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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 2017
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 39,027 1,272 429 2,522 129 437 179 43,995
Alt Empordà 106,113 12,211 2,002 12,785 1,842 3,763 989 139,705
Alt Penedès 96,192 1,832 592 5,779 414 1,516 605 106,930
Alt Urgell 18,085 1,091 239 322 88 371 100 20,296
Alta Ribagorça 3,399 197 53 99 16 58 5 3,827
Anoia 109,238 1,771 520 4,644 388 966 750 118,277
Aran 8,487 860 65 251 65 221 36 9,985
Bages 157,297 3,618 1,100 8,852 780 2,114 1,334 175,095
Baix Camp 159,342 8,661 2,070 10,932 963 4,044 1,459 187,471
Baix Ebre 65,591 4,653 1,059 4,393 321 787 1,376 78,180
Baix Empordà 107,860 7,288 2,973 10,625 1,637 1,694 829 132,906
Baix Llobregat 739,122 19,722 4,669 20,973 4,638 16,148 8,724 813,996
Baix Penedès 87,551 3,757 894 5,396 557 1,956 739 100,850
Barcelonès 1,861,757 94,811 26,529 38,927 40,003 87,190 99,010 2,248,227
Berguedà 36,333 863 156 1,063 157 315 126 39,013
Cerdanya 15,397 726 253 277 109 795 66 17,623
Conca de Barberà 17,933 734 243 762 40 163 161 20,036
Garraf 128,464 9,187 1,109 3,291 1,020 3,256 1,177 147,504
Garrigues 16,682 1,286 56 813 34 59 45 18,975
Garrotxa 48,554 1,598 516 2,060 708 496 2,252 56,184
Gironès 152,407 6,843 1,713 14,974 6,468 3,181 2,497 188,083
Maresme 396,364 10,131 3,001 20,185 2,423 6,955 4,987 444,046
Moianès 12,329 217 58 269 40 221 145 13,279
Montsià 56,449 6,113 822 2,205 160 930 812 67,491
Noguera 32,588 2,864 261 2,452 56 363 142 38,726
Osona 135,578 3,534 611 12,104 554 1,697 2,494 156,572
Pallars Jussà 11,714 613 89 551 95 184 34 13,280
Pallars Sobirà 6,251 467 8 93 23 92 13 6,947
Pla d'Urgell 30,109 2,880 236 2,877 24 325 163 36,614
Pla de l'Estany 27,359 937 152 2,211 369 389 321 31,738
Priorat 8,308 544 45 331 28 78 11 9,345
Ribera d'Ebre 19,031 1,630 178 1,043 45 122 154 22,203
Ripollès 23,000 383 86 888 200 313 129 24,999
Segarra 16,997 2,014 1,398 1,909 90 232 96 22,736
Segrià 171,280 13,361 1,484 16,100 781 3,070 1,983 208,059
Selva 137,302 9,724 4,732 8,071 1,587 2,917 3,504 167,837
Solsonès 11,967 615 69 551 25 99 34 13,360
Tarragonès 210,465 9,930 3,269 15,032 1,514 6,055 4,223 250,488
Terra Alta 10,317 998 35 70 49 39 126 11,634
Urgell 30,002 2,113 553 2,764 126 308 162 36,028
Vallès Occidental 821,952 16,738 3,907 30,314 7,164 20,725 9,231 910,031
Vallès Oriental 370,275 6,501 1,764 13,985 1,671 6,305 2,758 403,259
Catalonia 6,514,468 275,288 69,998 283,745 77,401 180,949 153,981 7,555,830
Metropolità 4,193,086 147,948 39,891 124,425 55,904 137,371 124,736 4,823,361
Comarques Gironines 602,595 38,984 12,174 51,614 12,811 12,753 10,521 741,452
Camp de Tarragona 435,075 21,141 6,056 29,579 2,674 10,777 6,033 511,335
Terres de l'Ebre 151,388 13,394 2,094 7,711 575 1,878 2,468 179,508
Ponent 297,658 24,518 3,988 26,915 1,111 4,357 2,591 361,138
Comarques Centrals 354,468 9,000 2,011 23,196 1,557 4,416 4,119 398,767
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,333 3,954 707 1,593 396 1,721 254 71,958
Penedès 416,865 16,349 3,077 18,712 2,373 7,676 3,259 468,311
Barcelona 4,864,723 168,912 44,026 160,369 59,257 147,412 131,338 5,576,037
Girona 614,826 39,608 12,406 51,887 12,913 13,497 10,579 755,716
Lleida 360,905 28,476 4,522 28,803 1,425 5,429 2,824 432,384
Tarragona 674,014 38,292 9,044 42,686 3,806 14,611 9,240 791,693
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 22, 2018.

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.