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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2022 Metropolità Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 55,102 42,236 97,338 73.70 42.52
Senegal 7,675 2,485 10,160 7.69 41.02
Gambia, the 3,801 1,098 4,899 3.71 31.52
Algeria 2,352 1,217 3,569 2.70 39.70
Nigeria 1,634 1,464 3,098 2.35 49.18
Mali 2,242 620 2,862 2.17 34.57
Ghana 1,521 650 2,171 1.64 27.41
Guinea 1,151 545 1,696 1.28 42.79
Egypt 659 338 997 0.75 69.87
Equatorial Guinea 325 520 845 0.64 65.76
Cameroon 429 326 755 0.57 56.30
Mauritania 534 116 650 0.49 43.25
Tunisia 308 213 521 0.39 69.10
Côte d'Ivoire 261 146 407 0.31 48.00
Guinea-Bissau 235 104 339 0.26 42.48
South Africa 162 134 296 0.22 71.15
Libya 104 48 152 0.12 64.68
Kenya 57 92 149 0.11 75.25
Burkina Faso 73 50 123 0.09 45.22
Congo (Republic of the) 61 50 111 0.08 55.50
Angola 38 50 88 0.07 53.66
Ethiopia 40 39 79 0.06 72.48
Sierra Leone 55 15 70 0.05 61.95
Tanzania 43 25 68 0.05 77.27
Mozambique 34 29 63 0.05 75.90
Togo 30 18 48 0.04 60.00
Cape Verd 29 18 47 0.04 59.49
Benin 26 19 45 0.03 67.16
Democratic Republic of the Congo 24 16 40 0.03 53.33
Niger 24 11 35 0.03 46.67
Somalia 22 12 34 0.03 79.07
Sudan 22 9 31 0.02 57.41
Central African Republic 11 15 26 0.02 65.00
Rwanda 16 9 25 0.02 29.76
Uganda 14 11 25 0.02 83.33
Zimbabwe 13 11 24 0.02 88.89
Madagascar 7 15 22 0.02 57.89
Namibia 8 11 19 0.01 90.48
Gabon 10 8 18 0.01 62.07
Mauritius 10 8 18 0.01 54.55
Liberia 10 5 15 0.01 55.56
Zambia 6 5 11 <0.01 78.57
Malawi 5 5 10 <0.01 90.91
Burundi .. .. 9 <0.01 100.00
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 5 4 9 <0.01 81.82
Chad .. .. 8 <0.01 80.00
Seychelles .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Comoros .. .. 4 <0.01 80.00
Eritrea .. .. 4 <0.01 25.00
Other countries .. .. 5 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 17 6 23 0.02 ..
Total continent 79,223 52,843 132,066 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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