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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2016
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,023,398 100.0 -0.5
European Union 274,746 26.8 -2.0
Rest of Europe 66,286 6.5 5.6
Africa 288,265 28.2 -0.9
North and Central America 70,520 6.9 3.9
South America 177,262 17.3 -4.4
Asia and Oceania 146,276 14.3 3.9
Stateless 43 0.0 30.3
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2016
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 4,618,581 100.0 -2.3
European Union 1,844,592 39.9 -5.3
Rest of Europe 256,880 5.6 4.1
Africa 1,048,129 22.7 0.5
North and Central America 264,628 5.7 3.0
South America 799,980 17.3 -5.5
Asia and Oceania 403,448 8.7 3.9
Stateless 924 0.0 18.8
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.