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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 2008
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Romania 31,617 12,736 17,478 25,079 86,910
Italy 32,830 3,257 451 3,082 39,620
France 15,802 4,933 297 2,046 23,078
Germany 11,074 2,614 138 1,887 15,713
United Kingdom 8,967 2,470 139 2,426 14,002
Poland 9,618 1,432 1,140 1,770 13,960
Portugal 8,383 1,899 1,318 1,564 13,164
Bulgaria 5,431 1,724 1,868 2,080 11,103
Netherlands 4,647 1,546 97 1,027 7,317
Belgium 1,916 1,100 56 705 3,777
Sweden 3,090 124 8 90 3,312
Lithuania 647 386 134 1,002 2,169
Rest of European Union 8,438 1,346 412 1,842 12,038
Total European Union (EU27) 142,460 35,567 23,536 44,600 246,163
Ukraine 6,290 2,310 3,067 2,202 13,869
Russia 4,929 2,119 533 1,203 8,784
Moldavia 1,391 338 426 1,153 3,308
Switzerland 1,354 795 17 669 2,835
Rest of Europe 2,611 493 347 590 4,041
Total rest of Europe 16,575 6,055 4,390 5,817 32,837
Morocco 139,602 39,025 15,149 36,486 230,262
Gambia 5,660 9,057 1,231 151 16,099
Senegal 6,346 1,915 2,011 1,675 11,947
Algeria 3,112 626 2,601 1,581 7,920
Mali 2,276 912 1,112 142 4,442
Nigeria 2,530 257 595 503 3,885
Ghana 2,561 191 219 186 3,157
Guinea 1,653 513 886 74 3,126
Mauritania 1,286 457 350 20 2,113
Rest of Africa 4,794 704 1,564 456 7,518
Total Africa 169,820 53,657 25,718 41,274 290,469
Ecuador 74,819 3,238 1,680 4,433 84,170
Colombia 31,083 4,431 3,378 6,487 45,379
Peru 34,769 1,119 850 1,279 38,017
Argentina 17,708 2,765 770 2,968 24,211
Bolivia 19,838 1,977 948 1,044 23,807
Dominican Republic 18,048 1,228 1,084 1,706 22,066
Brazil 7,046 1,051 1,009 1,054 10,160
Uruguay 7,429 1,543 174 998 10,144
Chile 7,624 918 214 825 9,581
Cuba 6,745 955 304 972 8,976
Venezuela 4,667 461 168 466 5,762
Paraguai 4,038 151 64 229 4,482
Honduras 1,917 2,050 28 94 4,089
Mexico 3,150 217 65 288 3,720
United States 2,772 237 35 159 3,203
Rest of America 2,197 290 65 177 2,729
Total America 243,850 22,631 10,836 23,179 300,496
China 35,557 3,341 1,523 2,974 43,395
Pakistan 21,566 425 236 1,865 24,092
India 6,987 3,475 156 594 11,212
Philippines 10,247 418 17 304 10,986
Bangladesh 3,826 82 77 13 3,998
Rest of Asia 7,858 617 146 496 9,117
Total Asia 86,041 8,358 2,155 6,246 102,800
Total Oceania 323 39 5 8 375
Not stated 1,185 148 106 164 1,603
Total 660,254 126,455 66,746 121,288 974,743
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo e Immigración. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.

Last update: June 30, 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 "..".