Nachfolgend sind die Ballungsräume mit mehr als 100.000 Einwohnern in Spanien aufgeführt, geordnet nach Einwohnerzahl.
Die Bevölkerung eines Ballungsraums (oder einer städtischen Agglomeration) bezieht sich auf die Einwohnerzahl innerhalb der Grenzen eines zusammenhängenden Gebiets, das mit städtischer Dichte besiedelt ist und typischerweise eine Stadt und ihren umliegenden Vorortgürtel umfasst.
| Rang | Städtisches Gebiet | Bevölkerungsschätzung (2025) | 1-Jahres-Veränderung (gegenüber 2024) | Landfläche (km²) | Dichte (P/km²) | Globaler Rang | Prognosen (2030) | Prognosen (2050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid | 5.583.601 | 0,34% | 645 | 8.657 | 72 | 5.624.369 | 5.588.668 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 3.982.704 | 0,53% | 454 | 8.772 | 114 | 4.049.293 | 4.117.282 |
| 3 | Valencia | 1.390.045 | 0,35% | 209 | 6.651 | 366 | 1.397.943 | 1.375.750 |
| 4 | Bilbao | 741.795 | −0,34% | 93 | 7.976 | 721 | 725.620 | 661.007 |
| 5 | Seville | 699.504 | −0,1% | 79 | 8.854 | 769 | 688.726 | 642.550 |
| 6 | Zaragoza | 585.533 | −0,25% | 65 | 9.008 | 934 | 572.289 | 519.783 |
| 7 | Málaga | 521.854 | 0,02% | 74 | 7.052 | 1.057 | 516.949 | 492.100 |
| 8 | Palma de Mallorca | 473.499 | 2,75% | 87 | 5.443 | 1.173 | 500.893 | 565.669 |
| 9 | Alicante | 397.948 | 0,24% | 73 | 5.451 | 1.428 | 398.565 | 391.844 |
| 10 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 381.670 | 0,27% | 52 | 7.340 | 1.489 | 382.099 | 372.353 |
| 11 | Granada | 367.226 | 0% | 77 | 4.769 | 1.558 | 363.388 | 333.091 |
| 12 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 357.753 | −0,06% | 61 | 5.865 | 1.592 | 352.530 | 329.595 |
| 13 | Murcia | 330.966 | 0,27% | 74 | 4.473 | 1.735 | 340.619 | 335.172 |
| 14 | Valladolid | 323.201 | 0,32% | 54 | 5.985 | 1.778 | 326.611 | 323.534 |
| 15 | Vigo | 289.688 | −0,25% | 67 | 4.324 | 2.006 | 283.138 | 256.829 |
| 16 | Pamplona | 288.215 | −0,26% | 41 | 7.030 | 2.023 | 281.500 | 253.602 |
| 17 | A Coruña | 272.920 | −0,24% | 50 | 5.458 | 2.131 | 265.412 | 239.241 |
| 18 | Terrassa | 264.025 | 0,68% | 37 | 7.136 | 2.210 | 268.600 | 271.973 |
| 19 | Gijón | 255.506 | −0,31% | 49 | 5.214 | 2.286 | 249.920 | 228.039 |
| 20 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | 246.663 | −0,25% | 42 | 5.873 | 2.369 | 241.010 | 215.917 |
| 21 | Córdoba | 241.778 | 0% | 32 | 7.556 | 2.426 | 239.266 | 227.137 |
| 22 | Donostia / San Sebastián | 230.220 | −0,22% | 44 | 5.232 | 2.551 | 223.784 | 204.261 |
| 23 | Oviedo / Uviéu | 214.566 | −0,25% | 21 | 10.217 | 2.758 | 209.711 | 191.609 |
| 24 | Sant Boi de Llobregat | 212.510 | 0,58% | 27 | 7.871 | 2.792 | 215.110 | 222.536 |
| 25 | Santander | 211.730 | −0,33% | 57 | 3.715 | 2.802 | 202.978 | 153.153 |
| 26 | Jerez | 186.850 | 0,05% | 29 | 6.443 | 3.233 | 183.955 | 169.996 |
| 27 | Alcalá de Henares | 177.270 | 0,34% | 28 | 6.331 | 3.408 | 184.186 | 185.730 |
| 28 | Marbella | 161.269 | 0,2% | 58 | 2.781 | 3.752 | 159.765 | 148.457 |
| 29 | Torrejón de Ardoz | 160.317 | 1,17% | 27 | 5.938 | 3.776 | 161.599 | 160.846 |
| 30 | Logroño | 160.136 | −0,25% | 21 | 7.626 | 3.781 | 156.486 | 141.481 |
| 31 | Almeria | 156.472 | 0,01% | 59 | 2.652 | 3.874 | 153.459 | 140.034 |
| 32 | Burgos | 155.460 | 0,52% | 23 | 6.759 | 3.899 | 158.008 | 156.656 |
| 33 | Salamanca | 149.379 | 0,27% | 18 | 8.299 | 4.057 | 149.851 | 161.407 |
| 34 | León | 148.283 | −0,27% | 24 | 6.178 | 4.092 | 144.784 | 131.735 |
| 35 | Tarragona | 147.856 | 0,59% | 41 | 3.606 | 4.106 | 150.645 | 153.520 |
| 36 | Elx / Elche | 146.830 | 0,22% | 26 | 5.647 | 4.146 | 146.951 | 144.165 |
| 37 | Mairena del Aljarafe | 146.365 | −0,1% | 36 | 4.066 | 4.161 | 144.145 | 134.244 |
| 38 | Castelló de la Plana | 141.153 | 0,21% | 18 | 7.842 | 4.320 | 160.625 | 157.657 |
| 39 | Mataró | 140.289 | 0,77% | 18 | 7.794 | 4.353 | 141.957 | 208.707 |
| 40 | Lleida | 138.241 | 0,53% | 23 | 6.010 | 4.405 | 140.442 | 142.203 |
| 41 | Albacete | 137.450 | 0,2% | 19 | 7.234 | 4.434 | 137.397 | 134.629 |
| 42 | Girona | 129.352 | 0,53% | 27 | 4.791 | 4.721 | 131.432 | 136.407 |
| 43 | Torremolinos | 127.635 | 0,01% | 38 | 3.359 | 4.795 | 126.393 | 106.639 |
| 44 | Huelva | 127.456 | −0,1% | 14 | 9.104 | 4.800 | 125.531 | 117.117 |
| 45 | Algeciras | 124.884 | 0,02% | 31 | 4.029 | 4.908 | 123.717 | 117.887 |
| 46 | Cádiz | 117.874 | −0,07% | 23 | 5.125 | 5.217 | 116.243 | 119.418 |
| 47 | Cartagena | 112.274 | 0,21% | 22 | 5.103 | 5.496 | 112.280 | 110.075 |
| 48 | Badajoz | 105.008 | −0,11% | 16 | 6.563 | 5.885 | 103.374 | 94.873 |
| 49 | Granollers | 100.259 | 1,23% | 20 | 5.013 | 6.160 | 101.524 | 102.309 |
| 50 | Dos Hermanas | 93.583 | −0,11% | 20 | 4.679 | 6.613 | 92.108 | 80.991 |
| 51 | Ourense | 91.289 | −0,26% | 16 | 5.706 | 6.790 | 89.155 | 80.214 |
| 52 | Reus | 90.594 | 0,37% | 14 | 6.471 | 6.838 | 91.335 | 97.372 |
| 53 | Fuengirola | 90.460 | −0,01% | 22 | 4.112 | 6.851 | 89.504 | 85.121 |
| 54 | Jaén | 88.392 | −0,02% | 10 | 8.839 | 7.026 | 87.390 | 82.652 |
| 55 | Rivas-Vaciamadrid | 86.666 | 0,33% | 19 | 4.561 | 7.172 | 87.213 | 86.314 |
| 56 | San Fernando | 82.824 | −0,09% | 13 | 6.371 | 7.511 | 81.586 | 74.712 |
| 57 | Ceuta | 81.541 | 0,26% | 21 | 3.883 | 7.648 | 81.753 | 79.870 |
| 58 | Castelldefels | 78.325 | 1,49% | 18 | 4.351 | 7.954 | 79.805 | 83.061 |
| 59 | Melilla | 78.239 | 0,09% | 13 | 6.018 | 7.964 | 77.631 | 74.325 |
| 60 | Manresa | 76.732 | 0,47% | 14 | 5.481 | 8.127 | 77.756 | 78.541 |
| 61 | Collado Villalba | 74.828 | 0,3% | 14 | 5.345 | 8.314 | 75.172 | 75.782 |
| 62 | Guadalajara | 70.607 | 0,3% | 12 | 5.884 | 8.793 | 76.632 | 75.866 |
| 63 | Avilés | 69.556 | −0,26% | 20 | 3.478 | 8.929 | 67.922 | 61.525 |
| 64 | Elda | 69.221 | 0,18% | 11 | 6.293 | 8.966 | 69.146 | 67.639 |
| 65 | Telde | 68.920 | 0,24% | 30 | 2.297 | 8.998 | 69.051 | 67.267 |
| 66 | Valdemoro | 67.123 | 0,69% | 11 | 6.102 | 9.235 | 68.808 | 71.651 |
| 67 | Vilanova i la Geltrú | 67.040 | 0,47% | 17 | 3.944 | 9.248 | 67.913 | 68.728 |
| 68 | Torrevieja | 65.581 | 0,23% | 26 | 2.522 | 9.453 | 65.667 | 64.422 |
| 69 | Cuartería El Uno | 65.083 | −0,87% | 20 | 3.254 | 9.520 | 64.994 | 62.965 |
| 70 | El Puerto de Santa María | 63.756 | −0,1% | 29 | 2.198 | 9.717 | 62.785 | 55.703 |
| 71 | Ferrol | 63.595 | −0,27% | 18 | 3.533 | 9.737 | 62.082 | 55.114 |
| 72 | Palencia | 63.249 | 0,29% | 12 | 5.271 | 9.790 | 63.509 | 62.710 |
| 73 | Los Cristianos | 60.597 | −0,12% | 22 | 2.754 | 10.235 | 59.624 | 55.393 |
| 74 | Talavera de la Reina | 59.508 | 0,3% | 10 | 5.951 | 10.394 | 59.787 | 59.127 |
| 75 | Igualada | 59.078 | 0,45% | 13 | 4.544 | 10.467 | 61.314 | 61.995 |
| 76 | Ciudad Real | 55.683 | −0,02% | 9 | 6.187 | 11.064 | 55.050 | 52.123 |
| 77 | Alcoi / Alcoy | 54.823 | 0,26% | 10 | 5.482 | 11.231 | 54.980 | 53.973 |
| 78 | La Orotava | 54.621 | −0,09% | 19 | 2.875 | 11.265 | 53.812 | – |
| 79 | Cáceres | 54.515 | −0,13% | 11 | 4.956 | 11.285 | 53.612 | – |
| 80 | Benidorm | 53.996 | −0,12% | 13 | 4.154 | 11.399 | 54.001 | 52.929 |
| 81 | Ibiza | 53.884 | 0,67% | 15 | 3.592 | 11.432 | 55.131 | 67.856 |
| 82 | Sant Andreu de la Barca | 53.746 | 0,44% | 16 | 3.359 | 11.459 | 56.387 | 57.158 |
| 83 | Arganda del Rey | 52.412 | 0,29% | 11 | 4.765 | 11.725 | 52.623 | 51.992 |
| 84 | Santiago de Compostela | 52.223 | −0,28% | 13 | 4.017 | 11.770 | – | – |
Quelle: Vereinte Nationen, Hauptabteilung Wirtschaftliche und Soziale Angelegenheiten, Bevölkerungsabteilung (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.