Population distribution

Although Spain's economic structure is still significantly rural, its population is concentrated mainly in large cities.

The Spanish population in 2012 is estimated at just over 47 million.

The capital, Madrid, has more than 3 million inhabitants, although this figure rises to more than 6 million if we take into account the population of the whole province. Barcelona is the second largest city, with an official population of 1.6 million. As in the case of Madrid, the municipal districts in the rest of the province raise this figure to more than 5 million. These are followed by Valencia (798,033 inhabitants), Seville (703,021 inhabitants), Zaragoza (674,725 inhabitants), Malaga (568,030 inhabitants) and Bilbao (352,700 inhabitants).