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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2012
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,186,779 100.0 0.1
European Union 309,699 26.1 1.7
Rest of Europe 57,494 4.8 4.3
Africa 322,673 27.2 1.0
North and Central America 71,170 6.0 6.6
South America 282,160 23.8 -7.5
Asia and Oceania 143,541 12.1 6.4
Stateless 42 0.0 -19.2
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2012
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,736,258 100.0 -0.3
European Union 2,443,617 42.6 2.0
Rest of Europe 245,533 4.3 4.1
Africa 1,102,329 19.2 1.6
North and Central America 274,866 4.8 4.8
South America 1,298,189 22.6 -9.0
Asia and Oceania 371,156 6.5 7.2
Stateless 568 0.0 4.4
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.