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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2001
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 257,320 100.0 41.7
European Union 48,986 19.0 13.0
Rest of Europe 13,915 5.4 82.9
Africa 99,672 38.7 30.8
North and Central America 17,314 6.7 32.1
South America 56,566 22.0 110.0
Asia and Oceania 20,828 8.1 45.3
Stateless 39 0.0 0.0
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on INE Continuous Population Register.
Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2001
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,370,657 100.0 48.4
European Union 417,311 30.4 11.1
Rest of Europe 116,819 8.5 112.8
Africa 317,241 23.1 38.6
North and Central America 89,533 6.5 26.2
South America 353,355 25.8 160.0
Asia and Oceania 75,885 5.5 32.5
Stateless 508 0.0 23.0
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Continuous Register Statistics.

Last update: February 25, 2020. Revised series on February 24, 2023.

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.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.