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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2010 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 135,460 98,494 233,954 19.52
Romania 51,611 47,048 98,659 8.23
Ecuador 37,608 41,188 78,796 6.57
Bolivia 23,229 32,260 55,489 4.63
Italy 28,266 20,924 49,190 4.10
Colombia 22,277 26,570 48,847 4.08
China 24,238 21,848 46,086 3.85
France 18,484 17,456 35,940 3.00
Pakistan 29,986 5,266 35,252 2.94
Peru 16,640 18,313 34,953 2.92
Argentina 15,823 16,053 31,876 2.66
Brazil 10,758 15,156 25,914 2.16
Germany 12,266 11,766 24,032 2.01
Dominican Republic 9,373 12,467 21,840 1.82
United Kingdom 11,721 10,054 21,775 1.82
Senegal 16,151 4,015 20,166 1.68
India 13,758 4,530 18,288 1.53
Portugal 10,502 6,747 17,249 1.44
Gambia, the 12,648 4,288 16,936 1.41
Ukraine 8,146 8,484 16,630 1.39
Chile 7,903 7,793 15,696 1.31
Rusia 5,058 10,235 15,293 1.28
Paraguay 5,293 9,747 15,040 1.25
Uruguay 7,464 7,316 14,780 1.23
Honduras 4,594 9,668 14,262 1.19
Poland 7,946 6,220 14,166 1.18
Bulgaria 7,242 5,950 13,192 1.10
Netherlands 5,442 4,633 10,075 0.84
Venezuela 4,326 5,626 9,952 0.83
Cuba 4,264 5,390 9,654 0.81
Philippines 4,308 5,256 9,564 0.80
Algeria 5,822 2,757 8,579 0.72
Mexico 3,281 4,338 7,619 0.64
Nigeria 4,245 3,034 7,279 0.61
Mali 6,159 852 7,011 0.58
Belgium 2,936 2,688 5,624 0.47
United States of America 2,810 2,770 5,580 0.47
Ghana 4,139 972 5,111 0.43
Guinea 3,583 1,443 5,026 0.42
Bangladesh 3,526 1,138 4,664 0.39
Georgia 2,623 2,025 4,648 0.39
Moldova 2,207 2,109 4,316 0.36
Armenia 1,987 1,651 3,638 0.30
Switzerland 1,662 1,779 3,441 0.29
Sweden 1,373 1,850 3,223 0.27
Lithuania 1,323 1,271 2,594 0.22
Mauritania 2,108 294 2,402 0.20
Slovakia 1,003 1,050 2,053 0.17
Czech Republic 851 1,176 2,027 0.17
Japan 851 1,131 1,982 0.17
El Salvador 799 1,180 1,979 0.17
Ireland 1,106 812 1,918 0.16
Equatorial Guinea 610 1,127 1,737 0.14
Austria 789 874 1,663 0.14
Nepal 1,314 242 1,556 0.13
Cameroon 769 538 1,307 0.11
Denmark 660 635 1,295 0.11
Nicaragua 403 828 1,231 0.10
Hungary 477 735 1,212 0.10
Greece 673 531 1,204 0.10
Belarus 396 763 1,159 0.10
Serbia 513 491 1,004 0.08
Egypt 634 289 923 0.08
Andorra 459 439 898 0.07
Finland 317 521 838 0.07
Israel 452 353 805 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 647 151 798 0.07
Canada 343 442 785 0.07
Turkey 437 329 766 0.06
Norway 345 382 727 0.06
South Korea 271 420 691 0.06
Guatemala 321 365 686 0.06
Côte d'Ivoire 491 171 662 0.06
Albania 403 243 646 0.05
Latvia 253 361 614 0.05
Tunisia 380 182 562 0.05
Panama 239 318 557 0.05
Costa Rica 256 292 548 0.05
Syria 326 199 525 0.04
Croatia 270 248 518 0.04
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 292 180 472 0.04
Australia 241 219 460 0.04
Congo (Republic of the) 286 141 427 0.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina 227 165 392 0.03
Lebanon 231 155 386 0.03
Iceland 144 143 287 0.02
Burkina Faso 204 77 281 0.02
Thailand 52 228 280 0.02
Kazakhstan 119 157 276 0.02
Slovenia 144 127 271 0.02
Dominica 113 114 227 0.02
Estonia 93 129 222 0.02
Jordan 154 57 211 0.02
Angola 122 76 198 0.02
Sierra Leone 140 52 192 0.02
Ethiopia 102 75 177 0.01
South Africa 115 62 177 0.01
Macedonia 89 82 171 0.01
Indonesia 89 81 170 0.01
Luxembourg 72 73 145 0.01
Uzbekistan 75 67 142 0.01
Iraq 81 53 134 0.01
Afghanistan 112 7 119 <0.01
Togo 90 26 116 <0.01
New Zealand 74 41 115 <0.01
Kenya 35 75 110 <0.01
Benin 66 32 98 <0.01
Montenegro 48 49 97 <0.01
Mongolia 32 65 97 <0.01
Malaysia 42 50 92 <0.01
Azerbaijan 40 48 88 <0.01
Cape Verd 36 46 82 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 43 37 80 <0.01
Vietnam 32 46 78 <0.01
Haiti 34 42 76 <0.01
Sudan 41 31 72 <0.01
Singapore 26 46 72 <0.01
Liberia 51 18 69 <0.01
Niger 43 17 60 <0.01
Libya 42 17 59 <0.01
Mozambique 28 31 59 <0.01
Cyprus 25 31 56 <0.01
Malta 31 22 53 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 36 17 53 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 20 33 53 <0.01
Tanzania 34 17 51 <0.01
Rwanda 20 27 47 <0.01
Sri Lanka 25 16 41 <0.01
Mauritius 14 14 28 <0.01
Jamaica 9 14 23 <0.01
Central African Republic 13 9 22 <0.01
Uganda 9 9 18 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 5 11 16 <0.01
Cambodia 10 5 15 <0.01
Gabon 7 6 13 <0.01
Madagascar .. .. 13 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 8 5 13 <0.01
Zimbabwe 8 5 13 <0.01
North Korea 4 9 13 <0.01
Chad .. .. 12 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 12 <0.01
Liechtenstein 5 5 10 <0.01
Eritrea 6 4 10 <0.01
Suriname 5 5 10 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 5 4 9 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 9 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 8 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 7 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 7 <0.01
Somalia .. .. 7 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 7 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 6 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 6 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 5 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 5 <0.01
Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 5 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 4 <0.01
Fiji .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 16 9 25 <0.01
Country unknown 110 157 267 0.02
Stateless 28 20 48 <0.01
Total 645,245 553,293 1,198,538 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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