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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

2023 · 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 387K
5 Alicante/Alacant 2M
21 Almería 754K
37 Araba/Álava 337K
14 Asturias 1M
25 Badajoz 665K
9 Balears, Illes 1.2M
2 Barcelona 5.8M
10 Bizkaia 1.2M
36 Burgos 357K
28 Cantabria 588K
27 Castellón/Castelló 604K
52 Ceuta 83,039
31 Ciudad Real 491K
12 Coruña, A 1.1M
44 Cuenca 197K
34 Cáceres 387K
8 Cádiz 1.3M
20 Córdoba 774K
23 Gipuzkoa 728K
19 Girona 809K
17 Granada 930K
42 Guadalajara 275K
29 Huelva 531K
43 Huesca 227K
26 Jaén 620K
32 León 447K
33 Lleida 447K
39 Lugo 324K
1 Madrid 6.9M
51 Melilla 85,491
7 Murcia 1.6M
6 Málaga 1.8M
24 Navarra 672K
41 Ourense 305K
47 Palencia 158K
11 Palmas, Las 1.1M
16 Pontevedra 944K
40 Rioja, La 322K
38 Salamanca 327K
13 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1.1M
48 Segovia 155K
4 Sevilla 2M
50 Soria 89,482
18 Tarragona 848K
49 Teruel 135K
22 Toledo 728K
3 Valencia/València 2.7M
30 Valladolid 521K
45 Zamora 166K
15 Zaragoza 977K
46 Ávila 158K

Source: INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 2023

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