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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,578 538 82.9
Alt Empordà 140,214 1,358 103.3
Alt Penedès 106,262 593 179.3
Alt Urgell 20,878 1,448 14.4
Alta Ribagorça 3,873 427 9.1
Anoia 117,842 866 136.0
Bages 184,403 1,299 141.9
Baix Camp 190,249 697 272.9
Baix Ebre 80,637 1,003 80.4
Baix Empordà 132,886 702 189.4
Baix Llobregat 806,249 486 1,659.0
Baix Penedès 100,262 297 338.2
Barcelonès 2,227,238 146 15,281.2
Berguedà 40,039 1,185 33.8
Cerdanya 18,063 547 33.0
Conca de Barberà 20,723 650 31.9
Garraf 145,886 185 788.1
Garrigues 19,762 798 24.8
Garrotxa 56,036 735 76.3
Gironès 185,085 576 321.6
Maresme 437,919 399 1,098.8
Montsià 69,613 735 94.7
Noguera 39,376 1,784 22.1
Osona 154,897 1,260 122.9
Pallars Jussà 13,530 1,343 10.1
Pallars Sobirà 7,220 1,378 5.2
Pla d'Urgell 37,128 305 121.7
Pla de l'Estany 31,554 263 120.1
Priorat 9,550 499 19.2
Ribera d'Ebre 22,925 827 27.7
Ripollès 25,700 957 26.9
Segarra 22,713 723 31.4
Segrià 209,768 1,397 150.2
Selva 170,249 995 171.1
Solsonès 13,497 1,001 13.5
Tarragonès 250,306 319 783.7
Terra Alta 12,119 743 16.3
Urgell 36,526 580 63.0
Val d'Aran 9,993 634 15.8
Vallès Occidental 899,532 583 1,542.6
Vallès Oriental 403,623 851 474.3
Catalonia 7,518,903 32,108 234.2
Metropolità 4,774,561 2,464 1,937.4
Comarques Gironines 741,724 5,584 132.8
Camp de Tarragona 515,406 2,703 190.7
Terres de l'Ebre 185,294 3,309 56.0
Ponent 365,273 5,586 65.4
Comarques Centrals 392,836 4,746 82.8
Alt Pirineu i Aran 73,557 5,776 12.7
Penedès 470,252 1,941 242.3
Barcelona 5,523,784 7,726 714.9
Girona 756,156 5,905 128.1
Lleida 438,001 12,168 36.0
Tarragona 800,962 6,308 127.0
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: December 23, 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 "..".