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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2004
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 36,247 247 449 1,285 109 450 37 38,824
Alt Empordà 95,040 5,422 1,733 6,215 509 3,294 226 112,439
Alt Penedès 82,256 580 600 3,733 184 1,907 184 89,444
Alt Urgell 18,736 553 252 186 65 495 28 20,315
Alta Ribagorça 3,508 35 76 48 7 121 1 3,796
Anoia 95,993 405 733 2,767 226 1,463 161 101,748
Bages 155,453 441 1,126 5,434 324 2,089 256 165,123
Baix Camp 145,383 2,896 2,386 5,688 606 3,699 432 161,090
Baix Ebre 64,492 1,161 2,217 2,011 91 1,240 496 71,708
Baix Empordà 99,002 3,598 1,860 8,006 497 2,206 397 115,566
Baix Llobregat 687,873 7,466 3,954 16,539 2,071 21,093 2,028 741,024
Baix Penedès 66,138 1,110 790 3,495 247 1,707 178 73,665
Barcelonès 1,939,532 29,702 17,129 32,146 19,551 114,504 40,816 2,193,380
Berguedà 37,141 99 356 802 84 694 48 39,224
Cerdanya 14,411 322 211 170 69 871 11 16,065
Conca de Barberà 18,452 82 340 453 20 232 10 19,589
Garraf 109,815 3,871 1,379 2,429 585 3,771 379 122,229
Garrigues 18,140 53 439 465 19 76 18 19,210
Garrotxa 46,063 398 302 2,305 147 635 766 50,616
Gironès 136,729 1,311 1,657 9,491 1,417 3,168 501 154,274
Maresme 353,567 4,752 2,122 15,451 1,302 7,766 1,613 386,573
Montsià 54,441 687 3,581 1,330 75 1,631 244 61,989
Noguera 33,736 94 908 1,051 41 518 46 36,394
Osona 124,949 421 795 9,751 197 2,216 301 138,630
Pallars Jussà 11,893 114 239 209 54 202 1 12,712
Pallars Sobirà 6,235 92 53 36 21 228 1 6,666
Pla d'Urgell 28,818 78 738 1,583 36 407 97 31,757
Pla de l'Estany 24,277 213 175 1,780 81 502 113 27,141
Priorat 9,039 101 111 158 10 99 3 9,521
Ribera d'Ebre 21,016 394 516 448 26 190 42 22,632
Ripollès 25,062 100 39 570 42 322 27 26,162
Segarra 17,237 82 1,220 1,265 73 234 55 20,166
Segrià 163,241 632 2,410 6,280 529 3,195 331 176,618
Selva 119,209 3,805 3,365 5,165 478 3,755 961 136,738
Solsonès 11,353 41 119 588 26 156 14 12,297
Tarragonès 184,080 3,134 2,740 5,667 880 5,374 787 202,662
Terra Alta 11,749 53 517 43 25 51 26 12,464
Urgell 29,710 71 756 1,877 142 431 51 33,038
Val d'Aran 7,958 147 152 246 39 285 5 8,832
Vallès Occidental 737,925 5,773 3,527 15,896 3,088 21,975 2,248 790,432
Vallès Oriental 324,574 1,991 2,157 11,434 852 8,799 759 350,566
Catalonia 6,170,473 82,527 64,229 184,496 34,845 222,051 54,698 6,813,319
Metropolità 4,235,542 54,135 30,868 97,628 27,633 179,815 48,027 4,673,648
Comarques Gironines 545,382 14,847 9,131 33,532 3,171 13,882 2,991 622,936
Camp de Tarragona 459,339 7,570 6,816 16,746 1,872 11,561 1,447 505,351
Terres de l'Ebre 151,698 2,295 6,831 3,832 217 3,112 808 168,793
Ponent 290,882 1,010 6,471 12,521 840 4,861 598 317,183
Comarques Centrals 424,889 1,407 3,129 19,342 857 6,618 780 457,022
Alt Pirineu i Aran 62,741 1,263 983 895 255 2,202 47 68,386
Barcelona 4,648,649 55,508 33,863 116,365 28,466 186,244 48,790 5,117,885
Girona 557,065 15,120 9,341 33,690 3,234 14,743 3,005 636,198
Lleida 353,722 2,034 7,378 13,863 1,056 6,391 648 385,092
Tarragona 611,037 9,865 13,647 20,578 2,089 14,673 2,255 674,144
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

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.