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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2011 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 135,611 101,380 236,991 19.98
Romania 52,721 49,184 101,905 8.59
Ecuador 33,046 35,834 68,880 5.81
Bolivia 21,645 30,840 52,485 4.43
Italy 27,804 20,680 48,484 4.09
China 24,685 22,808 47,493 4.00
Colombia 20,685 24,789 45,474 3.83
Pakistan 34,584 8,472 43,056 3.63
France 17,349 16,334 33,683 2.84
Peru 15,413 17,164 32,577 2.75
Argentina 14,278 14,645 28,923 2.44
Brazil 9,326 13,995 23,321 1.97
Germany 11,618 11,128 22,746 1.92
Dominican Republic 9,508 12,295 21,803 1.84
United Kingdom 11,080 9,587 20,667 1.74
Senegal 16,309 4,262 20,571 1.73
India 14,015 5,090 19,105 1.61
Ukraine 8,187 8,884 17,071 1.44
Gambia, the 12,713 4,265 16,978 1.43
Portugal 9,861 6,436 16,297 1.37
Rusia 5,291 10,937 16,228 1.37
Honduras 4,891 10,988 15,879 1.34
Paraguay 5,052 10,211 15,263 1.29
Chile 7,357 7,410 14,767 1.25
Poland 7,340 6,251 13,591 1.15
Uruguay 6,769 6,633 13,402 1.13
Bulgaria 7,201 6,112 13,313 1.12
Venezuela 4,230 5,757 9,987 0.84
Philippines 4,376 5,426 9,802 0.83
Netherlands 5,211 4,498 9,709 0.82
Cuba 4,071 5,258 9,329 0.79
Algeria 5,889 2,936 8,825 0.74
Nigeria 4,266 3,165 7,431 0.63
Mexico 3,171 4,255 7,426 0.63
Mali 6,177 962 7,139 0.60
United States of America 2,912 2,915 5,827 0.49
Ghana 4,350 1,175 5,525 0.47
Belgium 2,792 2,536 5,328 0.45
Bangladesh 4,001 1,235 5,236 0.44
Guinea 3,598 1,510 5,108 0.43
Georgia 2,532 2,209 4,741 0.40
Moldova 2,160 2,186 4,346 0.37
Armenia 1,954 1,743 3,697 0.31
Switzerland 1,595 1,683 3,278 0.28
Sweden 1,268 1,745 3,013 0.25
Lithuania 1,304 1,321 2,625 0.22
Mauritania 2,040 292 2,332 0.20
El Salvador 820 1,300 2,120 0.18
Japan 858 1,163 2,021 0.17
Slovakia 973 1,045 2,018 0.17
Czech Republic 804 1,158 1,962 0.17
Ireland 1,077 773 1,850 0.16
Equatorial Guinea 575 1,085 1,660 0.14
Austria 750 817 1,567 0.13
Nepal 1,242 274 1,516 0.13
Nicaragua 416 944 1,360 0.11
Cameroon 776 540 1,316 0.11
Hungary 499 766 1,265 0.11
Denmark 626 601 1,227 0.10
Belarus 415 793 1,208 0.10
Greece 631 501 1,132 0.10
Serbia 531 521 1,052 0.09
Egypt 660 346 1,006 0.08
Andorra 449 433 882 0.07
Canada 377 477 854 0.07
Finland 318 493 811 0.07
Turkey 464 344 808 0.07
Israel 443 339 782 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 629 146 775 0.07
South Korea 266 431 697 0.06
Guatemala 307 371 678 0.06
Côte d'Ivoire 467 185 652 0.05
Albania 397 244 641 0.05
Latvia 254 381 635 0.05
Norway 302 322 624 0.05
Costa Rica 257 319 576 0.05
Panama 243 324 567 0.05
Tunisia 362 192 554 0.05
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 327 225 552 0.05
Syria 315 198 513 0.04
Croatia 247 231 478 0.04
Australia 253 220 473 0.04
Congo (Republic of the) 255 126 381 0.03
Lebanon 215 155 370 0.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina 206 157 363 0.03
Kazakhstan 134 196 330 0.03
Thailand 60 247 307 0.03
Burkina Faso 204 83 287 0.02
Slovenia 136 124 260 0.02
Estonia 102 151 253 0.02
Jordan 166 62 228 0.02
Iceland 111 112 223 0.02
Dominica 99 107 206 0.02
South Africa 116 71 187 0.02
Angola 110 69 179 0.02
Ethiopia 107 69 176 0.01
Sierra Leone 126 41 167 0.01
Macedonia 85 81 166 0.01
Afghanistan 132 11 143 0.01
Uzbekistan 73 69 142 0.01
Indonesia 50 89 139 0.01
New Zealand 83 56 139 0.01
Luxembourg 66 69 135 0.01
Togo 91 36 127 0.01
Kenya 36 88 124 0.01
Iraq 72 44 116 <0.01
Benin 67 32 99 <0.01
Montenegro 46 52 98 <0.01
Malaysia 45 48 93 <0.01
Mongolia 32 57 89 <0.01
Azerbaijan 40 47 87 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 49 35 84 <0.01
Vietnam 39 45 84 <0.01
Cape Verd 31 44 75 <0.01
Singapore 28 46 74 <0.01
Liberia 58 15 73 <0.01
Haiti 31 41 72 <0.01
Niger 48 17 65 <0.01
Mozambique 33 31 64 <0.01
Cyprus 26 36 62 <0.01
Libya 45 17 62 <0.01
Sudan 34 27 61 <0.01
Malta 34 25 59 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 19 33 52 <0.01
Tanzania 36 15 51 <0.01
Rwanda 21 22 43 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 26 13 39 <0.01
Sri Lanka 20 15 35 <0.01
Mauritius 16 13 29 <0.01
Central African Republic 17 8 25 <0.01
Jamaica 9 13 22 <0.01
Madagascar .. .. 18 <0.01
Zimbabwe 9 8 17 <0.01
Gabon 7 9 16 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 16 <0.01
Uganda 8 6 14 <0.01
North Korea 7 7 14 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 7 6 13 <0.01
Somalia 6 7 13 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 10 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 10 <0.01
Liechtenstein 4 5 9 <0.01
Chad .. .. 9 <0.01
Eritrea 4 5 9 <0.01
Suriname 4 5 9 <0.01
Guyana 4 4 8 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 8 <0.01
Tajikistan 4 4 8 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 7 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 7 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 7 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 7 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 6 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 5 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 4 <0.01
Barbados .. .. 4 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 23 16 39 <0.01
Country unknown 114 161 275 0.02
Stateless 34 18 52 <0.01
Total 634,550 551,302 1,185,852 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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