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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 2011
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total European Union (EU27) 197,422 45,153 35,243 53,974 331,792
Romania 41,505 16,778 26,512 31,346 116,141
Italy 45,392 3,903 562 3,765 53,622
France 23,525 6,631 409 2,612 33,177
Germany 15,589 3,033 206 2,091 20,919
United Kingdom 13,257 2,821 193 2,843 19,114
Poland 11,421 2,380 1,699 1,743 17,243
Portugal 11,028 1,778 1,922 1,907 16,635
Bulgaria 7,030 2,203 2,677 2,516 14,426
Netherlands 6,798 1,970 131 1,099 9,998
Sweden 5,712 179 15 114 6,020
Belgium 2,653 1,264 62 776 4,755
Lithuania 976 471 217 1,129 2,793
Czech Republic 1,503 352 100 498 2,453
Slovakia 1,021 366 240 682 2,309
Ireland 1,746 183 23 167 2,119
Rest of European Union 8,266 841 275 686 10,068
Total rest of Europe 20,988 7,500 4,687 6,290 39,465
Ukraine 7,251 2,888 3,270 2,326 15,735
Russia 6,319 2,894 638 1,437 11,288
Moldavia 1,696 549 451 1,242 3,938
Swiss 1,711 677 18 648 3,054
Rest of Europe 4,011 492 310 637 5,450
Total Africa 176,180 58,203 28,091 47,800 310,274
Morocco 140,037 42,009 15,967 41,397 239,410
Gambia 5,586 8,440 1,250 201 15,477
Senegal 8,788 2,919 2,783 2,400 16,890
Algeria 3,337 717 2,778 1,857 8,689
Mali 2,883 1,608 1,407 191 6,089
Nigeria 3,691 432 757 825 5,705
Ghana 3,988 310 280 321 4,899
Guinea 2,097 688 1,137 122 4,044
Mauritania 1,319 476 340 25 2,160
Rest of Africa 4,454 604 1,392 461 6,911
Total America 216,931 25,364 8,966 21,219 272,480
Ecuador 49,574 2,422 1,034 3,214 56,244
Colombia 23,853 3,842 2,411 5,342 35,448
Peru 25,925 1,077 707 1,097 28,806
Bolivia 33,306 3,385 1,226 1,815 39,732
Argentina 16,516 1,333 899 1,447 20,195
Dominican Republic 14,094 2,521 571 2,538 19,724
Brazil 8,830 1,663 1,058 1,378 12,929
Uruguay 7,439 1,022 201 884 9,546
Chile 6,545 1,594 141 918 9,198
Cuba 5,766 940 255 916 7,877
Venezuela 3,896 3,989 57 208 8,150
Honduras 5,079 509 157 494 6,239
Paraguai 6,718 247 78 336 7,379
Mexico 3,385 234 60 275 3,954
United States 3,269 253 44 174 3,740
Rest of America 2,736 333 67 183 3,319
Total Asia 108,873 10,788 2,804 8,635 131,100
China 41,496 4,072 1,873 3,318 50,759
Pakistan 33,394 667 371 3,138 37,570
India 10,123 4,794 276 1,159 16,352
Philippines 9,275 348 16 337 9,976
Bangladesh 4,562 96 101 53 4,812
Georgia 2,408 288 51 292 3,039
Armenia 2,233 177 26 60 2,496
Rest of Asia 5,382 346 90 278 6,096
Total Oceania 393 34 5 10 442
Not stated 245 11 12 8 276
Total 721,032 147,053 79,808 137,936 1,085,829
Source: Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.

Last update: November 11, 2015.

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 "..".