13

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Madrid, Spain3,506,730 people2026-08-13
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
2Barcelona, Spain1,731,649 people2026-08-13
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
3Valencia, Spain840,792 people2026-08-13
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
4Zaragoza, Spain693,091 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
5Sevilla, Spain689,423 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
6Málaga, Spain599,063 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
7Murcia, Spain479,405 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
8Palma, Spain434,786 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
9Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las, Spain381,868 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
10Alacant/Alicante, Spain366,221 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
11Bilbao, Spain351,124 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
12Córdoba, Spain323,262 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
13Valladolid, Spain302,614 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
14Vigo, Spain294,489 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
15Hospitalet de Llobregat, L', Spain289,510 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
16Gijón, Spain269,894 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
17Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain260,699 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
18Coruña, A, Spain251,543 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
19Elx/Elche, Spain245,557 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
20Granada, Spain233,975 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
21Terrassa, Spain233,270 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
22Badalona, Spain231,542 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
23Sabadell, Spain225,368 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
24Oviedo, Spain223,968 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
25Cartagena, Spain220,704 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
26Móstoles, Spain214,817 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
27Jerez de la Frontera, Spain213,634 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
28Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain211,957 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
29Pamplona/Iruña, Spain209,094 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
30Almería, Spain205,468 people2026-06-07
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01

What the numbers say

  • Madrid, Spain leads at 3,506,730 people.
  • Almería, Spain sits at the other end with 205,468 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 289,510 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 3,301,262 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Spain show?

Madrid, Spain has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 3,506,730 people (INE — Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles, revisión del Padrón Municipal 1 January 2025, 2025-01-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed in 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2025-01-01
Last checked
2026-08-13
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, August 13). Largest cities in Spain [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cb4f5216ed3a0e305e12f03a0bb0a9da]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/spain-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-08-13. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-spain_813231fcce94,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Spain},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-08-13},
  version = {cb4f5216ed3a0e305e12f03a0bb0a9da},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/spain-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-08-13. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. INE — Cifras oficiales de población de los municipios españoles, revisión del Padrón Municipal 1 January 2025Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · Checked 2026-08-13
  2. Zaragoza - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  3. Sevilla - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  4. Málaga - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  5. Murcia - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  6. Palma - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  7. Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  8. Alacant/Alicante - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  9. Bilbao - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  10. Córdoba - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
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  1. Valladolid - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07
  2. Vigo - official statswww.ine.es · Checked 2026-06-07