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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2020
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,260,619 100.0 8.7
European Union 309,759 24.6 5.3
Rest of Europe 82,191 6.5 6.3
Africa 324,269 25.7 6.4
North and Central America 111,113 8.8 14.9
South America 244,806 19.4 15.0
Asia and Oceania 188,481 15.0 8.7
Stateless 153 0.0 0.0
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2020
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,434,153 100.0 7.9
European Union 1,880,821 34.6 2.6
Rest of Europe 299,177 5.5 4.9
Africa 1,193,407 22.0 6.3
North and Central America 430,570 7.9 18.0
South America 1,123,517 20.7 17.4
Asia and Oceania 503,849 9.3 6.7
Stateless 2,812 0.1 0.0
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Continuous Register Statistics.

Last update: April 21, 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.