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Population. By place of birth. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population 1 of January. By place of birth. Born in Catalonia. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
2023 3,723,838 451,759 322,625 477,608 4,975,830
2022 3,719,439 450,936 324,360 477,203 4,971,938
2021 3,714,418 449,993 325,965 476,362 4,966,738
2020 3,704,037 445,673 325,773 471,935 4,947,418
2019 3,690,748 444,413 327,029 470,659 4,932,849
2018 3,676,814 443,159 328,458 469,557 4,917,988
2017 3,660,880 441,515 329,369 468,118 4,899,882
2016 3,643,599 439,812 330,608 466,968 4,880,987
2015 3,623,575 437,493 331,770 464,717 4,857,555
Units: Persons.
Source:
2015-2018: Idescat. Municipal population register.
2019-2020: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
2021: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
2022-2023: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Population 1 of January. By place of birth. Born in rest of Spain. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Andalucía Aragon Extremadura Balears and C. Valenciana Centre North Rest of Spain Total
2023 495,719 82,373 103,407 71,457 229,196 118,496 50,844 1,151,646
2022 510,709 84,649 106,363 71,682 234,638 120,770 51,962 1,180,927
2021 525,291 87,106 109,259 72,390 240,066 122,972 53,178 1,210,262
2020 543,110 90,432 112,562 73,281 246,873 126,834 55,114 1,248,206
2019 556,292 92,680 115,087 73,547 251,536 128,556 56,237 1,273,935
2018 570,269 95,147 117,755 73,833 256,688 130,095 57,570 1,301,357
2017 582,759 97,437 120,117 73,353 261,010 131,589 58,739 1,325,004
2016 594,734 99,831 122,515 73,023 265,296 133,349 59,965 1,348,713
2015 606,611 101,902 124,745 72,746 269,029 134,708 61,189 1,370,930
Units: Persons.
Source:
2015-2018: Idescat. Municipal population register.
2019-2020: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
2021: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
2022-2023: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Notes:
Centre: Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha and Madrid.
North: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja.
Rest of Spain: Canaries, Murcia, Ceuta and Melilla.
Population 1 of January. By place of birth. Born abroad and total population. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Born abroad Total
2023 1,774,487 7,901,963
2022 1,608,958 7,761,823
2021 1,572,896 7,749,896
2020 1,584,855 7,780,479
2019 1,468,433 7,675,217
2018 1,380,720 7,600,065
2017 1,330,944 7,555,830
2016 1,292,896 7,522,596
2015 1,279,621 7,508,106
Units: Persons.
Source:
2015-2018: Idescat. Municipal population register.
2019-2020: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
2021: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
2022-2023: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.

Last update: February 29, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Population
All inhabitants of a given place. Since 1996, when the continuous management system was established for the Municipal Population Register, in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, official population figures for municipalities have been obtained annually using data referred to January 1 of each year.
Neighbour
Person who habitually lives in a municipality, whether present or absent on the date of reference. Acquisition of the condition of neighbour is produced as soon as that person is recorded on the civil register (padró). Those who habitually live in a municipality but are away on the date of reference are still considered neighbours of the municipality they usually live in. The concept of a neighbour substitutes the concepts of a present resident and absent resident in a municipality in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, which modified the Regulation for the population and territorial demarcation of local entities on July 11, 1986. The figure of the person in transit has also been eliminated.

Methodological aspects

The basic on information population by nationality and place of birth, as well as the population of the municipalities, is obtained from the Municipal Population Register.

The Municipal population register is the administrative record containing the residents of a given municipality and it constitutes proof that they reside in the municipality and have their usual home there. Population figures from the revision of the Register on 1 January are declared official in each of the municipalities by the Government of Spain, by means of a Royal Decree. The exploitation of the municipal population register provides figures on the number of people registered in the population census in each municipality in Catalonia. The official figures are available by municipality and they are broken down according to sex, age, nationality and place of birth.