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Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents)

Foreign population on 1 January. By nationality (continents) Catalonia. 2024
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 1,444,192 100.0 6.0
European Union 311,429 21.6 3.1
Rest of Europe 135,314 9.4 6.7
Africa 334,386 23.2 2.9
North and Central America 131,368 9.1 6.0
South America 334,820 23.2 13.1
Asia and Oceania 196,875 13.6 4.9
Stateless 239 0.0 -0.4
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. 2024
Value % over total Variation (%)
Total 6,502,282 100.0 6.8
European Union 1,720,052 26.5 2.0
Rest of Europe 702,713 10.8 3.0
Africa 1,278,374 19.7 3.1
North and Central America 536,740 8.3 7.2
South America 1,732,877 26.7 17.7
Asia and Oceania 527,156 8.1 4.8
Stateless 4,370 0.1 9.1
Units: Persons.
Source: INE. Annual Population Census.
Note: From 2021, European Union data do not include data for the United Kingdom.

Last update: February 27, 2025.

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.