Canary Islands, Spain

The Canary Islands had 2,249,976 residents on January 1, 2025, 7.1% more than in 2015 (2,100,306). Density is 302 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².

The most populous province is Las Palmas, with 1,167,555 people, and the least, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with 1,082,421. The largest municipality is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 381,868.

By area, the largest province is Las Palmas, at 4,070 km², and the smallest, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, at 3,376 km². Santa Cruz de Tenerife has the most municipalities (54) and Las Palmas the fewest (34). On average, a municipality in the Canary Islands has 25,568 residents, against 6,040 across Spain.

Of its 2 provincial capitals, the highest is Santa Cruz de Tenerife, at 41 m, and the lowest is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, at 5 m: a difference of 36 m.

According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Canary Islands is Mount Teide, at 3,715 m (12,188 ft), in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province. Other peaks with a page in the Canary Islands or on its border: Roque de los Muchachos (2,428 m).

The Canary Islands has 30 cities with an elevation page: the provincial capitals and every municipality with more than 50,000 people, in the list below, and 20 towns of 20,000 to 50,000, each on its province’s page.