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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2023 Catalonia Geographical origin: Asia
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
China 30,321 31,543 61,864 33.15 4.54
Pakistan 39,137 17,897 57,034 30.56 4.19
India 17,910 11,153 29,063 15.57 2.13
Philippines 4,791 6,920 11,711 6.28 0.86
Bangladesh 5,557 2,869 8,426 4.52 0.62
Nepal 1,383 1,002 2,385 1.28 0.18
Japan 887 1,396 2,283 1.22 0.17
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,142 1,043 2,185 1.17 0.16
Syria 813 658 1,471 0.79 0.11
Kazakhstan 470 709 1,179 0.63 0.09
Vietnam 608 570 1,178 0.63 0.09
Israel 624 543 1,167 0.63 0.09
South Korea 386 700 1,086 0.58 0.08
Lebanon 614 467 1,081 0.58 0.08
Afghanistan 481 312 793 0.42 0.06
Thailand 100 467 567 0.30 0.04
Indonesia 129 229 358 0.19 0.03
Jordan 212 138 350 0.19 0.03
Uzbekistan 134 131 265 0.14 0.02
Iraq 182 68 250 0.13 0.02
Palestine 166 70 236 0.13 0.02
Saudi Arabia 172 61 233 0.12 0.02
Azerbaijan 124 88 212 0.11 0.02
Malaysia 67 92 159 0.09 0.01
Kyrgyzstan 65 82 147 0.08 0.01
Singapore 51 71 122 0.07 <0.01
Mongolia 32 74 106 0.06 <0.01
Yemen 68 21 89 0.05 <0.01
Sri Lanka 54 24 78 0.04 <0.01
Kuwait 31 10 41 0.02 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 20 19 39 0.02 <0.01
Oman 18 11 29 0.02 <0.01
Myanmar 7 17 24 0.01 <0.01
Turkmenistan 11 13 24 0.01 <0.01
Tajikistan 14 8 22 0.01 <0.01
Maldives 11 6 17 <0.01 <0.01
Cambodia 4 12 16 <0.01 <0.01
Laos .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Qatar 6 4 10 <0.01 <0.01
Bahrain .. .. 9 <0.01 <0.01
North Korea .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 83 205 288 0.15 0.02
Total continent 106,896 79,722 186,618 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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