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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2014
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,089,214 100.0 -6.0
European Union 289,723 26.6 -5.5
Rest of Europe 60,415 5.5 0.3
Africa 306,825 28.2 -3.7
North and Central America 70,233 6.4 -4.2
South America 221,044 20.3 -14.0
Asia and Oceania 140,938 12.9 -1.2
Stateless 36 0.0 -25.0
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2014
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 5,023,487 100.0 -9.4
European Union 2,056,903 40.9 -12.8
Rest of Europe 242,262 4.8 -2.6
Africa 1,076,164 21.4 -2.5
North and Central America 267,748 5.3 -4.9
South America 995,282 19.8 -15.0
Asia and Oceania 384,520 7.7 0.9
Stateless 608 0.0 9.2
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.