• Evolution of the population

    3,291,654 people live in the metropolitan area, 42.8% of the total population of Catalonia.

  • Land uses

    The metropolitan area of Barcelona, one of the most populated in Europe, has built 48 % of the 636 km2 comprising its territory. The rest is occupied by 25 km of beaches and more than 25,000 hectares of natural areas.

  • Evolution of domestic water consumption

    Concessionary companies have served more than 133,000,000 m3 of drinking water to more than 1,4 millions of domestic subscribers living in the metropolitan area (data from 2020).

  • Evolution of waste generation

    During 2020 each inhabitant of the metropolitan area generated 1.17 kg/day of domestic waste.

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