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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2003 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 84,615 44,071 128,686 23.70
Ecuador 30,219 34,642 64,861 11.94
Colombia 15,797 19,724 35,521 6.54
Argentina 13,016 12,511 25,527 4.70
Peru 7,844 10,578 18,422 3.39
France 8,178 8,692 16,870 3.11
Italy 10,016 6,532 16,548 3.05
Romania 8,987 6,521 15,508 2.86
China 7,976 7,183 15,159 2.79
Germany 7,443 6,893 14,336 2.64
Pakistan 12,359 1,112 13,471 2.48
Dominican Republic 3,681 7,765 11,446 2.11
Gambia, the 7,443 3,304 10,747 1.98
United Kingdom 5,273 4,714 9,987 1.84
Chile 4,211 3,956 8,167 1.50
Uruguay 3,536 3,336 6,872 1.27
Bolivia 3,080 3,645 6,725 1.24
Brazil 2,395 4,203 6,598 1.22
Ukraine 3,424 3,079 6,503 1.20
Rusia 2,465 3,834 6,299 1.16
Cuba 2,529 3,618 6,147 1.13
Philippines 2,552 3,551 6,103 1.12
Senegal 4,697 1,215 5,912 1.09
Algeria 4,217 1,350 5,567 1.03
Netherlands 2,808 2,435 5,243 0.97
Portugal 2,844 2,368 5,212 0.96
India 3,716 990 4,706 0.87
Mexico 1,925 2,418 4,343 0.80
Bulgaria 2,329 1,746 4,075 0.75
Venezuela 1,682 2,275 3,957 0.73
United States of America 1,974 1,794 3,768 0.69
Belgium 1,821 1,760 3,581 0.66
Poland 1,231 1,217 2,448 0.45
Switzerland 1,227 1,220 2,447 0.45
Guinea 1,492 750 2,242 0.41
Mali 1,932 250 2,182 0.40
Honduras 741 1,305 2,046 0.38
Nigeria 1,259 702 1,961 0.36
Japan 727 864 1,591 0.29
Ghana 1,270 219 1,489 0.27
Bangladesh 1,228 259 1,487 0.27
Armenia 847 591 1,438 0.26
Mauritania 1,050 142 1,192 0.22
Georgia 725 365 1,090 0.20
Sweden 473 549 1,022 0.19
Moldova 574 429 1,003 0.18
El Salvador 365 586 951 0.18
Serbia and Montenegro 460 444 904 0.17
Equatorial Guinea 268 628 896 0.17
Lithuania 439 424 863 0.16
Austria 411 375 786 0.14
Czech Republic 280 491 771 0.14
Denmark 383 366 749 0.14
Ireland 413 319 732 0.13
Andorra 341 358 699 0.13
Paraguay 301 389 690 0.13
Slovakia 303 350 653 0.12
Egypt 485 121 606 0.11
Guinea-Bissau 515 54 569 0.10
Cameroon 345 222 567 0.10
South Korea 244 272 516 0.10
Canada 250 258 508 0.09
Belarus 182 295 477 0.09
Israel 264 198 462 0.09
Bosnia and Herzegovina 238 223 461 0.08
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 276 185 461 0.08
Syria 262 148 410 0.08
Greece 217 186 403 0.07
Finland 147 215 362 0.07
Lebanon 224 128 352 0.06
Croatia 190 159 349 0.06
Sierra Leone 281 68 349 0.06
Tunisia 263 73 336 0.06
Hungary 102 214 316 0.06
Norway 141 163 304 0.06
Turkey 186 103 289 0.05
Australia 149 134 283 0.05
Nicaragua 118 164 282 0.05
Congo (Republic of the) 188 81 269 0.05
Guatemala 105 138 243 0.04
Iraq 163 65 228 0.04
Côte d'Ivoire 165 50 215 0.04
Latvia 110 102 212 0.04
Jordan 149 57 206 0.04
Panama 90 110 200 0.04
Costa Rica 85 113 198 0.04
Angola 112 70 182 0.03
Albania 99 81 180 0.03
Dominica 59 103 162 0.03
Nepal 100 40 140 0.03
Macedonia 81 55 136 0.03
South Africa 71 57 128 0.02
Thailand 25 103 128 0.02
Liberia 97 23 120 0.02
Iceland 43 69 112 0.02
Kenya 40 63 103 0.02
Kazakhstan 37 52 89 0.02
Democratic Republic of the Congo 49 37 86 0.02
Luxembourg 40 44 84 0.02
Burkina Faso 68 13 81 0.01
New Zealand 45 34 79 0.01
Sudan 54 22 76 0.01
Slovenia 37 34 71 0.01
Cape Verd 32 32 64 0.01
Singapore 25 38 63 0.01
Malaysia 27 34 61 0.01
Indonesia 22 37 59 0.01
Rwanda 41 16 57 0.01
Uzbekistan 25 31 56 0.01
Togo 41 14 55 0.01
Estonia 28 24 52 <0.01
Benin 37 13 50 <0.01
Libya 36 11 47 <0.01
Azerbaijan 15 32 47 <0.01
Somalia 33 7 40 <0.01
Mozambique 16 19 35 <0.01
Haiti 15 18 33 <0.01
Vietnam 16 15 31 <0.01
Tanzania 16 12 28 <0.01
Mongolia 8 19 27 <0.01
Afghanistan 16 8 24 <0.01
Sri Lanka 11 13 24 <0.01
Ethiopia 16 4 20 <0.01
Niger .. .. 18 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 8 10 18 <0.01
Mauritius 6 10 16 <0.01
Saudi Arabia .. .. 16 <0.01
Cyprus 6 9 15 <0.01
Eritrea 10 5 15 <0.01
Malta 6 8 14 <0.01
Zimbabwe 8 5 13 <0.01
Madagascar 4 8 12 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 12 <0.01
Gabon 4 7 11 <0.01
Chad .. .. 11 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 9 <0.01
Cambodia 4 5 9 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 8 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 7 <0.01
Central African Republic .. .. 7 <0.01
Micronesia .. .. 7 <0.01
Uganda .. .. 6 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 5 <0.01
Granada .. .. 5 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 5 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 5 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 5 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 4 <0.01
Belize .. .. 4 <0.01
Timor-Leste .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 25 23 48 <0.01
Country unknown 101 89 190 0.03
Stateless 27 15 42 <0.01
Total 301,768 241,240 543,008 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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