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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2009
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,189,279 100.0 7.7
European Union 306,999 25.8 8.8
Rest of Europe 52,831 4.4 6.9
Africa 304,976 25.6 9.7
North and Central America 62,609 5.3 9.0
South America 344,520 29.0 2.6
Asia and Oceania 117,295 9.9 16.1
Stateless 49 0.0 -7.5
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2009
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,648,671 100.0 7.2
European Union 2,273,226 40.2 8.1
Rest of Europe 223,665 4.0 5.6
Africa 1,009,169 17.9 10.9
North and Central America 246,519 4.4 11.1
South America 1,596,394 28.3 2.1
Asia and Oceania 299,168 5.3 15.4
Stateless 530 0.0 -4.8
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.