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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 38,586 1,642 420 2,351 157 891 131 44,178
Alt Empordà 99,656 14,604 1,757 10,804 1,190 6,710 692 135,413
Alt Penedès 89,591 2,062 473 5,623 355 3,285 369 101,758
Alt Urgell 18,716 1,640 276 257 145 845 63 21,942
Alta Ribagorça 3,573 358 59 137 10 186 9 4,332
Anoia 103,998 2,245 559 5,095 365 2,177 371 114,810
Bages 161,686 4,687 888 8,538 652 4,040 855 181,346
Baix Camp 152,490 12,333 1,530 10,742 1,095 7,843 1,370 187,403
Baix Ebre 65,223 7,955 1,118 3,810 196 1,524 1,478 81,304
Baix Empordà 102,792 8,726 1,876 11,437 1,240 3,980 687 130,738
Baix Llobregat 696,413 20,814 2,813 21,856 3,294 32,552 4,007 781,749
Baix Penedès 80,953 3,838 575 5,849 489 3,591 349 95,644
Barcelonès 1,854,270 79,315 16,766 37,263 28,505 151,658 67,801 2,235,578
Berguedà 37,397 1,393 249 1,154 137 996 162 41,488
Cerdanya 15,238 1,068 275 247 83 1,720 27 18,658
Conca de Barberà 18,675 992 186 751 38 349 170 21,161
Garraf 118,600 9,831 828 3,506 850 6,261 536 140,412
Garrigues 18,110 1,288 51 678 16 154 53 20,350
Garrotxa 46,623 1,501 336 2,476 387 963 2,151 54,437
Gironès 140,039 6,331 1,418 15,365 4,353 6,118 1,524 175,148
Maresme 370,907 10,029 1,619 20,541 1,999 12,601 2,825 420,521
Montsià 56,050 9,028 1,037 2,056 152 2,251 484 71,058
Noguera 33,480 2,796 321 1,917 60 810 123 39,507
Osona 129,372 2,830 398 12,576 398 3,451 1,114 150,139
Pallars Jussà 11,994 725 98 391 88 402 17 13,715
Pallars Sobirà 6,348 562 19 92 25 395 5 7,446
Pla d'Urgell 29,755 2,654 232 2,478 45 751 154 36,069
Pla de l'Estany 25,391 777 150 2,227 203 636 261 29,645
Priorat 8,862 560 31 262 17 123 14 9,869
Ribera d'Ebre 20,382 2,168 155 778 33 240 88 23,844
Ripollès 24,686 405 64 903 112 590 71 26,831
Segarra 17,169 1,829 1,195 1,689 98 288 69 22,337
Segrià 165,316 10,401 1,348 12,540 839 5,727 1,220 197,391
Selva 131,559 12,508 2,928 7,607 1,192 6,272 2,580 164,646
Solsonès 11,756 591 73 865 36 292 72 13,685
Tarragonès 196,389 13,243 2,419 14,185 1,662 10,836 2,815 241,549
Terra Alta 11,313 1,292 33 54 42 105 46 12,885
Urgell 29,895 2,071 493 2,565 238 613 189 36,064
Val d'Aran 7,973 990 49 480 86 596 20 10,194
Vallès Occidental 766,393 17,110 2,836 28,818 5,215 37,305 4,692 862,369
Vallès Oriental 342,669 6,851 1,484 17,166 1,330 15,551 1,414 386,465
Catalonia 6,260,288 282,043 49,435 278,129 57,427 335,678 101,078 7,364,078
Metropolità 4,238,843 146,012 26,819 134,773 41,548 259,213 81,644 4,928,852
Comarques Gironines 570,746 44,852 8,529 50,819 8,677 25,269 7,966 716,858
Camp de Tarragona 495,955 32,608 5,161 34,140 3,458 23,633 4,849 599,804
Terres de l'Ebre 152,968 20,443 2,343 6,698 423 4,120 2,096 189,091
Ponent 293,725 21,039 3,640 21,867 1,296 8,343 1,808 351,718
Comarques Centrals 444,209 11,746 2,167 28,228 1,588 10,956 2,574 501,468
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,842 5,343 776 1,604 437 4,144 141 76,287
Barcelona 4,671,231 157,122 28,905 162,087 43,104 269,861 84,137 5,416,447
Girona 582,628 45,721 8,798 51,076 8,754 26,893 7,994 731,864
Lleida 357,506 26,149 4,228 24,128 1,688 11,171 2,002 426,872
Tarragona 648,923 53,051 7,504 40,838 3,881 27,753 6,945 788,895
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.