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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2003
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 543,008 100.0 42.1
European Union 75,915 14.0 28.1
Rest of Europe 47,413 8.7 77.6
Africa 165,105 30.4 23.6
North and Central America 30,349 5.6 34.7
South America 177,355 32.7 62.2
Asia and Oceania 46,829 8.6 52.9
Stateless 42 0.0 7.7
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2003
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 2,664,168 100.0 34.7
European Union 587,686 22.1 20.0
Rest of Europe 349,652 13.1 64.8
Africa 522,682 19.6 23.6
North and Central America 136,377 5.1 22.5
South America 937,150 35.2 46.2
Asia and Oceania 129,990 4.9 30.2
Stateless 631 0.0 7.5
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Continuous Register Statistics.

Last update: February 25, 2020. Revised series on February 24, 2023.

Methodological note

From 1998 to 2020, the source of this information is the Municipal Population Register (1 January of each year). It is an administrative register and each municipality is responsible for its creation, maintenance and management. The data constitutes proof of residence and address in the public domain, which authenticates it for any administrative purpose. Since 1996, it is a permanently updated register, from which official population figures are obtained: the Continuous Population Register.

As of 2021, the source of this information is the Population Census, which is carried out annually by the INE and provides the count of the population residing in the territory and its geographical distribution. It also provides information on the main demographic and social characteristics of the population, households and families.

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