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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2022
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 609 1,320 209
Alt Empordà 3,696 2,349 979
Alt Penedès 1,953 3,202 458
Alt Urgell 291 548 237
Alta Ribagorça 25 108 45
Anoia 2,492 3,603 546
Aran 161 207 231
Bages 3,231 3,762 823
Baix Camp 3,043 4,312 1,261
Baix Ebre 998 1,804 547
Baix Empordà 2,829 3,034 679
Baix Llobregat 12,725 18,005 4,082
Baix Penedès 2,351 5,254 710
Barcelonès 25,437 32,101 19,857
Berguedà 640 1,037 179
Cerdanya 340 684 178
Conca de Barberà 171 572 75
Garraf 2,651 4,727 843
Garrigues 134 497 88
Garrotxa 918 1,285 437
Gironès 4,028 4,313 1,138
Maresme 9,035 10,580 1,968
Moianès 145 665 63
Montsià 751 1,450 704
Noguera 432 916 211
Osona 3,932 2,717 859
Pallars Jussà 183 327 267
Pallars Sobirà 89 315 54
Pla d'Urgell 484 754 211
Pla de l'Estany 477 704 103
Priorat 75 322 41
Ribera d'Ebre 235 477 123
Ripollès 345 664 116
Segarra 256 546 135
Segrià 2,817 2,706 1,886
Selva 2,165 5,473 967
Solsonès 154 334 54
Tarragonès 4,473 6,117 2,252
Terra Alta 57 274 89
Urgell 391 998 232
Vallès Occidental 12,793 16,831 4,547
Vallès Oriental 9,550 9,515 1,623
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 50,107
Metropolità 133,756 23,100 32,104
Comarques Gironines 22,434 9,846 4,419
Camp de Tarragona 13,781 7,233 3,838
Terres de l'Ebre 3,312 2,734 1,463
Ponent 7,568 3,363 2,763
Comarques Centrals 9,348 7,167 1,958
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,280 1,998 1,012
Penedès 12,516 13,535 2,550
Barcelona 173,166 18,210 35,847
Girona 22,733 10,236 4,578
Lleida 9,392 4,569 3,671
Tarragona 22,314 12,351 6,011
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2022
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 609 1,335 270
Alt Empordà 3,696 2,230 1,114
Alt Penedès 1,953 2,361 605
Alt Urgell 291 461 223
Alta Ribagorça 25 97 52
Anoia 2,492 2,900 716
Aran 161 207 200
Bages 3,231 2,935 913
Baix Camp 3,043 3,577 1,354
Baix Ebre 998 1,543 496
Baix Empordà 2,829 2,766 754
Baix Llobregat 12,725 17,952 5,499
Baix Penedès 2,351 3,677 842
Barcelonès 25,437 45,380 20,052
Berguedà 640 950 213
Cerdanya 340 664 180
Conca de Barberà 171 472 78
Garraf 2,651 3,620 1,184
Garrigues 134 518 108
Garrotxa 918 1,123 351
Gironès 4,028 4,189 1,152
Maresme 9,035 9,082 2,861
Moianès 145 521 75
Montsià 751 1,207 682
Noguera 432 902 245
Osona 3,932 2,318 820
Pallars Jussà 183 307 256
Pallars Sobirà 89 256 57
Pla d'Urgell 484 769 233
Pla de l'Estany 477 612 124
Priorat 75 275 71
Ribera d'Ebre 235 525 139
Ripollès 345 692 136
Segarra 256 700 159
Segrià 2,817 2,680 1,914
Selva 2,165 4,427 1,181
Solsonès 154 330 60
Tarragonès 4,473 5,619 2,366
Terra Alta 57 247 84
Urgell 391 865 213
Vallès Occidental 12,793 16,237 5,645
Vallès Oriental 9,550 7,881 2,295
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 55,972
Metropolità 133,756 32,543 36,375
Comarques Gironines 22,434 8,063 4,812
Camp de Tarragona 13,781 5,868 4,139
Terres de l'Ebre 3,312 2,251 1,401
Ponent 7,568 3,380 2,872
Comarques Centrals 9,348 5,790 2,080
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,280 1,801 968
Penedès 12,516 9,280 3,325
Barcelona 173,166 23,520 40,876
Girona 22,733 8,566 4,977
Lleida 9,392 4,354 3,737
Tarragona 22,314 8,926 6,382
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2022
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -15 -61 -76
Alt Empordà 119 -135 -16
Alt Penedès 841 -147 694
Alt Urgell 87 14 101
Alta Ribagorça 11 -7 4
Anoia 703 -170 533
Aran 0 31 31
Bages 827 -90 737
Baix Camp 735 -93 642
Baix Ebre 261 51 312
Baix Empordà 268 -75 193
Baix Llobregat 53 -1,417 -1,364
Baix Penedès 1,577 -132 1,445
Barcelonès -13,279 -195 -13,474
Berguedà 87 -34 53
Cerdanya 20 -2 18
Conca de Barberà 100 -3 97
Garraf 1,107 -341 766
Garrigues -21 -20 -41
Garrotxa 162 86 248
Gironès 124 -14 110
Maresme 1,498 -893 605
Moianès 144 -12 132
Montsià 243 22 265
Noguera 14 -34 -20
Osona 399 39 438
Pallars Jussà 20 11 31
Pallars Sobirà 59 -3 56
Pla d'Urgell -15 -22 -37
Pla de l'Estany 92 -21 71
Priorat 47 -30 17
Ribera d'Ebre -48 -16 -64
Ripollès -28 -20 -48
Segarra -154 -24 -178
Segrià 26 -28 -2
Selva 1,046 -214 832
Solsonès 4 -6 -2
Tarragonès 498 -114 384
Terra Alta 27 5 32
Urgell 133 19 152
Vallès Occidental 594 -1,098 -504
Vallès Oriental 1,634 -672 962
Catalonia z Category not applicable -5,865 -5,865
Metropolità -9,443 -4,271 -13,714
Comarques Gironines 1,783 -393 1,390
Camp de Tarragona 1,365 -301 1,064
Terres de l'Ebre 483 62 545
Ponent -17 -109 -126
Comarques Centrals 1,377 -122 1,255
Alt Pirineu i Aran 197 44 241
Penedès 4,255 -775 3,480
Barcelona -5,310 -5,029 -10,339
Girona 1,670 -399 1,271
Lleida 215 -66 149
Tarragona 3,425 -371 3,054
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: March 25, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

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.

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