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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
2014 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 54,339
2013 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,205
2012 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 53,987
2011 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,562
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
2014 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 50,926
2013 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,902
2012 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 57,642
2011 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,744
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
2014 z Category not applicable 3,413 3,413
2013 z Category not applicable -697 -697
2012 z Category not applicable -3,655 -3,655
2011 z Category not applicable -182 -182
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: September 21, 2015.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.