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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2024
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 46,388 538 86.2
Alt Empordà 148,732 1,358 109.6
Alt Penedès 114,189 593 192.7
Alt Urgell 21,128 1,447 14.6
Alta Ribagorça 4,040 427 9.5
Anoia 128,432 866 148.3
Aran 10,545 634 16.6
Bages 185,352 1,092 169.7
Baix Camp 204,458 697 293.3
Baix Ebre 82,399 1,003 82.2
Baix Empordà 143,443 702 204.4
Baix Llobregat 848,827 486 1,746.6
Baix Penedès 118,350 296 399.2
Barcelonès 2,354,301 146 16,153.0
Berguedà 41,058 1,185 34.6
Cerdanya 20,115 547 36.8
Conca de Barberà 20,569 650 31.6
Garraf 161,907 185 874.7
Garrigues 19,075 798 23.9
Garrotxa 62,449 735 85.0
Gironès 205,573 576 357.2
Lluçanès 5,718 227 25.2
Maresme 472,572 399 1,185.8
Moianès 14,758 338 43.7
Montsià 71,460 735 97.2
Noguera 39,727 1,784 22.3
Osona 164,006 1,019 161.0
Pallars Jussà 13,383 1,343 10.0
Pallars Sobirà 7,332 1,378 5.3
Pla d'Urgell 38,111 305 124.9
Pla de l'Estany 33,564 263 127.7
Priorat 9,420 499 18.9
Ribera d'Ebre 22,132 827 26.8
Ripollès 25,826 957 27.0
Segarra 22,667 563 40.2
Segrià 217,853 1,397 156.0
Selva 185,264 995 186.2
Solsonès 15,323 1,161 13.2
Tarragonès 275,122 319 861.5
Terra Alta 11,446 743 15.4
Urgell 38,531 580 66.5
Vallès Occidental 960,033 583 1,646.3
Vallès Oriental 426,653 735 580.5
Catalonia 8,012,231 32,108 249.5
Metropolità 5,066,684 2,464 2,056.0
Comarques Gironines 804,851 5,584 144.1
Camp de Tarragona 555,957 2,703 205.7
Terres de l'Ebre 187,437 3,308 56.7
Ponent 375,964 5,426 69.3
Comarques Centrals 427,296 5,100 83.8
Alt Pirineu i Aran 76,543 5,776 13.3
Penedès 517,499 1,746 296.4
Barcelona 5,877,672 7,726 760.7
Girona 821,108 5,905 139.1
Lleida 451,707 12,168 37.1
Tarragona 861,744 6,308 136.6
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 El Bages and Osona).

Last update: December 19, 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

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.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.