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Burgos

Regions › Castilla y León › Burgos

361,556 people
1 January 2025

Trend · people

375,657 346,355
1996 2025
Municipalities
371
346 with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants · 255 lost population over 10 years
Largest municipality
49.1 %
of the population lives in Burgos

Trend · percent

49.3 48.7
2015 2025

Population

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Births and ageing

5.6 per 1,000 inhabitants
2,031 births in 2024 · Spain: 6.5

Trend · per 1,000 inhabitants

15.9 5.6
1975 2024
Children per woman INE: See the source profile
1.13
2024 · Spain: 1.10

Trend

2.5 0.9
1975 2024
25.6%
of the population in 2025 · Spain: 20.7%

Trend · percent

25.6 10.5
1971 2025
47.5 years
2025 · Spain: 44.5 years

Trend · years

47.5 33.5
1971 2025
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In 2024 the population of Burgos changed by 8.1 per 1,000 inhabitants: -5.4 from births minus deaths and 13.5 from migration (from abroad and from other provinces) and adjustments. 14.4% of its inhabitants were born abroad. Source: INE (Vital Statistics, Basic Demographic Indicators and Continuous Population Statistics).

Municipalities

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Farm soil

51 % of the land is farmland (7,292 km²; in Spain, 48 %). On that land the most common texture is clay loam and the most widespread soil type is cambisols. More detail and the comparison with Europe in farm soils.

Heavy soils (clay loam and clay) SoilGrids · CORINE 2018: See the source profile
75 %
of farmland · Spain: 47 % · average clay: 29 %
Average pH of farm soil SoilGrids: See the source profile
7.6
76 % alkaline or calcareous · Spain: pH 7.3
Average organic matter SoilGrids: See the source profile
3.5 %
Spain: 3.4 %

Each dot is a 2 × 2 km square with farmland, coloured by its texture. For pH, organic matter, soil type or crop, see the farm soils map.

Map of municipalities

Click a municipality to see its soil on its page. In grey, municipalities outside this area or with no farmland on the CORINE map (woodland, urban land or fields smaller than 25 ha).

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Topsoil (0-30 cm) from the SoilGrids model (ISRIC) over the farmland of the CORINE Land Cover 2018 map. It is a model: it is good for comparing areas, but it is no substitute for a soil test of the field.

Local government debt

Outstanding local debt per person Ministry of Finance: See the source profile
418 €
31 December 2025, in 2025 euros · total: €151 M in current euros

Trend · €

973.5 418.3
2008 2025
Town council debt
90 %
of local debt; the rest belongs to the provincial council (cabildo, consell) and other bodies

Trend · percent

89.6 71.7
2008 2025
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Amounts per person (each year's Municipal Register) and adjusted for inflation using the annual average CPI, in 2025 euros: that way the series does not rise just because there are more residents or prices go up.

Public employment

Public employees per 1,000 inhabitants Central Personnel Register: See the source profile
67.4
Spain: 62.5 · 24,361 employees based in the province at 01/01/2026

Trend

67.7 61.9
2019-07 2026-01
€430 per person
2024, in 2025 euros · Spain: €479 · 302 town councils with data

Trend · per person

454.4 359.2
2010 2024
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The Central Personnel Register does not publish staff figures for each town council, only the total for all town councils and for the provincial council (or cabildo, island council) in each province. Each town council's staff costs are shown on its municipality page. More in Public employment.


Unemployment

7.7%
LFS 2026-T2 (small sample: the average is more reliable) · average over the last year 7.5% · Spain 9.9%

Trend · percent

13.7 6.1
2016-Q3 2026-Q2
-%
2026-T2 · Spain 23.8%
Registered unemployment SEPE: See the source profile
5.8 per 100 inhabitants
aged 16 to 64, 08/2026 · 13,008 people (1.2% year on year)

Trend · per 100 inhabitants

7 5.4
2023-09 2026-08
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Household income

€16,871
per year in 2023, 2025 euros · ranked 8 of 52 · Spain €15,866

Trend

17,000.9 15,330
2015 2023
€38,626
per year in 2023, 2025 euros

Trend

39,317.5 36,536.9
2015 2023
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INE Household Income Distribution Atlas (tax data), adjusted for inflation. More in Income, poverty and inequality.

Housing

€1,454/m²
Change: +13.2 % appraised value, 2026-T2 · Spain: €2,283/m² · real terms vs a year earlier

Trend · /m²

2,583.6 1,190.5
1996-Q1 2026-Q2
€513/month
2024 · Spain: €641/month

Trend · /month

562.6 493.9
2011 2024
Sales per 1,000 inhabitants INE / ETDP: See the source profile
16.7
12 months to 07/2026 · Spain: 14.2

Trend

17.2 6.4
2007-12 2026-07
Homes completed per 1,000 inhabitants Ministry of Housing: See the source profile
2.35
open-market housing, 2025 · Spain: 1.64

Trend

16.8 0.9
1996 2025
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Appraised value: municipalities with more than 25,000 inhabitants. Rent (personal income tax data): municipalities with 20,000 or more.

Prices and rents in 2025 euros. More detail in Housing.

Pensions

Average retirement pension Social Security: See the source profile
€1,614/month
2026 (average of 9 months), 2025 euros · Spain: €1,527 · ranked 12 of 52

Trend · /month

1,593.6 1,112.9
2008 2025
Pensions per 1,000 inhabitants Social Security / INE: See the source profile
265
Spain: 214 · 103 for every 100 people aged 65+ · 95,637 pensions

Trend

261.7 219.6
2008 2025
1.68
Spain: 2.11 (data by province since 2021)

Trend

1.7 1.6
2021 2025

Social Security contributory pensions. Gross amounts for each of the 14 annual payments, adjusted for inflation. More in Pensions.

Elections

69.1%
23/7/2023 · Spain: 66.6%

Trend · percent

79.3 67.4
1977 2023
PP · 40.6%
second: PSOE (34.4%) · 4 seats in the province

Trend · percent

58.4 29.3
1977 2023
Effective number of parties Own calculation: See the source profile
3.2
by votes, latest general election

Trend

4.6 2.2
1977 2023
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Official sources

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