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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2025
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 47,138 538 87.6
Alt Empordà 150,044 1,358 110.5
Alt Penedès 116,098 593 195.9
Alt Urgell 21,477 1,447 14.8
Alta Ribagorça 4,051 427 9.5
Anoia 129,956 866 150.0
Aran 10,651 634 16.8
Bages 187,620 1,092 171.8
Baix Camp 207,529 697 297.7
Baix Ebre 84,077 1,003 83.9
Baix Empordà 144,818 702 206.4
Baix Llobregat 856,867 486 1,763.1
Baix Penedès 120,720 296 407.2
Barcelonès 2,398,280 146 16,454.8
Berguedà 41,523 1,185 35.0
Cerdanya 20,111 547 36.8
Conca de Barberà 20,748 650 31.9
Garraf 164,223 185 887.2
Garrigues 19,268 798 24.2
Garrotxa 63,339 735 86.2
Gironès 208,967 576 363.0
Lluçanès 5,723 227 25.3
Maresme 477,375 399 1,197.8
Moianès 14,864 338 44.0
Montsià 72,825 735 99.0
Noguera 39,957 1,784 22.4
Osona 165,946 1,019 162.9
Pallars Jussà 13,593 1,343 10.1
Pallars Sobirà 7,332 1,378 5.3
Pla d'Urgell 38,529 305 126.3
Pla de l'Estany 33,828 263 128.7
Priorat 9,415 499 18.9
Ribera d'Ebre 22,361 827 27.0
Ripollès 25,914 957 27.1
Segarra 22,853 563 40.6
Segrià 221,630 1,397 158.7
Selva 187,308 995 188.2
Solsonès 15,578 1,161 13.4
Tarragonès 279,332 319 874.6
Terra Alta 11,385 743 15.3
Urgell 39,294 580 67.8
Vallès Occidental 970,228 583 1,663.8
Vallès Oriental 431,351 735 586.9
Catalonia 8,124,126 32,108 253.0
Metropolità 5,138,392 2,464 2,085.1
Comarques Gironines 814,218 5,584 145.8
Camp de Tarragona 564,162 2,703 208.7
Terres de l'Ebre 190,648 3,308 57.6
Ponent 381,531 5,426 70.3
Comarques Centrals 432,380 5,100 84.8
Alt Pirineu i Aran 77,215 5,776 13.4
Penedès 525,580 1,746 301.1
Barcelona 5,959,941 7,726 771.4
Girona 830,429 5,905 140.6
Lleida 458,226 12,168 37.7
Tarragona 875,530 6,308 138.8
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Note: As of May 2023, the data are presented according to the current territorial distribution (in accordance with Law 7/2023, on the creation of El Lluçanès county, which also territorially modifies Osona).

Last update: December 2, 2025.

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

A partir de 2021 la font d'informació és el cens de població.

El Cens de població té periodicitat anual a partir de l'any 2021 i s'elabora mitjançant la combinació de registres administratius, on el Padró d'habitants n'és l'element bàsic. En l'elaboració del Cens de població s'apliquen tractaments i procediments estadístics que inclouen contrastos amb altres fonts i permeten oferir un recompte estadístic més acurat de la població i de les seves característiques que el Padró d'habitants.

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.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.