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Foreign population as of 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population as of 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2025
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,522,819 100.0 5.4
European Union 320,821 21.1 3.0
Rest of Europe 133,803 8.8 -1.1
Africa 353,807 23.2 5.8
North and Central America 135,233 8.9 2.9
South America 363,913 23.9 8.7
Asia and Oceania 215,242 14.1 9.3
Stateless 258 0.0 7.9
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Note: From 2021, European Union data do not include data for the United Kingdom.
Foreign population as of 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2025
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 6,911,971 100.0 6.3
European Union 1,753,287 25.4 1.9
Rest of Europe 695,905 10.1 -1.0
Africa 1,367,584 19.8 7.0
North and Central America 564,067 8.2 5.1
South America 1,958,005 28.3 13.0
Asia and Oceania 568,342 8.2 7.8
Stateless 4,781 0.1 9.4
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Annual Population Census.
Note: From 2021, European Union data do not include data for the United Kingdom.

Last update: February 25, 2026.

Methodological note

From 1998 to 2020, the source of this information is the Municipal Population Register (1 January of each year). It is an administrative register and each municipality is responsible for its creation, maintenance and management. The data constitutes proof of residence and address in the public domain, which authenticates it for any administrative purpose. Since 1996, it is a permanently updated register, from which official population figures are obtained: the Continuous Population Register.

As of 2021, the source of this information is the Population Census, which is carried out annually by the INE and provides the count of the population residing in the territory and its geographical distribution. It also provides information on the main demographic and social characteristics of the population, households and families.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.