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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 2018
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 38,948 1,214 448 2,609 165 474 207 44,065
Alt Empordà 106,913 12,101 2,045 12,760 1,960 3,758 1,032 140,569
Alt Penedès 96,818 1,884 616 5,987 505 1,635 677 108,122
Alt Urgell 17,958 1,052 217 333 106 446 112 20,224
Alta Ribagorça 3,364 176 55 98 14 61 6 3,774
Anoia 109,805 1,769 538 4,677 430 1,057 813 119,089
Aran 8,479 865 65 249 73 220 32 9,983
Bages 157,710 3,743 1,146 9,298 924 2,243 1,421 176,485
Baix Camp 159,713 8,934 2,108 11,253 1,016 4,267 1,550 188,841
Baix Ebre 65,181 4,569 1,057 4,443 372 821 1,425 77,868
Baix Empordà 107,782 7,227 3,046 10,847 1,883 1,834 842 133,461
Baix Llobregat 740,451 20,469 4,876 21,232 5,341 17,415 9,384 819,168
Baix Penedès 88,324 3,989 979 5,545 662 2,149 761 102,409
Barcelonès 1,852,363 98,685 27,795 39,022 43,105 91,703 101,969 2,254,642
Berguedà 36,162 865 178 1,146 199 399 155 39,104
Cerdanya 15,493 768 251 324 134 844 68 17,882
Conca de Barberà 17,891 811 248 756 56 174 167 20,103
Garraf 129,078 9,598 1,210 3,340 1,128 3,437 1,312 149,103
Garrigues 16,497 1,234 51 841 37 74 37 18,771
Garrotxa 48,705 1,679 563 2,020 827 532 2,287 56,613
Gironès 153,684 6,846 1,764 15,270 7,084 3,453 2,685 190,786
Maresme 398,032 10,743 3,150 20,189 2,801 7,464 5,445 447,824
Moianès 12,411 234 54 288 44 234 167 13,432
Montsià 56,287 5,803 806 2,262 194 954 777 67,083
Noguera 32,473 2,764 265 2,582 73 396 155 38,708
Osona 135,651 3,608 696 13,042 661 1,918 2,758 158,334
Pallars Jussà 11,565 574 95 495 94 227 41 13,091
Pallars Sobirà 6,240 452 16 85 32 94 15 6,934
Pla d'Urgell 30,059 2,902 238 2,972 37 363 169 36,740
Pla de l'Estany 27,515 949 144 2,236 437 410 315 32,006
Priorat 8,239 541 42 351 29 86 8 9,296
Ribera d'Ebre 18,793 1,568 177 1,086 52 130 158 21,964
Ripollès 22,914 393 87 932 230 317 127 25,000
Segarra 16,883 2,094 1,402 2,033 83 224 103 22,822
Segrià 171,510 13,129 1,509 16,368 885 3,176 2,061 208,638
Selva 137,417 9,968 4,990 8,133 1,765 3,107 3,649 169,029
Solsonès 11,965 618 69 573 26 101 40 13,392
Tarragonès 211,389 9,969 3,492 15,290 1,590 6,625 4,435 252,790
Terra Alta 10,193 965 36 60 60 40 129 11,483
Urgell 29,881 2,187 596 2,912 142 351 174 36,243
Vallès Occidental 825,191 17,718 4,083 30,560 8,182 22,203 9,968 917,905
Vallès Oriental 372,039 6,753 1,907 14,082 1,897 6,684 2,927 406,289
Catalonia 6,517,966 282,410 73,110 288,581 85,335 192,100 160,563 7,600,065
Metropolità 4,191,740 154,409 41,827 125,132 61,336 145,520 129,727 4,849,691
Comarques Gironines 604,930 39,163 12,639 52,198 14,186 13,411 10,937 747,464
Camp de Tarragona 436,180 21,469 6,338 30,259 2,856 11,626 6,367 515,095
Terres de l'Ebre 150,454 12,905 2,076 7,851 678 1,945 2,489 178,398
Ponent 297,303 24,310 4,061 27,708 1,257 4,584 2,699 361,922
Comarques Centrals 354,847 9,212 2,181 24,727 1,850 4,865 4,517 402,199
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,099 3,887 699 1,584 453 1,892 274 71,888
Penedès 419,413 17,055 3,289 19,122 2,719 8,257 3,553 473,408
Barcelona 4,865,569 176,066 46,253 162,850 65,222 156,398 136,992 5,609,350
Girona 617,227 39,817 12,878 52,513 14,312 14,203 10,997 761,947
Lleida 360,212 28,164 4,586 29,563 1,605 5,779 2,957 432,866
Tarragona 674,958 38,363 9,393 43,655 4,196 15,720 9,617 795,902
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 20, 2019.

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.