List of Spanish autonomous communities by population
This list gives an overview of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain , sorted according to their population.
| rank | region | population | Share of Spain's total population in% |
Population density in inhabitants / km 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andalusia | 8,039,399 | 17.8 | 92.12 |
| 2 | Catalonia | 7,197,174 | 15.9 | 224.11 |
| 3 | Madrid | 6,061,680 | 13.5 | 755.07 |
| 4th | Valencia | 4,874,811 | 10.6 | 209.62 |
| 5 | Galicia | 2,771,341 | 6.3 | 93.71 |
| 6th | Castile and Leon | 2,525,157 | 5.7 | 26.80 |
| 7th | Basque Country | 2,141,116 | 4.8 | 295.98 |
| 8th | Canary Islands | 2,020,947 | 4.5 | 271.38 |
| 9 | Castile-La Mancha | 1,975,179 | 4.3 | 24.85 |
| 10 | Murcia | 1,391,147 | 3.0 | 122.97 |
| 11 | Aragon | 1,295,215 | 2.9 | 26.62 |
| 12 | Asturias | 1,074,632 | 2.4 | 101.34 |
| 13 | Extremadura | 1,088,728 | 2.5 | 26.15 |
| 14th | Balearic Islands | 1,029,139 | 2.2 | 206.16 |
| 15th | Navarre | 605.022 | 1.3 | 58.22 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 572.503 | 1.3 | 107.59 |
| 17th | La Rioja | 308,566 | 0.7 | 61.16 |
| Spanish exclaves in North Africa | 145.137 | 0.3 | 4404.12 | |
| total | 46,661,950 | 100 | 91 | |