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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2018
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,065 538 81.9
Alt Empordà 140,569 1,358 103.6
Alt Penedès 108,122 593 182.4
Alt Urgell 20,224 1,447 14.0
Alta Ribagorça 3,774 427 8.8
Anoia 119,089 866 137.5
Aran 9,983 634 15.8
Bages 176,485 1,092 161.6
Baix Camp 188,841 697 270.9
Baix Ebre 77,868 1,003 77.7
Baix Empordà 133,461 702 190.2
Baix Llobregat 819,168 486 1,685.6
Baix Penedès 102,409 296 345.5
Barcelonès 2,254,642 146 15,469.2
Berguedà 39,104 1,185 33.0
Cerdanya 17,882 547 32.7
Conca de Barberà 20,103 650 30.9
Garraf 149,103 185 805.5
Garrigues 18,771 798 23.5
Garrotxa 56,613 735 77.1
Gironès 190,786 576 331.5
Maresme 447,824 399 1,123.7
Moianès 13,432 338 39.8
Montsià 67,083 735 91.2
Noguera 38,708 1,784 21.7
Osona 158,334 1,245 127.2
Pallars Jussà 13,091 1,343 9.8
Pallars Sobirà 6,934 1,378 5.0
Pla d'Urgell 36,740 305 120.4
Pla de l'Estany 32,006 263 121.8
Priorat 9,296 499 18.6
Ribera d'Ebre 21,964 827 26.6
Ripollès 25,000 957 26.1
Segarra 22,822 723 31.6
Segrià 208,638 1,397 149.4
Selva 169,029 995 169.9
Solsonès 13,392 1,001 13.4
Tarragonès 252,790 319 791.5
Terra Alta 11,483 743 15.5
Urgell 36,243 580 62.5
Vallès Occidental 917,905 583 1,574.1
Vallès Oriental 406,289 735 552.8
Catalonia 7,600,065 32,108 236.7
Metropolità 4,849,691 2,464 1,967.9
Comarques Gironines 747,464 5,584 133.9
Camp de Tarragona 515,095 2,703 190.5
Terres de l'Ebre 178,398 3,308 53.9
Ponent 361,922 5,586 64.8
Comarques Centrals 402,199 4,941 81.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 71,888 5,776 12.5
Penedès 473,408 1,746 271.2
Barcelona 5,609,350 7,726 726.0
Girona 761,947 5,905 129.0
Lleida 432,866 12,168 35.6
Tarragona 795,902 6,308 126.2
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 "..".