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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2009
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 38,738 1,831 472 2,638 190 962 170 45,001
Alt Empordà 100,361 15,635 1,839 11,792 1,315 6,756 803 138,501
Alt Penedès 90,942 2,233 524 6,243 385 3,604 422 104,353
Alt Urgell 18,673 1,697 280 308 155 860 64 22,037
Alta Ribagorça 3,593 403 63 132 10 170 4 4,375
Anoia 105,236 2,440 577 5,725 422 2,299 415 117,114
Bages 162,621 5,170 987 9,718 745 4,252 1,149 184,642
Baix Camp 153,305 12,994 1,586 11,339 1,167 7,461 1,374 189,226
Baix Ebre 65,234 8,178 1,127 4,170 221 1,521 1,273 81,724
Baix Empordà 103,329 9,217 2,040 12,119 1,374 4,069 825 132,973
Baix Llobregat 699,419 23,003 3,190 24,388 3,757 35,068 4,830 793,655
Baix Penedès 82,895 4,187 625 6,420 539 3,756 439 98,861
Barcelonès 1,846,732 86,508 17,594 40,069 30,166 151,921 78,610 2,251,600
Berguedà 37,435 1,435 273 1,269 139 996 197 41,744
Cerdanya 15,372 1,144 257 237 74 1,544 28 18,656
Conca de Barberà 18,715 1,050 222 900 47 361 207 21,502
Garraf 120,047 10,737 862 3,729 915 6,125 651 143,066
Garrigues 17,987 1,470 60 731 18 146 67 20,479
Garrotxa 46,822 1,679 371 2,496 461 1,090 2,420 55,339
Gironès 141,515 6,967 1,509 16,608 4,851 6,395 1,897 179,742
Maresme 373,782 10,519 1,758 21,936 2,176 13,127 3,267 426,565
Montsià 56,381 9,370 1,113 2,347 177 2,231 570 72,189
Noguera 33,455 3,102 323 2,277 65 830 161 40,213
Osona 130,034 3,241 444 13,192 439 3,707 1,354 152,411
Pallars Jussà 11,935 833 91 440 111 414 16 13,840
Pallars Sobirà 6,369 690 17 101 26 418 4 7,625
Pla d'Urgell 29,984 3,017 235 2,748 47 825 188 37,044
Pla de l'Estany 25,599 922 141 2,300 211 686 294 30,153
Priorat 8,884 610 33 331 20 124 22 10,024
Ribera d'Ebre 20,281 2,316 166 842 43 227 129 24,004
Ripollès 24,608 427 65 968 122 549 82 26,821
Segarra 17,108 2,072 1,313 1,792 111 356 73 22,825
Segrià 166,340 12,097 1,478 14,623 986 6,218 1,537 203,279
Selva 133,389 13,688 3,227 8,377 1,326 6,264 3,118 169,389
Solsonès 11,789 665 92 860 35 266 52 13,759
Tarragonès 198,432 14,267 2,560 16,236 1,848 11,250 3,234 247,827
Terra Alta 11,226 1,393 33 58 46 120 67 12,943
Urgell 29,940 2,349 583 2,696 215 717 170 36,670
Val d'Aran 7,924 1,095 52 489 95 614 26 10,295
Vallès Occidental 772,710 18,757 3,100 32,893 6,044 39,887 5,502 878,893
Vallès Oriental 347,000 7,591 1,549 18,439 1,515 16,334 1,633 394,061
Catalonia 6,286,141 306,999 52,831 304,976 62,609 344,520 117,344 7,475,420
Metropolità 4,250,632 159,348 28,577 147,697 44,958 266,066 94,915 4,992,193
Comarques Gironines 575,623 48,535 9,192 54,660 9,660 25,809 9,439 732,918
Camp de Tarragona 500,969 34,939 5,498 37,864 3,811 23,914 5,446 612,441
Terres de l'Ebre 153,122 21,257 2,439 7,417 487 4,099 2,039 190,860
Ponent 294,814 24,107 3,992 24,867 1,442 9,092 2,196 360,510
Comarques Centrals 447,115 12,951 2,373 30,764 1,780 11,520 3,167 509,670
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,866 5,862 760 1,707 471 4,020 142 76,828
Barcelona 4,685,929 171,586 30,850 177,550 46,705 277,293 98,022 5,487,935
Girona 587,503 49,461 9,443 54,903 9,731 27,275 9,466 747,782
Lleida 358,618 29,756 4,601 27,242 1,875 11,939 2,371 436,402
Tarragona 654,091 56,196 7,937 45,281 4,298 28,013 7,485 803,301
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 17, 2010.

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.