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Population. By place of birth. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Registered population 1 of January. By place of birth. Born in Catalonia. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
2010 3,501,849 423,284 333,269 451,509 4,709,911
2009 3,466,886 418,865 332,628 446,296 4,664,675
2008 3,434,025 414,210 331,776 441,320 4,621,331
2007 3,401,658 410,201 331,391 436,887 4,580,137
2006 3,374,120 407,112 331,108 433,396 4,545,736
2005 3,339,505 403,792 331,235 429,406 4,503,938
2004 3,299,327 400,003 331,024 425,574 4,455,928
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.
Registered population 1 of January. By place of birth. Born in rest of Spain. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Andalucía Aragon Extremadura Balears and C. Valenciana Centre (1) North (2) Rest of Spain (3) Total
2010 666,108 112,315 136,470 72,729 288,987 143,059 68,435 1,488,103
2009 678,502 114,551 139,031 73,017 293,337 144,462 69,855 1,512,755
2008 691,188 116,746 141,610 73,463 297,438 146,286 71,305 1,538,036
2007 704,697 119,007 144,102 74,252 301,834 147,615 72,794 1,564,301
2006 718,276 121,148 146,599 74,950 306,094 148,786 74,387 1,590,240
2005 731,419 122,958 148,957 75,122 309,024 149,100 75,798 1,612,378
2004 743,516 124,659 150,982 75,294 311,302 149,037 77,217 1,632,007
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.
Notes:
Centre: Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha and Madrid.
North: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja.
Rest of Spain: Canaries, Murcia, Ceuta and Melilla.
(3) Resta de l'Estat: Canàries, Múrcia, Ceuta i Melilla.
Registered population 1 of January. By place of birth. Born abroad and total population. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Born abroad Total
2010 1,314,367 7,512,381
2009 1,297,990 7,475,420
2008 1,204,711 7,364,078
2007 1,066,070 7,210,508
2006 998,721 7,134,697
2005 878,890 6,995,206
2004 725,384 6,813,319
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 16, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Population
All inhabitants of a given place. Since 1996, when the continuous management system was established for the Municipal Population Register, in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, official population figures for municipalities have been obtained annually using data referred to January 1 of each year.
Neighbour
Person who habitually lives in a municipality, whether present or absent on the date of reference. Acquisition of the condition of neighbour is produced as soon as that person is recorded on the civil register (padró). Those who habitually live in a municipality but are away on the date of reference are still considered neighbours of the municipality they usually live in. The concept of a neighbour substitutes the concepts of a present resident and absent resident in a municipality in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, which modified the Regulation for the population and territorial demarcation of local entities on July 11, 1986. The figure of the person in transit has also been eliminated.

Methodological aspects

The basic on information population by nationality and place of birth, as well as the population of the municipalities, is obtained from the Municipal Population Register.

The Municipal population register is the administrative record containing the residents of a given municipality and it constitutes proof that they reside in the municipality and have their usual home there. Population figures from the revision of the Register on 1 January are declared official in each of the municipalities by the Government of Spain, by means of a Royal Decree. The exploitation of the municipal population register provides figures on the number of people registered in the population census in each municipality in Catalonia. The official figures are available by municipality and they are broken down according to sex, age, nationality and place of birth.