Skip to main content

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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2007
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 38,077 1,218 301 2,017 142 730 101 42,586
Alt Empordà 98,581 12,401 1,568 9,396 919 5,744 549 129,158
Alt Penedès 87,734 1,762 438 5,239 294 3,040 349 98,856
Alt Urgell 18,789 1,365 259 228 122 747 56 21,566
Alta Ribagorça 3,541 255 40 109 4 168 6 4,123
Anoia 102,330 1,743 507 4,462 322 1,947 344 111,655
Bages 160,415 3,317 688 7,701 522 3,498 705 176,846
Baix Camp 150,869 9,732 1,293 9,529 910 6,771 1,092 180,196
Baix Ebre 65,227 6,058 984 3,317 144 1,405 1,455 78,590
Baix Empordà 102,032 7,672 1,640 10,146 916 3,448 596 126,450
Baix Llobregat 694,882 17,242 2,458 20,440 2,852 30,064 3,578 771,516
Baix Penedès 77,986 3,143 509 5,353 421 3,185 294 90,891
Barcelonès 1,867,047 66,613 14,721 35,448 25,604 143,831 59,394 2,212,658
Berguedà 37,258 973 200 975 117 828 128 40,479
Cerdanya 14,916 889 225 199 67 1,425 23 17,744
Conca de Barberà 18,630 804 156 662 31 320 111 20,714
Garraf 117,029 8,427 731 3,196 759 5,712 474 136,328
Garrigues 18,189 1,013 45 586 17 89 40 19,979
Garrotxa 46,434 1,226 262 2,502 330 838 1,915 53,507
Gironès 139,358 5,130 1,282 13,724 3,529 5,351 1,250 169,624
Maresme 367,822 8,884 1,482 19,751 1,730 11,579 2,833 414,081
Montsià 55,626 7,109 839 1,736 118 1,965 441 67,834
Noguera 33,538 2,111 293 1,758 52 729 115 38,596
Osona 128,421 2,137 375 11,984 324 3,119 778 147,138
Pallars Jussà 12,041 555 89 325 65 378 14 13,467
Pallars Sobirà 6,366 392 17 82 13 317 4 7,191
Pla d'Urgell 29,541 1,998 211 2,348 46 675 157 34,976
Pla de l'Estany 25,082 623 126 2,083 158 621 200 28,893
Priorat 8,897 460 27 250 20 112 19 9,785
Ribera d'Ebre 20,431 1,795 116 663 18 226 70 23,319
Ripollès 24,739 319 58 773 95 534 58 26,576
Segarra 17,228 1,347 1,077 1,601 104 287 59 21,703
Segrià 164,440 7,320 1,108 11,125 725 4,881 959 190,558
Selva 129,040 10,415 2,487 6,951 950 5,710 2,121 157,674
Solsonès 11,698 422 67 867 30 247 70 13,401
Tarragonès 194,115 10,565 2,043 11,665 1,341 9,286 2,146 231,161
Terra Alta 11,436 1,027 25 58 37 94 42 12,719
Urgell 29,844 1,489 423 2,366 219 524 150 35,015
Val d'Aran 7,973 764 41 423 70 527 17 9,815
Vallès Occidental 762,152 14,332 2,527 25,110 4,360 33,367 4,094 845,942
Vallès Oriental 338,247 5,658 1,299 15,868 1,158 13,733 1,235 377,198
Catalonia 6,238,001 230,705 43,037 253,016 49,655 308,052 88,042 7,210,508
Metropolità 4,234,913 122,918 23,656 125,052 36,757 241,326 71,957 4,856,579
Comarques Gironines 565,266 37,786 7,423 45,575 6,897 22,246 6,689 691,882
Camp de Tarragona 488,574 25,922 4,329 29,476 2,865 20,404 3,763 575,333
Terres de l'Ebre 152,720 15,989 1,964 5,774 317 3,690 2,008 182,462
Ponent 292,780 15,278 3,157 19,784 1,163 7,185 1,480 340,827
Comarques Centrals 440,122 8,592 1,837 25,989 1,315 9,639 2,025 489,519
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,626 4,220 671 1,366 341 3,562 120 73,906
Barcelona 4,663,250 131,058 25,420 150,126 38,044 250,705 73,910 5,332,513
Girona 577,002 38,508 7,641 45,779 6,961 23,585 6,709 706,185
Lleida 356,455 19,228 3,683 21,861 1,468 9,668 1,652 414,015
Tarragona 641,294 41,911 6,293 35,250 3,182 24,094 5,771 757,795
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.