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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2017
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,041,362 100.0 1.8
European Union 275,288 26.4 0.2
Rest of Europe 69,998 6.7 5.6
Africa 283,745 27.2 -1.6
North and Central America 77,401 7.4 9.8
South America 180,949 17.4 2.1
Asia and Oceania 153,920 14.8 5.2
Stateless 61 0.0 41.9
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2017
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 4,572,807 100.0 -1.0
European Union 1,777,989 38.9 -3.6
Rest of Europe 261,381 5.7 1.8
Africa 1,039,973 22.7 -0.8
North and Central America 280,169 6.1 5.9
South America 790,310 17.3 -1.2
Asia and Oceania 421,753 9.2 4.5
Stateless 1,232 0.0 33.3
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.