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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2008
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,103,790 100.0 13.5
European Union 282,043 25.6 22.3
Rest of Europe 49,435 4.5 14.9
Africa 278,129 25.2 9.9
North and Central America 57,427 5.2 15.7
South America 335,678 30.4 9.0
Asia and Oceania 101,025 9.2 14.8
Stateless 53 0.0 10.4
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2008
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,268,762 100.0 16.6
European Union 2,102,654 39.9 23.1
Rest of Europe 211,771 4.0 13.1
Africa 909,757 17.3 12.8
North and Central America 221,850 4.2 19.6
South America 1,563,040 29.7 10.9
Asia and Oceania 259,133 4.9 16.7
Stateless 557 0.0 -4.0
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Continuous Register Statistics.

Last update: February 25, 2020. Revised series on February 24, 2023.

Methodological note

From 1998 to 2020, the source of this information is the Municipal Population Register (1 January of each year). It is an administrative register and each municipality is responsible for its creation, maintenance and management. The data constitutes proof of residence and address in the public domain, which authenticates it for any administrative purpose. Since 1996, it is a permanently updated register, from which official population figures are obtained: the Continuous Population Register.

As of 2021, the source of this information is the Population Census, which is carried out annually by the INE and provides the count of the population residing in the territory and its geographical distribution. It also provides information on the main demographic and social characteristics of the population, households and families.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.