Population in Cataluña

Cataluña had 8,124,126 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Cataluña, 2025 8,124,126 People
Change from 2024 +1.4% 2024: 8,012,231 people
Spain, 2025 49,128,297 people Country total
Position in 2025 5th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Cataluña over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January, by region (people), 2001 to 2025
Period CataluñaSpain
2025 8,124,126 people 49,128,297 people
2024 8,012,231 people 48,619,695 people
2023 7,901,963 people 48,085,361 people
2022 7,761,864 people 47,486,843 people
2021 7,749,896 people 47,400,798 people
2020 7,720,323 people 47,318,050 people
2019 7,624,625 people 46,918,951 people
2018 7,539,364 people 46,645,070 people
2017 7,480,778 people 46,497,393 people
2016 7,440,692 people 46,418,884 people
2015 7,420,890 people 46,425,722 people
2014 7,432,833 people 46,495,744 people
2013 7,488,664 people 46,712,650 people
2012 7,514,991 people 46,818,219 people
2011 7,493,263 people 46,667,174 people
2010 7,463,488 people 46,486,619 people
2009 7,427,092 people 46,239,273 people
2008 7,311,146 people 45,668,939 people
2007 7,151,682 people 44,784,666 people
2006 7,010,859 people 44,009,971 people
2005 6,870,811 people 43,296,338 people
2004 6,712,748 people 42,547,451 people
2003 6,556,900 people 41,827,838 people
2002 6,380,492 people 41,035,278 people
2001 6,314,849 people 40,665,545 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4% from 8,012,231 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7,420,890 people, the figure has changed by +9.5%.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Cataluña has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for Spain in 2025 was 49,128,297 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_r_d2jan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=TOTAL unit=NR
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for Cataluña
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat