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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
2010 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,301
2009 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,493
2008 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 61,071
2007 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 60,642
2006 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 53,907
2005 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 51,433
2004 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,617
2003 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 49,912
2002 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 43,915
2001 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 31,128
2000 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 30,251
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
2010 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 59,082
2009 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 61,320
2008 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 65,153
2007 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 71,283
2006 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 65,669
2005 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 61,209
2004 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 55,605
2003 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 48,895
2002 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 42,366
2001 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 29,670
2000 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 29,331
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
2010 z Category not applicable -781 -781
2009 z Category not applicable -2,827 -2,827
2008 z Category not applicable -4,082 -4,082
2007 z Category not applicable .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -10,641
2006 z Category not applicable -11,762 -11,762
2005 z Category not applicable -9,776 -9,776
2004 z Category not applicable -2,988 -2,988
2003 z Category not applicable 1,017 1,017
2002 z Category not applicable 1,549 1,549
2001 z Category not applicable 1,458 1,458
2000 z Category not applicable 920 920
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: September 21, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.