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Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants 2022
Population Surface area km² Density inh./km² Ranking by number of inh.
Barcelona 1,636,193 101.4 16,144.0 1
Hospitalet de Llobregat, l' 265,444 12.4 21,406.8 2
Terrassa 224,114 70.2 3,194.3 3
Badalona 223,506 21.2 10,552.7 4
Sabadell 215,760 37.8 5,709.5 5
Lleida 140,797 212.3 663.2 6
Tarragona 134,883 57.9 2,330.4 7
Mataró 128,956 22.5 5,723.8 8
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 117,981 7.0 16,854.4 9
Reus 106,741 52.8 2,020.8 10
Girona 102,666 39.1 2,624.4 11
Sant Cugat del Vallès 95,725 48.2 1,984.8 12
Cornellà de Llobregat 89,039 7.0 12,738.1 13
Sant Boi de Llobregat 83,371 21.5 3,883.1 14
Rubí 79,007 32.3 2,446.0 15
Manresa 77,452 41.7 1,859.6 16
Vilanova i la Geltrú 68,152 34.0 2,005.1 17
Castelldefels 67,307 12.9 5,229.8 18
Viladecans 66,720 20.4 3,270.6 19
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,030 31.4 2,070.4 20
Granollers 61,983 14.9 4,168.3 21
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,291 30.6 1,874.7 22
Mollet del Vallès 51,294 10.8 4,762.7 23
Vic 47,545 30.6 1,554.8 24
Figueres 47,088 19.3 2,439.8 25
Gavà 46,974 30.8 1,527.6 26
Esplugues de Llobregat 46,414 4.6 10,090.0 27
Sant Feliu de Llobregat 45,642 11.8 3,861.4 28
Igualada 40,767 8.1 5,026.8 29
Blanes 40,579 17.7 2,297.8 30
Vilafranca del Penedès 40,056 19.7 2,038.5 31
Vendrell, el 39,072 36.8 1,061.7 32
Ripollet 39,031 4.3 9,014.1 33
Lloret de Mar 38,941 48.7 799.5 34
Sant Adrià de Besòs 36,918 3.8 9,664.4 35
Olot 36,716 29.0 1,264.8 36
Montcada i Reixac 36,666 23.5 1,562.3 37
Cambrils 35,675 35.2 1,013.2 38
Sant Joan Despí 34,039 6.2 5,516.9 39
Tortosa 33,890 218.5 155.1 40
Barberà del Vallès 33,082 8.3 3,981.0 41
Salt 32,517 6.6 4,897.1 42
Sant Pere de Ribes 31,688 40.8 776.7 43
Sitges 31,222 43.9 712.0 44
Calafell 29,102 20.4 1,428.0 45
Salou 29,028 15.1 1,918.6 46
Martorell 28,684 12.8 2,248.0 47
Premià de Mar 28,518 2.1 13,515.6 48
Pineda de Mar 28,083 10.7 2,614.8 49
Sant Vicenç dels Horts 28,079 9.1 3,078.8 50
Sant Andreu de la Barca 26,965 5.5 4,902.7 51
Molins de Rei 26,242 15.9 1,646.3 52
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda 25,930 15.8 1,638.0 53
Castellar del Vallès 24,933 44.9 555.2 54
Valls 24,727 55.3 447.3 55
Olesa de Montserrat 24,272 16.6 1,459.5 56
Masnou, el 23,829 3.4 7,029.2 57
Palafrugell 23,396 26.9 870.4 58
Vila-seca 22,681 21.6 1,048.1 59
Esparreguera 22,365 27.4 816.2 60
Sant Feliu de Guíxols 22,149 16.2 1,364.7 61
Amposta 21,807 138.3 157.7 62
Vilassar de Mar 21,067 4.0 5,266.8 63
Manlleu 20,883 17.2 1,212.0 64
Franqueses del Vallès, les 20,322 29.1 697.4 65
Banyoles 20,187 11.1 1,826.9 66
Sant Quirze del Vallès 20,180 14.1 1,434.3 67

Last update: December 27, 2022.

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 "..".