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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2004 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 92,326 51,079 143,405 22.31
Ecuador 39,032 45,338 84,370 13.12
Colombia 16,760 20,573 37,333 5.81
Argentina 15,431 15,047 30,478 4.74
Romania 13,640 10,749 24,389 3.79
Peru 9,574 12,276 21,850 3.40
Italy 12,432 8,213 20,645 3.21
China 10,306 9,377 19,683 3.06
France 8,569 8,853 17,422 2.71
Pakistan 13,394 1,363 14,757 2.30
Germany 7,299 6,720 14,019 2.18
Bolivia 5,646 7,336 12,982 2.02
Dominican Republic 4,501 8,247 12,748 1.98
United Kingdom 6,038 5,151 11,189 1.74
Gambia, the 7,771 3,409 11,180 1.74
Chile 5,274 4,763 10,037 1.56
Uruguay 5,077 4,920 9,997 1.56
Ukraine 4,616 4,161 8,777 1.37
Brazil 2,936 5,177 8,113 1.26
Rusia 3,001 4,967 7,968 1.24
Senegal 5,790 1,489 7,279 1.13
Cuba 2,753 3,840 6,593 1.03
Philippines 2,699 3,567 6,266 0.97
Mexico 2,678 3,308 5,986 0.93
India 4,739 1,247 5,986 0.93
Algeria 4,444 1,533 5,977 0.93
Portugal 3,200 2,496 5,696 0.89
Bulgaria 3,077 2,420 5,497 0.86
Netherlands 2,996 2,498 5,494 0.85
Venezuela 2,352 3,128 5,480 0.85
United States of America 2,097 1,907 4,004 0.62
Belgium 1,771 1,741 3,512 0.55
Poland 1,687 1,490 3,177 0.49
Mali 2,572 303 2,875 0.45
Honduras 971 1,702 2,673 0.42
Nigeria 1,561 951 2,512 0.39
Guinea 1,721 774 2,495 0.39
Switzerland 1,172 1,178 2,350 0.37
Ghana 1,789 279 2,068 0.32
Armenia 1,020 720 1,740 0.27
Bangladesh 1,362 370 1,732 0.27
Japan 733 907 1,640 0.26
Moldova 849 639 1,488 0.23
Georgia 961 474 1,435 0.22
Mauritania 1,231 166 1,397 0.22
Paraguay 604 793 1,397 0.22
Sweden 540 608 1,148 0.18
Lithuania 525 504 1,029 0.16
El Salvador 398 622 1,020 0.16
Equatorial Guinea 293 708 1,001 0.16
Serbia and Montenegro 457 436 893 0.14
Austria 448 404 852 0.13
Czech Republic 305 545 850 0.13
Ireland 477 349 826 0.13
Slovakia 352 430 782 0.12
Denmark 384 384 768 0.12
Andorra 329 356 685 0.11
Cameroon 393 249 642 0.10
Belarus 233 407 640 0.10
Egypt 458 124 582 0.09
Israel 313 237 550 0.09
South Korea 249 298 547 0.09
Guinea-Bissau 469 67 536 0.08
Canada 233 281 514 0.08
Greece 263 209 472 0.07
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 268 181 449 0.07
Syria 286 158 444 0.07
Bosnia and Herzegovina 231 206 437 0.07
Croatia 227 185 412 0.06
Finland 165 239 404 0.06
Norway 163 189 352 0.05
Tunisia 262 88 350 0.05
Hungary 120 226 346 0.05
Sierra Leone 269 69 338 0.05
Turkey 211 123 334 0.05
Lebanon 201 123 324 0.05
Nicaragua 124 191 315 0.05
Congo (Republic of the) 190 107 297 0.05
Australia 153 136 289 0.04
Guatemala 123 158 281 0.04
Latvia 126 135 261 0.04
Albania 141 117 258 0.04
Panama 108 133 241 0.04
Nepal 179 61 240 0.04
Costa Rica 106 126 232 0.04
Côte d'Ivoire 169 61 230 0.04
Jordan 153 61 214 0.03
Angola 104 70 174 0.03
Dominica 71 102 173 0.03
Iraq 126 46 172 0.03
Thailand 25 126 151 0.02
Macedonia 89 60 149 0.02
South Africa 81 62 143 0.02
Iceland 59 73 132 0.02
Liberia 85 21 106 0.02
Burkina Faso 82 19 101 0.02
Kenya 33 63 96 0.01
Kazakhstan 43 53 96 0.01
Slovenia 46 40 86 0.01
Luxembourg 40 40 80 0.01
New Zealand 48 32 80 0.01
Uzbekistan 31 42 73 0.01
Sudan 50 20 70 0.01
Estonia 33 29 62 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 36 26 62 <0.01
Benin 48 13 61 <0.01
Cape Verd 31 30 61 <0.01
Indonesia 24 36 60 <0.01
Azerbaijan 21 36 57 <0.01
Malaysia 26 29 55 <0.01
Togo 42 10 52 <0.01
Singapore 19 32 51 <0.01
Rwanda 32 18 50 <0.01
Libya 36 12 48 <0.01
Mozambique 23 25 48 <0.01
Haiti 22 22 44 <0.01
Vietnam 17 21 38 <0.01
Mongolia 11 26 37 <0.01
Tanzania 19 16 35 <0.01
Somalia 24 5 29 <0.01
Afghanistan 21 8 29 <0.01
Sri Lanka 13 11 24 <0.01
Ethiopia 14 8 22 <0.01
Niger .. .. 22 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 7 13 20 <0.01
Mauritius 7 12 19 <0.01
Saudi Arabia .. .. 15 <0.01
Cyprus 7 7 14 <0.01
Central African Republic 7 7 14 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 14 <0.01
Zimbabwe 10 4 14 <0.01
Eritrea 10 4 14 <0.01
Gabon 6 7 13 <0.01
Madagascar 7 6 13 <0.01
Chad 7 4 11 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 10 <0.01
Malta 4 5 9 <0.01
Djibouti .. .. 8 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 8 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 7 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 7 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 7 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 7 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 7 <0.01
Micronesia .. .. 7 <0.01
Timor-Leste .. .. 6 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 5 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
Monaco .. .. 4 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 4 <0.01
Granada .. .. 4 <0.01
Jamaica .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 26 17 43 <0.01
Country unknown 101 90 191 0.03
Stateless 25 12 37 <0.01
Total 353,395 289,451 642,846 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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