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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2019
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,296 538 82.3
Alt Empordà 141,339 1,358 104.1
Alt Penedès 108,411 593 182.9
Alt Urgell 20,177 1,447 13.9
Alta Ribagorça 3,802 427 8.9
Anoia 120,738 866 139.4
Aran 10,093 634 15.9
Bages 178,885 1,092 163.8
Baix Camp 190,973 697 273.9
Baix Ebre 77,596 1,003 77.4
Baix Empordà 134,359 702 191.5
Baix Llobregat 825,963 486 1,699.6
Baix Penedès 104,991 296 354.2
Barcelonès 2,278,437 146 15,632.5
Berguedà 39,446 1,185 33.3
Cerdanya 18,192 547 33.3
Conca de Barberà 20,042 650 30.8
Garraf 150,887 185 815.1
Garrigues 18,833 798 23.6
Garrotxa 57,590 735 78.4
Gironès 193,908 576 336.9
Maresme 452,690 399 1,135.9
Moianès 13,603 338 40.3
Montsià 67,436 735 91.7
Noguera 38,770 1,784 21.7
Osona 160,821 1,245 129.2
Pallars Jussà 13,080 1,343 9.7
Pallars Sobirà 6,932 1,378 5.0
Pla d'Urgell 36,693 305 120.3
Pla de l'Estany 32,293 263 122.9
Priorat 9,245 499 18.5
Ribera d'Ebre 21,865 827 26.4
Ripollès 25,087 957 26.2
Segarra 23,052 723 31.9
Segrià 209,818 1,397 150.2
Selva 171,617 995 172.5
Solsonès 13,469 1,001 13.5
Tarragonès 256,730 319 803.9
Terra Alta 11,490 743 15.5
Urgell 36,693 580 63.3
Vallès Occidental 925,237 583 1,586.7
Vallès Oriental 409,638 735 557.3
Catalonia 7,675,217 32,108 239.0
Metropolità 4,895,876 2,464 1,986.7
Comarques Gironines 756,193 5,584 135.4
Camp de Tarragona 521,286 2,703 192.8
Terres de l'Ebre 178,387 3,308 53.9
Ponent 363,859 5,586 65.1
Comarques Centrals 407,606 4,941 82.5
Alt Pirineu i Aran 72,276 5,776 12.5
Penedès 479,734 1,746 274.8
Barcelona 5,664,579 7,726 733.2
Girona 771,044 5,905 130.6
Lleida 434,930 12,168 35.7
Tarragona 804,664 6,308 127.6
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: December 27, 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 "..".