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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2015 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 117,420 96,830 214,250 20.84
Romania 46,155 47,513 93,668 9.11
China 25,900 25,610 51,510 5.01
Italy 27,652 21,081 48,733 4.74
Pakistan 31,368 11,419 42,787 4.16
Bolivia 14,739 20,637 35,376 3.44
France 16,215 15,439 31,654 3.08
Ecuador 16,305 15,285 31,590 3.07
Colombia 11,644 14,072 25,716 2.50
Rusia 7,317 14,002 21,319 2.07
Honduras 6,031 15,283 21,314 2.07
Senegal 15,067 4,822 19,889 1.93
India 12,702 6,553 19,255 1.87
Peru 8,986 10,183 19,169 1.86
Germany 9,670 9,485 19,155 1.86
Dominican Republic 8,725 10,365 19,090 1.86
United Kingdom 10,275 8,747 19,022 1.85
Ukraine 8,424 10,118 18,542 1.80
Argentina 9,058 9,371 18,429 1.79
Brazil 6,121 10,025 16,146 1.57
Gambia, the 11,183 3,616 14,799 1.44
Portugal 6,975 5,484 12,459 1.21
Paraguay 3,560 8,586 12,146 1.18
Bulgaria 6,156 5,905 12,061 1.17
Poland 4,812 6,067 10,879 1.06
Philippines 4,458 5,828 10,286 1.00
Chile 4,634 4,857 9,491 0.92
Venezuela 3,856 5,266 9,122 0.89
Netherlands 4,701 4,056 8,757 0.85
Algeria 5,515 3,109 8,624 0.84
Uruguay 4,136 4,135 8,271 0.80
Cuba 3,363 4,358 7,721 0.75
Mali 5,643 1,297 6,940 0.68
Nigeria 3,496 2,957 6,453 0.63
Mexico 2,548 3,770 6,318 0.61
United States of America 3,099 3,202 6,301 0.61
Bangladesh 4,155 1,652 5,807 0.56
Ghana 4,035 1,515 5,550 0.54
Georgia 2,467 2,713 5,180 0.50
Belgium 2,537 2,279 4,816 0.47
Guinea 3,219 1,488 4,707 0.46
Moldova 2,056 2,277 4,333 0.42
Armenia 1,987 1,970 3,957 0.38
Sweden 1,303 1,726 3,029 0.29
Switzerland 1,367 1,425 2,792 0.27
El Salvador 946 1,540 2,486 0.24
Japan 991 1,271 2,262 0.22
Lithuania 940 1,251 2,191 0.21
Ireland 1,194 817 2,011 0.20
Nicaragua 477 1,260 1,737 0.17
Czech Republic 605 1,053 1,658 0.16
Mauritania 1,371 281 1,652 0.16
Hungary 640 909 1,549 0.15
Slovakia 609 916 1,525 0.15
Austria 701 743 1,444 0.14
Nepal 969 460 1,429 0.14
Belarus 466 947 1,413 0.14
Equatorial Guinea 487 894 1,381 0.13
Greece 695 612 1,307 0.13
Cameroon 729 507 1,236 0.12
Denmark 641 590 1,231 0.12
Egypt 764 412 1,176 0.11
Turkey 651 459 1,110 0.11
Canada 492 576 1,068 0.10
Serbia 510 530 1,040 0.10
South Korea 376 545 921 0.09
Andorra 408 450 858 0.08
Finland 333 522 855 0.08
Syria 479 344 823 0.08
Latvia 304 503 807 0.08
Israel 431 363 794 0.08
Guinea-Bissau 593 168 761 0.07
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 414 332 746 0.07
Norway 349 379 728 0.07
Albania 397 299 696 0.07
Côte d'Ivoire 400 196 596 0.06
Guatemala 243 338 581 0.06
Australia 314 252 566 0.06
Croatia 270 294 564 0.05
Tunisia 324 200 524 0.05
Kazakhstan 200 317 517 0.05
Costa Rica 209 305 514 0.05
Lebanon 275 191 466 0.05
Panama 212 237 449 0.04
Thailand 67 303 370 0.04
Estonia 132 236 368 0.04
Congo (Republic of the) 177 117 294 0.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina 162 127 289 0.03
Slovenia 125 150 275 0.03
Jordan 172 98 270 0.03
Burkina Faso 184 84 268 0.03
Iceland 113 120 233 0.02
South Africa 120 86 206 0.02
Dominica 95 96 191 0.02
Macedonia 98 81 179 0.02
Uzbekistan 71 98 169 0.02
Indonesia 62 105 167 0.02
Libya 121 44 165 0.02
Vietnam 85 78 163 0.02
Iraq 93 60 153 0.01
Azerbaijan 76 75 151 0.01
New Zealand 93 57 150 0.01
Angola 90 55 145 0.01
Kenya 49 88 137 0.01
Malaysia 73 64 137 0.01
Afghanistan 116 16 132 0.01
Sierra Leone 87 37 124 0.01
Ethiopia 58 53 111 0.01
Saudi Arabia 75 35 110 0.01
Luxembourg 49 56 105 0.01
Mongolia 39 60 99 <0.01
Togo 62 35 97 <0.01
Singapore 34 53 87 <0.01
Cyprus 42 44 86 <0.01
Montenegro 42 43 85 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 47 35 82 <0.01
Benin 50 29 79 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 29 43 72 <0.01
Tanzania 48 21 69 <0.01
Cape Verd 25 37 62 <0.01
Malta 33 24 57 <0.01
Rwanda 29 28 57 <0.01
Haiti 25 30 55 <0.01
Niger 35 17 52 <0.01
Sudan 29 19 48 <0.01
Mozambique 22 24 46 <0.01
Liberia 29 14 43 <0.01
Mauritius 20 10 30 <0.01
Sri Lanka 18 8 26 <0.01
Madagascar 6 18 24 <0.01
Gabon 10 13 23 <0.01
Kuwait 16 6 22 <0.01
Central African Republic 14 5 19 <0.01
Zimbabwe 11 8 19 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 16 <0.01
Uganda 6 9 15 <0.01
Jamaica 7 7 14 <0.01
Somalia 5 8 13 <0.01
Cambodia 5 8 13 <0.01
Liechtenstein 5 7 12 <0.01
Zambia 5 6 11 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 10 <0.01
Myanmar 5 5 10 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 10 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 9 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 4 5 9 <0.01
Chad .. .. 8 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 8 <0.01
North Korea .. .. 8 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 7 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 7 <0.01
Bahamas .. .. 6 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 6 <0.01
Turkmenistan .. .. 6 <0.01
Barbados .. .. 5 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 4 <0.01
Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 4 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 4 <0.01
Maldives .. .. 4 <0.01
Oman .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 15 17 32 <0.01
Country unknown 125 170 295 0.03
Stateless 20 13 33 <0.01
Total 536,072 491,997 1,028,069 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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