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Immigrations and emigrations. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

External migrations. Immigrations. On the continent of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2017
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 62 13 126 127 16 1 88 433
Alt Empordà 811 127 514 688 36 7 857 3,040
Alt Penedès 173 45 197 383 52 4 276 1,130
Alt Urgell 54 45 19 124 5 0 53 300
Alta Ribagorça 6 3 4 11 0 0 3 27
Anoia 161 34 247 334 69 0 242 1,087
Aran 51 2 6 49 0 0 40 148
Bages 297 82 615 572 106 4 400 2,076
Baix Camp 455 219 287 811 107 4 616 2,499
Baix Ebre 306 105 196 186 101 0 286 1,180
Baix Empordà 574 304 474 738 83 6 556 2,735
Baix Llobregat 1,766 548 1,023 4,454 696 33 1,738 10,258
Baix Penedès 222 68 190 354 34 1 672 1,541
Barcelonès 14,649 4,091 2,663 32,363 9,684 227 11,643 75,320
Berguedà 84 28 77 172 24 1 90 476
Cerdanya 78 27 29 147 4 1 21 307
Conca de Barberà 32 13 17 49 12 0 35 158
Garraf 848 169 168 836 149 14 453 2,637
Garrigues 77 3 49 26 1 2 45 203
Garrotxa 138 31 127 292 119 3 90 800
Gironès 569 138 617 1,735 198 30 588 3,875
Maresme 955 363 980 1,999 471 16 1,139 5,923
Moianès 15 3 16 49 12 0 15 110
Montsià 301 51 115 179 51 1 146 844
Noguera 214 25 224 102 21 1 103 690
Osona 402 112 692 537 231 2 472 2,448
Pallars Jussà 48 9 19 64 3 0 41 184
Pallars Sobirà 34 7 6 22 1 0 9 79
Pla d'Urgell 110 10 42 23 2 0 324 511
Pla de l'Estany 56 5 72 151 10 1 77 372
Priorat 25 5 17 17 0 1 19 84
Ribera d'Ebre 104 13 44 26 9 1 74 271
Ripollès 33 3 54 101 14 1 29 235
Segarra 118 51 107 44 9 0 47 376
Segrià 1,016 112 783 752 142 2 885 3,692
Selva 743 460 294 565 254 6 1,251 3,573
Solsonès 47 4 50 27 2 0 36 166
Tarragonès 729 394 711 1,539 474 14 782 4,643
Terra Alta 35 1 4 26 12 0 9 87
Urgell 139 42 147 100 10 2 77 517
Vallès Occidental 1,830 438 1,437 5,734 1,024 40 1,954 12,457
Vallès Oriental 637 179 823 1,618 213 6 910 4,386
Catalonia 29,004 8,382 14,282 58,126 14,461 432 27,191 151,878
Metropolità 19,841 5,619 6,927 46,186 12,096 322 17,389 108,380
Comarques Gironines 2,924 1,068 2,152 4,270 714 54 3,448 14,630
Camp de Tarragona 1,303 644 1,158 2,543 609 20 1,540 7,817
Terres de l'Ebre 746 170 359 417 173 2 515 2,382
Ponent 1,674 243 1,352 1,047 185 7 1,481 5,989
Comarques Centrals 852 240 1,478 1,345 368 7 1,023 5,313
Alt Pirineu i Aran 271 93 83 417 13 1 167 1,045
Penedès 1,393 305 773 1,901 303 19 1,628 6,322
Barcelona 21,818 6,095 8,939 49,051 12,731 347 19,332 118,313
Girona 2,989 1,087 2,176 4,411 718 55 3,464 14,900
Lleida 1,926 318 1,460 1,350 196 7 1,668 6,925
Tarragona 2,271 882 1,707 3,314 816 23 2,727 11,740
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2017
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 43 8 4 26 5 0 55 30 171
Alt Empordà 343 39 35 121 11 4 1,504 237 2,294
Alt Penedès 118 19 23 93 9 6 164 46 478
Alt Urgell 29 101 3 15 0 0 58 6 212
Alta Ribagorça 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
Anoia 168 20 15 59 12 6 221 221 722
Aran 34 4 0 9 1 0 54 8 110
Bages 259 28 23 119 11 8 633 191 1,272
Baix Camp 249 75 19 107 12 5 967 282 1,716
Baix Ebre 202 19 21 38 8 1 632 157 1,078
Baix Empordà 364 68 42 107 26 9 969 336 1,921
Baix Llobregat 837 156 77 729 94 34 3,336 871 6,134
Baix Penedès 130 30 13 75 15 6 453 157 879
Barcelonès 2,693 478 189 3,195 609 117 28,515 11,276 47,072
Berguedà 58 11 8 26 2 0 110 11 226
Cerdanya 40 10 1 25 6 0 333 96 511
Conca de Barberà 36 5 1 16 2 0 24 42 126
Garraf 275 44 19 163 26 7 635 384 1,553
Garrigues 29 4 4 5 0 0 54 11 107
Garrotxa 134 11 18 57 14 1 74 33 342
Gironès 459 57 22 158 32 11 1,059 257 2,055
Maresme 510 118 64 381 98 24 1,367 655 3,217
Moianès 8 1 1 6 2 1 23 14 56
Montsià 153 23 31 58 17 2 617 50 951
Noguera 111 10 0 15 1 0 260 53 450
Osona 425 23 20 66 20 4 425 114 1,097
Pallars Jussà 21 6 3 13 2 0 69 1 115
Pallars Sobirà 18 5 0 11 1 0 29 9 73
Pla d'Urgell 112 2 14 22 1 1 87 36 275
Pla de l'Estany 64 6 9 22 5 2 85 10 203
Priorat 5 1 1 9 1 0 27 5 49
Ribera d'Ebre 8 2 6 3 1 0 76 10 106
Ripollès 47 3 9 30 5 3 9 15 121
Segarra 56 27 21 32 0 0 52 19 207
Segrià 464 29 70 119 20 5 2,065 533 3,305
Selva 368 57 30 142 35 9 1,859 549 3,049
Solsonès 39 0 5 3 3 0 39 3 92
Tarragonès 431 60 28 216 30 7 838 687 2,297
Terra Alta 9 0 0 10 0 0 64 1 84
Urgell 80 11 10 20 5 0 228 54 408
Vallès Occidental 995 192 116 930 126 60 2,776 1,613 6,808
Vallès Oriental 546 69 51 368 30 17 1,166 386 2,633
Catalonia 10,973 1,832 1,026 7,620 1,298 350 52,011 19,472 94,582
Metropolità 1,779 241 165 637 128 39 5,559 1,437 9,985
Comarques Gironines 764 149 53 374 50 12 1,911 1,046 4,359
Camp de Tarragona 372 44 58 109 26 3 1,389 218 2,219
Terres de l'Ebre 852 83 119 213 27 6 2,746 706 4,752
Ponent 798 65 57 219 39 13 1,247 335 2,773
Comarques Centrals 145 126 7 74 10 0 543 123 1,028
Alt Pirineu i Aran 681 111 69 390 61 25 1,453 806 3,596
Penedès 6,890 1,159 606 6,135 1,038 283 39,371 15,791 71,273
Barcelona 1,820 248 165 662 132 40 5,891 1,522 10,480
Girona 997 202 131 265 37 6 2,996 738 5,372
Lleida 1,266 223 124 558 91 21 3,753 1,421 7,457
Tarragona 1,384 230 96 632 87 20 4,562 1,603 8,614
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.

Last update: September 19, 2018.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

External emigration
Change of residence when the municipality of destination is abroad and the municipality of origin is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes people leaving to abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
External migration
Change of residence when the municipality of origin is abroad and the destination is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes the arrival of people coming from abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
International migration
Change of residence between a municipality in Catalonia and abroad.

Methodological aspects

Residential Variation Statistics (RVS) are compiled by the INE from information regarding registrations and delistings due to changes of residence registered in the Municipal Registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

Yearly residential variation statistics do not refer to the number of people changing residence, but rather to the number of changes made, as a citizen may change residence from one municipality to another more than once a year.

Exterior immigration data is compiled exclusively from municipal registrations of people who have arrived from abroad. Exterior immigration data for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 have not been published due to a lack of exhaustive data (these population flows tended to be incorporated directly into the Continuous Municipal Register as entries lacking previous registrations). Exterior immigration flow is published again from 2004 onwards as the total number of movements was reasonably exhaustive, even though there is an elevated number of cases where the destination country information is missing.

The external emigration series begins in 2005, the year in which the data, once analysed, is more consistent, even though there is still a large number of cases missing the destination country information.

From 2006 onwards, delistings from the Municipal Register due to expiry are included. These delistings are included as a result of the legislative change to the 7/1985 Organic Law, which regulates Local Ordinances, introduced in the 14/2003 Law on Foreign Nationals, which states that foreigners from outside the European Union must renew their registration on the Municipal Register every two years. If they do not renew, city councils must declare their registration as expired.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.