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Provinces

The population of the provinces of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-01	Population Census (C) 2001-11-01	Population Census (C) 2011-11-01	Population Estimate (E) 2021-01-01
Spain	ESP	Kingd	Madrid	504,783	37,682,355	38,872,268	40,847,371	46,815,916	47,385,107		→
Barcelona		Prov	Barcelona	7,728	4,623,204	4,654,407	4,805,927	5,522,566	5,714,730	772800	→
Girona (Gerona)		Prov	Girona	5,910	467,000	509,628	565,304	751,804	786,596	591000	→
Lleida (Lérida‎)		Prov	Lleida	12,172	353,160	353,455	362,206	438,427	439,727	1217200	→
Tarragona		Prov	Tarragona	6,303	513,050	542,004	609,673	807,041	822,309	630300	→
Cataluña [Catalonia]	CAT	Reg	Barcelona	32,113	5,956,414	6,059,494	6,343,110	7,519,838	7,763,362	3211300	→

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Population Estimate (E) 2021-01-01
1	Barcelona	1,636,732
2	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	264,657
3	Terrassa	223,011
4	Badalona	223,006
5	Sabadell	216,204
6	Lleida	140,080
7	Tarragona	135,436
8	Mataró	129,120
9	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	119,289
10	Reus	106,084
11	Girona	101,932

Contents: Cities & Municipalities

The population of all cities and communes in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Population Census (C) 1981-03-01	Population Census (C) 1991-03-01	Population Census (C) 2001-11-01	Population Census (C) 2011-11-01	Population Estimate (E) 2021-01-01	Area
Amposta	14,673	15,321	16,865	21,375	21,317	13765	→
Arenys de Mar	10,087	11,039	12,835	14,890	15,942	645	→
Badalona	229,780	218,725	205,836	219,241	223,006	2095	→
Balaguer	12,585	13,037	13,359	16,868	17,409	5717	→
Banyoles	12,451	11,938	14,232	19,163	20,168	1102	→
Barberà del Vallès	17,989	31,147	26,428	32,186	33,016	818	→
Barcelona	1,752,627	1,643,542	1,503,884	1,611,013	1,636,732	9911	→
Berga	13,547	13,905	14,678	16,835	16,682	2254	→
Blanes	20,353	25,663	30,693	39,309	40,274	1778	→
Calafell	4,597	7,166	13,503	24,432	28,463	2018	→
Caldes de Montbui	10,153	11,293	13,848	17,192	17,797	3765	→
Calella	10,586	11,324	13,694	18,393	19,236	786	→
Cambrils	11,136	14,571	21,000	33,169	35,064	3508	→
Canovelles	12,138	13,326	12,912	15,926	16,872	676	→
Cardedeu	7,240	9,040	12,792	17,336	18,609	1224	→
Castellar del Vallès	11,008	13,500	18,225	23,275	24,659	4517	→
Castelldefels	24,697	33,017	46,428	61,858	67,226	1281	→
Cerdanyola del Vallès	40,078	56,612	53,343	57,674	57,217	3083	→
Corbera de Llobregat	2,967	5,327	9,610	14,180	15,017	1831	→
Cornellà de Llobregat	91,563	84,927	79,979	86,504	89,300	682	→
Cubelles (Cubellas)	2,214	3,149	7,326	14,186	16,051	1333	→
El Masnou	14,522	18,393	20,678	22,430	23,848	321	→
El Prat de Llobregat	60,419	64,321	61,818	62,981	65,532	3153	→
El Vendrell	11,661	15,415	23,744	36,476	38,891	3650	→
Esparreguera	11,079	12,612	18,290	21,875	22,358	2732	→
Esplugues de Llobregat	46,079	48,310	45,127	46,307	46,777	455	→
Figueres	30,412	34,573	33,064	44,493	47,043	1909	→
Gavà	33,624	35,204	39,815	46,306	46,931	3089	→
Girona (Gerona)	63,308	68,656	74,879	96,113	101,932	3897	→
Granollers	45,348	51,873	53,105	59,571	62,475	1495	→
Igualada	31,532	31,855	33,049	39,103	40,875	820	→
La Garriga	8,178	9,447	12,037	15,421	16,733	1899	→
Les Franqueses del Vallès	8,710	10,294	13,007	18,903	20,351	2974	→
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	295,074	272,578	239,019	256,509	264,657	1362	→
Lleida (Lérida)	106,814	112,093	112,199	137,283	140,080	21201	→
Lliçà d'Amunt (Llissá de Munt)	2,655	3,496	10,629	14,560	15,673	2236	→
Lloret de Mar	10,463	15,018	20,239	39,245	38,402	4837	→
Malgrat de Mar	10,972	11,565	14,367	18,470	18,950	875	→
Manlleu	15,962	16,148	17,532	20,302	20,804	1729	→
Manresa	67,007	66,320	63,981	76,311	78,192	4164	→
Martorell	15,948	16,653	23,023	27,668	28,667	1284	→
Mataró	97,008	101,510	106,358	123,367	129,120	2230	→
Molins de Rei	18,308	17,840	20,639	24,735	26,104	1572	→
Mollerussa	8,350	8,966	10,004	14,631	14,545	695	→
Mollet del Vallès	35,480	40,877	47,270	52,096	51,151	1080	→
Montcada i Reixac	25,625	26,356	28,295	34,522	36,794	2349	→
Montornès del Vallès	9,885	10,844	12,868	16,155	16,804	1025	→
Olesa de Montserrat	13,914	14,962	17,987	23,909	24,132	1669	→
Olot	25,072	26,713	28,060	33,552	36,299	2907	→
Palafrugell	15,156	17,417	18,322	22,653	23,046	2693	→
Palamós	12,376	13,338	14,842	17,774	18,196	1398	→
Parets del Vallès	8,745	10,960	14,983	18,393	18,907	916	→
Piera	4,730	6,013	10,048	15,016	16,411	5722	→
Pineda de Mar	11,747	16,317	21,074	25,838	27,974	1046	→
Premià de Mar	20,034	22,699	26,334	27,924	28,523	196	→
Reus	79,245	87,670	89,006	106,849	106,084	5293	→
Ripollet	26,133	26,782	30,235	37,336	39,139	440	→
Roses	8,004	10,303	12,726	19,737	19,921	4597	→
Rubí	43,839	50,405	61,159	74,321	78,549	3220	→
Sabadell	186,123	189,404	183,788	206,949	216,204	3753	→
Salou	5,469	7,264	14,164	26,345	28,512	1507	→
Salt	19,537	21,807	21,238	29,430	32,230	647	→
Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Santa Coloma de Gramanet)	140,613	133,138	112,992	119,391	119,289	709	→
Sant Adrià de Besòs	36,397	34,154	31,939	34,369	37,283	378	→
Sant Andreu de la Barca	13,196	14,475	21,933	27,246	27,175	567	→
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda	13,549	16,792	20,479	25,521	26,033	1569	→
Sant Boi de Llobregat	72,926	77,932	78,738	82,666	83,755	2213	→
Sant Carles de la Ràpita	10,051	10,752	11,572	15,143	14,931	5323	→
Sant Celoni	11,946	11,957	12,700	16,973	18,176	6549	→
Sant Cugat del Vallès	30,633	38,937	60,265	84,934	94,012	4820	→
Sant Feliu de Guíxols	15,500	16,051	17,994	21,752	22,210	1592	→
Sant Feliu de Llobregat	38,004	36,608	40,042	43,333	45,463	1195	→
Sant Joan Despí	25,309	24,977	28,772	32,767	34,130	558	→
Sant Just Desvern	11,022	12,471	13,870	15,572	19,379	778	→
Sant Pere de Ribes	10,517	13,662	23,134	28,944	31,525	4088	→
Sant Quirze del Vallès	5,115	9,046	13,727	19,024	20,156	1446	→
Sant Vicenç dels Horts	20,182	20,836	24,694	28,025	28,115	926	→
Sitges	11,844	13,109	19,893	28,142	30,217	4370	→
Tarragona	109,112	110,153	113,129	133,223	135,436	5882	→
Tàrrega	11,046	11,233	12,848	16,676	17,649	8796	→
Terrassa (Tarrasa)	155,614	158,063	173,775	214,406	223,011	7029	→
Tordera	7,560	8,156	10,116	16,244	17,788	8460	→
Torredembarra	5,253	6,238	11,187	15,227	17,057	866	→
Tortosa	28,140	29,452	28,933	34,422	33,572	21915	→
Vallirana	4,377	6,570	9,866	14,509	15,438	2381	→
Valls	18,857	20,092	20,232	24,893	24,553	5535	→
Vic	30,155	28,736	32,703	40,998	47,319	3079	→
Viladecans	43,358	48,294	56,841	64,999	66,707	2006	→
Vilafranca del Penedès	25,025	27,818	31,248	38,839	39,969	1991	→
Vilanova i la Geltrú	43,833	45,864	54,230	66,074	67,458	3387	→
Vila-seca	10,957	11,528	13,353	21,783	22,522	2173	→
Vilassar de Mar	9,519	12,177	17,369	19,881	20,936	396	→

The population estimates are based on the municipal register. Because of definition differences they are not exactly comparable with census results.
(1981) M. Mas & F.J. Goerlich: La localización de la población española sobre el territorio.
(1991) (2001) (2011) (2021) Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid (web).