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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 38,988 1,869 449 2,762 179 808 134 45,189
Alt Empordà 101,500 15,174 2,017 12,959 1,580 6,445 753 140,428
Alt Penedès 92,530 2,134 601 6,425 410 3,104 466 105,670
Alt Urgell 18,679 1,769 269 318 130 776 67 22,008
Alta Ribagorça 3,546 411 55 119 13 134 6 4,284
Anoia 106,987 2,438 608 5,642 448 1,875 511 118,509
Bages 163,603 5,025 1,027 10,376 761 3,743 1,330 185,865
Baix Camp 155,559 13,438 1,639 12,189 1,155 6,555 1,412 191,947
Baix Ebre 65,706 7,965 1,186 4,727 213 1,373 1,464 82,634
Baix Empordà 104,383 8,877 2,223 12,038 1,452 3,379 764 133,116
Baix Llobregat 709,997 23,702 3,470 26,074 4,067 30,295 6,100 803,705
Baix Penedès 85,243 4,305 633 6,669 530 3,189 546 101,115
Barcelonès 1,847,140 80,184 18,032 41,233 32,073 137,021 90,597 2,246,280
Berguedà 37,532 1,298 229 1,318 152 781 230 41,540
Cerdanya 15,747 1,145 256 240 81 1,267 47 18,783
Conca de Barberà 18,603 1,065 221 917 47 277 160 21,290
Garraf 122,683 11,759 918 3,882 1,012 5,369 846 146,469
Garrigues 17,664 1,585 72 770 15 124 76 20,306
Garrotxa 47,077 1,773 399 2,472 550 904 2,422 55,597
Gironès 144,354 7,155 1,613 16,898 5,460 5,379 2,057 182,916
Maresme 380,673 10,725 1,898 23,396 2,342 12,137 3,726 434,897
Montsià 56,661 9,109 1,016 2,652 165 1,836 822 72,261
Noguera 33,275 3,093 316 2,588 55 715 189 40,231
Osona 131,917 3,354 447 13,231 442 3,115 1,698 154,204
Pallars Jussà 12,266 914 112 559 120 371 32 14,374
Pallars Sobirà 6,424 672 13 101 29 300 9 7,548
Pla d'Urgell 29,988 3,218 252 2,859 46 710 192 37,265
Pla de l'Estany 26,164 1,050 148 2,548 252 693 314 31,169
Priorat 8,831 675 29 379 26 128 19 10,087
Ribera d'Ebre 19,912 2,353 162 1,064 46 218 134 23,889
Ripollès 24,123 482 84 993 136 493 82 26,393
Segarra 17,085 2,183 1,426 1,956 107 352 82 23,191
Segrià 167,866 14,021 1,577 15,902 1,055 5,456 1,756 207,633
Selva 135,395 14,600 3,597 8,730 1,397 5,053 3,508 172,280
Solsonès 11,812 700 85 913 30 226 42 13,808
Tarragonès 202,144 13,597 2,514 16,498 1,747 9,904 3,738 250,142
Terra Alta 11,050 1,466 39 50 43 96 103 12,847
Urgell 30,219 2,567 597 3,044 200 589 180 37,396
Val d'Aran 8,051 982 50 455 96 529 29 10,192
Vallès Occidental 787,080 18,317 3,249 34,785 6,534 35,887 6,408 892,260
Vallès Oriental 355,309 7,448 1,590 18,654 1,550 13,491 1,858 399,900
Catalonia 6,353,766 304,597 55,118 319,385 66,746 305,097 134,909 7,539,618
Metropolità 4,080,199 140,376 28,239 144,142 46,566 228,831 108,689 4,777,042
Comarques Gironines 582,996 49,111 10,081 56,638 10,827 22,346 9,900 741,899
Camp de Tarragona 424,125 30,644 4,852 32,745 3,154 17,672 5,463 518,655
Terres de l'Ebre 153,329 20,893 2,403 8,493 467 3,523 2,523 191,631
Ponent 296,097 26,667 4,240 27,119 1,478 7,946 2,475 366,022
Comarques Centrals 344,864 10,377 1,788 25,838 1,385 7,865 3,300 395,417
Alt Pirineu i Aran 64,713 5,893 755 1,792 469 3,377 190 77,189
Penedès 407,443 20,636 2,760 22,618 2,400 13,537 2,369 471,763
Barcelona 4,735,379 166,329 32,068 184,967 49,792 246,795 113,769 5,529,099
Girona 595,144 50,068 10,326 56,889 10,901 23,547 9,935 756,810
Lleida 360,546 32,358 4,836 29,622 1,902 10,371 2,673 442,308
Tarragona 662,697 55,842 7,888 47,907 4,151 24,384 8,532 811,401
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.
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: February 1, 2012.

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.