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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2017 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 112,658 94,424 207,082 19.89
Romania 43,572 45,499 89,071 8.55
China 28,426 28,813 57,239 5.50
Italy 28,956 22,805 51,761 4.97
Pakistan 31,584 12,618 44,202 4.24
France 16,487 15,749 32,236 3.10
Bolivia 12,882 17,773 30,655 2.94
Honduras 7,818 20,089 27,907 2.68
Ecuador 13,975 12,721 26,696 2.56
Colombia 11,889 14,517 26,406 2.54
Rusia 8,154 15,445 23,599 2.27
India 13,872 7,558 21,430 2.06
Ukraine 9,672 11,645 21,317 2.05
Senegal 15,160 5,163 20,323 1.95
United Kingdom 10,284 8,548 18,832 1.81
Peru 8,410 9,876 18,286 1.76
Argentina 8,863 9,316 18,179 1.75
Dominican Republic 8,310 9,764 18,074 1.74
Germany 9,002 8,891 17,893 1.72
Brazil 6,969 10,733 17,702 1.70
Gambia, the 10,799 3,539 14,338 1.38
Paraguay 3,964 9,036 13,000 1.25
Venezuela 5,551 7,431 12,982 1.25
Portugal 6,634 5,388 12,022 1.15
Bulgaria 5,681 5,627 11,308 1.09
Philippines 4,639 6,247 10,886 1.05
Poland 4,117 5,691 9,808 0.94
Chile 4,559 4,785 9,344 0.90
Netherlands 4,699 4,000 8,699 0.84
Algeria 5,518 3,133 8,651 0.83
Uruguay 3,877 3,809 7,686 0.74
United States of America 3,731 3,943 7,674 0.74
Cuba 3,268 4,242 7,510 0.72
Mali 5,691 1,430 7,121 0.68
Mexico 2,878 4,178 7,056 0.68
Bangladesh 4,491 2,021 6,512 0.63
Georgia 2,898 3,359 6,257 0.60
Nigeria 3,253 2,906 6,159 0.59
Ghana 4,099 1,695 5,794 0.56
Belgium 2,580 2,316 4,896 0.47
Moldova 2,090 2,428 4,518 0.43
Guinea 3,002 1,368 4,370 0.42
Armenia 2,117 2,204 4,321 0.41
El Salvador 1,333 2,094 3,427 0.33
Sweden 1,253 1,565 2,818 0.27
Switzerland 1,239 1,291 2,530 0.24
Japan 1,035 1,406 2,441 0.23
Nicaragua 575 1,537 2,112 0.20
Ireland 1,224 837 2,061 0.20
Lithuania 772 1,210 1,982 0.19
Nepal 1,036 631 1,667 0.16
Hungary 687 979 1,666 0.16
Belarus 531 1,104 1,635 0.16
Czech Republic 530 1,030 1,560 0.15
Mauritania 1,232 285 1,517 0.15
Turkey 813 650 1,463 0.14
Greece 747 700 1,447 0.14
Equatorial Guinea 509 917 1,426 0.14
Egypt 922 497 1,419 0.14
Austria 675 697 1,372 0.13
Slovakia 469 822 1,291 0.12
Canada 564 679 1,243 0.12
Cameroon 685 494 1,179 0.11
Denmark 619 556 1,175 0.11
Serbia 572 579 1,151 0.11
South Korea 423 692 1,115 0.11
Syria 563 416 979 0.09
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 530 440 970 0.09
Israel 509 436 945 0.09
Andorra 428 462 890 0.09
Finland 334 533 867 0.08
Latvia 309 518 827 0.08
Albania 459 359 818 0.08
Kazakhstan 329 468 797 0.08
Costa Rica 319 439 758 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 558 176 734 0.07
Guatemala 318 416 734 0.07
Croatia 336 352 688 0.07
Norway 334 353 687 0.07
Australia 383 294 677 0.07
Lebanon 381 256 637 0.06
Tunisia 362 235 597 0.06
Côte d'Ivoire 389 200 589 0.06
Panama 252 331 583 0.06
Estonia 152 274 426 0.04
Thailand 76 345 421 0.04
Vietnam 167 163 330 0.03
Jordan 193 104 297 0.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina 161 132 293 0.03
Slovenia 130 154 284 0.03
South Africa 167 105 272 0.03
Burkina Faso 176 86 262 0.03
Congo (Republic of the) 153 102 255 0.02
Libya 161 77 238 0.02
Azerbaijan 131 90 221 0.02
Indonesia 71 142 213 0.02
Iceland 108 104 212 0.02
Uzbekistan 89 115 204 0.02
Macedonia 99 93 192 0.02
Dominica 93 95 188 0.02
New Zealand 122 64 186 0.02
Iraq 117 65 182 0.02
Afghanistan 125 30 155 0.01
Malaysia 82 73 155 0.01
Saudi Arabia 95 59 154 0.01
Kenya 51 95 146 0.01
Angola 81 57 138 0.01
Cyprus 63 67 130 0.01
Luxembourg 59 61 120 0.01
Mongolia 46 71 117 0.01
Sierra Leone 80 32 112 0.01
Ethiopia 50 50 100 <0.01
Palestine 72 28 100 <0.01
Singapore 39 57 96 <0.01
Togo 56 36 92 <0.01
Montenegro 42 46 88 <0.01
Tanzania 53 27 80 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 32 48 80 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 47 30 77 <0.01
Benin 45 29 74 <0.01
Haiti 37 34 71 <0.01
Cape Verd 29 36 65 <0.01
Mozambique 32 28 60 <0.01
Rwanda 31 26 57 <0.01
Niger 38 16 54 <0.01
Malta 25 23 48 <0.01
Sudan 29 16 45 <0.01
Liberia 27 15 42 <0.01
Sri Lanka 22 13 35 <0.01
Madagascar 7 26 33 <0.01
Mauritius 17 15 32 <0.01
Somalia 23 9 32 <0.01
Kuwait 21 8 29 <0.01
Yemen 21 6 27 <0.01
Central African Republic 18 6 24 <0.01
Gabon 10 12 22 <0.01
Jamaica 12 8 20 <0.01
Zimbabwe 11 8 19 <0.01
Turkmenistan 11 8 19 <0.01
Bahrain .. .. 18 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 10 8 18 <0.01
Oman 13 5 18 <0.01
Uganda 6 11 17 <0.01
Qatar 12 4 16 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 14 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago 5 9 14 <0.01
Cambodia 8 6 14 <0.01
Tajikistan 10 4 14 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 13 <0.01
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 5 11 <0.01
North Korea .. .. 11 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 5 4 9 <0.01
Bahamas .. .. 8 <0.01
Myanmar 4 4 8 <0.01
Liechtenstein .. .. 7 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 7 <0.01
Barbados .. .. 7 <0.01
Maldives .. .. 7 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 6 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 6 <0.01
Chad .. .. 6 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 6 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 6 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 5 <0.01
Laos .. .. 5 <0.01
Monaco .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 9 9 18 <0.01
Country unknown 130 178 308 0.03
Stateless 39 22 61 <0.01
Total 536,847 504,515 1,041,362 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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