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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2018
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,082,099 100.0 3.9
European Union 282,410 26.1 2.6
Rest of Europe 73,110 6.8 4.4
Africa 288,581 26.7 1.7
North and Central America 85,335 7.9 10.3
South America 192,100 17.8 6.2
Asia and Oceania 160,481 14.8 4.3
Stateless 82 0.0 34.4
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2018
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 4,734,691 100.0 3.5
European Union 1,789,686 37.8 0.7
Rest of Europe 271,349 5.7 3.8
Africa 1,066,029 22.5 2.5
North and Central America 314,186 6.6 12.1
South America 848,164 17.9 7.3
Asia and Oceania 443,577 9.4 5.2
Stateless 1,700 0.0 38.0
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.