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Foreigners with residence card. By country of nationality. Provinces

Foreigners with a valid certificate of registration or residence card. By country of nationality. Provinces 2006
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalunya
Itàlia 18,779 2,030 380 2,093 23,282
França 8,010 3,108 224 1,282 12,624
Alemanya 7,091 2,141 127 1,502 10,861
Regne Unit 5,328 2,056 112 1,792 9,288
Portugal 3,361 719 567 691 5,338
Polònia 3,463 504 454 625 5,046
Països Baixos 2,786 1,285 81 764 4,916
Bèlgica 1,141 946 56 587 2,730
Lituània 229 175 86 588 1,078
Suècia 922 80 1 66 1,069
Resta Unió Europea 3,837 690 224 895 5,646
Total Unió Europea (1) 54,947 13,734 2,312 10,885 81,878
Romania 9,764 3,294 7,705 7,324 28,087
Ucraïna 4,460 1,532 2,494 1,371 9,857
Rússia 3,616 1,512 380 870 6,378
Bulgària 2,379 614 1,126 885 5,004
Suïssa 935 764 16 672 2,387
Moldàvia 831 176 301 660 1,968
Resta Europa 2,067 386 279 469 3,201
Total resta Europa 24,052 8,278 12,301 12,251 56,882
Marroc 104,627 28,723 12,422 25,108 170,880
Gàmbia 4,590 7,603 1,070 92 13,355
Senegal 4,922 1,652 1,748 1,257 9,579
Algèria 2,326 427 2,209 1,132 6,094
Mali 1,519 664 976 81 3,240
Nigèria 1,805 179 479 233 2,696
Guinea 1,118 375 749 62 2,304
Ghana 1,773 131 225 82 2,211
Mauritània 912 397 338 14 1,661
Resta Àfrica 3,050 385 1,130 267 4,832
Total Àfrica 126,642 40,536 21,346 28,328 216,852
Equador 57,578 2,366 1,468 3,374 64,786
Colòmbia 22,425 2,891 2,744 4,757 32,817
Perú 25,041 766 630 696 27,133
Argentina 14,927 2,192 692 2,200 20,011
Rep. Dominicana 12,893 887 843 1,115 15,738
Bolívia 10,328 1,171 589 568 12,656
Uruguai 5,864 1,206 155 649 7,874
Cuba 5,104 678 283 712 6,777
Xile 5,355 643 161 560 6,719
Brasil 4,220 614 669 625 6,128
Veneçuela 3,185 319 130 288 3,922
Estats Units 2,288 207 32 155 2,682
Mèxic 2,241 163 50 200 2,654
Hondures 1,037 1,177 15 50 2,279
Paraguai 1,558 71 50 88 1,767
Resta Amèrica 1,406 179 43 98 1,726
Total Amèrica 175,450 15,530 8,554 16,135 215,669
Xina 24,719 1,920 1,211 2,012 29,862
Paquistan 15,439 305 177 1,322 17,243
Filipines 7,456 351 11 192 8,010
Índia 4,474 2,137 84 330 7,025
Bangladesh 2,526 56 54 6 2,642
Japó 1,374 45 12 59 1,490
Armènia 1,041 80 13 40 1,174
Geòrgia 814 88 28 91 1,021
Resta Àsia 2,221 165 47 127 2,560
Total Àsia 60,064 5,147 1,637 4,179 71,027
Total Oceania 253 30 3 8 294
No consta país 191 16 11 9 227
Total 441,599 83,271 46,164 71,795 642,829
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.
Note: (1) UE-25.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Foreign
Person that does not have Spanish nationality, notwithstanding the stipulations of special laws and international treaties signed by Spain (Organic Law 4/2000, of January 11, on rights and liberties of foreigners in Spain and their social integration).
Foreign residents
Number of foreigners, according to the records of the Permanent Observatory of Immigration of the Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, which on a determinate date reside in Catalonia and have a valid residence permit. The data is stock-type information recorded on December 31 every year.

Methodological aspects

These statistics are obtained from files produced by the Central Register of Foreigners, an administrative record managed by the Directorate General of the Police and the Civil Guard, which is part of the Ministry for the Interior.

The statistical treatment of these files corresponds to the Permanent Immigration Observatory, which is part of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

These are stock statistics that are produced quarterly. They count and analyse the number of foreigners with a valid registry certificate or residency card at the end of each quarter.

The legislation applicable to foreigners residing in Spain depends on their residency system and this, to a large extent, on the nationality of foreigners.

These statistics do not include the following foreigners:

  • Those that are only staying temporarily in Spain (three months per half-year).
  • Those that are in Spain with a permit to be in the country for a course, studies, research work, training or volunteering.
  • Trans-frontier workers that do not reside in Spain.
  • Applicants for asylum or persons that have obtained refugee or expatriate status.
  • Foreigners from the European Union that have not applied for inscription to the Central Registry of Foreigners or that have applied for it but have not yet received the corresponding certificate.
  • Foreigners whose documentation has expired and are in the process of renewing it.

Foreigners authorised to remain in Spain must inform the Immigration Office or the police headquarters in the place where they reside or are staying of any changes of nationality, usual abode or marital status.

The country of nationality is considered to be the nationality of the foreigner. In the case of dual nationality, the one counted is that used by the foreigners when making the application for a registration permit, card or certificate.

The province is that in which the foreigner reports that they reside at the moment when their currently applicable registration certificate of residency card is issued.

Data from 2010 onward has been reviewed with the aim of excluding persons who have been granted Spanish nationality and foreigners who have expired, in Spain, and whose residence permits were valid at the time of their death.

Data are on December, 31.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".