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

Total migrations. Immigrations, emigrations, and net migrations rate. By sex. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Immigrations Emmigrations Net migrations rate
Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total
2014 81,306 72,576 153,882 88,587 70,834 159,421 -7,281 1,742 -5,539
2013 73,179 64,934 138,113 89,710 69,849 159,559 -16,531 -4,915 -21,446
2012 77,875 68,737 146,612 89,516 66,902 156,418 -11,641 1,835 -9,806
2011 93,694 83,014 176,708 91,104 68,229 159,333 2,590 14,785 17,375
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.

Last update: September 21, 2015.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Total emigration
Delistings recorded in the Municipal Population Register in a given year due to changes of residence to another municipality in Catalonia, the rest of Spain and abroad.
Total immigration
Registrations recorded in the Municipal Population Register in a given year due to changes of residence from another municipality in Catalonia, the rest of Spain and abroad.
Total migration rate
Corresponds to the total number of net migrations (internal and international migration).

Methodological aspects

Residential Variation Statistics (RVS) are compiled by the INE from information regarding registrations and delistings due to changes of residence registered in the Municipal Registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

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.

Yearly residential variation statistics do not refer to the number of people changing residence, but rather to the number of changes made, as a citizen may change residence from one municipality to another more than once a year.

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