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Asturias population 2026
Asturias has 1,015,128 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 5,529 more than a year earlier (+0.55%). It is 14th of Spain’s 19 autonomous communities by population, home to 2.1% of Spain’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Asturias in numbers
- Population
- 1 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.55% +5,529 people
- Change since 2020
- −0.29% from 1 million
- Share of Spain
- 2.1% 14th of 19 autonomous communities
- Population density
- 96per km² 10,604 km²
That is about as many people as Fiji (937 thousand).
Population of Asturias by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,074,308 |
| 2013 | 1,067,425 |
| 2014 | 1,058,560 |
| 2015 | 1,049,328 |
| 2016 | 1,040,407 |
| 2017 | 1,033,550 |
| 2018 | 1,027,091 |
| 2019 | 1,021,469 |
| 2020 | 1,018,053 |
| 2021 | 1,012,117 |
| 2022 | 1,004,960 |
| 2023 | 1,006,060 |
| 2024 | 1,009,599 |
| 2025 | 1,015,128 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,015,128 | +5,529 | +0.55% |
| 2024 | 1,009,599 | +3,539 | +0.35% |
| 2023 | 1,006,060 | +1,100 | +0.11% |
| 2022 | 1,004,960 | −7,157 | −0.71% |
| 2021 | 1,012,117 | −5,936 | −0.58% |
| 2020 | 1,018,053 | −3,416 | −0.33% |
| 2019 | 1,021,469 | −5,622 | −0.55% |
| 2018 | 1,027,091 | −6,459 | −0.62% |
| 2017 | 1,033,550 | −6,857 | −0.66% |
| 2016 | 1,040,407 | −8,921 | −0.85% |
| 2015 | 1,049,328 | −9,232 | −0.87% |
| 2014 | 1,058,560 | −8,865 | −0.83% |
| 2013 | 1,067,425 | −6,883 | −0.64% |
| 2012 | 1,074,308 | – | – |
Asturias among Spain’s autonomous communities
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andalusia | 8,676,713 | +0.52% | 17.7% | 99 |
| 2 | Catalonia | 8,124,126 | +1.40% | 16.5% | 255 |
| 3 | Community of Madrid | 7,113,886 | +1.49% | 14.5% | 886 |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 5,425,182 | +1.99% | 11.0% | 233 |
| 5 | Galicia | 2,714,741 | +0.33% | 5.5% | 92 |
| 6 | Castile and León | 2,401,221 | +0.40% | 4.9% | 26 |
| 7 | Canary Islands | 2,258,866 | +0.90% | 4.6% | 303 |
| 8 | Basque Country | 2,242,343 | +0.66% | 4.6% | 310 |
| 9 | Castilla-La Mancha | 2,126,378 | +1.04% | 4.3% | 27 |
| 10 | Region of Murcia | 1,586,989 | +1.18% | 3.2% | 140 |
| 11 | Aragon | 1,364,621 | +0.96% | 2.8% | 29 |
| 12 | Balearic Islands | 1,249,844 | +1.47% | 2.5% | 250 |
| 13 | Extremadura | 1,053,345 | −0.13% | 2.1% | 25 |
| 14 | Asturias | 1,015,128 | +0.55% | 2.1% | 96 |
| 15 | Navarre | 683,854 | +0.81% | 1.4% | 66 |
| 16 | Cantabria | 593,623 | +0.47% | 1.2% | 112 |
| 17 | La Rioja | 326,803 | +0.81% | 0.7% | 65 |
| 18 | Melilla | 87,067 | +1.26% | 0.2% | 7,057 |
| 19 | Ceuta | 83,567 | +0.47% | 0.2% | 4,517 |
Largest cities in Asturias
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Gijón271,780
- Oviedo220,027
- Avilés78,715
- Mieres44,070
- Sama39,984
- La Felguera21,000
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Source and method
Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Spain, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: Asturias population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/spain/asturias/
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