Foreign population

Methodology

Concepts
Statistical source

1. Concepts

Foreign population

This term refers to the nationality of the person. According to Law 8/2000 on Foreign Persons dated the 22nd of December 2000, a foreigner is anyone who is not a national and whose nationality follows that of their parents; that is, in Spain nationality is determined by blood right (jus sanguinis). In other countries, nationality is determined by birthright (jus soli), that is, one is considered a national of a given country for the mere fact of having been born in that country. This is the case of the United States.

International migrant

In accordance with the recommendations from the United Nations Statistics Division, an international migrant is a person who moves to live in another country other than their usual country of residence for at least one year. For this reason, not every foreign person is an immigrant.

Place of residence

This is the territorial area where the person usually resides. Temporary trips do not change the usual place of residence.

Nationality

Nationality refers to each person's legal citizenship. A citizen is a person who holds legal nationality in the country where they live, and a foreigner is a person who is not a national of that country. A person's country of nationality is not necessarily the same as their place of birth.

Geographical origin

In this information, the country of nationality is considered the country of origin.

Europe
- European Union
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Bulgaria
  - Croatia
  - Cyprus
  - Czech Republic
  - Denmark
  - Estonia
  - Finland
  - France
  - Germany
  - Greece
  - Hungary
  - Ireland
  - Italy
  - Latvia
  - Lithuania
  - Luxembourg
  - Malta
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Portugal
  - Romania
  - Slovakia
  - Slovenia
  - Sweden
  - United Kingdom
- Central and eastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Armenia
  - Belarus
  - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  - Croatia
  - Georgia
  - Macedonia
  - Montenegro
  - Moldova
  - Rusia
  - Serbia
  - Ukraine
- Rest of Europe
  - Andorra
  - Iceland
  - Liechtenstein
  - Monaco
  - Norway
  - San Marino
  - Switzerland
  - Vatican, the
- Country unknown
  - Country unknown
Africa
- Eastern Africa
  - Burundi
  - Comoros
  - Djibouti
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Kenya
  - Madagascar
  - Malawi
  - Mauritius
  - Mozambique
  - Tanzania
  - Rwanda
  - Seychelles
  - Somalia
  - Uganda
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Middle Africa
  - Angola
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Chad
  - Congo (Republic of the)
  - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  - Gabon
  - Guinea
  - Sâo Tomé and Príncipe
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Egypt
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Sudan
  - Tunisia
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Lesotho
  - Namibia
  - South Africa
  - Swaziland
- Western Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina Faso
  - Cape Verd
  - Côte d'Ivoire
  - Gambia, the
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- Country unknown
  - Country unknown
Asia
- Central Asia
  - Kazakhstan
  - Kyrgyzstan
  - Tajikistan
  - Turkmenistan
  - Uzbekistan
- Eastern Asia
  - China
  - Japan
  - Mongolia
  - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  - Republic of Korea
  - Taiwan
- Southern Asia
  - Afghanistan
  - Bangladesh
  - Bhutan
  - India
  - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  - Maldives
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
- South-Eastern Asia
  - Brunei
  - Cambodia
  - Indonesia
  - Laos
  - Malaysia
  - Marshall Islands
  - Myanmar
  - Philippines
  - Singapore
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Middle East
  - Azerbaijan
  - Bahrain
  - Iraq
  - Israel
  - Jordan
  - Kuwait
  - Lebanon
  - Oman
  - Qatar
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Syria
  - United Arab Emirates
  - Yemen
- Country unknown
  - Country unknown
America
- Northern America
  - Canada
  - United States of America
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Costa Rica
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Mexico
  - Nicaragua
  - Panama
- Caribbean
  - Antigua and Barbuda
  - Bahamas
  - Barbados
  - Cuba
  - Dominica
  - Dominican Republic
  - Granada
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Saint Kitts i Nevis
  - Saint Lucia
  - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  - Trinidad and Tobago
- South America
  - Argentina
  - Bolivia
  - Brazil
  - Chile
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Guyana
  - Paraguay
  - Peru
  - Suriname
  - Uruguay
  - Venezuela
- Country unknown
  - Country unknown
Australia and New Zealand
- Australia and New Zealand
  - Australia
  - New Zealand
Rest of Oceania
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Country unknown
- Country unknown
Stateless
- Stateless
  - Stateless

2. Statistical source

The source of this information is the Population and Housing Census on 1 January every year. The Population Census is produced annually, starting in 2021, by combining administrative records, of which the Population Register is the main one. When preparing the Population Census, the statistical treatments and procedures applied, including comparisons with other sources, make it possible to offer a more accurate statistical count of the population and its characteristics than the Population Register.