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===Present-day population distribution===
{{See also|List of municipalities in Castile and León}}
In 1960 the urban population meant 20.6% of the total population of Castile and León; in 1991 this percentage had risen to 42.3% and in 1998 it was approaching 43%, which indicates the progressive rural depopulation. The phenomenon is also reflected in the number of municipalities with less than 100 inhabitants, which was multiplied by seven between 1960 and 1986. Outside the provincial capitals, the largest towns are [[Miranda de Ebro]] and [[Aranda de Duero]] in the province of Burgos, [[Ponferrada]] and [[San Andrés del Rabanedo]] in the province of León, [[Béjar]] in the province of Salamanca, [[El Espinar]] and [[Cuéllar]] in the province of Segovia, [[Arévalo]] in the province of Ávila, [[Benavente, Zamora|Benavente]] in the province of Zamora, [[El Burgo de Osma]] in the province of Soria, [[Aguilar de Campóo]] in the province of Palencia and [[Medina del Campo]] and [[Laguna de Duero]] in the province of Valladolid.

Of the 2248 municipalities of this community, the 2014 registry registered 1986 with less than 1000 inhabitants; 204 from 1001 to 5000; 35 from 5001 to 10&nbsp;000; 8 of 10&nbsp;001 to 20&nbsp;000; 6 of 20&nbsp;001 to 50&nbsp;000; 5 of 50&nbsp;001 to 100&nbsp;000 and 4 municipalities with more than 100&nbsp;000 inhabitants. The latter are: Valladolid (306&nbsp;830&nbsp;hab.), Burgos (177&nbsp;776&nbsp;hab.), Salamanca (148&nbsp;042&nbsp;hab.) And León (129&nbsp;551&nbsp;hab.) Among the least populated are, between others: [[Jaramillo Quemado]] (Burgos), with 4&nbsp;inhabitants, [[Estepa de San Juan]] (Soria), with 7, [[Quiñonería]] (Soria), with 8 and [[Villanueva de Gormaz]] (Soria), with 9.

There is a table below showing the largest municipalities in terms of population according to the municipal census of the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]] of 2024:
{{Largest cities
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|kind = municipalities
|stat_ref = [https://www.ine.es/dynt3/inebase/en/index.htm?padre=525 ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España''] (2024)
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|div_link = Provinces of Spain{{!}}Province

|city_1=Valladolid |div_1=Province of Valladolid{{!}}Valladolid |pop_1=300,618 |img_1=View of Valladolid.jpg
|city_2=Burgos |div_2=Province of Burgos{{!}}Burgos |pop_2=175,895 |img_2=Burgos city view facing south east.jpg
|city_3=Salamanca |div_3=Province of Salamanca{{!}}Salamanca |pop_3=144,436 |img_3=Reflejos de la Catedrales de Salamanca.jpg
|city_4=León, Spain{{!}}León |div_4=Province of León{{!}}León |pop_4=122,243 |img_4=CiudaddeLeonPerspectiva6.JPG
|city_5=Palencia |div_5=Province of Palencia{{!}}Palencia |pop_5=76,738
|city_6=Ponferrada |div_6=Province of León{{!}}León |pop_6=62,994
|city_7=Zamora, Spain{{!}}Zamora |div_7=Province of Zamora{{!}}Zamora |pop_7=59,506
|city_8=Ávila, Spain{{!}}Ávila |div_8=Province of Ávila{{!}}Ávila |pop_8=58,111
|city_9=Segovia |div_9=Province of Segovia{{!}}Segovia |pop_9=51,525
|city_10=Soria |div_10=Province of Soria{{!}}Soria |pop_10=40,750
|city_11=Miranda de Ebro |div_11=Province of Burgos{{!}}Burgos |pop_11=36,018
|city_12=Aranda de Duero |div_12=Province of Burgos{{!}}Burgos |pop_12=33,757
|city_13=San Andrés del Rabanedo |div_13=Province of León{{!}}León |pop_13=29,884
|city_14=Laguna de Duero |div_14=Province of Valladolid{{!}}Valladolid |pop_14=22,907
|city_15=Arroyo de la Encomienda |div_15=Province of Valladolid{{!}}Valladolid |pop_15=22,268
|city_16=Medina del Campo |div_16=Province of Valladolid{{!}}Valladolid |pop_16=20,097
|city_17=Villaquilambre |div_17=Province of León{{!}}León |pop_17=18,647
|city_18=Benavente, Zamora{{!}}Benavente |div_18=Province of Zamora{{!}}Zamora |pop_18=17,246
|city_19=Santa Marta de Tormes |div_19=Province of Salamanca{{!}}Salamanca |pop_19=14,726
|city_20=Béjar |div_20=Province of Salamanca{{!}}Salamanca |pop_20=11,957
}}