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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 2016
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 39,084 1,322 416 2,584 119 417 165 44,107
Alt Empordà 105,170 12,819 2,050 13,243 1,804 4,045 987 140,118
Alt Penedès 95,576 1,843 581 5,836 375 1,531 533 106,275
Alt Urgell 18,255 1,163 233 312 101 385 99 20,548
Alta Ribagorça 3,437 189 55 97 17 67 5 3,867
Anoia 108,522 1,860 510 4,579 388 939 706 117,504
Aran 8,358 874 66 272 72 250 38 9,930
Bages 156,891 3,552 1,041 8,877 701 2,053 1,266 174,381
Baix Camp 158,998 9,279 2,028 11,431 1,016 4,188 1,418 188,358
Baix Ebre 65,681 5,025 1,126 4,556 276 875 1,438 78,977
Baix Empordà 107,266 7,396 2,879 10,880 1,550 1,799 828 132,598
Baix Llobregat 735,563 19,516 4,391 21,759 4,357 16,050 8,247 809,883
Baix Penedès 86,658 3,630 815 5,599 508 1,912 691 99,813
Barcelonès 1,867,082 90,887 24,110 38,614 35,290 82,839 94,011 2,232,833
Berguedà 36,346 948 142 1,183 146 289 124 39,178
Cerdanya 15,394 771 271 273 96 823 76 17,704
Conca de Barberà 18,058 777 254 788 41 137 165 20,220
Garraf 127,694 9,331 1,111 3,403 995 3,239 1,103 146,876
Garrigues 16,835 1,292 58 760 27 71 47 19,090
Garrotxa 48,509 1,601 486 2,043 630 457 2,273 55,999
Gironès 151,093 6,748 1,685 15,072 6,117 3,075 2,388 186,178
Maresme 394,277 10,057 2,778 20,477 2,275 7,110 4,531 441,505
Moianès 12,281 226 51 253 46 242 110 13,209
Montsià 56,598 6,188 800 2,215 151 903 791 67,646
Noguera 32,645 2,929 267 2,529 51 388 146 38,955
Osona 135,147 3,487 550 11,916 488 1,698 2,355 155,641
Pallars Jussà 11,767 673 89 612 108 173 31 13,453
Pallars Sobirà 6,270 477 10 90 25 99 15 6,986
Pla d'Urgell 30,088 3,013 232 2,851 27 337 163 36,711
Pla de l'Estany 27,196 929 153 2,239 343 384 317 31,561
Priorat 8,346 540 43 331 25 86 10 9,381
Ribera d'Ebre 19,225 1,726 167 1,042 44 109 158 22,471
Ripollès 23,178 367 85 889 178 278 126 25,101
Segarra 17,055 1,990 1,382 1,830 91 236 104 22,688
Segrià 170,955 14,163 1,477 16,261 824 3,241 1,960 208,881
Selva 137,035 10,075 4,614 8,168 1,464 2,953 3,385 167,694
Solsonès 11,839 585 74 650 22 104 39 13,313
Tarragonès 209,484 10,174 3,185 15,237 1,470 5,918 4,097 249,565
Terra Alta 10,429 1,002 37 77 45 45 126 11,761
Urgell 29,916 2,194 551 2,792 124 304 178 36,059
Vallès Occidental 817,757 16,511 3,755 30,705 6,494 20,520 8,498 904,240
Vallès Oriental 367,240 6,617 1,678 14,940 1,599 6,693 2,571 401,338
Catalonia 6,499,198 274,746 66,286 288,265 70,520 177,262 146,319 7,522,596
Metropolità 4,185,514 143,645 36,732 126,530 50,016 133,271 117,884 4,793,592
Comarques Gironines 599,447 39,935 11,952 52,534 12,086 12,991 10,304 739,249
Camp de Tarragona 433,970 22,092 5,926 30,371 2,671 10,746 5,855 511,631
Terres de l'Ebre 151,933 13,941 2,130 7,890 516 1,932 2,513 180,855
Ponent 297,494 25,581 3,967 27,023 1,144 4,577 2,598 362,384
Comarques Centrals 353,447 8,947 1,876 23,245 1,406 4,346 3,877 397,144
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,481 4,147 724 1,656 419 1,797 264 72,488
Penedès 413,912 16,458 2,979 19,016 2,262 7,602 3,024 465,253
Barcelona 4,854,217 164,824 40,708 162,517 53,157 143,204 124,053 5,542,680
Girona 611,674 40,592 12,196 52,813 12,175 13,757 10,369 753,576
Lleida 360,746 29,667 4,511 29,075 1,493 5,711 2,838 434,041
Tarragona 672,561 39,663 8,871 43,860 3,695 14,590 9,059 792,299
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 27, 2017.

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.