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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2023
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 46,076 538 85.6
Alt Empordà 146,766 1,358 108.1
Alt Penedès 112,460 593 189.8
Alt Urgell 20,762 1,447 14.3
Alta Ribagorça 4,019 427 9.4
Anoia 126,752 866 146.3
Aran 10,496 634 16.6
Bages 183,265 1,092 167.8
Baix Camp 201,647 697 289.2
Baix Ebre 81,334 1,003 81.1
Baix Empordà 141,329 702 201.4
Baix Llobregat 840,572 486 1,729.6
Baix Penedès 115,701 296 390.3
Barcelonès 2,313,975 146 15,876.3
Berguedà 40,618 1,185 34.3
Cerdanya 19,885 547 36.4
Conca de Barberà 20,480 650 31.5
Garraf 159,124 185 859.6
Garrigues 18,935 798 23.7
Garrotxa 61,363 735 83.5
Gironès 201,615 576 350.3
Maresme 467,398 399 1,172.8
Moianès 14,668 338 43.4
Montsià 70,244 735 95.5
Noguera 39,567 1,784 22.2
Osona 167,506 1,245 134.5
Pallars Jussà 13,409 1,343 10.0
Pallars Sobirà 7,288 1,378 5.3
Pla d'Urgell 37,737 305 123.7
Pla de l'Estany 33,194 263 126.3
Priorat 9,360 499 18.8
Ribera d'Ebre 22,040 827 26.6
Ripollès 25,780 957 27.0
Segarra 23,938 723 33.1
Segrià 215,476 1,397 154.3
Selva 182,614 995 183.5
Solsonès 13,725 1,001 13.7
Tarragonès 270,237 319 846.2
Terra Alta 11,473 743 15.4
Urgell 37,960 580 65.5
Vallès Occidental 949,026 583 1,627.5
Vallès Oriental 422,149 735 574.4
Catalonia 7,901,963 32,108 246.1
Metropolità 4,997,394 2,464 2,027.9
Comarques Gironines 792,661 5,584 142.0
Camp de Tarragona 547,800 2,703 202.6
Terres de l'Ebre 185,091 3,308 55.9
Ponent 373,613 5,586 66.9
Comarques Centrals 420,892 4,941 85.2
Alt Pirineu i Aran 75,859 5,776 13.1
Penedès 508,653 1,746 291.4
Barcelona 5,797,356 7,726 750.3
Girona 808,672 5,905 137.0
Lleida 447,343 12,168 36.8
Tarragona 848,592 6,308 134.5
Source:
Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: January 10, 2024.

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 "..".