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Distribution by countries. 2021 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 131,065 103,901 234,966 19.10
Romania 43,684 45,301 88,985 7.23
Italy 38,380 31,713 70,093 5.70
China 30,118 30,686 60,804 4.94
Pakistan 37,550 15,918 53,468 4.35
Honduras 15,868 34,021 49,889 4.06
Colombia 22,596 26,568 49,164 4.00
France 18,543 17,946 36,489 2.97
Venezuela 13,472 17,273 30,745 2.50
India 18,153 10,161 28,314 2.30
Peru 12,763 15,492 28,255 2.30
Bolivia 11,581 14,162 25,743 2.09
Senegal 18,432 5,876 24,308 1.98
Argentina 11,649 12,575 24,224 1.97
Rusia 8,353 15,855 24,208 1.97
Ecuador 12,681 11,191 23,872 1.94
United Kingdom 13,213 10,361 23,574 1.92
Ukraine 10,328 12,725 23,053 1.87
Brazil 8,792 12,838 21,630 1.76
Germany 9,471 9,313 18,784 1.53
Dominican Republic 9,081 9,586 18,667 1.52
Paraguay 5,274 9,990 15,264 1.24
Gambia, the 11,662 3,495 15,157 1.23
Portugal 7,814 6,506 14,320 1.16
Philippines 4,812 6,696 11,508 0.94
Bulgaria 5,664 5,618 11,282 0.92
Poland 4,180 6,103 10,283 0.84
Chile 4,666 4,927 9,593 0.78
Netherlands 5,122 4,284 9,406 0.76
Georgia 4,235 4,775 9,010 0.73
Algeria 5,709 3,266 8,975 0.73
Cuba 4,231 4,722 8,953 0.73
Bangladesh 6,088 2,706 8,794 0.71
United States of America 4,097 4,309 8,406 0.68
Uruguay 4,039 4,091 8,130 0.66
Mali 6,316 1,733 8,049 0.65
Ghana 5,118 2,374 7,492 0.61
Mexico 2,778 4,188 6,966 0.57
Nigeria 3,425 2,918 6,343 0.52
El Salvador 2,677 3,581 6,258 0.51
Belgium 2,918 2,531 5,449 0.44
Moldova 2,050 2,338 4,388 0.36
Armenia 2,090 2,143 4,233 0.34
Guinea 2,917 1,170 4,087 0.33
Nicaragua 1,239 2,524 3,763 0.31
Sweden 1,360 1,559 2,919 0.24
Switzerland 1,325 1,355 2,680 0.22
Ireland 1,554 1,032 2,586 0.21
Nepal 1,432 914 2,346 0.19
Lithuania 883 1,348 2,231 0.18
Japan 888 1,317 2,205 0.18
Hungary 839 1,131 1,970 0.16
Turkey 1,008 889 1,897 0.15
Greece 965 881 1,846 0.15
Belarus 563 1,234 1,797 0.15
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 914 795 1,709 0.14
Albania 1,015 662 1,677 0.14
Czech Republic 539 1,031 1,570 0.13
Mauritania 1,195 280 1,475 0.12
Austria 701 744 1,445 0.12
Egypt 905 492 1,397 0.11
Serbia 702 694 1,396 0.11
Syria 785 584 1,369 0.11
Cameroon 769 558 1,327 0.11
Equatorial Guinea 463 843 1,306 0.11
Canada 592 713 1,305 0.11
Slovakia 462 838 1,300 0.11
Denmark 671 587 1,258 0.10
South Korea 426 663 1,089 0.09
Guatemala 455 569 1,024 0.08
Latvia 409 607 1,016 0.08
Israel 540 462 1,002 0.08
Andorra 472 487 959 0.08
Finland 356 589 945 0.08
Kazakhstan 360 545 905 0.07
Lebanon 513 382 895 0.07
Croatia 435 448 883 0.07
Côte d'Ivoire 560 282 842 0.07
Vietnam 406 422 828 0.07
Costa Rica 328 462 790 0.06
Guinea-Bissau 562 221 783 0.06
Australia 406 342 748 0.06
Tunisia 440 288 728 0.06
Norway 350 342 692 0.06
Panama 272 317 589 0.05
Thailand 93 402 495 0.04
Estonia 180 304 484 0.04
South Africa 203 188 391 0.03
Slovenia 184 197 381 0.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina 172 149 321 0.03
Indonesia 110 193 303 0.02
Jordan 177 118 295 0.02
Burkina Faso 184 89 273 0.02
Afghanistan 206 58 264 0.02
Uzbekistan 131 124 255 0.02
Libya 168 79 247 0.02
Iraq 174 72 246 0.02
Azerbaijan 120 99 219 0.02
Cyprus 109 106 215 0.02
Palestine 141 68 209 0.02
Macedonia 103 104 207 0.02
Congo (Republic of the) 122 83 205 0.02
Dominica 97 108 205 0.02
New Zealand 128 76 204 0.02
Kenya 78 112 190 0.02
Iceland 84 86 170 0.01
Angola 87 82 169 0.01
Saudi Arabia 113 41 154 0.01
Luxembourg 73 71 144 0.01
Malaysia 56 77 133 0.01
Montenegro 64 62 126 0.01
Kyrgyzstan 53 71 124 0.01
Haiti 54 64 118 <0.01
Sierra Leone 87 29 116 <0.01
Ethiopia 54 56 110 <0.01
Mongolia 36 69 105 <0.01
Malta 59 41 100 <0.01
Singapore 34 65 99 <0.01
Niger 58 29 87 <0.01
Togo 56 29 85 <0.01
Tanzania 56 26 82 <0.01
Rwanda 40 38 78 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 51 22 73 <0.01
Mozambique 39 33 72 <0.01
Cape Verd 36 32 68 <0.01
Yemen 51 17 68 <0.01
Benin 40 27 67 <0.01
Sudan 36 25 61 <0.01
Sri Lanka 32 17 49 <0.01
Central African Republic 22 21 43 <0.01
Somalia 34 7 41 <0.01
Madagascar 13 23 36 <0.01
Mauritius 21 15 36 <0.01
Liberia 19 12 31 <0.01
Zimbabwe 15 16 31 <0.01
Uganda 14 15 29 <0.01
Kuwait 23 6 29 <0.01
Jamaica 14 10 24 <0.01
Gabon 5 16 21 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 9 11 20 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 13 7 20 <0.01
Turkmenistan 9 11 20 <0.01
Bahamas 6 12 18 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 17 <0.01
Tajikistan 9 8 17 <0.01
Malawi 6 9 15 <0.01
Namibia 7 8 15 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 13 <0.01
Zambia 5 6 11 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 11 <0.01
Oman .. .. 11 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 6 4 10 <0.01
Barbados 6 4 10 <0.01
Laos .. .. 10 <0.01
Maldives 5 5 10 <0.01
Qatar .. .. 10 <0.01
North Korea 5 5 10 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 9 <0.01
Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 8 <0.01
Liechtenstein .. .. 7 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 7 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 7 <0.01
Bahrain .. .. 7 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 6 <0.01
Comoros .. .. 6 <0.01
Chad .. .. 6 <0.01
Granada .. .. 5 <0.01
Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. 5 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
Saint Lucia .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 17 14 31 <0.01
Country unknown 136 178 314 0.03
Stateless 108 60 168 0.01
Total 637,549 592,755 1,230,304 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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