The province in which the Catalan capital, Barcelona, is located has experienced a significant increase in population since 1996. In January 2023, the inhabitants of the province of Barcelona amounted to nearly *** million, which is also the highest figure registered during the period under consideration.

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.

Population of Barcelona according to the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on January 1 of each year

Demographic indicators. Population density (inhabitants / ha) of the city of Barcelona

With over ************* inhabitants, Madrid ranked as the most populated province in Spain as of 2025. In the second place was Barcelona, with a population of almost *********** people. Only ** out of the ** Spanish provinces had over a million inhabitants at that time.

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 *******.

Current population data and demographics for Barcelona

Table of INEBase Barcelona: Population by municipality and sex. Annual. Municipalities. Official population figures of the Spanish Municipalities: Revision of the Municipal Register

Analysis of ‘Barcelona: Population by municipality and sex. DPOP (API identifier: 2861)’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/urn-ine-es-tabla-t3-29-2861 on 08 January 2022.

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Table of INEBase Barcelona: Population by municipality and sex. Annual. Municipalities. Official population figures of the Spanish Municipalities: Revision of the Municipal Register

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Population of Barcelona aggregated by five-year age groups according to the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on January 1 of each year

Population of Barcelona aggregated by continent of birth, sex and five-year age groups according to the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on January 1 of each year

Barcelona city areas with the highest population exposed to the impact of heat by age groups

Barcelona population projected based on the Municipal Register of Inhabitants as of January 1 and in the growth scenarios of Idescat (Institut d’Estadística de Catalunya). The projection base corresponds to the year of the name of the resource

In 2024, Madrid was the city with the most inhabitants in Spain. In that year, more than 3.42 million people lived in the city. Barcelona was the second-largest city with 1.69 million residents.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Barcelona-Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Population of Barcelona aggregated by group of nationality (Spain, part of EU or other), sex and five-year age groups according to the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on January 1 of each year

Population of Barcelona registered alone at home aggregated by sex and five-year age groups by the Municipal Register of Inhabitants as of January 1

List of surnames of the population of Barcelona according to the Municipal Register of Inhabitants on January 1 of each year. The surnames have been grouped according to whether they appear in the first surname, second surname or both. Only the first 3.000 most frequent surnames have been considered for each case.

Aggregate data per housing block of the city of Barcelona, with information derived from local population, urban planning and building registers, among others

The data refers to the reading registers of the inhabitants who live in Barcelona in the first of January every year, classified by age year by year and by genre.

From year 2007 to 2015, the readings refer to the 30th of June of every year and since 2016 it refers to the 1st of January.