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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

2019 · 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 388K
5 Alicante/Alacant 1.9M
22 Almería 717K
37 Araba/Álava 332K
14 Asturias 1M
24 Badajoz 674K
10 Balears, Illes 1.1M
2 Barcelona 5.7M
9 Bizkaia 1.2M
36 Burgos 357K
27 Cantabria 581K
28 Castellón/Castelló 580K
52 Ceuta 84,777
31 Ciudad Real 496K
12 Coruña, A 1.1M
44 Cuenca 196K
34 Cáceres 394K
8 Cádiz 1.2M
19 Córdoba 783K
21 Gipuzkoa 724K
20 Girona 771K
17 Granada 915K
42 Guadalajara 258K
29 Huelva 522K
43 Huesca 220K
26 Jaén 634K
32 León 460K
33 Lleida 435K
39 Lugo 330K
1 Madrid 6.7M
51 Melilla 86,487
7 Murcia 1.5M
6 Málaga 1.7M
25 Navarra 654K
41 Ourense 308K
46 Palencia 161K
11 Palmas, Las 1.1M
16 Pontevedra 943K
40 Rioja, La 317K
38 Salamanca 330K
13 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1M
48 Segovia 153K
4 Sevilla 1.9M
50 Soria 88,636
18 Tarragona 805K
49 Teruel 134K
23 Toledo 695K
3 Valencia/València 2.6M
30 Valladolid 520K
45 Zamora 173K
15 Zaragoza 965K
47 Ávila 158K

Source: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 2019

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