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

Population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 39,181 1,374 416 2,584 133 449 169 44,306
Alt Empordà 104,254 12,980 2,026 13,393 1,737 4,442 1,006 139,838
Alt Penedès 95,286 1,875 570 5,900 373 1,668 496 106,168
Alt Urgell 18,388 1,173 222 319 92 399 102 20,695
Alta Ribagorça 3,447 196 52 95 15 74 5 3,884
Anoia 108,243 1,928 522 4,700 397 1,016 638 117,444
Aran 8,370 854 66 266 76 261 33 9,926
Bages 156,703 3,756 1,026 9,049 681 2,124 1,265 174,604
Baix Camp 158,188 9,747 1,987 11,386 1,059 4,279 1,380 188,026
Baix Ebre 65,815 5,616 1,138 4,512 270 928 1,469 79,748
Baix Empordà 107,024 7,516 2,744 10,827 1,523 1,921 800 132,355
Baix Llobregat 731,807 19,684 4,076 22,331 4,087 16,954 7,712 806,651
Baix Penedès 86,621 3,764 735 5,700 502 1,946 666 99,934
Barcelonès 1,864,074 89,477 22,421 38,780 33,773 85,559 91,060 2,225,144
Berguedà 36,583 1,005 138 1,206 140 320 125 39,517
Cerdanya 15,416 896 257 253 80 910 58 17,870
Conca de Barberà 18,179 914 238 825 40 122 164 20,482
Garraf 126,767 9,580 1,032 3,265 971 3,317 1,051 145,983
Garrigues 17,078 1,301 60 765 22 69 47 19,342
Garrotxa 48,529 1,691 460 2,049 580 449 2,305 56,063
Gironès 149,942 6,606 1,662 15,312 5,817 3,255 2,399 184,993
Maresme 392,195 10,013 2,591 20,889 2,258 7,465 4,101 439,512
Moianès 12,188 221 52 238 47 253 99 13,098
Montsià 56,627 6,846 814 2,273 161 989 814 68,524
Noguera 32,790 2,942 261 2,501 58 405 152 39,109
Osona 135,211 3,262 495 11,622 449 1,721 2,165 154,925
Pallars Jussà 11,788 748 104 656 97 180 36 13,609
Pallars Sobirà 6,289 517 11 85 26 115 17 7,060
Pla d'Urgell 30,084 3,377 215 2,761 29 412 175 37,053
Pla de l'Estany 27,055 961 145 2,342 315 399 319 31,536
Priorat 8,470 582 34 348 22 81 10 9,547
Ribera d'Ebre 19,398 1,826 155 998 48 130 168 22,723
Ripollès 23,412 384 77 908 153 296 112 25,342
Segarra 17,158 1,924 1,358 1,781 86 243 97 22,647
Segrià 170,816 14,775 1,465 15,950 851 3,501 1,966 209,324
Selva 136,924 11,206 4,369 8,230 1,390 3,127 3,309 168,555
Solsonès 11,879 594 79 716 20 95 31 13,414
Tarragonès 208,048 11,720 3,016 15,473 1,519 6,396 3,767 249,939
Terra Alta 10,540 999 37 67 48 53 128 11,872
Urgell 30,125 2,219 549 2,773 140 315 187 36,308
Vallès Occidental 814,222 16,453 3,489 31,035 6,191 21,426 7,845 900,661
Vallès Oriental 364,923 6,764 1,617 15,681 1,596 7,404 2,390 400,375
Catalonia 6,480,037 280,266 62,781 290,844 67,872 185,468 140,838 7,508,106
Metropolità 4,170,791 142,448 34,214 128,744 47,907 138,870 113,133 4,776,107
Comarques Gironines 597,140 41,344 11,483 53,061 11,515 13,889 10,250 738,682
Camp de Tarragona 432,066 24,337 5,691 30,616 2,773 11,327 5,490 512,300
Terres de l'Ebre 152,380 15,287 2,144 7,850 527 2,100 2,579 182,867
Ponent 298,051 26,538 3,908 26,531 1,186 4,945 2,624 363,783
Comarques Centrals 353,516 8,987 1,807 23,248 1,338 4,474 3,668 397,038
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,698 4,384 712 1,674 386 1,939 251 73,044
Penedès 412,395 16,941 2,822 19,120 2,240 7,924 2,843 464,285
Barcelona 4,838,079 163,998 38,040 164,670 50,964 149,227 118,944 5,523,922
Girona 609,297 42,107 11,711 53,310 11,589 14,742 10,298 753,054
Lleida 361,594 30,773 4,460 28,698 1,517 6,126 2,861 436,029
Tarragona 671,067 43,388 8,570 44,166 3,802 15,373 8,735 795,101
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: March 3, 2016.

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.