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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Catalonia Geographical origin: Asia
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
China 30,118 30,686 60,804 34.04 4.94
Pakistan 37,550 15,918 53,468 29.93 4.35
India 18,153 10,161 28,314 15.85 2.30
Philippines 4,812 6,696 11,508 6.44 0.94
Bangladesh 6,088 2,706 8,794 4.92 0.71
Nepal 1,432 914 2,346 1.31 0.19
Japan 888 1,317 2,205 1.23 0.18
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 914 795 1,709 0.96 0.14
Syria 785 584 1,369 0.77 0.11
South Korea 426 663 1,089 0.61 0.09
Israel 540 462 1,002 0.56 0.08
Kazakhstan 360 545 905 0.51 0.07
Lebanon 513 382 895 0.50 0.07
Vietnam 406 422 828 0.46 0.07
Thailand 93 402 495 0.28 0.04
Indonesia 110 193 303 0.17 0.02
Jordan 177 118 295 0.17 0.02
Afghanistan 206 58 264 0.15 0.02
Uzbekistan 131 124 255 0.14 0.02
Iraq 174 72 246 0.14 0.02
Azerbaijan 120 99 219 0.12 0.02
Palestine 141 68 209 0.12 0.02
Saudi Arabia 113 41 154 0.09 0.01
Malaysia 56 77 133 0.07 0.01
Kyrgyzstan 53 71 124 0.07 0.01
Mongolia 36 69 105 0.06 <0.01
Singapore 34 65 99 0.06 <0.01
Yemen 51 17 68 0.04 <0.01
Sri Lanka 32 17 49 0.03 <0.01
Kuwait 23 6 29 0.02 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 13 7 20 0.01 <0.01
Turkmenistan 9 11 20 0.01 <0.01
Tajikistan 9 8 17 <0.01 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 13 <0.01 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 11 <0.01 <0.01
Oman .. .. 11 <0.01 <0.01
Laos .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Maldives 5 5 10 <0.01 <0.01
Qatar .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
North Korea 5 5 10 <0.01 <0.01
Bahrain .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 72 151 223 0.12 0.02
Total continent 104,677 73,974 178,651 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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