As of January 2025, Catalonia's population stood at over *************, making it the second most populated autonomous community in Spain. Catalonia had ******* inhabitants aged between 45 and 49 years old, the largest age group. Meanwhile, children aged zero to four years old totaled *******.

The Catalan and Spanish languages coexist in the coastal region of Catalonia, both enjoying official and equal status. As of 2024, more than ** percent of the population of Catalonia considered Spanish their mother tongue, whereas less than ** percent reported being native speakers of Catalan. Catalonia was the second most populous autonomous community in Spain in 2024 with about * million people. Editorial scene in Catalonia Despite the fact that the vast majority of books in Spain are published in Spanish, the Catalan language ranked second in the country’s editorial scene at about * percent of book publications, revealing the weight of this language among other languages spoken in Spain. In fact, Catalan was one of the most translated languages in this country according to the latest studies. Catalonia in Spain The Catalan participation in the Spanish GDP was estimated at ** percent in 2023. This figure maintained steadily over the last few years, with an average share of about ** percent of the total GDP of the country. The average GDP per capita in Catalonia was significantly higher than that of the rest of Spain at ****** euros in 2022. During the same period, Spain’s average GDP per capita was ****** euros.

Spain Population: Catalonia: Barcelona data was reported at 5,606,913.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,576,037.000 Person for 2016. Spain Population: Catalonia: Barcelona data is updated yearly, averaging 5,416,447.000 Person from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,606,913.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 4,666,271.000 Person in 1997. Spain Population: Catalonia: Barcelona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.G001: Population: at 1st of January.

Most residents of Catalonia considered themselves equally Catalan and Spanish. This is the result of a survey conducted in March and May 2025 which revealed that approximately 37 percent of the population in this northern region identified Catalan and Spanish to the same degree. The share of the population that identified as more Catalan than Spanish or only Catalan, however, was also significant, with shares of 20 percent and 15 percent, respectively. Catalonia in SpainThe Catalan participation in the Spanish GDP was estimated at 20 percent in 2024. This figure maintained steadily over the last few years, with an average share of about 20 percent of the total GDP of the country. The average GDP per capita in Catalonia was significantly higher than that of the rest of Spain at 34,534 euros in 2022. During the same period, Spain’s average GDP per capita was 28.276 euros. As of 2024, Catalonia was the second most populous autonomous community in Spain with about eight million people. The Catalan language: a symbol of the region’s identityThe Catalan and Spanish languages coexist in the coastal region of Catalonia, both enjoying official and equal status. As of 2024, about 47 percent of the population of Catalonia considered Spanish their mother tongue, whereas about 40 percent reported being native speakers of Catalan. Despite the fact that the vast majority of books in Spain are published in Spanish, the Catalan language ranked second in the country’s editorial scene at about nine percent of book publications, revealing the weight of this language among other languages spoken in Spain. In fact, Catalan was one of the most translated languages in this country according to the latest studies.

From 1981 to 2024, the population of the autonomous community of Catalonia grew almost every year, from approximately 5.9 million to eight million inhabitants, an increase of 34 percent. Although there was a slight decline in population in 2012, the region would reach a similar population size again in the second half of 2017.

Spain Population: Catalonia: Girona data was reported at 761,353.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 755,716.000 Person for 2016. Spain Population: Catalonia: Girona data is updated yearly, averaging 731,864.000 Person from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 761,632.000 Person in 2012 and a record low of 543,191.000 Person in 1997. Spain Population: Catalonia: Girona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.G001: Population: at 1st of January.

Spain Population: Catalonia: Tarragona data was reported at 795,482.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 791,693.000 Person for 2016. Spain Population: Catalonia: Tarragona data is updated yearly, averaging 788,895.000 Person from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 814,199.000 Person in 2011 and a record low of 580,245.000 Person in 1997. Spain Population: Catalonia: Tarragona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.G001: Population: at 1st of January.

Spain Population: Catalonia: Lleida data was reported at 432,383.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 432,384.000 Person for 2016. Spain Population: Catalonia: Lleida data is updated yearly, averaging 426,872.000 Person from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 443,032.000 Person in 2011 and a record low of 357,903.000 Person in 1997. Spain Population: Catalonia: Lleida data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.G001: Population: at 1st of January.

ATOM service for downloading information related to Theme 10 - Demography, of Annex III of the INSPIRE Directive, in the geographical area of Catalonia. The service allows the download of demographic data of Catalonia, according the Directive requirements.

Catalonia's population has been growing since 1981, when it had about six million inhabitants. By the second half of 2024, over eight million people lived in Catalonia. Of these, more than four million were women and around 3.9 million men.

Llistat dels països i quantitat de residents estrangers a Catalunya, per país. Les dades comencen l'any 200.

Population: Catalonia data was reported at 7,596,131.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,555,830.000 Person for 2016. Population: Catalonia data is updated yearly, averaging 7,364,078.000 Person from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,596,131.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 6,147,610.000 Person in 1997. Population: Catalonia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Statistics Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Spain – Table ES.G001: Population: at 1st of January.

The genetic variation of the European population at a macro-geographic scale follows genetic gradients which reflect main migration events. However, less is known about factors affecting mating patterns at a micro-geographic scale. In this study we have analyzed 726,718 autosomal single nucleotide variants in 435 individuals from the catalan Pyrenees covering around 200 km of a vast and abrupt region in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, for which we have information about the geographic origin of all grand-parents and parents. At a macro-geographic scale, our analyses recapitulate the genetic gradient observed in Spain. However, we also identified the presence of micro-population substructure among the sampled individuals. Such micro-population substructure does not correlate with geographic barriers such as the expected by the orography of the considered region, but by the bishoprics present in the covered geographic area. These results support that, on top of main human migrations, long ongoing socio-cultural factors have also shaped the genetic diversity observed at rural populations.

Geographical distribution of people, including population characteristics and activity levels, aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.

This statistic displays the number of registered voters in Catalonia, Spain, in 2015. In that year Catalonia had a population with the right to vote of roughly 5.5 million. Around 196 thousand of them were residing abroad.

Dades de població de referència per al Servei Català de la Salut (CatSalut), que és la població amb dret a rebre assistència sanitària de finançament públic a Catalunya, extretes del Registre central de població del CatSalut (RCA).

El tall a final de cada període anual s'utilitza com a població de referència per al període següent.

Conté, per a cadascuna de les regions sanitàries i de les àrees bàsiques de salut del mapa sanitari català, el nombre de persones assegurades per gènere i edat.

Foreign population:The term foreigner refers to the nationality of the person. A foreigner in Spain, according to the Immigration Law 8/2000, of 22 December, is understood to be anyone who is not a national, and nationality is held according to the nationality of the parents, that is, by blood law. In other countries, nationality is given by the right of soil, that is, just because a person was born in a given country does he or she become a national of the country. This is the case of the United States.International migrant:According to the recommendations of the United Nations Statistical Division, an international migrant is a person who moves to live in another country, different from his or her country of habitual residence, in order to reside there for a period of at least one year. That is why not every foreigner is an immigrant.The source of this information is the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on 1 January of each year. The municipal register is an administrative register whose formation, as well as maintenance and management, corresponds to each of the existing municipalities. Your data constitute proof of residence and address in the public area, reliable for all administrative purposes.The register is a register of personal data regulated by the Law on Local Regime Bases and by the Data Protection Law. These data are: name and surname, sex, place and date of birth, nationality and National Identity Document or, if they are foreigners, the document that replaces it. The Register is, since 1996, a permanently updated register, from which official population figures are obtained: the Continuous Register.Each row of the dataset correspond to a different municipality, and the columns are the following:1- Name of the municipality2- Total nº of inhabitants3- Foreign inhabitants4- % of the foreign inhabitants of Catalonia that live in that municipality5- % of foreign inhabitants of that municipalitySource: Idescat. Población extranjera a 1 de enero. Por municipios. Cataluña

Genotype data sets in binary plink format

This statistic illustrates the feeling of the Catalan population about being Spanish or Catalan, by province, according to a survey carried out in April 2015. In Lerida roughly ** percent of respondents felt as much Spanish as they did Catalan.

Main characteristics of the population.