Demography
According to the INE the population of La Rioja (as at 2010) is 322,415 inhabitants, with 161,884 men and 160,531 women, which is 713 more than in 2009. Its population density is 63.76 people per km2. It is the least populous autonomous community in Spain. Its capital, Logroño, with approximately 152,500 inhabitants, is its most populous city.
La Rioja has 174 municipalities (see List of municipalities in La Rioja). According to the same INE data, there are more men than women in 150 of them, in two the numbers are the same and in 22 there are more females than males. In the latter set, the differences are small, except in the capital where there are 4,868 more women than men.
| Vertical bar chart demographic of La Rioja (Spain) between 1857 and 2010 |
| Legal population (1857-1897) according to the population census published by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in the nineteenth century. Legal population (1900-1991) or Resident population (2001) according to the population census published by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Population according to the municipal register of 2010 published by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. |
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