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External migrations. Immigrations. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

External migrations. Immigrations. On the continent of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2024
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 140 63 529 378 90 1 0 1,201
Alt Empordà 1,180 336 1,537 1,829 179 7 0 5,068
Alt Penedès 234 148 819 983 153 12 0 2,349
Alt Urgell 67 175 48 453 16 4 0 763
Alta Ribagorça 11 14 25 37 1 0 0 88
Anoia 268 129 1,032 1,005 168 2 0 2,604
Aran 53 15 43 297 6 0 0 414
Bages 432 222 1,516 1,913 277 17 0 4,377
Baix Camp 893 579 1,598 2,162 301 18 0 5,551
Baix Ebre 476 209 1,077 667 372 9 0 2,810
Baix Empordà 853 788 1,614 1,539 220 32 0 5,046
Baix Llobregat 2,273 1,367 2,643 9,919 2,048 52 0 18,302
Baix Penedès 550 402 659 1,413 169 15 0 3,208
Barcelonès 19,104 11,479 10,502 60,490 25,345 693 0 127,613
Berguedà 95 32 212 563 33 1 0 936
Cerdanya 82 42 58 431 29 1 0 643
Conca de Barberà 64 64 180 96 40 0 0 444
Garraf 987 560 500 2,190 388 39 0 4,664
Garrigues 83 11 207 143 8 1 0 453
Garrotxa 153 107 473 681 361 2 0 1,777
Gironès 854 377 2,449 2,516 465 28 0 6,689
Lluçanès 8 8 23 56 2 0 0 97
Maresme 1,389 1,016 2,662 4,433 1,159 41 0 10,700
Moianès 33 7 44 116 45 1 0 246
Montsià 475 130 805 718 361 4 0 2,493
Noguera 188 49 613 335 40 0 0 1,225
Osona 445 193 1,867 1,351 487 9 0 4,352
Pallars Jussà 72 23 167 129 7 3 0 401
Pallars Sobirà 16 8 28 65 9 0 0 126
Pla d'Urgell 204 31 632 288 26 0 0 1,181
Pla de l'Estany 77 39 230 221 21 3 0 591
Priorat 47 11 85 40 4 0 0 187
Ribera d'Ebre 146 55 274 135 60 2 0 672
Ripollès 49 14 170 358 31 2 0 624
Segarra 86 108 340 166 25 0 0 725
Segrià 1,210 349 3,632 2,503 505 4 0 8,203
Selva 1,189 1,444 1,294 1,984 579 11 0 6,501
Solsonès 107 34 184 113 24 0 0 462
Tarragonès 1,322 1,114 2,485 3,880 774 29 0 9,604
Terra Alta 63 6 33 110 26 1 0 239
Urgell 194 87 705 283 35 0 0 1,304
Vallès Occidental 2,429 1,426 3,949 12,157 2,525 86 0 22,572
Vallès Oriental 784 486 2,263 4,319 657 32 0 8,541
Catalonia 39,385 23,757 50,206 123,465 38,071 1,162 0 276,046
Metropolità 25,987 15,776 22,028 91,356 31,742 904 0 187,793
Comarques Gironines 4,355 3,105 7,767 9,128 1,856 85 0 26,296
Camp de Tarragona 2,466 1,831 4,877 6,556 1,209 48 0 16,987
Terres de l'Ebre 1,160 400 2,189 1,630 819 16 0 6,214
Ponent 1,965 635 6,129 3,718 639 5 0 13,091
Comarques Centrals 1,119 499 3,874 4,091 861 28 0 10,472
Alt Pirineu i Aran 301 277 369 1,412 68 8 0 2,435
Penedès 2,032 1,234 2,973 5,574 877 68 0 12,758
Barcelona 28,478 17,076 28,030 99,489 33,287 985 0 207,345
Girona 4,431 3,136 7,825 9,540 1,872 85 0 26,889
Lleida 2,300 912 6,626 4,837 715 13 0 15,403
Tarragona 4,176 2,633 7,725 9,599 2,197 79 0 26,409
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.

Last update: April 9, 2026.

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.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.