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People Statistics · Area

Population in Madrid

1996 – 2025 · 29 data points 1 of 52 · Regions of Spain Updated Oct 23, 2026
People · Madrid Madrid Spain

Source: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 1996 – 2025

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Overview 6 figures People 13 figures Economy 14 figures Housing 1 figure Education 5 figures Tourism 4 figures Climate 1 figure
Latest value · 2025 7,137,031 +1.9% since 2024
Regions of Spain · 2025 1 of 52 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +11% +1.2% a year on average
share of Madrid 100.3% Madrid: 7,113,886 · 2025
Population, 1996 – 2025 people
+11% since 2015

Source: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 1996 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
Madrid 7.1M
Madrid 7.1M
Spain 49M
European Union 451M
World 8.2B

Sources: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Eurostat · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Madrid · 1996 – 2025
Latest value 7,137,031 · 2025
First value 5,022,289 · 1996
Highest 7,137,031 · 2025
Lowest 5,022,289 · 1996
Average change +1.2% a year on average
Data points 29

By year

All years · 1996 – 2025

YearMadridChange MadridSpainEuropean UnionWorld
2025 7,137,031 +1.9% 7.1M 49M 451M 8.2B
2024 7,001,715 +2.1% 7M 49M 449M 8.1B
2023 6,859,914 +1.6% 6.9M 48M 448M 8.1B
2022 6,750,336 −0.0% 6.7M 47M 446M 8B
2021 6,751,251 −0.4% 6.7M 47M 446M 7.9B
2020 6,779,888 +1.7% 6.7M 47M 447M 7.9B
2019 6,663,394 +1.3% 6.6M 47M 446M 7.8B
2018 6,578,079 +1.1% 6.5M 47M 445M 7.7B
2017 6,507,184 +0.6% 6.5M 46M 445M 7.6B
2016 6,466,996 +0.5% 6.4M 46M 444M 7.5B
2015 6,436,996 −0.3% 6.4M 46M 443M 7.4B
2014 6,454,440 −0.6% 6.4M 46M 442M 7.4B
2013 6,495,551 −0.0% 6.4M 47M 442M 7.3B
2012 6,498,560 +0.1% 6.4M 47M 441M 7.2B
2011 6,489,680 +0.5% 6.4M 47M 440M 7.1B
2010 6,458,684 +1.1% 6.4M 46M 441M 7B
2009 6,386,932 +1.8% 6.3M 46M 440M 6.9B
2008 6,271,638 +3.1% 6.2M 46M 439M 6.8B
2007 6,081,689 +1.2% 6.1M 45M 437M 6.7B
2006 6,008,183 +0.7% 6M 44M 436M 6.7B
2005 5,964,143 +2.7% 5.9M 43M 434M 6.6B
2004 5,804,829 +1.5% 5.8M 43M 433M 6.5B
2003 5,718,942 +3.5% 5.6M 42M 431M 6.4B
2002 5,527,152 +2.9% 5.5M 41M 430M 6.3B
2001 5,372,433 +3.2% 5.4M 41M 429M 6.2B
2000 5,205,408 +1.2% 5.3M 40M 428M 6.2B
1999 5,145,325 +1.1% 5.3M 40M 428M 6.1B
1998 5,091,336 +1.4% 5.2M 40M 427M 6B
1996 5,022,289 5.2M 40M 425M 5.8B

Sources: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Eurostat · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1996 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of Spain

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation
35 Albacete 389K
5 Alicante/Alacant 1.8M
22 Almería 709K
39 Araba/Álava 329K
13 Asturias 1M
24 Badajoz 676K
10 Balears, Illes 1.1M
2 Barcelona 5.6M
9 Bizkaia 1.1M
36 Burgos 357K
27 Cantabria 580K
28 Castellón/Castelló 577K
52 Ceuta 85,144
31 Ciudad Real 499K
11 Coruña, A 1.1M
44 Cuenca 197K
34 Cáceres 396K
8 Cádiz 1.2M
19 Córdoba 785K
21 Gipuzkoa 721K
20 Girona 762K
17 Granada 912K
42 Guadalajara 254K
29 Huelva 520K
43 Huesca 219K
26 Jaén 638K
32 León 464K
33 Lleida 433K
38 Lugo 331K
1 Madrid 6.6M
51 Melilla 86,384
7 Murcia 1.5M
6 Málaga 1.6M
25 Navarra 648K
41 Ourense 309K
46 Palencia 162K
12 Palmas, Las 1.1M
16 Pontevedra 942K
40 Rioja, La 316K
37 Salamanca 331K
14 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1M
48 Segovia 153K
4 Sevilla 1.9M
50 Soria 88,600
18 Tarragona 796K
49 Teruel 135K
23 Toledo 687K
3 Valencia/València 2.5M
30 Valladolid 520K
45 Zamora 175K
15 Zaragoza 955K
47 Ávila 158K

Source: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 2018

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