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The NUTS code scheme was revised in 2003. The digit '0' was appended to the codes for Canary Islands and Madrid, considered as autonomous communities. Ceuta and Melilla (formerly shown as ES631 and ES632, respectively) were given NUTS-2 level codes. The province codes were right-padded with zeros to make all NUTS-3 codes the same length. The system was changed again circa 2010. The codes for the insular provinces—Baleares, Las Palmas, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife—were split up by island.

Jose Gavinha alerted me that the final results of the 2011 census have been posted (source [3]).

The official names of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya provinces have been changed to Araba/Álava, Gipuzkoa, and Bizkaia, respectively, by Spanish law. In other words, their Spanish names have been superseded by their Basque names. The name with a slash may appear on documents and signs, but I don't believe that ordinary people will start using "Araba/Álava" in conversation.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter number II-1, dated 2010-02-03, changes the ISO codes for six autonomous communities, to avoid conflicts with the province codes. Asturias changed from O to AS; Cantabria changed from S to CB; La Rioja changed from LO to RI; Madrid changed from M to MD; Murcia changed from MU to MC; and Navarra changed from NA to NC.

FIPS Publication Change Notice No. 9, affecting FIPS PUB 10-4, was issued on 2004-10-01. It corrects the type of two subdivisions. Madrid has become a comunidad (community), and Navarra has become a comunidad foral (statutory community), according to the standard.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-4, dated 2002-12-10, corrects the error for Baleares in Newsletter I-2.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-2 was published on 2002-05-21. There are only two types of change shown. The description of the places of Spanish sovereignty in Africa was changed to "autonomous citites (sic) in North Africa". Five names were changed from Spanish to the local minority language (Catalan or Galician). The ISO 3166-2 code for Balearic Islands autonomous community was changed from PM to IB. The code for Baleares province, however, remained unchanged as PM. The code for Girona province was changed from GE to GI.

International standard ISO 3166-2 was published on December 15, 1998. It superseded ISO/DIS 3166-2 (draft international standard). For Spain, the draft standard showed only the autonomous communities and the municipalities Ceuta and Melilla. The final standard showed those divisions, and the provinces as well.

Note: seven of the autonomous communities consist of only a single province. In those cases, the ISO code for the province is the same as the code for the conterminous autonomous community. Aside from that, all of the ISO codes for divisions of Spain are unique.

Country overview: 

Short name	SPAIN
ISO code	ES
FIPS code	SP
Language	Spanish (es)
Time zone	+1~ (see note)
Capital	Madrid

 

Spain has been an independent country during the entire 20th century.

According to the Spanish Constitution, Spanish (more precisely, Castilian, or Castellano) is the official language of the whole country, but the other Spanish languages (languages native to Spain) may be made co-official in each autonomous community by statute.

Time zone note: except for the Canary Islands, which are in zone 0~.

Other names of country: 

1. Basque: Espainia
2. Catalan: Espanya
3. Danish: Spanien
4. Dutch: Spanje, Koninkrijk Spanje (formal)
5. English: Kingdom of Spain (formal)
6. Finnish: Espanja
7. French: Espagne f
8. Galician: España
9. German: Spanien n
10. Icelandic: Spánn
11. Italian: Spagna f
12. Norwegian: Spania, Kongeriket Spania (formal)
13. Portuguese: Espanha, Reino m de Espanha f (formal)
14. Russian: Королевство Испания (formal)
15. Spanish: España, Reino m de España f (formal)
16. Swedish: Spanien
17. Turkish: İspanya Krallığı (formal)

Origin of name: 

possibly from a Phoenician word for mine, digging; or Phoenician for coast of the rabbits

Primary subdivisions: 

Spain is divided into seventeen comunidades autónomas (autonomous communities) and two municipalities.

Community	HASC	ISO	NUTS	FIPS	Rs	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	Capital	Gentilic	Language
Andalusia	ES.AN	AN	ES61	SP51	h	8,371,270	87,268	33,694	Seville	andaluz
Aragon	ES.AR	AR	ES24	SP52	l	1,344,509	47,669	18,405	Zaragoza	aragonés
Asturias	ES.AS	AS	ES12	SP34	l	1,075,183	10,565	4,079	Oviedo	asturiano
Balearic Islands	ES.PM	IB	ES53	SP07	l	1,100,503	5,014	1,936	Palma de Mallorca	balear	Catalan
Basque Country	ES.PV	PV	ES21	SP59	h	2,185,393	7,261	2,803	Vitoria-Gasteiz	vasco	Basque
Canary Islands	ES.CN	CN	ES70	SP53	h	2,082,655	7,273	2,808	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	canario
Cantabria	ES.CB	CB	ES13	SP39	l	592,542	5,289	2,042	Santander	cántabro
Castile and Leon	ES.CL	CL	ES41	SP55	l	2,540,188	94,147	36,350	Valladolid	castellanoleonés
Castile-La Mancha	ES.CM	CM	ES42	SP54	l	2,106,331	79,226	30,589	Toledo	castellanomanchego
Catalonia	ES.CT	CT	ES51	SP56	h	7,519,843	31,930	12,328	Barcelona	catalán	Catalan
Ceuta	ES.CE	CE	ES63			83,517	18	7	Ceuta	ceutí
Extremadura	ES.EX	EX	ES43	SP57	l	1,104,499	41,602	16,063	Mérida	extremeño
Galicia	ES.GA	GA	ES11	SP58	h	2,772,928	29,434	11,365	Santiago de Compostela	gallego	Galician
La Rioja	ES.LO	RI	ES23	SP27	l	321,173	5,034	1,944	Logroño	riojano
Madrid	ES.MD	MD	ES30	SP29	l	6,421,874	7,995	3,087	Madrid	madrileño
Melilla	ES.ML	ML	ES64			81,323	14	5	Melilla	melillense
Murcia	ES.MU	MC	ES62	SP31	l	1,462,128	11,317	4,370	Murcia	murciano
Navarra	ES.NA	NC	ES22	SP32	h	640,129	10,421	4,024	Pamplona	navarro	Basque
Valencia	ES.VC	VC	ES52	SP60	h	5,009,931	23,305	8,998	Valencia	valenciano	Valencian
19 divisions						46,815,916	504,782	194,897
Community: except for Ceuta and Melilla, which are municipalities. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision code. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2. NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. Note: the first three characters of the NUTS code identify still larger regions, as in the table below. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Rs: Autonomous communities are classified as having high (h) or low (l) responsibility. Population: 2011-11-01 census Gentilic: Masculine singular name for an inhabitant. Language: Co-official language in this autonomous community.

 

NUTS region	NUTS
Noroeste	ES1
Noreste	ES2
Madrid	ES3
Centro	ES4
Este	ES5
Sur	ES6
Canarias	ES7

Further subdivisions:

See the Municipalities of Spain page.

The division of Spain into provincias (provinces) has endured, essentially unchanged, since 1833. The constitution of 1978 mandated the creation of autonomous communities. They were implemented by statute, and created by stages from 1979 to 1983, each consisting of one or more provinces. The smallest administrative divisions of Spain are the municipios (municipalities). There are various groupings of municipalities below the provincial level, varying by autonomous community: comarcas (counties), cabildo insular or consell insular (island council), and others. Ceuta and Melilla are special cases. Officially, they are plazas de soberanía del norte de Africa (places of sovereignty in the north of Africa; Spanish Africa for short). The ISO standard lists them as two separate entities, although it might make more sense to list them as one. Ceuta and Melilla are each municipalities. Formerly, Ceuta was administered as part of Cádiz province, and Melilla as part of Málaga.

Province	HASC	ISO	FIPS	NUTS	Ac	Pc	Population	Area(km.²)	Capital	Gentilic
A Coruña	ES.GA.AC	C	SP23	ES111	GA	15	1,096,027	7,876	A Coruña	coruñés
Álava	ES.PV.AA	VI	SP01	ES211	PV	01	286,387	3,047	Vitoria-Gasteiz(1)	alavés
Albacete	ES.CM.AB	AB	SP02	ES421	CM	02	364,835	14,858	Albacete	albaceteño
Alicante	ES.VC.AN	A	SP03	ES521	VC	03	1,461,925	5,863	Alicante	alicantino
Almería	ES.AN.AM	AL	SP04	ES611	AN	04	536,731	8,774	Almería	almeriense
Asturias	ES.AS.AS	O	SP34	ES120	O	33	1,062,998	10,565	Oviedo	asturiano
Ávila	ES.CL.AV	AV	SP05	ES411	CL	05	163,442	8,048	Ávila	abulense
Badajoz	ES.EX.BD	BA	SP06	ES431	EX	06	654,882	21,657	Badajoz	pacense
Baleares	ES.PM.BL	PM	SP07	ES531(2)	IB	07	841,669	5,014	Palma	balear
Barcelona	ES.CT.BR	B	SP08	ES511	CT	08	4,805,927	7,733	Barcelona	barcelonés
Burgos	ES.CL.BU	BU	SP09	ES412	CL	09	348,934	14,269	Burgos	burgalés
Cáceres	ES.EX.CC	CC	SP10	ES432	EX	10	403,621	19,945	Cáceres	cacereño
Cádiz	ES.AN.CD	CA	SP11	ES612	AN	11	1,116,491	7,385	Cádiz	gaditano
Cantabria	ES.CB.CN	S	SP39	ES130	S	39	535,131	5,289	Santander	cántabro
Castellón	ES.VC.CS	CS	SP12	ES522	VC	12	484,566	6,679	Castellón de la Plana	castellonense
Ceuta	ES.CE.CE	CE		ES630	CE	51	71,505	18	Ceuta	ceutí
Ciudad Real	ES.CM.CR	CR	SP13	ES422	CM	13	478,957	19,749	Ciudad Real	ciudadrealeño
Córdoba	ES.AN.CO	CO	SP14	ES613	AN	14	761,657	13,718	Córdoba	cordobés
Cuenca	ES.CM.CU	CU	SP15	ES423	CM	16	200,346	17,061	Cuenca	conquense
Girona	ES.CT.GN	GI	SP16	ES512	CT	17	565,304	5,886	Girona	gerundense
Granada	ES.AN.GD	GR	SP17	ES614	AN	18	821,660	12,531	Granada	granadino
Guadalajara	ES.CM.GJ	GU	SP18	ES424	CM	19	174,999	12,190	Guadalajara	guadalajareño
Guipúzcoa	ES.PV.GP	SS	SP19	ES212	PV	20	673,563	1,997	Donostia-San Sebastián(1)	guipuzcoano
Huelva	ES.AN.HL	H	SP20	ES615	AN	21	462,579	10,085	Huelva	onubense
Huesca	ES.AR.HS	HU	SP21	ES241	AR	22	206,502	15,671	Huesca	oscense
Jaén	ES.AN.JA	J	SP22	ES616	AN	23	643,820	13,498	Jaén	jienense
La Rioja	ES.LO.LR	LO	SP27	ES230	LO	26	276,702	5,034	Logroño	riojano
Las Palmas	ES.CN.LP	GC	SP24	ES705(2)	CN	35	887,676	4,065	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	palmense
León	ES.CL.LN	LE	SP25	ES413	CL	24	488,751	15,468	León	leonés
Lleida	ES.CT.LD	L	SP26	ES513	CT	25	362,206	12,028	Lleida	ilerdense
Lugo	ES.GA.LG	LU	SP28	ES112	GA	27	357,648	9,803	Lugo	lucense
Madrid	ES.MD.MD	M	SP29	ES300	M	28	5,423,384	7,995	Madrid	madrileño
Málaga	ES.AN.MG	MA	SP30	ES617	AN	29	1,287,017	7,276	Málaga	malagueño
Melilla	ES.ML.ME	ML		ES640	ML	52	66,411	14	Melilla	melillense
Murcia	ES.MU.MR	MU	SP31	ES620	MU	30	1,197,646	11,317	Murcia	murciano
Navarra	ES.NA.NV	NA	SP32	ES220	NA	31	555,829	10,421	Pamplona	navarro
Ourense	ES.GA.OR	OR	SP33	ES113	GA	32	338,446	7,278	Ourense	orensano
Palencia	ES.CL.PL	P	SP35	ES414	CL	34	174,143	8,029	Palencia	palentino
Pontevedra	ES.GA.PV	PO	SP36	ES114	GA	36	903,759	4,477	Pontevedra	pontevedrés
Salamanca	ES.CL.SL	SA	SP37	ES415	CL	37	345,609	12,336	Salamanca	salmantino
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	ES.CN.SC	TF	SP38	ES709(2)	CN	38	806,801	3,208	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	tinerfeño
Segovia	ES.CL.SG	SG	SP40	ES416	CL	40	147,694	6,949	Segovia	segoviano
Sevilla	ES.AN.SV	SE	SP41	ES618	AN	41	1,727,603	14,001	Sevilla	sevillano
Soria	ES.CL.SR	SO	SP42	ES417	CL	42	90,717	10,287	Soria	soriano
Tarragona	ES.CT.TG	T	SP43	ES514	CT	43	609,673	6,283	Tarragona	tarraconense
Teruel	ES.AR.TE	TE	SP44	ES242	AR	44	135,858	14,804	Teruel	turolense
Toledo	ES.CM.TD	TO	SP45	ES425	CM	45	541,379	15,368	Toledo	toledano
Valencia	ES.VC.VN	V	SP46	ES523	VC	46	2,216,285	10,763	Valencia	valenciano
Valladolid	ES.CL.VD	VA	SP47	ES418	CL	47	498,094	8,202	Valladolid	vallisoletano
Vizcaya	ES.PV.VZ	BI	SP48	ES213	PV	48	1,122,637	2,217	Bilbao	vizcaíno
Zamora	ES.CL.ZM	ZA	SP49	ES419	CL	49	199,090	10,559	Zamora	zamorano
Zaragoza	ES.AR.ZG	Z	SP50	ES243	AR	50	861,855	17,194	Saragossa	zaragozano
52 divisions							40,847,371	504,782
Province: except Ceuta and Melilla. Names are given in Spanish. HASC: Second-level hierarchical administrative subdivision code. ISO: Province codes from ISO 3166-2. For full identification in a global context, prefix "ES-" to the code (ex: ES-V represents Valencia). FIPS: Old codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. These were superseded by the FIPS codes for autonomous communities in ~1990. NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (). Ac: ISO code for the autonomous community containing this province. Pc: Spain uses a five-digit código postal (postal code). The first two digits determine the province, as shown. Population: 2011-11-01 census. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Gentilic: Masculine singular name for an inhabitant.

 

Note 1: Vitoria and San Sebastián are the Spanish names of these cities, and Gasteiz and Donostia, the Basque names. They are often given in this hyphenated form.

Up until ~1970, there was a well-established grouping of provinces into historical regions. Many of the regions could be traced back to kingdoms of the Age of Exploration. In modern times, the historical regions had no administrative functions. Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Navarra, and Valencia contained the same provinces as the autonomous communities of the same names. (However, Basque Country and Navarra were often grouped together as "Provincia Vascongadas y Navarra.") Murcia included the provinces of Albacete (now in Castile-La Mancha) and Murcia. The other three historical regions were Leon, New Castile, and Old Castile (Spanish: León, Castilla la Nueva, and Castilla la Vieja). Leon comprised the provinces of León, Salamanca, and Zamora, all now in Castile and Leon. New Castile consisted of Madrid and all the provinces that are now in Castile-La Mancha except Albacete. Old Castile consisted of Castile and Leon, minus the three provinces of Leon, plus the autonomous communities of Cantabria and La Rioja. The Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla were not included among the historical regions.

Note 2: Three provinces are divided into multiple NUTS-3 areas. Baleares contains Eivissa y Formentera (ES531), Mallorca (ES532), and Menorca (ES533). Las Palmas contains Fuerteventura (ES704), Gran Canaria (ES705), and Lanzarote (ES708). Santa Cruz de Tenerife contains El Hierro (ES703), La Gomera (ES706), La Palma (ES707), and Tenerife (ES709).

Territorial extent: 

1. A Coruña includes some small coastal islands: Sálvora, the Islas Sisargas, etc.
2. Almería includes Alborán Island.
3. Baleares consists of the islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera, and nearby islets.
4. Burgos includes a large exclave called Condado de Treviño, surrounded by Álava province, as well as three tiny exclaves: two within Logroño, and one within Palencia province. It follows that Treviño is an exclave of Castile and Leon autonomous community within Basque Country, and the two in Logroño are exclaves of Castile and Leon within La Rioja.
5. Cantabria province includes an exclave around La Matanza, within Vizcaya province. Consequently, this is also an exclave of Cantabria autonomous community within Basque Country.
6. Castellón includes the tiny Islas Columbretes.
7. Ceuta lies on a peninsula on the coast of Morocco, across the Strait of Gibraltar.
8. Ciudad Real includes an exclave called Rincón de Anchuras, on the border between Badajoz and Toledo provinces.
9. Córdoba includes a small exclave around Villar, contained within Sevilla province.
10. Girona includes the exclave of Llivia, surrounded by Pyrénées-Orientales department of France, as well as a small exclave within Barcelona province.
11. Guipúzcoa contains the Spanish share of Isla de los Faisanes, a condominium of France and Spain.
12. Las Palmas consists of the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Graciosa, Alegranza, Lobos, and Montaña Clara.
13. Madrid includes the small exclave of La Cepeda, lying on the border between Ávila and Segovia provinces. This is therefore also an exclave of Madrid autonomous community within Castile and Leon.
14. Melilla consists of a small coastal enclave in Morocco around the city of Melilla, and several small islands off the coast of Morocco: Islas Chafarinas (Isabel II, Congreso, Isla del Rey), Peñón de Alhucemas and its neighbors Isla de Mar and Isla de Tierra, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera.
15. Navarra includes two small exclaves within Zaragoza province, around Petilla de Aragón and Bastanes. Consequently, these are also exclaves of Navarra autonomous community within Aragon.
16. Palencia includes five small exclaves: two within Burgos province, two within Santander, and one on the border between Burgos and Santander. The two within Santander are also exclaves of Castile and Leon autonomous community within Cantabria.
17. Pontevedra includes some coastal islands: Arosa, Ons, and the Islas Cíes (Monte Agudo and San Martín).
18. Santa Cruz de Tenerife consists of the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, and Hierro.
19. Valencia includes an exclave called Rincón de Ademuz, on the border between Cuenca and Teruel provinces (Castile-La Mancha and Aragón autonomous communities, respectively).
20. Valladolid includes two exclaves, one within León province, and a larger one on the border between León and Zamora.
21. Vizcaya includes an exclave around Orduña, on the border between Álava and Burgos.

Origins of names: 

1. Álava: possibly from Basque araiiar: land between mountains, or ara ba: low plain
2. Albacete: Arabic al-Basit: the plain
3. Alicante: from Greek leuke akte: white cape, through Latin Lucentum and Arabic Alicante, as a city name
4. Almería: Arabic al-Meriya: the watchtower
5. Andalusia: through Arabic from Low Latin Vandalusia: land of the Vandals
6. Aragon: from the river Aragón
7. Asturias: from Basque asta: rock, ur: water
8. Badajoz: from city name, from Latin Pax Augusti: peace of Augustus
9. Baleares: the ancients explained it as a Semitic name meaning "slingers' islands"
10. Barcelona: from Hamilcar Barca, Carthaginian general
11. Burgos: Spanish for cities. Burgos, the city, was formed by uniting several smaller cities
12. Cádiz: from Semitic gadir: walled place
13. Canary Islands: from Latin canis: dog
14. Cantabria: for the Cantabrian Mountains, named for Cantabri (ethnic name)
15. Castile: Latin castella: castle
16. Catalonia: probably from Catalauni, name of Celtic tribe
17. Ceuta: Latin Castellum ad Septem Fratres: castle of the seven brothers, referring to seven mountains, through Arabic Sebta
18. Ciudad Real: Spanish for royal city; founded by King Alfonso X of Castille in 1252.
19. Córdoba: possibly from Phoenician qorteb: oil press
20. Cuenca: Spanish for basin, from Latin concha: basin; the city is situated in a deep river valley
21. Extremadura: Latin Extrema Durii: end of the Douro (River)
22. Galicia: possibly from Latin Gallus: man from Gaul
23. Granada: Latin granatum: fruit
24. Guadalajara: Arabic wadi al-hajara: stony river
25. Guipúzcoa: Basque for the place of Ipuz (person or tribe)
26. La Coruña: possibly from Latin columna: column, referring to an ancient lighthouse
27. La Mancha: from Arabic for the high plain
28. León: from Latin legionis, genitive case of legio: legion; headquarters of the Seventh Legion
29. Madrid: possibly from Celtic mago: big + ritu: ford
30. Málaga: possibly from Phoenician malaka: refuge
31. Murcia: from Arabic for the firmly founded
32. Navarra: possibly from Basque naba: mountain pass or valley, Nabarra: tribe from mountain valleys
33. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: = Holy Cross of Tenerife; Tenerife is the name of the island, from native words tener: island, ife: white, referring to snowy mountain peaks
34. Santander: probably a corruption of Sant Andres: Saint Andrew
35. Sevilla: from a Semitic name meaning plain
36. Valencia: from city name, from Latin Valentia Edetanorum, probably meaning "strong city of the Edetani tribe"
37. Valladolid: Arabic vali: governor + Walid; the city was the governorate of Walid Abul Abbas
38. Vizcaya: from Basque bizkar: mountain pass
39. Zaragoza: city renamed Cæsaria Augusta when it became a military colony in 25 B.C., shortened to Cæsaraugusta, then to Sarakusta by the Moors

Change history: 

1. 1927-09-21: Canary Islands split into Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinces.
2. 1979: Basque Country and Catalonia autonomous communities formed.
3. 1980-06-27: Names of the capitals of Gerona and Lérida provinces changed from Gerona to Girona and from Lérida to Lleida, respectively.
4. 1980-11-15: Name of Logroño province, but not its capital, changed to La Rioja. (Law passed on this date.)
5. 1981: Andalusia, Asturias, and Galicia autonomous communities formed.
6. 1982-01-31: Name of Santander province, but not its capital, changed to Cantabria. Cantabria autonomous community formed. (Law passed 1981-12-15, approved by king 1981-12-30, published in Official Bulletin 1982-01-11, took effect 1982-01-31.)
7. 1982: Aragon, Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha, La Rioja, Murcia, Navarra, and Valencia autonomous communities formed.
8. 1983-04-05: Name of Oviedo province, but not its capital, changed to Asturias. (Law passed on this date.)
9. 1983: Balearic Islands, Castile and Leon, Extremadura, and Madrid autonomous communities formed.
10. 1984-09-27: Names of the capitals of La Coruña and Orense provinces changed from La Coruña to A Coruña and from Orense to Ourense, respectively. (Law passed 1983-06-15, decree issued on this date.)
11. 1992-02-28: Names of Gerona and Lérida provinces changed to Girona and Lérida, respectively. (Law passed on this date.)
12. 1993-11-01: Under the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union replaced the European Communities, of which Spain was a member.
13. 1998-03-03: Names of La Coruña and Orense provinces changed to A Coruña and Ourense, respectively. (Law passed on this date.)
14. 2011-06-05: Official names of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya provinces changed to Araba/Álava, Gipuzkoa, and Bizkaia, respectively, under law 2011/19.

Other names of subdivisions: 

1. autonomous communities:
2. Andalusia: Andalousie (French); Andalucía (Spanish); Andalusien (German); Andaluzia (Portuguese)
3. Aragon: Aragão (Portuguese); Aragó (Catalan); Aragón (Spanish); Aragona (Italian); Aragonien (German)
4. Asturias: Astúrias (Portuguese); Asturie (Italian); Asturien (German); Asturies (French); Astúries (Catalan); Principado de Asturias (formal)
5. Balearic Islands: Balearen (Dutch, German); Balearene (Norwegian); Baleares, Islas Baleares (Spanish); Baleari (Italian); Îles Baléares (French); Ilhas Baleares (Portuguese); Illes Balears (Catalan)
6. Basque Country: Baskenland, Baskische Provinzen (German); Basque Autonomous Community (formal-English); Basque Provinces (variant); CAV, Comunidad Autonoma Vasca (formal); Communauté Autonome Basque, (formal-French); Comunidade Autonoma Basca (formal-Portuguese); Comunitat Autònoma Basca (formal-Catalan); EKE, Euskadi, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa (Basque); País Basc (Catalan); País Basco (Portuguese); País Vasco (Spanish); Pays Basque, Provinces Basques (French); Province Basche (Italian); Vascongadas (Spanish-obsolete)
7. Canary Islands: Canarias, Islas Canarias (Spanish); Canárias, Ilhas Canárias (Portuguese); Canarie (Italian); Canarische eilanden (Dutch); Îles Canaries (French); Illes Canàries (Catalan); Kanariøyene (Norwegian); Kanarische Inseln (German); Канарские острова (Russian)
8. Cantabria: Cantàbria (Catalan); Cantábria (Portuguese); Cantabrie (French); Kantabrien (German)
9. Castile and Leon: Castela e Leão (Portuguese); Castella i Lleó (Catalan); Castile-Leon (variant); Castilha-Leão (Brazilian Portuguese); Castilla y León (Spanish); Castille et Léon (French); Kastilien-León (German)
10. Castile-La Mancha: Castela-La Mancha, Castela-Mancha (Portuguese); Castella-la Manxa (Catalan); Castilha-La Mancha (Brazilian Portuguese); Castilla-La Mancha (Spanish); Castille-La Manche (French); Kastilien-La Mancha (German)
11. Catalonia: Catalogna (Italian); Catalogne (French); Cataluña (Spanish); Catalunha (Portuguese); Catalunya (Catalan); Katalonien (German)
12. Extremadura: Estremadura (German, Italian, Portuguese); Estrémadure (French)
13. Galicia: Galice (French); Galícia (Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan); Galicien (German); Galiza (Portuguese); Galizia (Galician, Italian)
14. La Rioja: Rioja (French, German, variant)
15. Madrid: Communauté de Madrid (French); Community of Madrid (formal-English); Comunidad de Madrid (formal); Comunidade de Madrid (Portuguese); Comunitat de Madrid (formal-Catalan)
16. Murcia: Região de Múrcia (Portuguese); Regió de Múrcia (formal-Catalan); Región de Murcia (formal); Région de Murcie (French); Region of Murcia (English)
17. Navarra: Communauté forale de Navarre (French); Comunidad Foral de Navarra (Spanish); Comunidade Foral de Navarra (Portuguese); Comunitat Foral de Navarra (formal-Catalan); Nafarroa (Basque); Navarre (variant)
18. Valencia: Communauté de Valence (French); Comunidade Valenciana (Portuguese); Comunidad Valenciana (Spanish); Comunitat Valenciana (formal-Catalan); Valencian Community (formal-English)
19. provinces:
20. A Coruña: A Corunha (Portuguese-variant); Coruña (variant); Corunha (Portuguese); Corunna (obsolete); La Corogne (French); La Coruña (obsolete); La Corunya (Catalan)
21. Álava: Àlaba (Catalan); Araba (Basque)
22. Alicante: Alacant (Catalan)
23. Asturias: Oviedo (obsolete); see also Asturias autonomous community, above
24. Ávila: Àvila (Catalan)
25. Barcelona: Barcellona (Italian); Barcelone (French)
26. Cáceres: Càceres (Catalan)
27. Cádiz: Cádice (Italian); Cadis (Catalan); Cádis (Portuguese-variant); Cadix (French)
28. Cantabria: Cantàbria (Catalan); Cantábria (Portuguese); Santander (obsolete)
29. Castellón: Castelló (Catalan); Castellón de la Plana (variant)
30. Córdoba: Cordoue (French); Cordova (English, Italian); Còrdova (Catalan); Córdova (Portuguese)
31. Cuenca: Conca (Catalan)
32. Girona: Gerona (obsolete); Gérona (Portuguese); Gérone (French)
33. Granada: Grenada (English); Grenade (French)
34. Guipúzcoa: Guipúscoa (Catalan); Gipuzkoa (Basque)
35. Huesca: Osca (Catalan)
36. La Rioja: Logronho (Portuguese-variant); Logroño (obsolete)
37. León: Leão (Portuguese-variant); Lleó (Catalan)
38. Lleida: Lérida (obsolete, Portuguese)
39. Madrid: Madri (Brazilian Portuguese)
40. Málaga: Màlaga (Catalan)
41. Melilla: Melilha (Portuguese)
42. Murcia: Múrcia (Catalan, Portuguese); Murcie (French)
43. Navarra: Navarre (English, French)
44. Ourense: Orense (obsolete)
45. Palencia: Palência (Portuguese-variant); Palència (Catalan)
46. Salamanca: Salamanque (French)
47. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Santa Cruz de Santiago (variant)
48. Segovia: Segòvia (Catalan); Segóvia (Portuguese); Ségovie (French)
49. Sevilla: Sevilha (Portuguese); Seville (English); Séville (French); Siviglia (Italian)
50. Soria: Sòria (Catalan)
51. Tarragona: Tarragone (French)
52. Teruel: Terol (Catalan)
53. Toledo: Tolède (French)
54. Valencia: Valence (French); València (Catalan); Valência (Portuguese-variant); Valenza (Italian)
55. Valladolid: Valhadolid (Portuguese); Valhadolide (Portuguese-variant)
56. Vizcaya: Biscaia (Portuguese); Biscay (English); Biscaye (French); Bizkaia (Basque); Viscaya (Brazilian Portuguese)
57. Zamora: Samora (Portuguese-variant)
58. Zaragoza: Saragoça (Portuguese-variant); Saragossa (Catalan, English-variant); Saragosse (French); Saragozza (Italian)

Population history:

Province	1910	1930	1940	1956	1970	1986	1996-05-01	2001-11-01	2011-11-01
A Coruña	658,201	767,608	883,090	998,267	1,004,188	1,102,376	1,110,302	1,096,027	1,141,286
Álava	96,511	104,176	112,876	120,936	204,323	275,703	281,821	286,387	320,778
Albacete	259,074	332,619	374,472	410,123	335,026	342,278	359,010	364,835	401,580
Alicante	483,986	545,838	607,562	649,132	920,105	1,254,920	1,379,762	1,461,925	1,852,166
Almería	354,344	341,550	359,730	356,125	375,004	448,592	501,761	536,731	688,736
Asturias	686,132	791,855	836,642	917,817	1,045,635	1,114,115	1,087,885	1,062,998	1,075,183
Ávila	209,022	221,386	234,671	260,508	203,798	179,207	169,342	163,442	171,647
Badajoz	561,897	702,418	742,547	859,094	687,599	664,516	656,848	654,882	691,799
Baleares	325,703	365,512	407,497	430,335	558,287	754,777	760,379	841,669	1,100,503
Barcelona	1,133,883	1,800,638	1,931,875	2,416,703	3,929,194	4,598,249	4,628,277	4,805,927	5,522,565
Burgos	395,710	355,299	378,580	407,588	358,075	363,530	350,074	348,934	372,538
Cáceres	395,082	449,756	511,377	570,982	457,777	424,027	413,396	403,621	412,701
Cádiz	467,836	507,972	600,440	762,296	885,433	1,054,503	1,105,762	1,116,491	1,244,732
Cantabria	300,005	364,147	393,710	411,222	467,138	524,670	527,437	535,131	592,542
Castellón	320,338	308,746	312,475	332,246	385,823	437,320	456,727	484,566	594,423
Ciudad Real	368,492	491,657	530,308	588,196	507,650	477,967	478,672	478,957	526,628
Córdoba	490,647	668,862	761,150	793,565	724,116	745,175	761,401	761,657	802,575
Cuenca	268,458	309,526	333,335	337,039	247,158	210,932	201,712	200,346	215,165
Girona	318,622	325,551	322,360	330,082	414,397	490,667	530,631	565,304	751,806
Granada	503,898	643,705	737,690	809,023	733,375	796,857	808,053	821,660	922,100
Guadalajara	208,447	203,998	205,726	201,946	147,732	146,008	157,255	174,999	257,442
Guipúzcoa	225,271	302,329	331,753	399,533	631,003	688,894	676,208	673,563	708,425
Huelva	309,744	354,963	366,526	368,838	397,683	430,918	454,735	462,579	519,895
Huesca	247,027	242,958	231,647	238,793	222,238	220,824	206,916	206,502	225,962
Jaén	514,368	674,415	753,308	772,597	661,146	633,612	648,551	643,820	667,484
La Rioja	188,285	203,789	221,160	234,681	235,713	262,611	264,941	276,702	321,173
Las Palmas		250,991	320,524	409,196	579,710	855,494	834,085	887,676	1,087,225
León	393,888	441,908	493,258	575,375	548,721	528,502	517,191	488,751	493,312
Lleida	283,486	314,435	297,440	339,706	347,015	356,811	356,456	362,206	438,428
Lugo	445,031	468,619	512,735	506,826	415,052	399,232	370,303	357,648	348,067
Madrid	871,308	1,383,951	1,579,793	2,148,303	3,792,561	4,854,616	5,022,289	5,423,384	6,421,874
Málaga	504,683	613,160	677,474	793,337	867,330	1,215,479	1,249,290	1,287,017	1,594,808
Murcia	600,744	645,449	719,701	777,888	832,313	1,014,285	1,097,249	1,197,646	1,462,128
Navarra	312,020	345,883	369,618	390,457	464,867	512,676	520,574	555,829	640,129
Ourense	406,648	426,043	458,272	473,290	413,733	399,378	346,913	338,446	328,697
Palencia	195,476	207,546	217,108	242,698	198,763	188,472	180,571	174,143	170,513
Pontevedra	465,542	568,011	641,763	688,612	750,701	884,408	915,104	903,759	954,877
Salamanca	327,100	339,101	390,468	424,283	371,607	366,668	353,020	345,609	350,018
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	419,809	304,137	359,770	454,121	590,514	759,388	772,449	806,801	995,429
Segovia	167,759	174,158	189,190	208,497	162,770	151,520	147,770	147,694	163,171
Sevilla	587,186	805,252	963,044	1,182,416	1,327,190	1,550,492	1,705,320	1,727,603	1,930,941
Soria	156,555	156,207	159,824	161,930	114,956	97,565	92,848	90,717	94,610
Tarragona	339,042	350,668	339,299	366,826	431,961	531,281	574,676	609,673	807,044
Teruel	255,408	252,785	232,064	238,196	170,284	148,073	138,211	135,858	143,162
Toledo	392,307	489,396	480,008	555,551	468,925	487,844	515,880	541,379	705,516
Valencia	810,266	1,042,154	1,256,633	1,400,912	1,767,327	2,079,762	2,172,840	2,216,285	2,563,342
Valladolid	283,394	301,571	332,526	356,447	412,572	503,306	490,205	498,094	532,765
Vizcaya	349,706	485,205	511,135	603,881	1,043,310	1,168,405	1,140,026	1,122,637	1,156,190
Zamora	272,143	280,148	298,722	325,740	251,934	221,560	207,475	199,090	191,613
Zaragoza	448,198	535,816	595,095	636,943	760,186	845,832	842,419	861,855	975,385
Totals	19,578,682	23,563,867	25,877,971	29,239,098	33,823,918	38,764,297	39,541,022	40,709,455	46,651,076

 

For 1910, Las Palmas is included under Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Figures for 1956 are estimated. Totals do not include Spanish Africa.

Sources: 

1. [1] Territory and Administration in Europe. Robert Bennett, ed. Pinter Publishers, London and New York, 1989.
2. [2] Library of Congress country study  (retrieved 1999).
3. [3] Censos de Población y Viviendas 2011 . Resultados Nacionales, por Comunidades Autónomas y Provincias. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (retrieved 2012-12-14).