Editing Province of Valladolid (section)

=== Most populous municipalities ===

The twenty most populated municipalities in the province of Valladolid are the following ([[INE (Spain)|INE]] of 2023):
{{Largest cities
| country = the province of Valladolid
| stat_ref = [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]] (1 January 2023)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Ministry of Economy (Spain)|Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital]]|url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/7/13408|title=Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales|access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>
| list_by_pop =
| kind        = municipalities
| city_1 = 	Valladolid
| pop_1 = 300,618
| img_1 = Ciudad de Valladolid, desde el aire.jpg
| city_2 = Laguna de Duero
| pop_2 = 22,907
| img_2 = Laguna de Duero - Laguna y Entorno 31.jpg
| city_3 = Arroyo de la Encomienda
| pop_3 = 22,268
| img_3 = Arroyo de la Encomienda, barrio de Monasterio del Prado - Avenida Príncipe de Asturias.jpg
| city_4 = Medina del Campo
| pop_4 = 20,097
| img_4 = Medina del Campo - Calle Padilla 1.jpg
| city_5 = Cistérniga
| pop_5 = 9,281
| city_6 = Tudela de Duero
| pop_6 = 8,786
| city_7 = Tordesillas
| pop_7 = 8,638
| city_8 = Zaratán
| pop_8 = 6,396
| city_9 = Íscar
| pop_9 = 6,383
| city_10 = Aldeamayor de San Martín
| pop_10 = 6,163
| city_11 = Simancas
| pop_11 = 5,538
| city_12 = Cigales
| pop_12 = 5,364
| city_13 = Peñafiel, Spain{{!}}Peñafiel
| pop_13 = 5,188
| city_14 = Santovenia de Pisuerga
| pop_14 = 4,703
| city_15 = Medina de Rioseco
| pop_15 = 4,537
| city_16 = Boecillo
| pop_16 = 4,357
| city_17 = Renedo de Esgueva
| pop_17 = 3,972
| city_18 = Cabezón de Pisuerga
| pop_18 = 3,895
| city_19 = Olmedo, Valladolid{{!}}Olmedo
| pop_19 = 3,564
| city_20 = Pedrajas de San Esteban
| pop_20 = 3,406
}}

Taking into account that the population of [[Valladolid]], [[Laguna de Duero]], [[Arroyo de la Encomienda]] and [[Medina del Campo]] represent almost 75% of the total of the 23 municipalities in the metropolitan area of Valladolid, there is a clear demographic contrast with highly depopulated areas of a marked rural character; among the more uninhabited areas of the province are [[Aguasal]], [[Torrecilla de la Torre]], [[Almenara de Adaja]], [[San Salvador, Valladolid|San Salvador]], and [[Fontihoyuelo]], which do not exceed the 40 registered inhabitants.