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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2022 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 128,383 100,543 228,926 72.57 18.53
Senegal 18,760 6,006 24,766 7.85 2.00
Gambia, the 12,054 3,489 15,543 4.93 1.26
Algeria 5,829 3,161 8,990 2.85 0.73
Mali 6,522 1,756 8,278 2.62 0.67
Ghana 5,323 2,597 7,920 2.51 0.64
Nigeria 3,405 2,894 6,299 2.00 0.51
Guinea 2,783 1,181 3,964 1.26 0.32
Mauritania 1,217 286 1,503 0.48 0.12
Egypt 903 524 1,427 0.45 0.12
Cameroon 763 578 1,341 0.43 0.11
Equatorial Guinea 464 821 1,285 0.41 0.10
Côte d'Ivoire 548 300 848 0.27 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 584 214 798 0.25 0.06
Tunisia 449 305 754 0.24 0.06
South Africa 220 196 416 0.13 0.03
Burkina Faso 176 96 272 0.09 0.02
Libya 159 76 235 0.07 0.02
Congo (Republic of the) 113 87 200 0.06 0.02
Kenya 74 124 198 0.06 0.02
Angola 86 78 164 0.05 0.01
Sierra Leone 88 25 113 0.04 <0.01
Ethiopia 55 54 109 0.03 <0.01
Tanzania 59 29 88 0.03 <0.01
Rwanda 46 38 84 0.03 <0.01
Mozambique 44 39 83 0.03 <0.01
Togo 54 26 80 0.03 <0.01
Cape Verd 45 34 79 0.03 <0.01
Niger 47 28 75 0.02 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 51 24 75 0.02 <0.01
Benin 44 23 67 0.02 <0.01
Sudan 32 22 54 0.02 <0.01
Somalia 31 12 43 0.01 <0.01
Central African Republic 17 23 40 0.01 <0.01
Madagascar 12 26 38 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 20 13 33 0.01 <0.01
Uganda 17 13 30 <0.01 <0.01
Gabon 12 17 29 <0.01 <0.01
Liberia 19 8 27 <0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 14 13 27 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia 8 13 21 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 16 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia 7 7 14 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi 5 6 11 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 7 4 11 <0.01 <0.01
Chad .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 9 <0.01 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Comoros .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 4 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 32 10 42 0.01 <0.01
Total continent 189,614 125,842 315,456 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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