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

External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2024
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 183 144 171 126 30 1 0 655
Alt Empordà 1,469 601 624 654 80 7 0 3,435
Alt Penedès 304 224 211 270 46 5 0 1,060
Alt Urgell 85 102 27 90 8 3 0 315
Alta Ribagorça 20 13 8 22 0 0 0 63
Anoia 438 195 325 389 109 8 0 1,464
Aran 82 17 9 64 3 0 0 175
Bages 649 354 459 541 123 12 0 2,138
Baix Camp 1,109 759 546 703 140 10 0 3,267
Baix Ebre 554 280 240 203 107 4 0 1,388
Baix Empordà 1,091 954 551 584 115 18 0 3,313
Baix Llobregat 2,533 1,711 1,173 3,817 918 57 0 10,209
Baix Penedès 648 411 270 536 84 11 0 1,960
Barcelonès 14,180 9,528 3,596 24,215 9,536 377 0 61,432
Berguedà 130 53 54 112 20 0 0 369
Cerdanya 118 73 30 198 9 0 0 428
Conca de Barberà 59 66 38 32 7 1 0 203
Garraf 944 628 239 876 177 27 0 2,891
Garrigues 114 31 74 33 5 0 0 257
Garrotxa 252 130 200 173 107 1 0 863
Gironès 1,170 567 839 1,015 231 36 0 3,858
Lluçanès 11 8 7 13 0 0 0 39
Maresme 1,680 1,333 1,269 1,821 590 52 0 6,745
Moianès 32 31 23 35 22 2 0 145
Montsià 494 213 209 157 81 4 0 1,158
Noguera 266 107 253 98 19 1 0 744
Osona 765 345 692 429 219 19 0 2,469
Pallars Jussà 71 43 39 46 0 1 0 200
Pallars Sobirà 48 13 3 41 2 2 0 109
Pla d'Urgell 280 97 214 83 14 2 0 690
Pla de l'Estany 163 88 103 70 18 0 0 442
Priorat 52 25 19 13 2 1 0 112
Ribera d'Ebre 184 72 54 39 6 7 0 362
Ripollès 85 51 75 81 13 0 0 305
Segarra 151 102 91 45 6 0 0 395
Segrià 1,494 487 1,233 694 169 10 0 4,087
Selva 1,533 1,907 535 753 299 12 0 5,039
Solsonès 69 31 34 35 8 0 0 177
Tarragonès 1,574 1,254 828 1,493 363 22 0 5,534
Terra Alta 82 10 2 22 8 1 0 125
Urgell 252 170 201 96 8 3 0 730
Vallès Occidental 3,196 1,880 1,691 4,773 1,344 81 0 12,965
Vallès Oriental 1,201 809 852 1,489 324 26 0 4,701
Catalonia 39,815 25,917 18,111 46,979 15,370 824 0 147,016
Metropolità 22,801 15,268 8,587 36,121 12,717 593 0 96,087
Comarques Gironines 5,763 4,298 2,927 3,330 863 74 0 17,255
Camp de Tarragona 2,977 2,248 1,602 2,367 542 35 0 9,771
Terres de l'Ebre 1,314 575 505 421 202 16 0 3,033
Ponent 2,557 994 2,066 1,049 221 16 0 6,903
Comarques Centrals 1,666 827 1,278 1,168 390 33 0 5,362
Alt Pirineu i Aran 424 261 116 461 22 6 0 1,290
Penedès 2,313 1,446 1,030 2,062 413 51 0 7,315
Barcelona 26,067 17,092 10,591 38,781 13,429 667 0 106,627
Girona 5,861 4,366 2,957 3,506 871 73 0 17,634
Lleida 2,948 1,225 2,186 1,368 242 22 0 7,991
Tarragona 4,939 3,234 2,377 3,324 828 62 0 14,764
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.