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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2022 Metropolità Geographical origin: Asia
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
China 23,999 24,910 48,909 34.32 80.87
Pakistan 30,861 14,086 44,947 31.54 83.43
India 10,776 6,272 17,048 11.96 61.97
Philippines 4,358 6,180 10,538 7.39 91.80
Bangladesh 5,157 2,574 7,731 5.42 93.83
Nepal 1,274 890 2,164 1.52 93.80
Japan 761 1,117 1,878 1.32 87.68
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 722 1,562 1.10 89.41
Syria 577 411 988 0.69 72.75
Lebanon 504 374 878 0.62 89.96
South Korea 333 539 872 0.61 88.71
Israel 456 404 860 0.60 84.90
Vietnam 325 357 682 0.48 71.34
Kazakhstan 237 411 648 0.45 62.61
Afghanistan 239 96 335 0.24 69.50
Thailand 57 266 323 0.23 63.21
Jordan 150 109 259 0.18 84.36
Indonesia 86 144 230 0.16 72.33
Iraq 144 54 198 0.14 83.19
Uzbekistan 96 89 185 0.13 77.73
Palestine 119 62 181 0.13 83.80
Azerbaijan 104 76 180 0.13 88.24
Saudi Arabia 80 49 129 0.09 66.15
Malaysia 53 68 121 0.08 82.31
Singapore 34 51 85 0.06 82.52
Kyrgyzstan 37 43 80 0.06 73.39
Mongolia 20 42 62 0.04 66.67
Sri Lanka 31 15 46 0.03 77.97
Kuwait 23 11 34 0.02 97.14
Yemen 27 5 32 0.02 46.38
United Arab Emirates 20 10 30 0.02 93.75
Tajikistan 12 8 20 0.01 86.96
Myanmar .. .. 14 <0.01 77.78
Cambodia 4 10 14 <0.01 93.33
Oman .. .. 11 <0.01 73.33
Maldives .. .. 10 <0.01 100.00
Turkmenistan .. .. 8 <0.01 50.00
Bahrain .. .. 7 <0.01 87.50
Qatar .. .. 6 <0.01 100.00
North Korea .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Other countries .. .. 8 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 56 138 194 0.14 ..
Total continent 81,886 60,626 142,512 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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