Editing Province of Badajoz (section)

== Demographics ==
The province of Badajoz has 673,559 inhabitants (INE 2019),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Badajoz: Población por municipios y sexo. (2859)|url=https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2859#!tabs-tabla|website=INE|language=es|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> with a population density in 2018 of 31.07 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>, below the national average (91.13 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>).

It is the twenty-third most populated province in the country, just behind [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. It exceeds in almost 280,000 inhabitants to [[Cáceres, Spain|Cáceres]] (396,487), the other [[Extremadura]]n province.

22.26% of its inhabitants live in the city of Badajoz, which, with a population of 150,702 (INE 2019), stands out as the most populated urban centre in the province. The next city by population is [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]], which with 59,335 inhabitants (INE 2019), is home to 8.81% of the province's total population.

=== Evolution of the population of the province of Badajoz since 1842 ===
The population in the province of Badajoz has been characterized by a constant growth until the 1960s, when a strong exodus towards more prosperous areas of the country began, mainly [[Catalonia]] and [[Madrid]], reducing the population by almost 200,000 inhabitants in a matter of 20 years. Since the 1980s the population has stagnated below 700,000, with a slight growth until 2010, when the trend is again reversed and the province loses population again. If we observe the trend by municipalities, we can see how the municipalities located in the mountains to the east and south of the province are constantly losing population while those located near the population centres of Badajoz, Mérida, Don Benito or Almendralejo are growing.<ref name=":0" />

The historical population is given in the following chart:
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