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

Registered population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties, areas and provinces 2013
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 38,990 1,555 440 2,829 163 645 149 44,771
Alt Empordà 102,139 15,092 2,139 13,615 1,768 5,726 872 141,351
Alt Penedès 93,805 2,104 589 6,434 417 2,381 512 106,242
Alt Urgell 18,462 1,317 231 321 119 598 80 21,128
Alta Ribagorça 3,455 345 55 103 18 115 6 4,097
Anoia 107,844 2,241 607 5,270 443 1,477 585 118,467
Bages 163,753 5,019 1,092 10,509 778 3,136 1,431 185,718
Baix Camp 157,364 13,048 1,850 12,822 1,149 5,706 1,516 193,455
Baix Ebre 65,382 7,091 1,261 4,766 282 1,222 1,510 81,514
Baix Empordà 105,220 8,623 2,555 12,127 1,616 2,850 796 133,787
Baix Llobregat 719,291 22,955 3,854 25,645 4,516 25,044 7,339 808,644
Baix Penedès 86,076 4,108 668 6,447 572 2,601 628 101,100
Barcelonès 1,842,461 87,735 20,376 41,354 36,350 118,388 93,773 2,240,437
Berguedà 37,100 1,106 174 1,303 167 558 147 40,555
Cerdanya 15,622 1,198 263 268 77 1,136 66 18,630
Conca de Barberà 18,338 1,048 249 934 46 208 169 20,992
Garraf 124,395 11,010 1,008 3,678 1,043 4,486 989 146,609
Garrigues 17,387 1,617 69 802 23 99 61 20,058
Garrotxa 47,760 1,858 447 2,313 624 670 2,434 56,106
Gironès 146,739 6,851 1,685 16,923 6,026 4,449 2,412 185,085
Maresme 385,527 10,610 2,213 22,891 2,476 9,966 3,748 437,431
Montsià 56,552 8,891 921 2,725 171 1,389 928 71,577
Noguera 32,887 3,177 303 2,675 70 523 193 39,828
Osona 133,042 3,257 493 13,274 482 2,565 1,956 155,069
Pallars Jussà 11,638 905 124 533 109 268 30 13,607
Pallars Sobirà 6,319 645 17 95 31 211 12 7,330
Pla d'Urgell 29,974 3,471 234 2,763 31 595 181 37,249
Pla de l'Estany 26,668 945 142 2,391 313 535 331 31,325
Priorat 8,530 675 33 375 20 109 14 9,756
Ribera d'Ebre 19,618 2,213 156 1,099 47 179 165 23,477
Ripollès 23,809 471 89 997 140 389 100 25,995
Segarra 16,974 2,015 1,422 2,033 96 328 103 22,971
Segrià 169,217 15,350 1,539 16,518 977 4,606 1,934 210,141
Selva 136,105 14,612 4,220 8,972 1,471 4,186 3,562 173,128
Solsonès 11,797 689 91 795 25 178 46 13,621
Tarragonès 204,231 13,377 2,780 16,712 1,768 8,545 3,813 251,226
Terra Alta 10,785 1,153 32 60 45 80 155 12,310
Urgell 30,017 2,416 584 3,010 180 449 207 36,863
Val d'Aran 8,109 963 66 378 111 437 26 10,090
Vallès Occidental 800,374 17,467 3,501 34,015 6,863 29,228 7,473 898,921
Vallès Oriental 361,422 7,243 1,651 17,992 1,693 10,784 2,204 402,989
Catalonia 6,395,178 306,466 60,223 318,766 73,316 257,045 142,656 7,553,650
Metropolità 4,109,075 146,010 31,595 141,897 51,898 193,410 114,537 4,788,422
Comarques Gironines 588,440 48,452 11,277 57,338 11,958 18,805 10,507 746,777
Camp de Tarragona 427,453 29,703 5,352 33,672 3,146 15,213 5,661 520,200
Terres de l'Ebre 152,337 19,348 2,370 8,650 545 2,870 2,758 188,878
Ponent 296,456 28,046 4,151 27,801 1,377 6,600 2,679 367,110
Comarques Centrals 345,692 10,071 1,850 25,881 1,452 6,437 3,580 394,963
Alt Pirineu i Aran 63,605 5,373 756 1,698 465 2,765 220 74,882
Penedès 412,120 19,463 2,872 21,829 2,475 10,945 2,714 472,418
Barcelona 4,768,935 170,709 35,562 182,327 55,232 208,005 120,155 5,540,925
Girona 600,607 49,446 11,522 57,604 12,027 19,875 10,551 761,632
Lleida 359,770 33,152 4,749 30,066 1,794 8,481 2,903 440,915
Tarragona 665,866 53,159 8,390 48,769 4,263 20,684 9,047 810,178
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register.

Last update: February 27, 2014.

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.