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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2019
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,159,427 100.0 7.1
European Union 294,140 25.4 4.2
Rest of Europe 77,320 6.7 5.8
Africa 304,738 26.3 5.6
North and Central America 96,746 8.3 13.4
South America 212,922 18.4 10.8
Asia and Oceania 173,434 15.0 8.1
Stateless 127 0.0 54.9
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2019
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,036,878 100.0 6.4
European Union 1,832,540 36.4 2.4
Rest of Europe 285,300 5.7 5.1
Africa 1,122,409 22.3 5.3
North and Central America 364,792 7.2 16.1
South America 957,231 19.0 12.9
Asia and Oceania 472,339 9.4 6.5
Stateless 2,267 0.0 33.4
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Continuous Register Statistics.

Last update: February 26, 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.