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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Ponent Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 9,469 6,941 16,410 51.01 6.98
Senegal 3,873 1,069 4,942 15.36 20.33
Mali 1,834 429 2,263 7.03 28.12
Algeria 1,538 713 2,251 7.00 25.08
Gambia, the 1,665 314 1,979 6.15 13.06
Guinea 984 302 1,286 4.00 31.47
Nigeria 325 322 647 2.01 10.20
Ghana 449 122 571 1.77 7.62
Mauritania 302 55 357 1.11 24.20
Guinea-Bissau 183 70 253 0.79 32.31
Côte d'Ivoire 170 69 239 0.74 28.38
Egypt 125 111 236 0.73 16.89
Equatorial Guinea 66 137 203 0.63 15.54
Cameroon 114 85 199 0.62 15.00
Burkina Faso 57 15 72 0.22 26.37
Tunisia 32 20 52 0.16 7.14
Congo (Republic of the) 24 13 37 0.12 18.05
Angola 26 10 36 0.11 21.30
Niger 16 12 28 0.09 32.18
Togo 10 6 16 0.05 18.82
Sierra Leone 7 5 12 0.04 10.34
Sudan 5 4 9 0.03 14.75
Liberia .. .. 8 0.02 25.81
Democratic Republic of the Congo .. .. 8 0.02 10.96
Libya .. .. 7 0.02 2.83
Somalia .. .. 6 0.02 14.63
Rwanda .. .. 5 0.02 6.41
Benin .. .. 4 0.01 5.97
Cape Verd .. .. 4 0.01 5.88
Kenya .. .. 4 0.01 2.11
Other countries 11 6 17 0.05 ..
Country unknown 10 1 11 0.03 ..
Total continent 21,331 10,841 32,172 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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