 According to the 2017 census by the National Statistics Institute ("INE"), the province spans an area of and had a population of 205,124 inhabitants (99,811 men and 105,313 women), giving it a population density of .Of these, 151,057 (73.6%) lived in urban areas and 54,067 (26.4%) in rural areas.Between the 2002 and 2017 censuses, the population rose by 1.7% (3,509 persons).