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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 39,191 1,399 433 2,733 148 522 152 44,578
Alt Empordà 102,886 13,718 2,040 13,708 1,787 5,139 936 140,214
Alt Penedès 94,521 1,962 572 6,225 386 2,082 514 106,262
Alt Urgell 18,522 1,210 223 303 87 449 84 20,878
Alta Ribagorça 3,417 188 54 106 17 86 5 3,873
Anoia 107,940 2,002 556 5,072 404 1,267 601 117,842
Bages 164,336 4,409 1,055 9,846 727 2,661 1,369 184,403
Baix Camp 157,974 10,820 1,896 12,075 1,114 4,929 1,441 190,249
Baix Ebre 65,813 6,343 1,182 4,580 256 1,017 1,446 80,637
Baix Empordà 106,571 7,868 2,586 11,351 1,500 2,239 771 132,886
Baix Llobregat 725,110 20,946 3,855 23,970 4,243 20,651 7,474 806,249
Baix Penedès 86,042 3,832 680 6,245 561 2,272 630 100,262
Barcelonès 1,845,020 89,446 20,942 40,810 35,207 103,819 91,994 2,227,238
Berguedà 36,752 1,094 169 1,290 143 442 149 40,039
Cerdanya 15,491 962 253 257 71 969 60 18,063
Conca de Barberà 18,257 960 239 889 43 162 173 20,723
Garraf 125,837 9,924 978 3,394 974 3,761 1,018 145,886
Garrigues 17,240 1,491 66 814 17 79 55 19,762
Garrotxa 48,228 1,709 470 2,158 591 530 2,350 56,036
Gironès 148,703 6,564 1,634 16,304 5,837 3,657 2,386 185,085
Maresme 388,365 10,078 2,337 22,280 2,357 8,630 3,872 437,919
Montsià 56,596 7,492 855 2,502 161 1,149 858 69,613
Noguera 32,846 3,028 265 2,538 73 468 158 39,376
Osona 134,347 3,223 514 12,362 437 1,941 2,073 154,897
Pallars Jussà 11,695 824 118 534 103 224 32 13,530
Pallars Sobirà 6,332 581 14 96 30 153 14 7,220
Pla d'Urgell 29,988 3,394 222 2,799 28 508 189 37,128
Pla de l'Estany 26,964 952 142 2,398 304 454 340 31,554
Priorat 8,451 578 30 365 23 92 11 9,550
Ribera d'Ebre 19,542 1,816 155 1,053 38 154 167 22,925
Ripollès 23,643 432 78 952 149 339 107 25,700
Segarra 17,094 1,900 1,374 1,891 83 276 95 22,713
Segrià 170,163 14,967 1,491 16,320 887 3,979 1,961 209,768
Selva 136,724 12,410 4,213 8,584 1,417 3,516 3,385 170,249
Solsonès 11,825 637 89 747 26 133 40 13,497
Tarragonès 206,227 12,279 2,906 16,152 1,589 7,398 3,755 250,306
Terra Alta 10,676 1,120 33 57 45 62 126 12,119
Urgell 30,095 2,294 577 2,862 152 366 180 36,526
Val d'Aran 8,318 856 64 316 96 307 36 9,993
Vallès Occidental 807,035 17,032 3,403 32,884 6,485 25,041 7,652 899,532
Vallès Oriental 364,912 6,983 1,652 17,003 1,637 9,121 2,315 403,623
Catalonia 6,429,689 289,723 60,415 306,825 70,233 221,044 140,974 7,518,903
Metropolità 4,130,442 144,485 32,189 136,947 49,929 167,262 113,307 4,774,561
Comarques Gironines 593,719 43,653 11,163 55,455 11,585 15,874 10,275 741,724
Camp de Tarragona 430,100 26,036 5,504 32,214 2,917 13,103 5,532 515,406
Terres de l'Ebre 152,627 16,771 2,225 8,192 500 2,382 2,597 185,294
Ponent 297,426 27,074 3,995 27,224 1,240 5,676 2,638 365,273
Comarques Centrals 347,260 9,363 1,827 24,245 1,333 5,177 3,631 392,836
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,775 4,621 726 1,612 404 2,188 231 73,557
Penedès 414,340 17,720 2,786 20,936 2,325 9,382 2,763 470,252
Barcelona 4,794,117 167,071 36,041 175,111 53,001 179,414 119,029 5,523,784
Girona 605,847 44,460 11,392 55,708 11,651 16,781 10,317 756,156
Lleida 360,956 31,553 4,573 29,355 1,603 7,092 2,869 438,001
Tarragona 668,769 46,639 8,409 46,651 3,978 17,757 8,759 800,962
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 19, 2015.

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.