A continuación se muestran las áreas urbanas con más de 100.000 habitantes en España clasificadas por población.
La población del Área urbana (o aglomeración urbana) se refiere a la población contenida dentro de los contornos de un territorio contiguo habitado a niveles de densidad urbana, que normalmente comprende una ciudad y su franja suburbana circundante.
| Clasificación | Área Urbana | Estimación de población (2025) | Cambio en 1 año (respecto a 2024) | Superficie terrestre (Km²) | Densidad (Hab/Km²) | Clasificación mundial | Proyecciones (2030) | Proyecciones (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 | – | – |
Fuente: Naciones Unidas, Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales, División de Población (2025). Perspectivas de la Urbanización Mundial: Revisión de 2025, Edición en línea.