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Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants Catalonia. 2023
Population Surface area km² Density inh./km² Ranking by number of inh.
Barcelona 1,655,956 101.4 16,339.0 1
Hospitalet de Llobregat, l' 276,617 12.4 22,307.8 2
Terrassa 225,274 70.2 3,210.9 3
Badalona 224,301 21.2 10,590.2 4
Sabadell 217,968 37.8 5,767.9 5
Lleida 142,990 212.3 673.5 6
Tarragona 138,326 57.9 2,389.9 7
Mataró 129,613 22.5 5,752.9 8
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 119,195 7.0 17,027.9 9
Reus 108,535 52.8 2,054.8 10
Girona 104,038 39.1 2,659.5 11
Sant Cugat del Vallès 97,579 48.2 2,023.2 12
Cornellà de Llobregat 90,076 7.0 12,886.4 13
Sant Boi de Llobregat 83,667 21.5 3,896.9 14
Rubí 80,034 32.3 2,477.8 15
Manresa 78,570 41.7 1,886.4 16
Vilanova i la Geltrú 68,768 34.0 2,023.2 17
Castelldefels 68,327 12.9 5,309.0 18
Viladecans 66,615 20.4 3,265.4 19
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,409 31.4 2,082.4 20
Granollers 62,950 14.9 4,233.4 21
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,752 30.6 1,889.8 22
Mollet del Vallès 51,692 10.8 4,799.6 23
Vic 48,235 30.6 1,577.3 24
Figueres 47,841 19.3 2,478.8 25
Gavà 47,498 30.8 1,544.7 26
Esplugues de Llobregat 46,968 4.6 10,210.4 27
Sant Feliu de Llobregat 45,956 11.8 3,888.0 28
Blanes 41,517 17.7 2,350.9 29
Igualada 41,287 8.1 5,090.9 30
Lloret de Mar 41,159 48.7 845.0 31
Vilafranca del Penedès 40,596 19.7 2,066.0 32
Vendrell, el 39,685 36.8 1,078.4 33
Ripollet 39,189 4.3 9,050.6 34
Olot 38,003 29.0 1,309.1 35
Sant Adrià de Besòs 37,906 3.8 9,923.0 36
Montcada i Reixac 36,823 23.5 1,568.9 37
Cambrils 36,441 35.2 1,035.0 38
Tortosa 34,864 218.5 159.6 39
Sant Joan Despí 34,552 6.2 5,600.0 40
Barberà del Vallès 33,353 8.3 4,013.6 41
Salt 33,337 6.6 5,020.6 42
Sitges 32,086 43.9 731.7 43
Sant Pere de Ribes 31,702 40.8 777.0 44
Calafell 30,482 20.4 1,495.7 45
Salou 30,087 15.1 1,988.6 46
Pineda de Mar 28,840 10.7 2,685.3 47
Premià de Mar 28,702 2.1 13,602.8 48
Martorell 28,643 12.8 2,244.8 49
Sant Vicenç dels Horts 28,422 9.1 3,116.5 50
Sant Andreu de la Barca 26,862 5.5 4,884.0 51
Molins de Rei 26,568 15.9 1,666.8 52
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda 25,863 15.8 1,633.8 53
Castellar del Vallès 25,122 44.9 559.4 54
Valls 24,954 55.3 451.4 55
Olesa de Montserrat 24,458 16.6 1,470.7 56
Masnou, el 24,176 3.4 7,131.6 57
Palafrugell 23,864 26.9 887.8 58
Vila-seca 23,459 21.6 1,084.1 59
Sant Feliu de Guíxols 22,643 16.2 1,395.1 60
Esparreguera 22,392 27.4 817.2 61
Amposta 22,225 138.3 160.7 62
Manlleu 21,182 17.2 1,229.4 63
Vilassar de Mar 21,039 4.0 5,259.8 64
Franqueses del Vallès, les 20,493 29.1 703.3 65
Banyoles 20,492 11.1 1,854.5 66
Sant Just Desvern 20,478 7.8 2,622.0 67
Sant Quirze del Vallès 20,188 14.1 1,434.8 68
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.

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 "..".