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There were 2.7 million inhabitants in Galicia as of 1 January 2020, distributed over nearly 30,000 km2. This entails a population density of 91.3 inhabitants/km2. From an administrative point of view, Galicia is divided into four provinces –three on the coast (Lugo, Corunna (A Coruña) and Pontevedra), one inland (Ourense)– and 313 municipalities.

The spatial distribution of the population has traditionally been scattered. In fact, even though half of the human settlements in Spain are to be found in this region, Galicia only accounts for 5.7% of the national population, roughly ten times less. A large percentage of the population lives in human settlements that are not the municipal capital, as shown on the chapter on Population, human settlements and comorbidity (over 20% in the provinces of Lugo and Pontevedra, and even over 70% in some municipalities). It also has a large amount of human settlements per municipality (over 40 on average), what entails a density of over 20 human settlements every 10 km2 in some areas.