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Population. By nationality. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
2010 6,313,843 309,290 53,883 315,007 65,099 331,360 123,899 7,512,381
2009 6,286,141 306,999 52,831 304,976 62,609 344,520 117,344 7,475,420
2008 6,260,288 282,043 49,435 278,129 57,427 335,678 101,078 7,364,078
2007 6,238,001 230,705 43,037 253,016 49,655 308,052 88,042 7,210,508
2006 6,220,940 132,850 101,145 248,753 48,458 292,784 89,767 7,134,697
2005 6,196,302 109,606 82,355 224,383 43,027 266,054 73,479 6,995,206
2004 6,170,473 82,527 64,229 184,496 34,845 222,051 54,698 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.