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Valencian Community population 2026

Q: What is the population of Valencian Community in 2026?

The latest official figure is 5,425,182, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Valencian Community would have about 5.6 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Comunitat Valenciana

Valencian Community has 5,425,182 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 105,897 more than a year earlier (+1.99%). It is 4th of Spain’s 19 autonomous communities by population, home to 11.0% of Spain’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 5.6 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Valencian Community in numbers

Population: 5.4 million 1 January 2025
Change in a year: +1.99% +105,897 people
Change since 2020: +7.50% from 5 million
Share of Spain: 11.0% 4th of 19 autonomous communities
Population density: 233per km² 23,255 km²

That is about as many people as Slovakia (5.5 million).

Population of Valencian Community by year

5.4M

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Year	Population
2012	5,009,650
2013	4,988,365
2014	4,960,213
2015	4,945,092
2016	4,939,888
2017	4,943,821
2018	4,958,584
2019	4,989,308
2020	5,046,482
2021	5,067,911
2022	5,108,127
2023	5,216,195
2024	5,319,285
2025	5,425,182

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	5,425,182	+105,897	+1.99%
2024	5,319,285	+103,090	+1.98%
2023	5,216,195	+108,068	+2.12%
2022	5,108,127	+40,216	+0.79%
2021	5,067,911	+21,429	+0.42%
2020	5,046,482	+57,174	+1.15%
2019	4,989,308	+30,724	+0.62%
2018	4,958,584	+14,763	+0.30%
2017	4,943,821	+3,933	+0.08%
2016	4,939,888	−5,204	−0.11%
2015	4,945,092	−15,121	−0.30%
2014	4,960,213	−28,152	−0.56%
2013	4,988,365	−21,285	−0.42%
2012	5,009,650	–	–

Valencian Community among Spain’s autonomous communities

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Autonomous communities of Spain by population
#
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 Valencian Community

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Valencia824,340
Alicante348,901
Elche234,765
Castelló de la Plana183,711
Orihuela101,321
Torrevieja82,599

Air quality in Valencian Community today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Valencia

Questions

What is the population of Valencian Community in 2026?

The latest official figure is 5,425,182, for 1 January 2025 (Eurostat). If last year’s change continues, Valencian Community would have about 5.6 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year.

Is Valencian Community’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 105,897 people (+1.99%) in the latest year, and has changed +7.50% since 2020.

How does Valencian Community rank in Spain?

Valencian Community is 4th of Spain’s 19 autonomous communities, with 11.0% of the people. Andalusia is the largest, with 8.7 million.

What is the population density of Valencian Community?

About 233 people per km², on 23,255 km². Total area, Wikidata.

What is the largest city in Valencian Community?

Valencia, with about 824 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

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: Valencian Community population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/spain/valencian-community/

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