| Censo 1981 | ||
| 0 | TOTAL NACIONAL | 37682355.00 |
| 1 | Andalucía | 6440985.00 |
| 2 | Almería | 410831.00 |
| 3 | Cádiz | 988388.00 |
| 4 | Córdoba | 720823.00 |
| 5 | Granada | 758618.00 |
| 6 | Huelva | 418584.00 |
| 7 | Jaén | 639821.00 |
| 8 | Málaga | 1025609.00 |
| 9 | Sevilla | 1478311.00 |
| 10 | Aragón | 1196952.00 |
| 11 | Huesca | 214907.00 |
| 12 | Teruel | 153457.00 |
| 13 | Zaragoza | 828588.00 |
| 14 | Asturias (Principado de) | 1129556.00 |
| 15 | Balears (Illes) | 655909.00 |
| 16 | Canarias | 1367646.00 |
| 17 | Palmas (Las) | 708762.00 |
| 18 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 658884.00 |
| 19 | Cantabria | 513115.00 |
| 20 | Castilla y León | 2583137.00 |
| 21 | Ávila | 183586.00 |
| 22 | Burgos | 363523.00 |
| 23 | León | 523607.00 |
| 24 | Palencia | 188479.00 |
| 25 | Salamanca | 364305.00 |
| 26 | Segovia | 149361.00 |
| 27 | Soria | 100719.00 |
| 28 | Valladolid | 481786.00 |
| 29 | Zamora | 227771.00 |
| 30 | Castilla-La Mancha | 1648584.00 |
| 31 | Albacete | 339373.00 |
| 32 | Ciudad Real | 475129.00 |
| 33 | Cuenca | 215975.00 |
| 34 | Guadalajara | 143473.00 |
| 35 | Toledo | 474634.00 |
| 36 | Cataluña | 5956414.00 |
| 37 | Barcelona | 4623204.00 |
| 38 | Girona | 467000.00 |
| 39 | Lleida | 353160.00 |
| 40 | Tarragona | 513050.00 |
| 41 | Comunidad Valenciana | 3646778.00 |
| 42 | Alicante/Alacant | 1149181.00 |
| 43 | Castellón/Castelló | 431893.00 |
| 44 | Valencia/València | 2065704.00 |
| 45 | Extremadura | 1064968.00 |
| 46 | Badajoz | 643519.00 |
| 47 | Cáceres | 421449.00 |
| 48 | Galicia | 2811912.00 |
| 49 | Coruña (A) | 1093121.00 |
| 50 | Lugo | 405365.00 |
| 51 | Ourense | 430159.00 |
| 52 | Pontevedra | 883267.00 |
| 53 | Madrid (Comunidad de) | 4686895.00 |
| 54 | Murcia (Región de) | 955487.00 |
| 55 | Navarra (Cdad. Foral de) | 509002.00 |
| 56 | País Vasco | 2141809.00 |
| 57 | Álava | 257850.00 |
| 58 | Guipúzcoa | 694681.00 |
| 59 | Vizcaya | 1189278.00 |
| 60 | Rioja (La) | 254349.00 |
| 61 | Ceuta y Melilla | 118857.00 |
| 62 | Ceuta | 65264.00 |
| 63 | Melilla | 53593.00 |