How many people live in the city of Madrid?
Cities easy Data from 2024
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The answer
3,400,000 people
Roughly 3.4M.
Madrid has about 3.4 million residents in the city proper and around 6.8 million in its metropolitan area. At 650 metres it is the highest capital city in Europe, which is why its summers are dry and its winters genuinely cold.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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