🇪🇸 Spain Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Spain is 47,850,793, ranking #34 in the world (0.58% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is shrinking at -0.10% per year. The biggest city is Madrid with 3,255,944 inhabitants.

Live estimate

47,849,663

Growth rate

-0.10%

Density

people / km² (247 / mi²)

Median age

46.3

Fertility rate

1.24

births per woman

Life expectancy

84.1

years

Spain population 1950–2100

Population of Spain, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Spain is projected to reach 44,928,558, and 33,127,478 by 2100.

Spain population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	47,850,793	-0.10%	95.3	46.3
2025	47,889,958	-0.06%	95.3	45.9
2024	47,910,526	-0.02%	95.4	45.4
2023	47,911,580	0.02%	95.4	44.9
2022	47,828,382	0.33%	95.2	44.4
2021	47,735,664	0.06%	95.0	43.9
2020	47,679,489	0.18%	94.9	43.5
2019	47,435,119	0.85%	94.4	43.1
2018	47,092,821	0.60%	93.7	42.8
2017	46,868,596	0.36%	93.3	42.4
2016	46,732,771	0.22%	93.0	42.0
2015	46,683,686	-0.01%	92.9	41.6
2014	46,720,188	-0.14%	93.0	41.1
2013	46,860,389	-0.46%	93.3	40.6
2012	47,018,323	-0.22%	93.6	40.1
2011	46,998,043	0.30%	93.6	39.6
2010	46,840,472	0.37%	93.2	39.2
2009	46,635,180	0.51%	92.8	38.8
2008	46,235,054	1.21%	92.0	38.4
2007	45,516,507	1.92%	90.6	38.2
2006	44,695,448	1.72%	89.0	38.0
2005	43,958,885	1.61%	87.5	37.8
2004	43,234,566	1.72%	86.1	37.5
2003	42,506,543	1.68%	84.6	37.3
2002	41,755,704	1.89%	83.1	37.1
2001	41,245,599	0.56%	82.1	36.8
2000	41,019,774	0.53%	81.7	36.3
1999	40,812,856	0.48%	81.2	35.9
1998	40,617,440	0.48%	80.9	35.5
1997	40,423,826	0.47%	80.5	35.1
1996	40,237,372	0.45%	80.1	34.7
1995	40,052,738	0.47%	79.7	34.3
1994	39,858,721	0.50%	79.3	33.9
1993	39,651,621	0.54%	78.9	33.6
1992	39,420,346	0.63%	78.5	33.2
1991	39,201,759	0.48%	78.0	32.9
1990	39,084,979	0.12%	77.8	32.5
1989	39,029,558	0.17%	77.7	32.1
1988	38,952,264	0.23%	77.5	31.8
1987	38,852,010	0.29%	77.3	31.5
1986	38,735,705	0.31%	77.1	31.2
1985	38,601,321	0.38%	76.8	30.9
1984	38,437,482	0.47%	76.5	30.6
1983	38,253,244	0.49%	76.1	30.4
1982	38,047,101	0.59%	75.7	30.1
1981	37,812,712	0.65%	75.3	29.9
1980	37,537,564	0.81%	74.7	29.8
1979	37,230,372	0.83%	74.1	29.6
1978	36,904,968	0.93%	73.5	29.4
1977	36,551,270	1.00%	72.8	29.2
1976	36,176,280	1.06%	72.0	29.1
1975	35,795,769	1.05%	71.3	29.0
1974	35,361,762	1.39%	70.4	29.0
1973	34,926,524	1.08%	69.5	29.0
1972	34,539,867	1.14%	68.8	29.0
1971	34,157,451	1.08%	68.0	29.1
1970	33,812,723	0.94%	67.3	29.1
1969	33,496,936	0.93%	66.7	29.3
1968	33,170,120	1.03%	66.0	29.4
1967	32,820,751	1.09%	65.3	29.4
1966	32,465,884	1.08%	64.6	29.3
1965	32,110,668	1.12%	63.9	29.2
1964	31,741,586	1.20%	63.2	29.1
1963	31,379,827	1.10%	62.5	28.9
1962	31,040,106	1.08%	61.8	28.8
1961	30,699,567	1.13%	61.1	28.6
1960	30,404,939	0.80%	60.5	28.4
1959	30,140,707	0.94%	60.0	28.2
1958	29,849,659	1.00%	59.4	28.1
1957	29,569,964	0.89%	58.9	28.0
1956	29,323,670	0.79%	58.4	27.8
1955	29,089,776	0.82%	57.9	27.7
1954	28,857,828	0.79%	57.4	27.5
1953	28,632,697	0.78%	57.0	27.2
1952	28,406,041	0.81%	56.5	27.0
1951	28,214,860	0.54%	56.2	26.8
1950	28,077,049	0.44%	55.9	26.5

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	47,802,271	-0.10%	95.2	46.8
2028	47,748,566	-0.12%	95.0	47.2
2029	47,685,764	-0.14%	94.9	47.6
2030	47,610,520	-0.17%	94.8	48.0
2031	47,523,489	-0.19%	94.6	48.4
2032	47,433,522	-0.19%	94.4	48.8
2033	47,344,056	-0.19%	94.2	49.2
2034	47,252,139	-0.20%	94.1	49.5
2035	47,154,196	-0.22%	93.9	49.8
2036	47,049,470	-0.23%	93.7	50.1
2037	46,940,809	-0.23%	93.4	50.4
2038	46,830,186	-0.24%	93.2	50.6
2039	46,714,654	-0.26%	93.0	50.8
2040	46,591,674	-0.27%	92.7	51.0
2041	46,463,105	-0.28%	92.5	51.2
2042	46,327,610	-0.30%	92.2	51.4
2043	46,187,923	-0.30%	91.9	51.5
2044	46,041,010	-0.34%	91.7	51.6
2045	45,879,964	-0.36%	91.3	51.7
2046	45,708,980	-0.38%	91.0	51.8
2047	45,529,637	-0.41%	90.6	51.8
2048	45,342,101	-0.42%	90.3	51.8
2049	45,140,662	-0.47%	89.9	51.8
2050	44,928,558	-0.47%	89.4	51.8
2051	44,712,279	-0.49%	89.0	51.7
2052	44,480,747	-0.55%	88.5	51.7
2053	44,229,848	-0.59%	88.0	51.7
2054	43,969,185	-0.60%	87.5	51.7
2055	43,702,732	-0.62%	87.0	51.7
2056	43,418,723	-0.69%	86.4	51.7
2057	43,121,616	-0.69%	85.8	51.7
2058	42,824,438	-0.69%	85.2	51.8
2059	42,521,116	-0.73%	84.6	51.9
2060	42,210,838	-0.74%	84.0	52.0
2061	41,892,753	-0.78%	83.4	52.2
2062	41,566,223	-0.79%	82.7	52.3
2063	41,240,292	-0.79%	82.1	52.4
2064	40,914,110	-0.80%	81.4	52.5
2065	40,590,376	-0.79%	80.8	52.6
2066	40,271,850	-0.79%	80.2	52.6
2067	39,956,629	-0.78%	79.5	52.7
2068	39,644,111	-0.79%	78.9	52.7
2069	39,337,025	-0.77%	78.3	52.7
2070	39,035,769	-0.77%	77.7	52.7
2071	38,741,025	-0.74%	77.1	52.7
2072	38,453,574	-0.74%	76.5	52.6
2073	38,173,658	-0.72%	76.0	52.5
2074	37,903,808	-0.70%	75.5	52.4
2075	37,644,622	-0.67%	74.9	52.2
2076	37,397,887	-0.65%	74.4	52.1
2077	37,163,397	-0.61%	74.0	52.0
2078	36,942,005	-0.58%	73.5	51.8
2079	36,729,338	-0.57%	73.1	51.7
2080	36,524,535	-0.55%	72.7	51.6
2081	36,327,926	-0.53%	72.3	51.5
2082	36,139,448	-0.51%	71.9	51.5
2083	35,956,990	-0.51%	71.6	51.4
2084	35,778,726	-0.49%	71.2	51.3
2085	35,605,150	-0.48%	70.9	51.3
2086	35,436,926	-0.46%	70.5	51.3
2087	35,273,592	-0.46%	70.2	51.3
2088	35,109,160	-0.47%	69.9	51.3
2089	34,941,504	-0.48%	69.6	51.4
2090	34,774,237	-0.48%	69.2	51.4
2091	34,611,810	-0.46%	68.9	51.5
2092	34,453,467	-0.46%	68.6	51.6
2093	34,295,239	-0.46%	68.3	51.7
2094	34,136,023	-0.47%	68.0	51.7
2095	33,974,156	-0.48%	67.6	51.8
2096	33,811,183	-0.48%	67.3	51.9
2097	33,645,991	-0.50%	67.0	52.0
2098	33,475,732	-0.51%	66.6	52.1
2099	33,302,992	-0.52%	66.3	52.2
2100	33,127,478	-0.54%	65.9	52.2

States & provinces of Spain by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Madrid	7,009,268	14.6%
2	Barcelona	5,877,672	12.3%
3	Valencia	2,710,808	5.7%
4	Alicante	2,033,566	4.2%
5	Sevilla	1,900,224	4.0%
6	Málaga	1,593,068	3.3%
7	Cádiz	1,240,175	2.6%
8	Baleares	1,231,768	2.6%
9	Bizkaia	1,159,368	2.4%
10	Las Palmas	1,145,843	2.4%
11	La Coruña	1,128,449	2.4%
12	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1,067,173	2.2%
13	Asturias	1,009,599	2.1%
14	Zaragoza	954,811	2.0%
15	Pontevedra	947,869	2.0%
16	Granada	939,741	2.0%
17	Tarragona	822,309	1.7%
18	Gerona	786,596	1.6%
19	Córdoba	781,451	1.6%
20	Almería	760,964	1.6%
21	Gipuzkoa	726,712	1.5%
22	Toledo	689,635	1.4%
23	Navarra	678,333	1.4%
24	Badajoz	669,943	1.4%
25	Castellón	627,620	1.3%
26	Jaén	619,938	1.3%
27	Cantabria	590,851	1.2%
28	Valladolid	525,398	1.1%
29	Ciudad Real	524,962	1.1%
30	Huelva	483,792	1.0%
31	Murcia	471,982	1.0%
32	León	463,746	1.0%
33	Lérida	436,402	0.9%
34	Albacete	402,837	0.8%
35	Cáceres	388,652	0.8%
36	Burgos	358,948	0.8%
37	Álava	331,648	0.7%
38	Salamanca	331,473	0.7%
39	Lugo	325,048	0.7%
40	La Rioja	324,184	0.7%
41	Orense	304,467	0.6%
42	Guadalajara	280,225	0.6%
43	Huesca	219,345	0.5%
44	Cuenca	217,363	0.5%
45	Zamora	166,253	0.3%
46	Segovia	164,854	0.3%
47	Ávila	158,265	0.3%
48	Palencia	158,115	0.3%
49	Teruel	134,572	0.3%
50	Soria	90,183	0.2%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Spain

#	City	Region	Population
1	Madrid capital	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

FAQ

What is the population of Spain in 2026?

The population of Spain is 47,850,793 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Spain?

Madrid is the biggest city in Spain with 3,255,944 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Spain growing or shrinking?

The population of Spain is shrinking at -0.10% per year.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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