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Top 20 most populous states, provinces and regions · 🇪🇸 Spain

World > country: the biggest first-level regions

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Why these 20

Population of each country's first-level regions (states, provinces, prefectures, oblasts) from Wikidata, which takes it from census offices. Where Wikidata has figures for several years the highest is used, which is usually the latest census; regions that shrink may show an older, larger figure.

  1. 1 A

    Andalusia

    autonomous community of Spain

    8,619,616

  2. 2 C

    Catalonia

    nationality and autonomous community of Spain

    8,034,743

  3. 3 C

    Community of Madrid

    autonomous community of Spain

    7,001,715

  4. 4 V

    Valencian Community

    autonomous community of Spain

    5,316,541

  5. 5 G

    Galicia

    autonomous community of Spain

    2,703,353

  6. 6 C

    Castile and León

    autonomous community of Spain

    2,388,350

  7. 7 B

    Basque Country

    autonomous community of Spain

    2,230,452

  8. 8 C

    Canary Islands

    autonomous community of Spain, and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean

    2,228,862

  9. 9 C

    Castilla–La Mancha

    autonomous community of Spain

    2,098,853

  10. 10 R

    Region of Murcia

    autonomous community of Spain

    1,586,989

  11. 11 A

    Aragon

    autonomous community in Spain

    1,347,834

  12. 12 B

    Balearic Islands

    autonomous community of Spain

    1,176,659

  13. 13 E

    Extremadura

    autonomous community of Spain

    1,052,790

  14. 14 A

    Asturias

    autonomous community of Spain, situated in the northwest part of the country

    1,008,028

  15. 15 N

    Navarre

    chartered community of Spain

    678,338

  16. 16 C

    Cantabria

    autonomous community of Spain

    591,563

  17. 17 L

    La Rioja

    autonomous community and province of Spain

    324,399

  18. 18 M

    Melilla

    Spanish autonomous city in northwestern Africa

    86,780

  19. 19 C

    Ceuta

    Spanish autonomous city in northwestern Africa

    83,595

How it is measured

Wikidata: the first-level divisions each country lists as its own (P150, contains the administrative territorial entity) that have a population (P1082) and no dissolution date; grouped by country, the world view is built from the countries.

References

  1. Wikidata query: first-level regions by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-20 04:46 UTC.