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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2002 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 68,284 36,488 104,772 27.43
Ecuador 17,437 20,194 37,631 9.85
Colombia 11,281 14,517 25,798 6.75
Peru 5,714 8,360 14,074 3.68
France 6,389 7,040 13,429 3.52
Argentina 6,265 6,104 12,369 3.24
Germany 6,271 5,956 12,227 3.20
Italy 6,708 4,209 10,917 2.86
China 4,907 4,458 9,365 2.45
Gambia, the 6,294 3,046 9,340 2.44
Dominican Republic 2,792 6,433 9,225 2.41
Pakistan 7,173 817 7,990 2.09
United Kingdom 3,999 3,730 7,729 2.02
Romania 4,055 2,448 6,503 1.70
Chile 2,735 2,636 5,371 1.41
Cuba 1,906 2,868 4,774 1.25
Brazil 1,661 3,027 4,688 1.23
Philippines 1,893 2,665 4,558 1.19
Portugal 2,429 2,052 4,481 1.17
Algeria 3,361 1,047 4,408 1.15
Netherlands 2,315 2,038 4,353 1.14
Senegal 3,196 932 4,128 1.08
Rusia 1,644 2,401 4,045 1.06
Uruguay 1,854 1,831 3,685 0.96
Ukraine 1,896 1,655 3,551 0.93
Belgium 1,493 1,518 3,011 0.79
India 2,196 802 2,998 0.78
United States of America 1,488 1,375 2,863 0.75
Bolivia 1,306 1,504 2,810 0.74
Venezuela 1,076 1,505 2,581 0.68
Mexico 1,013 1,433 2,446 0.64
Switzerland 1,100 1,100 2,200 0.58
Bulgaria 1,145 873 2,018 0.53
Guinea 1,253 738 1,991 0.52
Poland 771 773 1,544 0.40
Mali 1,343 194 1,537 0.40
Nigeria 944 426 1,370 0.36
Honduras 434 829 1,263 0.33
Japan 562 643 1,205 0.32
Bangladesh 933 195 1,128 0.30
Armenia 577 393 970 0.25
Ghana 775 141 916 0.24
Mauritania 787 115 902 0.24
Serbia and Montenegro 419 398 817 0.21
Sweden 346 391 737 0.19
El Salvador 255 462 717 0.19
Equatorial Guinea 192 452 644 0.17
Andorra 310 319 629 0.16
Austria 323 294 617 0.16
Denmark 308 302 610 0.16
Guinea-Bissau 540 41 581 0.15
Czech Republic 212 357 569 0.15
Georgia 352 203 555 0.15
Ireland 278 226 504 0.13
Lithuania 257 238 495 0.13
Moldova 281 201 482 0.13
South Korea 230 234 464 0.12
Egypt 357 99 456 0.12
Cameroon 270 179 449 0.12
Bosnia and Herzegovina 221 194 415 0.11
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 245 166 411 0.11
Canada 207 194 401 0.10
Slovakia 163 196 359 0.09
Syria 212 121 333 0.09
Paraguay 120 198 318 0.08
Lebanon 207 111 318 0.08
Greece 179 117 296 0.08
Sierra Leone 238 53 291 0.08
Israel 170 113 283 0.07
Croatia 147 128 275 0.07
Finland 110 164 274 0.07
Tunisia 210 48 258 0.07
Belarus 90 160 250 0.07
Turkey 149 87 236 0.06
Hungary 80 150 230 0.06
Iraq 166 63 229 0.06
Norway 104 121 225 0.06
Congo (Republic of the) 159 64 223 0.06
Australia 110 100 210 0.05
Nicaragua 74 129 203 0.05
Guatemala 80 103 183 0.05
Jordan 126 51 177 0.05
Dominica 51 110 161 0.04
Côte d'Ivoire 113 40 153 0.04
Latvia 84 65 149 0.04
Angola 96 50 146 0.04
Panama 60 65 125 0.03
Costa Rica 51 70 121 0.03
Liberia 100 18 118 0.03
Albania 60 54 114 0.03
South Africa 60 46 106 0.03
Macedonia 53 45 98 0.03
Thailand 16 80 96 0.03
Democratic Republic of the Congo 55 38 93 0.02
Kenya 28 54 82 0.02
Iceland 31 42 73 0.02
Sudan 51 19 70 0.02
Luxembourg 34 34 68 0.02
Nepal 37 28 65 0.02
New Zealand 35 26 61 0.02
Burkina Faso 49 7 56 0.01
Rwanda 43 11 54 0.01
Slovenia 30 22 52 0.01
Cape Verd 23 29 52 0.01
Indonesia 19 30 49 0.01
Singapore 19 29 48 0.01
Somalia 36 9 45 0.01
Malaysia 18 27 45 0.01
Kazakhstan 19 23 42 0.01
Libya 32 8 40 0.01
Togo 29 9 38 <0.01
Estonia 19 18 37 <0.01
Benin 27 7 34 <0.01
Azerbaijan 10 23 33 <0.01
Uzbekistan 13 20 33 <0.01
Haiti 13 17 30 <0.01
Vietnam 13 15 28 <0.01
Tanzania 15 10 25 <0.01
Afghanistan .. .. 20 <0.01
Ethiopia 14 4 18 <0.01
Mongolia .. .. 18 <0.01
Sri Lanka 9 8 17 <0.01
Mauritius 6 10 16 <0.01
Mozambique 8 8 16 <0.01
Malta 7 7 14 <0.01
Saudi Arabia .. .. 13 <0.01
Cyprus 5 7 12 <0.01
Niger .. .. 12 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 6 6 12 <0.01
Gabon .. .. 11 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 11 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 10 <0.01
Madagascar 4 5 9 <0.01
Chad .. .. 9 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 9 <0.01
Zimbabwe .. .. 8 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 7 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 7 <0.01
Central African Republic .. .. 6 <0.01
Uganda .. .. 6 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 5 <0.01
Micronesia .. .. 5 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 4 <0.01
Granada .. .. 4 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 30 20 50 0.01
Country unknown 63 52 115 0.03
Stateless 26 13 39 0.01
Total 211,878 170,142 382,020 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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