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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2023
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,361,981 100.0 10.2
European Union 302,038 22.2 4.7
Rest of Europe 126,870 9.3 24.7
Africa 325,054 23.9 3.0
North and Central America 123,963 9.1 13.4
South America 296,097 21.7 22.4
Asia and Oceania 187,719 13.8 5.0
Stateless 240 0.0 26.3
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 on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Spain. 2023
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 6,089,620 100.0 10.5
European Union 1,686,790 27.7 2.7
Rest of Europe 682,379 11.2 16.7
Africa 1,239,604 20.4 3.8
North and Central America 500,911 8.2 14.2
South America 1,472,780 24.2 26.7
Asia and Oceania 503,152 8.3 4.3
Stateless 4,004 0.1 12.1
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Annual Population Census.
Note: From 2021, European Union data do not include data for the United Kingdom.

Last update: February 29, 2024.

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.