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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2023 Metropolità Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 56,988 42,264 99,252 73.13 42.41
Senegal 7,816 2,568 10,384 7.65 40.19
Gambia, the 4,002 1,073 5,075 3.74 31.00
Algeria 2,661 1,363 4,024 2.96 40.81
Nigeria 1,636 1,433 3,069 2.26 48.62
Mali 2,286 616 2,902 2.14 34.27
Ghana 1,487 653 2,140 1.58 25.92
Guinea 1,146 517 1,663 1.23 42.60
Egypt 821 417 1,238 0.91 71.89
Equatorial Guinea 367 543 910 0.67 65.75
Tunisia 505 297 802 0.59 75.38
Cameroon 422 335 757 0.56 56.03
Mauritania 560 127 687 0.51 43.56
Côte d'Ivoire 261 164 425 0.31 47.38
Guinea-Bissau 248 120 368 0.27 43.97
South Africa 189 156 345 0.25 72.18
Libya 117 57 174 0.13 68.50
Kenya 67 105 172 0.13 77.13
Burkina Faso 86 47 133 0.10 46.34
Congo (Republic of the) 76 50 126 0.09 58.88
Angola 41 61 102 0.08 57.63
Mozambique 52 48 100 0.07 84.03
Tanzania 59 29 88 0.06 80.73
Ethiopia 35 44 79 0.06 69.30
Sierra Leone 53 15 68 0.05 61.82
Benin 33 19 52 0.04 61.18
Sudan 33 13 46 0.03 55.42
Togo 32 14 46 0.03 56.10
Cape Verd 26 17 43 0.03 58.90
Niger 27 14 41 0.03 47.13
Democratic Republic of the Congo 23 16 39 0.03 53.42
Somalia 23 14 37 0.03 77.08
Rwanda 18 15 33 0.02 37.08
Uganda 18 12 30 0.02 83.33
Central African Republic 15 12 27 0.02 61.36
Madagascar 9 17 26 0.02 63.41
Zimbabwe 13 11 24 0.02 85.71
Mauritius 15 8 23 0.02 54.76
Liberia 13 7 20 0.01 57.14
Burundi 5 12 17 0.01 100.00
Gabon 8 8 16 0.01 48.48
Malawi 8 8 16 0.01 69.57
Namibia 4 10 14 0.01 73.68
Chad .. .. 14 0.01 77.78
Zambia 7 6 13 <0.01 92.86
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 6 4 10 <0.01 90.91
Comoros .. .. 6 <0.01 85.71
Seychelles .. .. 6 <0.01 100.00
Eritrea .. .. 6 <0.01 40.00
Other countries 4 6 10 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 23 8 31 0.02 ..
Total continent 82,368 53,361 135,729 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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