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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2016 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 115,354 96,030 211,384 20.66
Romania 44,493 46,381 90,874 8.88
China 27,299 27,246 54,545 5.33
Italy 27,860 21,561 49,421 4.83
Pakistan 31,339 11,754 43,093 4.21
Bolivia 13,688 19,046 32,734 3.20
France 16,237 15,479 31,716 3.10
Ecuador 14,947 13,720 28,667 2.80
Colombia 11,045 13,328 24,373 2.38
Honduras 6,708 17,166 23,874 2.33
Rusia 7,760 14,683 22,443 2.19
India 13,231 6,973 20,204 1.97
Ukraine 9,189 10,989 20,178 1.97
Senegal 15,157 5,003 20,160 1.97
United Kingdom 10,154 8,523 18,677 1.82
Germany 9,198 9,066 18,264 1.78
Dominican Republic 8,322 9,831 18,153 1.77
Peru 8,270 9,576 17,846 1.74
Argentina 8,688 9,078 17,766 1.74
Brazil 6,305 10,130 16,435 1.61
Gambia, the 10,956 3,560 14,516 1.42
Paraguay 3,620 8,523 12,143 1.19
Portugal 6,589 5,253 11,842 1.16
Bulgaria 5,843 5,723 11,566 1.13
Philippines 4,502 5,989 10,491 1.03
Venezuela 4,316 5,944 10,260 1.00
Poland 4,363 5,849 10,212 1.00
Chile 4,454 4,648 9,102 0.89
Algeria 5,624 3,145 8,769 0.86
Netherlands 4,659 3,994 8,653 0.85
Uruguay 4,007 3,919 7,926 0.77
Cuba 3,324 4,312 7,636 0.75
Mali 5,802 1,366 7,168 0.70
United States of America 3,227 3,385 6,612 0.65
Mexico 2,601 3,813 6,414 0.63
Nigeria 3,359 2,929 6,288 0.61
Bangladesh 4,218 1,820 6,038 0.59
Ghana 4,081 1,596 5,677 0.55
Georgia 2,650 2,990 5,640 0.55
Belgium 2,585 2,265 4,850 0.47
Guinea 3,158 1,450 4,608 0.45
Moldova 2,087 2,342 4,429 0.43
Armenia 2,014 2,052 4,066 0.40
Sweden 1,247 1,576 2,823 0.28
El Salvador 1,072 1,744 2,816 0.28
Switzerland 1,315 1,373 2,688 0.26
Japan 983 1,307 2,290 0.22
Lithuania 814 1,210 2,024 0.20
Ireland 1,203 808 2,011 0.20
Nicaragua 517 1,408 1,925 0.19
Czech Republic 567 1,054 1,621 0.16
Hungary 664 951 1,615 0.16
Mauritania 1,327 281 1,608 0.16
Belarus 480 1,000 1,480 0.14
Nepal 947 529 1,476 0.14
Slovakia 538 858 1,396 0.14
Austria 680 697 1,377 0.13
Equatorial Guinea 479 894 1,373 0.13
Greece 728 639 1,367 0.13
Egypt 808 452 1,260 0.12
Cameroon 719 501 1,220 0.12
Turkey 675 520 1,195 0.12
Denmark 627 554 1,181 0.12
Canada 518 584 1,102 0.11
Serbia 522 538 1,060 0.10
South Korea 386 587 973 0.10
Syria 528 388 916 0.09
Andorra 405 459 864 0.08
Latvia 331 533 864 0.08
Israel 459 393 852 0.08
Finland 337 511 848 0.08
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 449 366 815 0.08
Guinea-Bissau 599 172 771 0.08
Albania 412 313 725 0.07
Norway 341 371 712 0.07
Kazakhstan 274 377 651 0.06
Guatemala 258 354 612 0.06
Australia 338 261 599 0.06
Côte d'Ivoire 405 191 596 0.06
Croatia 287 304 591 0.06
Costa Rica 239 348 587 0.06
Tunisia 328 204 532 0.05
Lebanon 300 207 507 0.05
Panama 203 263 466 0.05
Estonia 151 256 407 0.04
Thailand 63 313 376 0.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina 157 135 292 0.03
Slovenia 125 151 276 0.03
Jordan 187 88 275 0.03
Congo (Republic of the) 160 113 273 0.03
Burkina Faso 184 85 269 0.03
Iceland 112 114 226 0.02
Libya 150 75 225 0.02
South Africa 134 91 225 0.02
Vietnam 104 101 205 0.02
Dominica 95 109 204 0.02
Macedonia 91 88 179 0.02
Azerbaijan 100 78 178 0.02
Uzbekistan 74 103 177 0.02
Indonesia 60 116 176 0.02
New Zealand 99 53 152 0.01
Iraq 90 55 145 0.01
Malaysia 72 73 145 0.01
Angola 84 57 141 0.01
Afghanistan 111 21 132 0.01
Kenya 43 81 124 0.01
Saudi Arabia 74 44 118 0.01
Sierra Leone 79 35 114 0.01
Luxembourg 54 57 111 0.01
Cyprus 56 53 109 0.01
Ethiopia 56 47 103 0.01
Mongolia 41 58 99 <0.01
Togo 61 35 96 <0.01
Singapore 34 61 95 <0.01
Montenegro 37 46 83 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 46 33 79 <0.01
Benin 48 27 75 <0.01
Tanzania 47 24 71 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 29 42 71 <0.01
Haiti 31 33 64 <0.01
Cape Verd 25 36 61 <0.01
Rwanda 32 23 55 <0.01
Mozambique 28 25 53 <0.01
Niger 39 14 53 <0.01
Malta 28 22 50 <0.01
Sudan 31 17 48 <0.01
Palestine 31 16 47 <0.01
Liberia 29 16 45 <0.01
Mauritius 17 14 31 <0.01
Sri Lanka 19 11 30 <0.01
Madagascar 6 21 27 <0.01
Kuwait 17 5 22 <0.01
Gabon 9 12 21 <0.01
Central African Republic 16 5 21 <0.01
Zimbabwe 13 7 20 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 19 <0.01
Jamaica 11 7 18 <0.01
Cambodia 10 8 18 <0.01
Somalia 7 9 16 <0.01
Uganda 5 9 14 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 7 4 11 <0.01
Turkmenistan 7 4 11 <0.01
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 4 10 <0.01
Myanmar 4 6 10 <0.01
Liechtenstein 4 5 9 <0.01
Burundi 4 5 9 <0.01
Zambia 4 5 9 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 9 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 9 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 8 <0.01
North Korea .. .. 8 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 7 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 7 <0.01
Qatar .. .. 7 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 6 <0.01
Barbados .. .. 6 <0.01
Oman .. .. 6 <0.01
Chad .. .. 5 <0.01
Bahamas .. .. 5 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
Monaco .. .. 4 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 4 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 4 <0.01
Bahrain .. .. 4 <0.01
Maldives .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 10 10 20 <0.01
Country unknown 121 176 297 0.03
Stateless 26 17 43 <0.01
Total 531,368 492,030 1,023,398 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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