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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2012 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 135,358 103,848 239,206 20.16
Romania 54,195 51,828 106,023 8.93
Ecuador 28,992 30,460 59,452 5.01
Bolivia 20,524 29,664 50,188 4.23
China 25,473 23,884 49,357 4.16
Italy 28,101 21,010 49,111 4.14
Pakistan 37,047 10,443 47,490 4.00
Colombia 18,977 22,981 41,958 3.54
France 17,393 16,482 33,875 2.85
Peru 14,496 16,377 30,873 2.60
Argentina 12,921 13,373 26,294 2.22
Dominican Republic 10,183 12,748 22,931 1.93
Germany 11,560 11,120 22,680 1.91
Brazil 8,397 13,159 21,556 1.82
United Kingdom 11,185 9,665 20,850 1.76
Senegal 16,242 4,564 20,806 1.75
India 14,029 5,680 19,709 1.66
Honduras 5,443 12,889 18,332 1.54
Ukraine 8,281 9,290 17,571 1.48
Rusia 5,827 11,738 17,565 1.48
Gambia, the 12,657 4,191 16,848 1.42
Paraguay 4,904 10,580 15,484 1.30
Portugal 9,087 6,194 15,281 1.29
Chile 6,917 7,040 13,957 1.18
Bulgaria 7,317 6,358 13,675 1.15
Poland 7,023 6,434 13,457 1.13
Uruguay 6,100 6,060 12,160 1.02
Philippines 4,618 5,845 10,463 0.88
Venezuela 4,351 5,869 10,220 0.86
Netherlands 5,221 4,531 9,752 0.82
Cuba 4,033 5,197 9,230 0.78
Algeria 5,983 3,073 9,056 0.76
Nigeria 4,323 3,336 7,659 0.65
Mexico 3,191 4,433 7,624 0.64
Mali 6,091 1,098 7,189 0.61
United States of America 3,027 3,076 6,103 0.51
Ghana 4,551 1,305 5,856 0.49
Bangladesh 4,352 1,368 5,720 0.48
Belgium 2,769 2,545 5,314 0.45
Guinea 3,626 1,541 5,167 0.44
Georgia 2,536 2,420 4,956 0.42
Moldova 2,163 2,234 4,397 0.37
Armenia 1,983 1,828 3,811 0.32
Switzerland 1,589 1,668 3,257 0.27
Sweden 1,362 1,828 3,190 0.27
Lithuania 1,274 1,363 2,637 0.22
Mauritania 1,978 298 2,276 0.19
El Salvador 865 1,402 2,267 0.19
Japan 881 1,194 2,075 0.17
Slovakia 969 1,069 2,038 0.17
Czech Republic 808 1,216 2,024 0.17
Ireland 1,153 831 1,984 0.17
Austria 766 844 1,610 0.14
Nicaragua 440 1,150 1,590 0.13
Equatorial Guinea 552 1,019 1,571 0.13
Nepal 1,179 316 1,495 0.13
Hungary 570 823 1,393 0.12
Cameroon 830 555 1,385 0.12
Belarus 411 825 1,236 0.10
Denmark 621 596 1,217 0.10
Greece 676 539 1,215 0.10
Serbia 564 553 1,117 0.09
Egypt 703 371 1,074 0.09
Turkey 548 415 963 0.08
Andorra 448 454 902 0.08
Canada 397 485 882 0.07
Finland 335 530 865 0.07
Israel 458 340 798 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 619 169 788 0.07
South Korea 283 470 753 0.06
Guatemala 314 422 736 0.06
Albania 423 263 686 0.06
Latvia 268 409 677 0.06
Côte d'Ivoire 472 197 669 0.06
Norway 319 346 665 0.06
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 363 259 622 0.05
Costa Rica 256 341 597 0.05
Tunisia 376 200 576 0.05
Syria 343 206 549 0.05
Panama 235 306 541 0.05
Australia 270 234 504 0.04
Croatia 223 244 467 0.04
Lebanon 225 161 386 0.03
Congo (Republic of the) 247 135 382 0.03
Thailand 67 274 341 0.03
Kazakhstan 129 211 340 0.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina 184 155 339 0.03
Burkina Faso 214 87 301 0.03
Estonia 103 182 285 0.02
Slovenia 138 129 267 0.02
Jordan 172 76 248 0.02
Dominica 110 118 228 0.02
Iceland 110 116 226 0.02
South Africa 113 76 189 0.02
Macedonia 92 86 178 0.01
Angola 104 68 172 0.01
Sierra Leone 126 41 167 0.01
Ethiopia 94 67 161 0.01
New Zealand 93 64 157 0.01
Uzbekistan 63 90 153 0.01
Indonesia 44 96 140 0.01
Togo 95 40 135 0.01
Iraq 82 53 135 0.01
Luxembourg 68 66 134 0.01
Afghanistan 123 10 133 0.01
Malaysia 59 65 124 0.01
Kenya 35 86 121 0.01
Vietnam 53 61 114 <0.01
Mongolia 39 67 106 <0.01
Montenegro 49 52 101 <0.01
Benin 70 31 101 <0.01
Azerbaijan 48 49 97 <0.01
Cape Verd 39 45 84 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 51 33 84 <0.01
Singapore 29 46 75 <0.01
Malta 47 27 74 <0.01
Cyprus 30 41 71 <0.01
Niger 51 19 70 <0.01
Libya 47 21 68 <0.01
Haiti 32 35 67 <0.01
Liberia 49 17 66 <0.01
Sudan 33 27 60 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 22 38 60 <0.01
Mozambique 31 27 58 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 39 19 58 <0.01
Tanzania 34 17 51 <0.01
Rwanda 24 21 45 <0.01
Mauritius 19 16 35 <0.01
Sri Lanka 21 14 35 <0.01
Central African Republic 17 8 25 <0.01
Madagascar 6 17 23 <0.01
Zimbabwe 12 11 23 <0.01
Gabon 7 12 19 <0.01
Jamaica 6 12 18 <0.01
Kuwait 12 5 17 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 8 5 13 <0.01
Somalia 6 7 13 <0.01
Uganda 5 7 12 <0.01
North Korea 5 6 11 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 11 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 10 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 5 5 10 <0.01
Chad 5 4 9 <0.01
Eritrea 5 4 9 <0.01
Guyana 5 4 9 <0.01
Myanmar 4 5 9 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 9 <0.01
Liechtenstein 4 4 8 <0.01
Suriname 4 4 8 <0.01
Cambodia .. .. 8 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 5 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 5 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 5 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 5 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 5 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 5 <0.01
Bahamas .. .. 4 <0.01
Laos .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 16 15 31 <0.01
Country unknown 121 154 275 0.02
Stateless 27 15 42 <0.01
Total 630,658 556,121 1,186,779 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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