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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2023 Barcelonès Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population in the county % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 18,233 12,158 30,391 67.84 12.98
Algeria 1,875 870 2,745 6.13 27.84
Senegal 2,019 448 2,467 5.51 9.55
Nigeria 1,102 954 2,056 4.59 32.57
Egypt 659 346 1,005 2.24 58.36
Ghana 641 200 841 1.88 10.19
Gambia, the 555 78 633 1.41 3.87
Tunisia 392 222 614 1.37 57.71
Equatorial Guinea 241 360 601 1.34 43.42
Mali 471 80 551 1.23 6.51
Guinea 374 168 542 1.21 13.88
Cameroon 299 224 523 1.17 38.71
South Africa 120 102 222 0.50 46.44
Guinea-Bissau 121 63 184 0.41 21.98
Côte d'Ivoire 116 67 183 0.41 20.40
Libya 92 41 133 0.30 52.36
Kenya 44 67 111 0.25 49.78
Mauritania 76 20 96 0.21 6.09
Congo (Republic of the) 53 36 89 0.20 41.59
Angola 29 44 73 0.16 41.24
Mozambique 34 35 69 0.15 57.98
Ethiopia 30 31 61 0.14 53.51
Tanzania 39 21 60 0.13 55.05
Burkina Faso 47 11 58 0.13 20.21
Sierra Leone 27 10 37 0.08 33.64
Benin 21 15 36 0.08 42.35
Somalia 23 13 36 0.08 75.00
Sudan 26 9 35 0.08 42.17
Niger 21 9 30 0.07 34.48
Togo 19 11 30 0.07 36.59
Cape Verd 16 7 23 0.05 31.51
Madagascar 8 15 23 0.05 56.10
Democratic Republic of the Congo 14 8 22 0.05 30.14
Central African Republic 11 10 21 0.05 47.73
Rwanda 11 10 21 0.05 23.60
Uganda 12 8 20 0.04 55.56
Zimbabwe 9 10 19 0.04 67.86
Mauritius 9 8 17 0.04 40.48
Burundi 5 11 16 0.04 94.12
Liberia 9 4 13 0.03 37.14
Zambia 7 6 13 0.03 92.86
Gabon 4 8 12 0.03 36.36
Namibia 4 8 12 0.03 63.16
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 4 4 8 0.02 72.73
Chad .. .. 7 0.02 38.89
Eritrea .. .. 6 0.01 40.00
Comoros .. .. 5 0.01 71.43
Malawi .. .. 5 0.01 21.74
Other countries .. .. 11 0.02 ..
Country unknown 10 1 11 0.02 ..
Total continent 27,952 16,845 44,797 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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