Practical · Estepona
Estepona facts
How many people live here, what province it's in, and exactly where it is. Three simple questions, with the source and date in plain sight.
The essentials
Population
79,593 residents (2025)
Province
Málaga
Autonomous community
Andalusia
Country
Spain
Coast
Western Costa del Sol
Coordinates
36.4267° N, 5.1461° W
Postal code
29680 (town centre)
Location
Where Estepona is
Estepona sits on the western Costa del Sol, on the Mediterranean coast of Málaga province, between Marbella and the Campo de Gibraltar area. It's a coastal town, with its old town right by the sea.
By road it's about 84 km from Málaga city (65 km in a straight line), and about 45 km from Gibraltar airport (35 km in a straight line). Distances are measured from Estepona's town hall, with the method explained on our how to get to Estepona page.
Population
A town that keeps growing
Estepona has 79,593 residents, according to 2025 data from the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (SIMA, Junta de Andalucía). The figure has risen with every revision: Spain's INE recorded 74,493 residents in 2022, 76,975 in 2023 and 78,413 in 2024.
That's why we always give the year next to the number: a population figure without a date is already out of date by the time it's published.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions
79,593 residents, according to 2025 data from the Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia (SIMA, Junta de Andalucía). The figure keeps rising: Spain's national statistics office (INE) recorded 74,493 in 2022, 76,975 in 2023 and 78,413 in 2024. We always give the year next to the number — a population figure without a date is already out of date.
Estepona is in the province of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
On the western Costa del Sol, on the Mediterranean coast of Málaga province, between Marbella and the Campo de Gibraltar area. It's about 84 km by road (65 km in a straight line) from Málaga city, and about 45 km by road (35 km in a straight line) from Gibraltar airport. Method and source for these distances on our how-to-get-to-Estepona page.
The postal code for Estepona's centre and main town is 29680, according to the official directory of Spain's General State Administration (DIR3), which lists the Estepona town hall's address under that code. The municipality stretches over 20 km of coastline and has additional postal codes in its urbanisations, but we haven't found an official source confirming that breakdown neighbourhood by neighbourhood, so we don't publish it.