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Foreigners with residence card. By country of nationality. Provinces

Foreigners with a valid certificate of registration or residence card. By country of nationality. Provinces Catalonia
Total Total European Union (EU28) Romania Italy France Germany United Kingdom Portugal Poland Bulgaria Netherlands Sweden Belgium Lithuania Czech Republic Slovakia Ireland Hungary Austria Rest of European Union Total rest of Europe Ukraine Russia Moldavia Swiss Rest of Europe Total Africa Morocco Gambia Senegal Algeria Mali Nigeria Ghana Guinea Mauritania Rest of Africa Total America Ecuador Colombia Bolivia Peru Dominican Republic Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay Cuba Honduras Paraguai Venezuela Mexico United States Rest of America Total Asia China Pakistan India Philippines Bangladesh Georgia Armenia Rest of Asia Total Oceania Not stated
2020 1,278,127 515,940 143,430 102,085 62,187 33,456 36,881 26,460 22,349 18,022 16,979 10,455 8,172 3,960 3,464 3,086 4,554 3,738 3,148 13,514 56,486 19,408 20,024 3,771 4,807 8,476 301,319 222,483 15,139 21,652 8,549 7,765 5,518 6,423 4,069 1,851 7,870 225,355 25,767 24,015 23,856 17,188 16,600 17,907 14,488 7,095 6,465 6,903 17,100 8,908 21,677 4,826 6,923 5,637 177,821 65,666 49,944 23,833 11,306 7,082 5,071 3,306 11,613 851 355
2019 1,253,913 497,960 141,502 96,430 59,347 32,397 34,788 25,667 21,930 17,776 16,334 10,055 7,868 3,867 3,385 3,022 4,233 3,540 3,041 12,778 55,565 19,308 19,513 3,915 4,651 8,178 301,920 222,893 15,295 21,500 8,543 7,793 5,625 6,390 4,140 1,855 7,886 221,190 26,753 22,887 26,007 17,358 17,218 16,743 14,262 7,131 6,577 7,019 17,192 9,181 15,802 4,791 6,706 5,563 176,086 64,812 49,699 23,651 11,259 7,112 4,986 3,336 11,231 842 350
2018 1,194,947 469,413 137,854 86,920 55,301 30,825 31,890 24,186 21,149 17,338 15,413 9,450 7,384 3,736 3,253 2,927 3,850 3,255 2,868 11,814 53,138 18,734 18,358 3,999 4,415 7,632 296,118 218,985 15,101 20,886 8,436 7,562 5,551 6,079 4,116 1,854 7,548 207,820 26,990 21,304 26,947 16,617 16,749 15,251 13,430 6,952 6,492 6,708 15,819 9,063 9,852 4,432 6,075 5,139 167,383 62,536 47,287 21,880 10,956 6,627 4,714 3,255 10,128 752 323
2017 1,146,319 444,651 134,027 79,608 51,605 29,395 29,762 22,832 20,413 16,886 14,508 8,918 6,983 3,573 3,108 2,860 3,534 3,041 2,699 10,899 50,430 18,018 17,250 3,971 4,179 7,012 292,380 217,177 14,930 20,103 8,302 7,336 5,440 5,806 4,130 1,868 7,288 199,153 27,172 20,280 27,562 16,121 16,074 14,545 12,491 6,831 6,497 6,503 14,164 8,698 7,974 4,069 5,506 4,666 158,703 60,266 44,538 20,371 10,576 6,199 4,448 3,142 9,163 698 304
2016 1,104,782 423,178 130,707 73,844 48,075 28,074 27,718 21,662 19,780 16,493 13,766 8,525 6,556 3,400 3,009 2,757 3,283 2,832 2,561 10,136 47,630 17,424 15,926 3,960 3,939 6,381 289,267 215,816 14,778 19,483 8,343 7,073 5,361 5,495 4,091 1,880 6,947 192,479 27,672 19,952 27,836 16,187 15,520 13,932 11,438 6,781 6,406 6,355 12,744 8,280 6,468 3,737 4,935 4,236 151,330 58,036 42,418 19,153 10,372 5,757 4,233 2,983 8,378 626 272
2015 1,085,472 403,105 127,284 68,821 44,718 26,926 25,813 20,639 19,181 16,108 13,110 8,000 6,184 3,244 2,895 2,676 3,043 2,640 2,438 9,385 45,134 16,924 14,465 3,971 3,786 5,988 294,360 221,605 14,812 18,893 8,503 6,839 5,468 5,394 4,136 1,926 6,784 196,772 29,514 20,910 29,335 17,081 16,214 14,243 11,254 7,033 6,686 6,702 11,883 8,187 5,804 3,627 4,338 3,961 145,300 56,030 41,059 18,358 10,171 5,335 3,988 2,900 7,459 543 258
2014 1,085,523 382,512 123,747 63,680 41,422 25,604 24,076 19,618 18,495 15,654 12,319 7,534 5,778 3,127 2,788 2,586 2,762 2,419 2,303 8,600 43,935 16,785 13,761 4,065 3,591 5,733 302,523 228,403 15,305 18,836 8,713 6,912 5,654 5,508 4,297 2,013 6,882 209,877 33,847 23,118 32,153 19,066 17,307 15,083 11,341 7,486 7,083 6,992 10,945 8,139 5,542 3,662 4,310 3,803 145,869 55,713 42,119 18,492 10,291 5,337 3,847 2,833 7,237 547 260
2013 1,103,073 363,697 120,359 59,812 38,231 24,076 22,372 18,760 17,822 15,294 11,512 7,026 5,424 3,027 2,688 2,500 2,508 2,249 2,150 7,887 42,397 16,459 12,908 4,075 3,419 5,536 313,240 238,486 15,701 18,455 8,929 6,799 5,804 5,499 4,338 2,128 7,101 239,841 42,414 28,138 36,980 23,840 19,376 17,082 12,147 8,395 7,915 7,603 10,034 8,134 5,944 3,939 4,177 3,723 143,125 54,307 41,746 17,987 10,508 5,239 3,637 2,781 6,920 519 254
Source:
2013: Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.
2014-2018: Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security.
2019-2020: Ministry Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations.

Last update: July 6, 2021.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Foreign
Person that does not have Spanish nationality, notwithstanding the stipulations of special laws and international treaties signed by Spain (Organic Law 4/2000, of January 11, on rights and liberties of foreigners in Spain and their social integration).
Foreign residents
Number of foreigners, according to the records of the Permanent Observatory of Immigration of the Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, which on a determinate date reside in Catalonia and have a valid residence permit. The data is stock-type information recorded on December 31 every year.

Methodological aspects

These statistics are obtained from files produced by the Central Register of Foreigners, an administrative record managed by the Directorate General of the Police and the Civil Guard, which is part of the Ministry for the Interior.

The statistical treatment of these files corresponds to the Permanent Immigration Observatory, which is part of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

These are stock statistics that are produced quarterly. They count and analyse the number of foreigners with a valid registry certificate or residency card at the end of each quarter.

The legislation applicable to foreigners residing in Spain depends on their residency system and this, to a large extent, on the nationality of foreigners.

These statistics do not include the following foreigners:

  • Those that are only staying temporarily in Spain (three months per half-year).
  • Those that are in Spain with a permit to be in the country for a course, studies, research work, training or volunteering.
  • Trans-frontier workers that do not reside in Spain.
  • Applicants for asylum or persons that have obtained refugee or expatriate status.
  • Foreigners from the European Union that have not applied for inscription to the Central Registry of Foreigners or that have applied for it but have not yet received the corresponding certificate.
  • Foreigners whose documentation has expired and are in the process of renewing it.

Foreigners authorised to remain in Spain must inform the Immigration Office or the police headquarters in the place where they reside or are staying of any changes of nationality, usual abode or marital status.

The country of nationality is considered to be the nationality of the foreigner. In the case of dual nationality, the one counted is that used by the foreigners when making the application for a registration permit, card or certificate.

The province is that in which the foreigner reports that they reside at the moment when their currently applicable registration certificate of residency card is issued.

Data from 2010 onward has been reviewed with the aim of excluding persons who have been granted Spanish nationality and foreigners who have expired, in Spain, and whose residence permits were valid at the time of their death.

Data are on December, 31.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".