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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 131,065 103,901 234,966 73.42 19.10
Senegal 18,432 5,876 24,308 7.60 1.98
Gambia, the 11,662 3,495 15,157 4.74 1.23
Algeria 5,709 3,266 8,975 2.80 0.73
Mali 6,316 1,733 8,049 2.52 0.65
Ghana 5,118 2,374 7,492 2.34 0.61
Nigeria 3,425 2,918 6,343 1.98 0.52
Guinea 2,917 1,170 4,087 1.28 0.33
Mauritania 1,195 280 1,475 0.46 0.12
Egypt 905 492 1,397 0.44 0.11
Cameroon 769 558 1,327 0.41 0.11
Equatorial Guinea 463 843 1,306 0.41 0.11
Côte d'Ivoire 560 282 842 0.26 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 562 221 783 0.24 0.06
Tunisia 440 288 728 0.23 0.06
South Africa 203 188 391 0.12 0.03
Burkina Faso 184 89 273 0.09 0.02
Libya 168 79 247 0.08 0.02
Congo (Republic of the) 122 83 205 0.06 0.02
Kenya 78 112 190 0.06 0.02
Angola 87 82 169 0.05 0.01
Sierra Leone 87 29 116 0.04 <0.01
Ethiopia 54 56 110 0.03 <0.01
Niger 58 29 87 0.03 <0.01
Togo 56 29 85 0.03 <0.01
Tanzania 56 26 82 0.03 <0.01
Rwanda 40 38 78 0.02 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 51 22 73 0.02 <0.01
Mozambique 39 33 72 0.02 <0.01
Cape Verd 36 32 68 0.02 <0.01
Benin 40 27 67 0.02 <0.01
Sudan 36 25 61 0.02 <0.01
Central African Republic 22 21 43 0.01 <0.01
Somalia 34 7 41 0.01 <0.01
Madagascar 13 23 36 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 21 15 36 0.01 <0.01
Liberia 19 12 31 <0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 15 16 31 <0.01 <0.01
Uganda 14 15 29 <0.01 <0.01
Gabon 5 16 21 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 17 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi 6 9 15 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia 7 8 15 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia 5 6 11 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 6 4 10 <0.01 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Comoros .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Chad .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 36 14 50 0.02 <0.01
Total continent 191,171 128,863 320,034 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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