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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2009 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 134,728 92,202 226,930 19.08
Romania 51,249 45,325 96,574 8.12
Ecuador 39,245 43,381 82,626 6.95
Bolivia 24,872 33,691 58,563 4.92
Colombia 22,596 26,554 49,150 4.13
Italy 27,942 20,227 48,169 4.05
China 24,001 21,018 45,019 3.79
France 18,588 17,510 36,098 3.04
Peru 17,019 18,494 35,513 2.99
Argentina 17,032 16,954 33,986 2.86
Pakistan 28,887 4,549 33,436 2.81
Brazil 12,033 15,915 27,948 2.35
Germany 12,407 11,718 24,125 2.03
United Kingdom 11,837 9,994 21,831 1.84
Dominican Republic 9,013 12,281 21,294 1.79
Senegal 15,385 3,558 18,943 1.59
Portugal 10,860 6,716 17,576 1.48
Gambia, the 12,440 4,154 16,594 1.40
Ukraine 8,185 8,097 16,282 1.37
Chile 8,258 8,006 16,264 1.37
India 12,447 3,625 16,072 1.35
Uruguay 8,063 7,836 15,899 1.34
Rusia 4,933 9,747 14,680 1.23
Paraguay 5,380 9,150 14,530 1.22
Poland 8,359 6,021 14,380 1.21
Honduras 4,383 8,714 13,097 1.10
Bulgaria 7,237 5,756 12,993 1.09
Netherlands 5,538 4,670 10,208 0.86
Venezuela 4,410 5,615 10,025 0.84
Cuba 4,210 5,347 9,557 0.80
Philippines 4,130 5,071 9,201 0.77
Algeria 5,735 2,522 8,257 0.69
Mexico 3,331 4,274 7,605 0.64
Nigeria 4,166 2,848 7,014 0.59
Mali 6,048 732 6,780 0.57
Belgium 3,015 2,729 5,744 0.48
United States of America 2,642 2,575 5,217 0.44
Ghana 4,064 792 4,856 0.41
Guinea 3,511 1,308 4,819 0.41
Georgia 2,850 1,899 4,749 0.40
Moldova 2,285 1,986 4,271 0.36
Bangladesh 3,180 920 4,100 0.34
Armenia 2,097 1,613 3,710 0.31
Switzerland 1,631 1,757 3,388 0.28
Sweden 1,392 1,770 3,162 0.27
Lithuania 1,359 1,222 2,581 0.22
Mauritania 2,174 244 2,418 0.20
Slovakia 1,048 1,039 2,087 0.18
Czech Republic 897 1,177 2,074 0.17
Japan 827 1,084 1,911 0.16
Ireland 1,073 796 1,869 0.16
El Salvador 767 1,091 1,858 0.16
Equatorial Guinea 570 1,129 1,699 0.14
Austria 792 858 1,650 0.14
Nepal 1,247 201 1,448 0.12
Denmark 668 666 1,334 0.11
Greece 715 531 1,246 0.10
Cameroon 737 493 1,230 0.10
Hungary 508 694 1,202 0.10
Nicaragua 381 750 1,131 0.10
Belarus 389 722 1,111 0.09
Serbia 501 435 936 0.08
Egypt 615 288 903 0.08
Andorra 458 432 890 0.07
Finland 338 497 835 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 677 158 835 0.07
Israel 417 324 741 0.06
Canada 325 386 711 0.06
Norway 328 371 699 0.06
Guatemala 332 349 681 0.06
Turkey 405 276 681 0.06
South Korea 259 404 663 0.06
Albania 390 218 608 0.05
Côte d'Ivoire 460 148 608 0.05
Tunisia 378 167 545 0.05
Latvia 229 308 537 0.05
Costa Rica 240 288 528 0.04
Panama 232 288 520 0.04
Syria 317 193 510 0.04
Croatia 270 231 501 0.04
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 280 169 449 0.04
Congo (Republic of the) 286 144 430 0.04
Australia 217 197 414 0.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina 238 171 409 0.03
Lebanon 237 157 394 0.03
Iceland 150 148 298 0.03
Burkina Faso 203 70 273 0.02
Thailand 54 218 272 0.02
Slovenia 147 124 271 0.02
Kazakhstan 114 156 270 0.02
Dominica 127 134 261 0.02
Jordan 166 65 231 0.02
Angola 133 78 211 0.02
Estonia 94 114 208 0.02
Sierra Leone 152 54 206 0.02
Macedonia 87 86 173 0.01
South Africa 108 61 169 0.01
Ethiopia 81 75 156 0.01
Indonesia 79 70 149 0.01
Uzbekistan 89 57 146 0.01
Luxembourg 68 73 141 0.01
Iraq 80 56 136 0.01
Togo 88 27 115 <0.01
Kenya 41 68 109 <0.01
New Zealand 69 38 107 <0.01
Montenegro 44 60 104 <0.01
Haiti 48 51 99 <0.01
Benin 69 29 98 <0.01
Afghanistan 85 6 91 <0.01
Malaysia 43 46 89 <0.01
Mongolia 28 56 84 <0.01
Cape Verd 36 46 82 <0.01
Azerbaijan 34 44 78 <0.01
Sudan 49 27 76 <0.01
Vietnam 33 39 72 <0.01
Libya 51 19 70 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 43 26 69 <0.01
Liberia 49 15 64 <0.01
Mozambique 28 36 64 <0.01
Niger 43 18 61 <0.01
Singapore 22 38 60 <0.01
Tanzania 37 19 56 <0.01
Cyprus 23 30 53 <0.01
Malta 27 24 51 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 19 30 49 <0.01
Rwanda 21 23 44 <0.01
Sri Lanka 25 16 41 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 24 16 40 <0.01
Mauritius 12 12 24 <0.01
Gabon 10 10 20 <0.01
Central African Republic 10 7 17 <0.01
Jamaica 6 11 17 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 5 11 16 <0.01
Uganda 9 6 15 <0.01
Eritrea 7 8 15 <0.01
Cambodia 9 6 15 <0.01
Madagascar .. .. 13 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 7 6 13 <0.01
North Korea 4 9 13 <0.01
Zimbabwe 7 5 12 <0.01
Liechtenstein 5 6 11 <0.01
Somalia 6 5 11 <0.01
Chad .. .. 10 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 10 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 9 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 7 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 7 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 6 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 6 <0.01
Fiji .. .. 6 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 5 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 5 <0.01
Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 5 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 5 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 5 <0.01
San Marino .. .. 4 <0.01
Laos .. .. 4 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 4 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 14 15 29 <0.01
Country unknown 112 166 278 0.02
Stateless 32 17 49 <0.01
Total 647,525 541,754 1,189,279 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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