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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2023 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 133,024 101,030 234,054 72.00 17.18
Senegal 19,563 6,275 25,838 7.95 1.90
Gambia, the 12,881 3,491 16,372 5.04 1.20
Algeria 6,476 3,384 9,860 3.03 0.72
Mali 6,662 1,805 8,467 2.60 0.62
Ghana 5,473 2,782 8,255 2.54 0.61
Nigeria 3,464 2,848 6,312 1.94 0.46
Guinea 2,768 1,136 3,904 1.20 0.29
Egypt 1,103 619 1,722 0.53 0.13
Mauritania 1,274 303 1,577 0.49 0.12
Equatorial Guinea 522 862 1,384 0.43 0.10
Cameroon 773 578 1,351 0.42 0.10
Tunisia 668 396 1,064 0.33 0.08
Côte d'Ivoire 566 331 897 0.28 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 602 235 837 0.26 0.06
South Africa 253 225 478 0.15 0.04
Burkina Faso 196 91 287 0.09 0.02
Libya 168 86 254 0.08 0.02
Kenya 83 140 223 0.07 0.02
Congo (Republic of the) 123 91 214 0.07 0.02
Angola 86 91 177 0.05 0.01
Mozambique 61 58 119 0.04 <0.01
Ethiopia 53 61 114 0.04 <0.01
Sierra Leone 87 23 110 0.03 <0.01
Tanzania 77 32 109 0.03 <0.01
Rwanda 47 42 89 0.03 <0.01
Niger 55 32 87 0.03 <0.01
Benin 58 27 85 0.03 <0.01
Sudan 55 28 83 0.03 <0.01
Togo 55 27 82 0.03 <0.01
Cape Verd 43 30 73 0.02 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 44 29 73 0.02 <0.01
Somalia 33 15 48 0.01 <0.01
Central African Republic 23 21 44 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 27 15 42 0.01 <0.01
Madagascar 11 30 41 0.01 <0.01
Uganda 22 14 36 0.01 <0.01
Liberia 24 11 35 0.01 <0.01
Gabon 12 21 33 0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 14 14 28 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi 10 13 23 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia 4 15 19 <0.01 <0.01
Chad 13 5 18 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi 5 12 17 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 15 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia 7 7 14 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 7 4 11 <0.01 <0.01
Comoros .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 4 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries 6 5 11 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 40 11 51 0.02 <0.01
Total continent 197,642 127,412 325,054 100.00 :
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
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