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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Metropolità Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 56,893 44,542 101,435 74.35 43.17
Senegal 7,719 2,527 10,246 7.51 42.15
Gambia, the 3,886 1,119 5,005 3.67 33.02
Algeria 2,294 1,277 3,571 2.62 39.79
Nigeria 1,687 1,493 3,180 2.33 50.13
Mali 2,168 626 2,794 2.05 34.71
Ghana 1,528 632 2,160 1.58 28.83
Guinea 1,209 564 1,773 1.30 43.38
Egypt 644 305 949 0.70 67.93
Equatorial Guinea 326 559 885 0.65 67.76
Cameroon 438 298 736 0.54 55.46
Mauritania 564 125 689 0.51 46.71
Tunisia 298 185 483 0.35 66.35
Côte d'Ivoire 271 150 421 0.31 50.00
Guinea-Bissau 234 112 346 0.25 44.19
South Africa 144 133 277 0.20 70.84
Libya 111 50 161 0.12 65.18
Burkina Faso 84 53 137 0.10 50.18
Kenya 56 81 137 0.10 72.11
Congo (Republic of the) 65 48 113 0.08 55.12
Angola 40 60 100 0.07 59.17
Ethiopia 40 45 85 0.06 77.27
Sierra Leone 52 17 69 0.05 59.48
Tanzania 42 20 62 0.05 75.61
Togo 33 19 52 0.04 61.18
Mozambique 29 21 50 0.04 69.44
Democratic Republic of the Congo 27 17 44 0.03 60.27
Benin 23 20 43 0.03 64.18
Cape Verd 21 18 39 0.03 57.35
Niger 25 11 36 0.03 41.38
Somalia 26 7 33 0.02 80.49
Sudan 21 10 31 0.02 50.82
Central African Republic 14 14 28 0.02 65.12
Zimbabwe 14 14 28 0.02 90.32
Uganda 11 13 24 0.02 82.76
Rwanda 15 7 22 0.02 28.21
Madagascar 8 13 21 0.02 58.33
Mauritius 11 9 20 0.01 55.56
Liberia 9 8 17 0.01 54.84
Gabon 5 10 15 0.01 71.43
Namibia 7 7 14 0.01 93.33
Malawi 5 8 13 <0.01 86.67
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 4 4 8 <0.01 80.00
Burundi .. .. 6 <0.01 100.00
Zambia .. .. 6 <0.01 54.55
Eritrea .. .. 6 <0.01 35.29
Comoros .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Chad .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Botswana .. .. 4 <0.01 57.14
Seychelles .. .. 4 <0.01 57.14
Other countries .. .. 5 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 18 11 29 0.02 ..
Total continent 81,143 55,279 136,422 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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