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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties, areas and provinces 2013
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,771 538 83.2
Alt Empordà 141,351 1,358 104.1
Alt Penedès 106,242 593 179.3
Alt Urgell 21,128 1,448 14.6
Alta Ribagorça 4,097 427 9.6
Anoia 118,467 866 136.8
Bages 185,718 1,299 143.0
Baix Camp 193,455 697 277.5
Baix Ebre 81,514 1,003 81.3
Baix Empordà 133,787 702 190.7
Baix Llobregat 808,644 486 1,663.9
Baix Penedès 101,100 297 341.0
Barcelonès 2,240,437 146 15,366.5
Berguedà 40,555 1,185 34.2
Cerdanya 18,630 547 34.1
Conca de Barberà 20,992 650 32.3
Garraf 146,609 185 792.1
Garrigues 20,058 798 25.1
Garrotxa 56,106 735 76.4
Gironès 185,085 576 321.6
Maresme 437,431 399 1,097.7
Montsià 71,577 735 97.3
Noguera 39,828 1,784 22.3
Osona 155,069 1,260 123.0
Pallars Jussà 13,607 1,343 10.1
Pallars Sobirà 7,330 1,378 5.3
Pla d'Urgell 37,249 305 122.1
Pla de l'Estany 31,325 263 119.2
Priorat 9,756 499 19.6
Ribera d'Ebre 23,477 827 28.4
Ripollès 25,995 957 27.2
Segarra 22,971 723 31.8
Segrià 210,141 1,397 150.5
Selva 173,128 995 174.0
Solsonès 13,621 1,001 13.6
Tarragonès 251,226 319 786.6
Terra Alta 12,310 743 16.6
Urgell 36,863 580 63.6
Val d'Aran 10,090 634 15.9
Vallès Occidental 898,921 583 1,541.6
Vallès Oriental 402,989 851 473.5
Catalonia 7,553,650 32,108 235.3
Metropolità 4,788,422 2,464 1,943.0
Comarques Gironines 746,777 5,584 133.7
Camp de Tarragona 520,200 2,703 192.4
Terres de l'Ebre 188,878 3,309 57.1
Ponent 367,110 5,586 65.7
Comarques Centrals 394,963 4,746 83.2
Alt Pirineu i Aran 74,882 5,776 13.0
Penedès 472,418 1,941 243.4
Barcelona 5,540,925 7,726 717.1
Girona 761,632 5,905 129.0
Lleida 440,915 12,168 36.2
Tarragona 810,178 6,308 128.4
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: January 3, 2014.

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 on 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.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". 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 "..".