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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2022 Catalonia Geographical origin: Asia
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
China 29,904 30,578 60,482 34.02 4.89
Pakistan 37,075 16,800 53,875 30.30 4.36
India 17,023 10,486 27,509 15.47 2.23
Philippines 4,750 6,729 11,479 6.46 0.93
Bangladesh 5,469 2,770 8,239 4.63 0.67
Nepal 1,354 953 2,307 1.30 0.19
Japan 855 1,287 2,142 1.20 0.17
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 935 812 1,747 0.98 0.14
Syria 775 583 1,358 0.76 0.11
Kazakhstan 412 623 1,035 0.58 0.08
Israel 536 477 1,013 0.57 0.08
South Korea 369 614 983 0.55 0.08
Lebanon 557 419 976 0.55 0.08
Vietnam 474 482 956 0.54 0.08
Thailand 84 427 511 0.29 0.04
Afghanistan 327 155 482 0.27 0.04
Indonesia 114 204 318 0.18 0.03
Jordan 180 127 307 0.17 0.02
Iraq 171 67 238 0.13 0.02
Uzbekistan 122 116 238 0.13 0.02
Palestine 146 70 216 0.12 0.02
Azerbaijan 116 88 204 0.11 0.02
Saudi Arabia 143 52 195 0.11 0.02
Malaysia 62 85 147 0.08 0.01
Kyrgyzstan 48 61 109 0.06 <0.01
Singapore 38 65 103 0.06 <0.01
Mongolia 31 62 93 0.05 <0.01
Yemen 54 15 69 0.04 <0.01
Sri Lanka 39 20 59 0.03 <0.01
Kuwait 24 11 35 0.02 <0.01
United Arab Emirates 21 11 32 0.02 <0.01
Tajikistan 13 10 23 0.01 <0.01
Myanmar 4 14 18 0.01 <0.01
Turkmenistan 7 9 16 <0.01 <0.01
Cambodia 4 11 15 <0.01 <0.01
Oman .. .. 15 <0.01 <0.01
Maldives .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Bahrain .. .. 8 <0.01 <0.01
Laos .. .. 8 <0.01 <0.01
Qatar .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
North Korea .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Brunei .. .. 4 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. .. .. ..
Country unknown 63 153 216 0.12 0.02
Total continent 102,333 75,472 177,805 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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