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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2016
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,107 538 82.0
Alt Empordà 140,118 1,358 103.2
Alt Penedès 106,275 593 179.3
Alt Urgell 20,548 1,448 14.2
Alta Ribagorça 3,867 427 9.1
Anoia 117,504 866 135.6
Aran 9,930 634 15.7
Bages 174,381 1,092 159.7
Baix Camp 188,358 697 270.2
Baix Ebre 78,977 1,003 78.8
Baix Empordà 132,598 702 189.0
Baix Llobregat 809,883 486 1,666.5
Baix Penedès 99,813 296 336.7
Barcelonès 2,232,833 146 15,319.6
Berguedà 39,178 1,185 33.0
Cerdanya 17,704 547 32.4
Conca de Barberà 20,220 650 31.1
Garraf 146,876 185 793.5
Garrigues 19,090 798 23.9
Garrotxa 55,999 735 76.2
Gironès 186,178 576 323.4
Maresme 441,505 399 1,107.8
Moianès 13,209 338 39.1
Montsià 67,646 735 92.0
Noguera 38,955 1,784 21.8
Osona 155,641 1,245 125.0
Pallars Jussà 13,453 1,343 10.0
Pallars Sobirà 6,986 1,378 5.1
Pla d'Urgell 36,711 305 120.3
Pla de l'Estany 31,561 263 120.1
Priorat 9,381 499 18.8
Ribera d'Ebre 22,471 827 27.2
Ripollès 25,101 957 26.2
Segarra 22,688 723 31.4
Segrià 208,881 1,397 149.6
Selva 167,694 995 168.5
Solsonès 13,313 1,001 13.3
Tarragonès 249,565 319 781.4
Terra Alta 11,761 743 15.8
Urgell 36,059 580 62.2
Vallès Occidental 904,240 583 1,550.7
Vallès Oriental 401,338 735 546.0
Catalonia 7,522,596 32,108 234.3
Metropolità 4,793,592 2,464 1,945.2
Comarques Gironines 739,249 5,584 132.4
Camp de Tarragona 511,631 2,703 189.3
Terres de l'Ebre 180,855 3,308 54.7
Ponent 362,384 5,586 64.9
Comarques Centrals 397,144 4,941 80.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 72,488 5,776 12.6
Penedès 465,253 1,746 266.5
Barcelona 5,542,680 7,726 717.4
Girona 753,576 5,905 127.6
Lleida 434,041 12,168 35.7
Tarragona 792,299 6,308 125.6
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: April 10, 2019.

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 "..".