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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2011
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,185,852 100.0 -1.1
European Union 304,597 25.7 -1.5
Rest of Europe 55,118 4.6 2.3
Africa 319,385 26.9 1.4
North and Central America 66,746 5.6 2.5
South America 305,097 25.7 -7.9
Asia and Oceania 134,857 11.4 8.9
Stateless 52 0.0 8.3
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2011
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,751,487 100.0 0.1
European Union 2,395,358 41.6 1.9
Rest of Europe 235,920 4.1 3.1
Africa 1,084,793 18.9 2.4
North and Central America 262,278 4.6 2.7
South America 1,426,380 24.8 -7.0
Asia and Oceania 346,214 6.0 8.1
Stateless 544 0.0 2.1
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.