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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2010
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,198,538 100.0 0.8
European Union 309,290 25.8 0.7
Rest of Europe 53,883 4.5 2.0
Africa 315,007 26.3 3.3
North and Central America 65,099 5.4 4.0
South America 331,360 27.6 -3.8
Asia and Oceania 123,851 10.3 5.6
Stateless 48 0.0 -2.0
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2010
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,747,734 100.0 1.8
European Union 2,350,172 40.9 3.4
Rest of Europe 228,799 4.0 2.3
Africa 1,059,369 18.4 5.0
North and Central America 255,473 4.4 3.6
South America 1,533,207 26.7 -4.0
Asia and Oceania 320,181 5.6 7.0
Stateless 533 0.0 0.6
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.