Skip to main content

Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Population density. Municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants Catalonia. 2025
Population Surface area km² Density inh./km² Ranking by number of inh.
Barcelona 1,713,247 101.4 16,904.3 1
Hospitalet de Llobregat, l' 292,161 12.4 23,561.4 2
Terrassa 232,676 70.2 3,316.4 3
Badalona 230,642 21.2 10,889.6 4
Sabadell 224,589 37.8 5,943.1 5
Lleida 147,369 212.3 694.2 6
Tarragona 143,260 57.9 2,474.7 7
Mataró 131,370 22.5 5,830.9 8
Santa Coloma de Gramenet 123,250 7.0 17,607.1 9
Reus 111,911 52.8 2,118.7 10
Girona 108,352 39.1 2,769.7 11
Sant Cugat del Vallès 97,959 48.2 2,031.1 12
Cornellà de Llobregat 92,255 7.0 13,198.1 13
Sant Boi de Llobregat 85,317 21.5 3,973.8 14
Rubí 82,825 32.3 2,564.2 15
Manresa 80,692 41.6 1,937.8 16
Vilanova i la Geltrú 71,305 34.0 2,097.8 17
Castelldefels 69,689 12.9 5,414.8 18
Viladecans 67,536 20.4 3,310.6 19
Prat de Llobregat, el 66,251 31.4 2,109.2 20
Granollers 65,123 14.9 4,379.5 21
Cerdanyola del Vallès 58,264 30.6 1,906.5 22
Mollet del Vallès 52,759 10.8 4,898.7 23
Vic 50,405 30.6 1,648.3 24
Figueres 49,556 19.3 2,567.7 25
Esplugues de Llobregat 48,424 4.6 10,527.0 26
Gavà 48,181 30.8 1,566.9 27
Sant Feliu de Llobregat 46,688 11.8 3,949.9 28
Vilafranca del Penedès 42,561 19.7 2,166.0 29
Igualada 42,449 8.1 5,234.2 30
Blanes 42,446 17.7 2,403.5 31
Lloret de Mar 41,944 48.7 861.1 32
Vendrell, el 41,195 36.8 1,119.4 33
Ripollet 39,773 4.3 9,185.5 34
Olot 39,516 29.0 1,361.2 35
Sant Adrià de Besòs 38,980 3.8 10,204.2 36
Montcada i Reixac 37,446 23.5 1,595.5 37
Cambrils 37,068 35.2 1,052.8 38
Tortosa 36,258 218.5 165.9 39
Sant Joan Despí 35,811 6.2 5,804.1 40
Salt 34,603 6.6 5,211.3 41
Barberà del Vallès 34,031 8.3 4,095.2 42
Sitges 32,690 43.9 745.5 43
Sant Pere de Ribes 32,613 40.8 799.3 44
Calafell 32,429 20.4 1,591.2 45
Salou 31,018 15.1 2,050.1 46
Pineda de Mar 30,071 10.7 2,799.9 47
Premià de Mar 29,348 2.1 13,909.0 48
Martorell 28,989 12.8 2,271.9 49
Sant Vicenç dels Horts 28,760 9.1 3,153.5 50
Molins de Rei 27,291 15.9 1,712.1 51
Sant Andreu de la Barca 27,069 5.5 4,921.6 52
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda 26,101 15.8 1,648.8 53
Valls 25,540 55.3 462.0 54
Castellar del Vallès 25,395 44.9 565.5 55
Olesa de Montserrat 25,000 16.6 1,503.3 56
Masnou, el 24,727 3.4 7,294.1 57
Palafrugell 24,556 26.9 913.5 58
Vila-seca 24,158 21.6 1,116.4 59
Sant Feliu de Guíxols 23,060 16.2 1,420.8 60
Amposta 23,047 138.3 166.6 61
Esparreguera 22,639 27.4 826.2 62
Manlleu 21,321 17.2 1,241.8 63
Vilassar de Mar 21,234 4.0 5,308.5 64
Sant Just Desvern 21,045 7.8 2,694.6 65
Banyoles 20,887 11.1 1,890.2 66
Franqueses del Vallès, les 20,855 29.1 715.7 67
Calella 20,775 8.0 2,596.9 68
Roses 20,175 45.9 439.4 69
Sant Quirze del Vallès 20,175 14.1 1,433.9 70
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.

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

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 as of 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.

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 "..".