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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 36,676 356 597 1,585 141 590 72 40,017
Alt Empordà 96,310 7,246 2,356 7,740 642 4,307 349 118,950
Alt Penedès 84,276 842 740 4,614 254 2,434 248 93,408
Alt Urgell 18,835 714 372 211 106 642 56 20,936
Alta Ribagorça 3,554 70 156 78 8 136 2 4,004
Anoia 98,196 552 1,003 3,464 274 1,662 225 105,376
Bages 156,870 855 1,418 6,570 410 2,589 402 169,114
Baix Camp 147,140 3,791 3,460 7,240 721 4,872 665 167,889
Baix Ebre 64,797 1,971 2,875 2,811 128 1,483 897 74,962
Baix Empordà 100,077 4,444 2,482 9,323 621 2,856 499 120,302
Baix Llobregat 692,917 9,408 4,988 19,291 2,601 25,795 2,814 757,814
Baix Penedès 70,313 1,553 1,018 4,293 294 2,279 217 79,967
Barcelonès 1,912,066 38,381 19,843 36,288 23,645 132,188 53,170 2,215,581
Berguedà 37,190 240 412 957 116 750 81 39,746
Cerdanya 14,646 414 285 211 88 1,201 17 16,862
Conca de Barberà 18,555 162 457 513 35 286 49 20,057
Garraf 112,425 4,998 1,708 2,862 694 4,811 430 127,928
Garrigues 18,303 100 790 615 26 105 35 19,974
Garrotxa 46,238 501 451 2,482 186 729 1,199 51,786
Gironès 137,851 1,813 2,371 11,974 2,046 4,062 721 160,838
Maresme 358,735 5,985 2,312 18,051 1,600 9,630 2,189 398,502
Montsià 54,709 1,411 4,261 1,538 94 1,852 316 64,181
Noguera 33,756 165 1,414 1,492 45 617 76 37,565
Osona 125,975 703 860 11,384 266 2,683 466 142,337
Pallars Jussà 11,707 126 233 253 63 184 0 12,566
Pallars Sobirà 6,307 115 90 53 29 285 4 6,883
Pla d'Urgell 28,932 295 1,065 2,102 37 548 126 33,105
Pla de l'Estany 24,517 279 252 2,014 98 576 169 27,905
Priorat 9,004 156 162 192 15 125 11 9,665
Ribera d'Ebre 20,800 793 522 506 30 207 67 22,925
Ripollès 25,003 131 108 651 54 421 32 26,400
Segarra 17,076 85 1,814 1,607 97 269 48 20,996
Segrià 163,505 1,014 4,100 9,830 681 4,179 645 183,954
Selva 122,339 5,018 4,073 6,269 654 4,684 1,383 144,420
Solsonès 11,445 72 200 791 31 203 22 12,764
Tarragonès 187,142 4,193 3,808 7,958 1,147 6,960 1,312 212,520
Terra Alta 11,683 263 557 54 32 97 38 12,724
Urgell 29,730 118 1,075 2,397 181 500 116 34,117
Val d'Aran 7,981 212 281 324 48 363 10 9,219
Vallès Occidental 749,270 7,436 4,754 20,018 3,802 27,062 3,286 815,628
Vallès Oriental 329,451 2,625 2,632 13,777 987 10,832 1,015 361,319
Catalonia 6,196,302 109,606 82,355 224,383 43,027 266,054 73,479 6,995,206
Metropolità 4,239,140 69,675 36,977 114,901 33,583 212,752 63,152 4,770,180
Comarques Gironines 552,335 19,432 12,093 40,453 4,301 17,635 4,352 650,601
Camp de Tarragona 468,830 10,211 9,502 21,781 2,353 15,112 2,326 530,115
Terres de l'Ebre 151,989 4,438 8,215 4,909 284 3,639 1,318 174,792
Ponent 291,302 1,777 10,258 18,043 1,067 6,218 1,046 329,711
Comarques Centrals 429,676 2,422 3,893 23,166 1,097 7,887 1,196 469,337
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,030 1,651 1,417 1,130 342 2,811 89 70,470
Barcelona 4,657,049 72,030 40,653 137,247 34,652 220,400 64,323 5,226,354
Girona 564,139 19,780 12,373 40,663 4,382 18,797 4,372 664,506
Lleida 354,295 3,147 11,612 19,783 1,356 8,106 1,140 399,439
Tarragona 620,819 14,649 17,717 26,690 2,637 18,751 3,644 704,907
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.