| Censo 1981 | ||
| 0 | TOTAL NACIONAL | 13692691.00 |
| 1 | Albacete | 116484.00 |
| 2 | Alicante/Alacant | 245963.00 |
| 3 | Almería | 140745.00 |
| 4 | Ávila | 40173.00 |
| 5 | Badajoz | 111456.00 |
| 6 | Barcelona | 1752627.00 |
| 7 | Bilbao | 433115.00 |
| 8 | Burgos | 152545.00 |
| 9 | Cáceres | 65758.00 |
| 10 | Cádiz | 156711.00 |
| 11 | Castellón de la Plana/Castelló de la Plana | 124487.00 |
| 12 | Ciudad Real | 50151.00 |
| 13 | Córdoba | 279386.00 |
| 14 | Coruña (A) | 231721.00 |
| 15 | Cuenca | 40007.00 |
| 16 | Donostia-San Sebastián | 172303.00 |
| 17 | Girona | 86624.00 |
| 18 | Granada | 246642.00 |
| 19 | Guadalajara | 55137.00 |
| 20 | Huelva | 127822.00 |
| 21 | Huesca | 41455.00 |
| 22 | Jaén | 95783.00 |
| 23 | León | 127095.00 |
| 24 | Lleida | 106814.00 |
| 25 | Logroño | 109536.00 |
| 26 | Lugo | 72574.00 |
| 27 | Madrid | 3158818.00 |
| 28 | Málaga | 502232.00 |
| 29 | Murcia | 284585.00 |
| 30 | Ourense | 94346.00 |
| 31 | Oviedo | 184473.00 |
| 32 | Palencia | 71716.00 |
| 33 | Palma de Mallorca | 290372.00 |
| 34 | Palmas de G.Canaria (Las) | 360098.00 |
| 35 | Pamplona/Iruña | 177906.00 |
| 36 | Pontevedra | 64184.00 |
| 37 | Salamanca | 153981.00 |
| 38 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 185899.00 |
| 39 | Santander | 179694.00 |
| 40 | Segovia | 50759.00 |
| 41 | Sevilla | 645817.00 |
| 42 | Soria | 30326.00 |
| 43 | Tarragona | 109112.00 |
| 44 | Teruel | 25935.00 |
| 45 | Toledo | 54335.00 |
| 46 | Valencia | 744748.00 |
| 47 | Valladolid | 320293.00 |
| 48 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | 189533.00 |
| 49 | Zamora | 58560.00 |
| 50 | Zaragoza | 571855.00 |