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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2015
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,028,069 100.0 -5.6
European Union 280,266 27.3 -3.3
Rest of Europe 62,781 6.1 3.9
Africa 290,844 28.3 -5.2
North and Central America 67,872 6.6 -3.4
South America 185,468 18.0 -16.1
Asia and Oceania 140,805 13.7 -0.1
Stateless 33 0.0 -8.3
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2015
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 4,729,644 100.0 -5.8
European Union 1,947,110 41.2 -5.3
Rest of Europe 246,648 5.2 1.8
Africa 1,043,237 22.1 -3.1
North and Central America 257,001 5.4 -4.0
South America 846,475 17.9 -15.0
Asia and Oceania 388,395 8.2 1.0
Stateless 778 0.0 28.0
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.