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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 39,100 1,903 453 2,817 165 710 151 45,299
Alt Empordà 101,774 15,426 2,075 13,529 1,688 6,173 852 141,517
Alt Penedès 93,313 2,155 568 6,552 430 2,736 498 106,252
Alt Urgell 18,547 1,432 249 334 117 638 69 21,386
Alta Ribagorça 3,540 389 61 107 12 120 6 4,235
Anoia 107,485 2,469 599 5,552 468 1,668 576 118,817
Bages 163,619 5,093 1,070 10,623 796 3,462 1,421 186,084
Baix Camp 156,862 13,531 1,734 12,663 1,136 6,079 1,530 193,535
Baix Ebre 65,542 8,125 1,274 4,965 255 1,326 1,638 83,125
Baix Empordà 104,784 8,867 2,414 12,215 1,535 3,127 812 133,754
Baix Llobregat 714,782 23,233 3,627 26,153 4,302 27,693 7,009 806,799
Baix Penedès 85,635 4,174 645 6,600 542 2,936 606 101,138
Barcelonès 1,849,080 83,825 18,946 41,971 35,080 129,525 95,625 2,254,052
Berguedà 37,386 1,283 191 1,349 160 645 188 41,202
Cerdanya 16,011 1,185 265 253 76 1,204 53 19,047
Conca de Barberà 18,490 1,080 235 906 40 235 162 21,148
Garraf 123,573 11,972 980 3,822 1,050 4,784 926 147,107
Garrigues 17,529 1,633 70 780 25 108 67 20,212
Garrotxa 47,509 1,823 428 2,341 585 757 2,412 55,855
Gironès 145,709 6,672 1,688 17,044 5,883 4,875 2,316 184,187
Maresme 383,350 10,541 2,033 23,308 2,424 11,089 3,742 436,487
Montsià 56,537 9,268 969 2,734 176 1,544 893 72,121
Noguera 33,133 3,280 308 2,621 68 595 195 40,200
Osona 132,628 3,275 472 13,188 456 2,772 1,797 154,588
Pallars Jussà 12,129 912 111 525 113 291 32 14,113
Pallars Sobirà 6,367 691 14 93 28 255 9 7,457
Pla d'Urgell 29,917 3,529 248 2,757 31 608 177 37,267
Pla de l'Estany 26,447 1,102 144 2,527 287 630 326 31,463
Priorat 8,700 700 32 378 23 121 17 9,971
Ribera d'Ebre 19,805 2,377 162 1,116 46 190 171 23,867
Ripollès 23,978 517 83 1,003 154 435 98 26,268
Segarra 17,098 2,218 1,460 2,021 104 367 97 23,365
Segrià 168,968 15,321 1,558 16,307 981 4,951 1,879 209,965
Selva 136,025 14,807 3,964 8,991 1,440 4,593 3,698 173,518
Solsonès 11,835 684 93 804 27 188 45 13,676
Tarragonès 202,995 13,774 2,619 16,928 1,773 9,257 3,936 251,282
Terra Alta 10,946 1,427 28 48 41 80 143 12,713
Urgell 30,137 2,409 576 2,974 194 501 184 36,975
Val d'Aran 8,045 978 58 378 99 462 36 10,056
Vallès Occidental 795,411 18,091 3,373 34,899 6,769 32,516 7,114 898,173
Vallès Oriental 359,408 7,528 1,617 18,497 1,591 11,914 2,077 402,632
Catalonia 6,384,129 309,699 57,494 322,673 71,170 282,160 143,583 7,570,908
Metropolità 4,102,031 143,218 29,596 144,828 50,166 212,737 115,567 4,798,143
Comarques Gironines 586,226 49,214 10,796 57,650 11,572 20,590 10,514 746,562
Camp de Tarragona 426,147 30,988 5,073 33,692 3,137 16,402 5,796 521,235
Terres de l'Ebre 152,830 21,197 2,433 8,863 518 3,140 2,845 191,826
Ponent 296,782 28,390 4,220 27,460 1,403 7,130 2,599 367,984
Comarques Centrals 345,468 10,335 1,826 25,964 1,439 7,067 3,451 395,550
Alt Pirineu i Aran 64,639 5,587 758 1,690 445 2,970 205 76,294
Penedès 410,006 20,770 2,792 22,526 2,490 12,124 2,606 473,314
Barcelona 4,759,979 169,417 33,482 185,871 53,529 228,796 120,976 5,552,050
Girona 598,559 50,205 11,042 57,912 11,640 21,722 10,547 761,627
Lleida 360,979 33,718 4,819 29,735 1,804 9,164 2,813 443,032
Tarragona 664,612 56,359 8,151 49,155 4,197 22,478 9,247 814,199
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 18, 2013.

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.