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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2007 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 118,246 73,406 191,652 19.71
Ecuador 38,165 43,666 81,831 8.41
Romania 33,361 30,173 63,534 6.53
Bolivia 21,782 29,802 51,584 5.30
Colombia 19,342 23,455 42,797 4.40
Italy 22,173 15,577 37,750 3.88
Argentina 17,392 17,136 34,528 3.55
China 18,303 15,386 33,689 3.46
Peru 13,989 16,155 30,144 3.10
France 15,189 14,372 29,561 3.04
Pakistan 22,119 3,243 25,362 2.61
Germany 10,834 10,103 20,937 2.15
Brazil 8,488 11,706 20,194 2.08
United Kingdom 10,141 8,532 18,673 1.92
Dominican Republic 6,855 10,208 17,063 1.75
Chile 7,824 7,254 15,078 1.55
Uruguay 7,588 7,465 15,053 1.55
Gambia, the 10,322 3,777 14,099 1.45
Senegal 10,777 2,504 13,281 1.37
Ukraine 6,704 6,421 13,125 1.35
Rusia 4,337 8,235 12,572 1.29
Portugal 7,520 4,669 12,189 1.25
India 8,385 2,307 10,692 1.10
Poland 5,917 3,828 9,745 1.00
Bulgaria 5,199 4,108 9,307 0.96
Netherlands 4,832 3,983 8,815 0.91
Paraguay 3,170 5,359 8,529 0.88
Venezuela 3,595 4,708 8,303 0.85
Cuba 3,500 4,748 8,248 0.85
Honduras 2,752 5,298 8,050 0.83
Philippines 3,395 4,103 7,498 0.77
Mexico 3,192 4,033 7,225 0.74
Algeria 5,195 2,007 7,202 0.74
Mali 5,058 523 5,581 0.57
Belgium 2,640 2,424 5,064 0.52
Nigeria 2,956 1,880 4,836 0.50
United States of America 2,376 2,322 4,698 0.48
Ghana 3,130 573 3,703 0.38
Guinea 2,720 947 3,667 0.38
Bangladesh 2,547 707 3,254 0.33
Georgia 2,029 1,048 3,077 0.32
Switzerland 1,508 1,555 3,063 0.31
Moldova 1,678 1,379 3,057 0.31
Armenia 1,768 1,236 3,004 0.31
Sweden 1,138 1,330 2,468 0.25
Lithuania 1,126 1,000 2,126 0.22
Mauritania 1,901 196 2,097 0.22
Japan 855 1,025 1,880 0.19
Slovakia 834 790 1,624 0.17
Czech Republic 624 944 1,568 0.16
Equatorial Guinea 507 1,004 1,511 0.16
Ireland 869 634 1,503 0.15
El Salvador 584 915 1,499 0.15
Austria 666 665 1,331 0.14
Denmark 589 585 1,174 0.12
Serbia and Montenegro 535 455 990 0.10
Belarus 341 647 988 0.10
Cameroon 574 371 945 0.10
Greece 541 398 939 0.10
Andorra 418 394 812 0.08
Hungary 302 459 761 0.08
Egypt 555 193 748 0.08
Guinea-Bissau 606 127 733 0.08
Israel 385 312 697 0.07
Canada 310 371 681 0.07
Finland 277 395 672 0.07
Nicaragua 247 389 636 0.07
South Korea 261 345 606 0.06
Norway 272 308 580 0.06
Guatemala 236 274 510 0.05
Turkey 299 211 510 0.05
Nepal 389 105 494 0.05
Albania 287 182 469 0.05
Syria 287 182 469 0.05
Croatia 256 210 466 0.05
Tunisia 322 127 449 0.05
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 287 160 447 0.05
Latvia 184 246 430 0.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina 261 169 430 0.04
Panama 195 218 413 0.04
Côte d'Ivoire 292 92 384 0.04
Costa Rica 168 205 373 0.04
Australia 191 171 362 0.04
Congo (Republic of the) 235 124 359 0.04
Lebanon 215 123 338 0.03
Jordan 180 57 237 0.02
Iceland 113 113 226 0.02
Sierra Leone 161 49 210 0.02
Thailand 43 165 208 0.02
Slovenia 102 99 201 0.02
Kazakhstan 88 99 187 0.02
Angola 115 63 178 0.02
Burkina Faso 133 38 171 0.02
Dominica 71 100 171 0.02
Macedonia 101 65 166 0.02
South Africa 96 53 149 0.02
Estonia 78 70 148 0.02
Luxembourg 54 64 118 0.01
Uzbekistan 59 55 114 0.01
Iraq 67 35 102 0.01
Kenya 31 66 97 <0.01
Ethiopia 55 37 92 <0.01
New Zealand 59 30 89 <0.01
Benin 63 24 87 <0.01
Indonesia 36 50 86 <0.01
Cape Verd 36 43 79 <0.01
Togo 59 19 78 <0.01
Mozambique 32 36 68 <0.01
Sudan 48 20 68 <0.01
Liberia 49 18 67 <0.01
Azerbaijan 30 36 66 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 39 23 62 <0.01
Haiti 19 40 59 <0.01
Libya 40 16 56 <0.01
Malaysia 32 24 56 <0.01
Vietnam 19 35 54 <0.01
Mongolia 18 35 53 <0.01
Singapore 18 34 52 <0.01
Niger 42 6 48 <0.01
Tanzania 24 18 42 <0.01
Cyprus 13 23 36 <0.01
Afghanistan .. .. 35 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 14 21 35 <0.01
Malta 15 16 31 <0.01
Rwanda 13 15 28 <0.01
Mauritius 14 9 23 <0.01
Sri Lanka 10 13 23 <0.01
Central African Republic 13 9 22 <0.01
Madagascar 8 11 19 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 11 7 18 <0.01
Gabon 8 9 17 <0.01
Zimbabwe 9 7 16 <0.01
Jamaica 5 8 13 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 7 5 12 <0.01
Chad .. .. 12 <0.01
Somalia 7 4 11 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 8 <0.01
Guyana 4 4 8 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 8 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 7 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 7 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 7 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 6 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 6 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 6 <0.01
Liechtenstein .. .. 5 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 5 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 5 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 5 <0.01
San Marino .. .. 4 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 4 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 4 <0.01
Uganda .. .. 4 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 4 <0.01
Qatar .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 14 19 33 <0.01
Country unknown 103 134 237 0.02
Stateless 31 17 48 <0.01
Total 531,019 441,488 972,507 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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