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Population. By nationality. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2006
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 37,362 434 701 1,766 137 580 101 41,081
Alt Empordà 97,523 8,843 2,824 8,673 733 4,947 440 123,983
Alt Penedès 86,043 982 960 5,290 301 2,860 343 96,779
Alt Urgell 18,772 926 417 226 114 745 57 21,257
Alta Ribagorça 3,563 59 207 96 2 145 2 4,074
Anoia 100,536 674 1,235 4,251 312 1,861 329 109,198
Bages 158,857 1,043 1,961 7,304 480 3,050 541 173,236
Baix Camp 149,121 4,476 4,400 8,349 786 5,503 904 173,539
Baix Ebre 64,972 2,452 3,123 3,065 134 1,374 1,248 76,368
Baix Empordà 101,215 5,183 3,049 9,982 743 3,318 565 124,055
Baix Llobregat 695,116 11,121 6,126 20,350 2,886 28,926 3,442 767,967
Baix Penedès 74,357 1,833 1,297 4,912 338 2,761 258 85,756
Barcelonès 1,888,416 47,313 23,399 37,787 26,347 140,555 63,096 2,226,913
Berguedà 37,156 319 526 980 128 821 134 40,064
Cerdanya 14,801 525 354 198 76 1,260 21 17,235
Conca de Barberà 18,579 182 585 609 44 309 80 20,388
Garraf 115,016 5,977 2,047 3,231 810 5,503 533 133,117
Garrigues 18,177 127 907 638 18 120 45 20,032
Garrotxa 46,399 621 628 2,457 226 773 1,730 52,834
Gironès 138,972 2,272 3,026 13,467 2,568 4,765 1,009 166,079
Maresme 363,611 6,858 2,796 19,946 1,777 11,334 2,803 409,125
Montsià 55,055 1,654 4,802 1,533 94 1,765 430 65,333
Noguera 33,679 221 1,847 1,782 45 718 102 38,394
Osona 127,286 999 1,049 12,431 296 3,017 712 145,790
Pallars Jussà 11,719 160 255 269 49 192 4 12,648
Pallars Sobirà 6,339 160 159 67 21 317 4 7,067
Pla d'Urgell 29,132 354 1,446 2,406 44 621 168 34,171
Pla de l'Estany 24,783 342 316 2,164 121 637 194 28,557
Priorat 8,931 196 263 241 20 130 15 9,796
Ribera d'Ebre 20,544 985 601 615 21 205 75 23,046
Ripollès 24,816 146 170 682 60 451 41 26,366
Segarra 17,260 96 2,177 1,790 105 290 63 21,781
Segrià 163,720 1,222 5,517 10,841 663 4,525 838 187,326
Selva 125,618 5,918 5,069 6,779 792 5,444 1,857 151,477
Solsonès 11,531 94 250 873 25 228 49 13,050
Tarragonès 190,929 5,224 4,949 10,079 1,262 8,155 1,846 222,444
Terra Alta 11,513 310 639 65 33 105 50 12,715
Urgell 29,749 153 1,328 2,526 206 526 150 34,638
Val d'Aran 7,977 247 425 369 56 468 12 9,554
Vallès Occidental 757,731 9,030 6,070 23,712 4,440 30,885 4,209 836,077
Vallès Oriental 334,064 3,119 3,245 15,952 1,145 12,595 1,267 371,387
Catalonia 6,220,940 132,850 101,145 248,753 48,458 292,784 89,767 7,134,697
Metropolità 4,239,997 84,400 44,643 126,268 37,706 232,658 75,693 4,841,365
Comarques Gironines 559,326 23,325 15,082 44,204 5,243 20,335 5,836 673,351
Camp de Tarragona 479,279 12,345 12,195 25,956 2,587 17,438 3,204 553,004
Terres de l'Ebre 152,084 5,401 9,165 5,278 282 3,449 1,803 177,462
Ponent 291,717 2,173 13,222 19,983 1,081 6,800 1,366 336,342
Comarques Centrals 435,366 3,129 5,021 25,839 1,241 8,977 1,765 481,338
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,171 2,077 1,817 1,225 318 3,127 100 71,835
Barcelona 4,663,667 87,430 49,392 151,202 38,926 241,377 77,410 5,309,404
Girona 571,047 23,753 15,424 44,394 5,312 21,547 5,854 687,331
Lleida 354,863 3,921 14,969 21,923 1,351 8,973 1,496 407,496
Tarragona 631,363 17,746 21,360 31,234 2,869 20,887 5,007 730,466
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Population
All inhabitants of a given place. Since 1996, when the continuous management system was established for the Municipal Population Register, in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, official population figures for municipalities have been obtained annually using data referred to January 1 of each year.
Neighbour
Person who habitually lives in a municipality, whether present or absent on the date of reference. Acquisition of the condition of neighbour is produced as soon as that person is recorded on the civil register (padró). Those who habitually live in a municipality but are away on the date of reference are still considered neighbours of the municipality they usually live in. The concept of a neighbour substitutes the concepts of a present resident and absent resident in a municipality in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, which modified the Regulation for the population and territorial demarcation of local entities on July 11, 1986. The figure of the person in transit has also been eliminated.

Methodological aspects

The basic on information population by nationality and place of birth, as well as the population of the municipalities, is obtained from the Municipal Population Register.

The Municipal population register is the administrative record containing the residents of a given municipality and it constitutes proof that they reside in the municipality and have their usual home there. Population figures from the revision of the Register on 1 January are declared official in each of the municipalities by the Government of Spain, by means of a Royal Decree. The exploitation of the municipal population register provides figures on the number of people registered in the population census in each municipality in Catalonia. The official figures are available by municipality and they are broken down according to sex, age, nationality and place of birth.