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

Population 1 of January. By nationality. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2021
Spanish Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa North and Central America South Amaerica Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 39,062 1,310 502 2,989 229 702 284 45,078
Alt Empordà 108,103 11,083 2,766 13,636 2,481 4,201 1,127 143,397
Alt Penedès 98,205 1,811 769 5,958 680 1,935 840 110,198
Alt Urgell 17,788 971 314 446 164 634 127 20,444
Alta Ribagorça 3,455 177 56 147 35 84 6 3,960
Anoia 112,293 2,037 640 5,858 677 1,637 988 124,130
Aran 8,637 882 107 261 95 339 40 10,361
Bages 157,700 3,942 1,346 11,179 1,657 3,202 1,661 180,687
Baix Camp 162,592 9,135 2,712 12,453 1,299 5,219 1,686 195,096
Baix Ebre 65,222 4,040 1,746 4,829 471 1,017 1,642 78,967
Baix Empordà 110,079 6,386 4,110 11,092 2,295 2,142 929 137,033
Baix Llobregat 742,520 20,635 6,708 22,342 7,162 21,845 11,162 832,374
Baix Penedès 93,315 4,235 1,453 6,145 842 3,220 947 110,157
Barcelonès 1,809,716 104,414 38,990 42,740 51,659 110,144 112,259 2,269,922
Berguedà 36,085 936 217 1,388 318 785 257 39,986
Cerdanya 16,469 800 277 380 208 1,030 84 19,248
Conca de Barberà 17,720 771 275 982 71 172 168 20,159
Garraf 131,585 8,478 3,457 3,548 1,472 4,175 1,492 154,207
Garrigues 16,275 1,282 71 1,177 50 127 50 19,032
Garrotxa 49,000 1,824 783 2,584 1,256 973 2,594 59,014
Gironès 156,412 6,511 2,122 16,231 7,993 3,996 3,013 196,278
Maresme 403,239 11,349 4,685 22,257 3,593 8,900 6,164 460,187
Moianès 12,893 286 91 317 72 307 253 14,219
Montsià 56,592 5,746 948 2,851 300 1,172 914 68,523
Noguera 32,050 2,727 284 3,195 95 595 197 39,143
Osona 137,199 3,585 953 15,186 1,000 2,624 3,320 163,867
Pallars Jussà 11,269 657 126 564 122 326 48 13,112
Pallars Sobirà 6,415 391 32 84 39 131 24 7,116
Pla d'Urgell 29,699 3,010 271 3,502 88 451 179 37,200
Pla de l'Estany 27,919 973 240 2,311 568 509 297 32,817
Priorat 8,172 458 117 382 39 105 10 9,283
Ribera d'Ebre 18,287 1,169 740 1,274 65 146 218 21,899
Ripollès 22,830 418 130 1,110 303 486 171 25,448
Segarra 16,940 2,237 1,391 2,366 93 320 108 23,455
Segrià 170,037 12,213 1,707 18,662 1,256 4,369 2,459 210,703
Selva 140,089 10,018 5,658 9,335 2,362 3,960 3,913 175,335
Solsonès 12,130 618 81 592 55 129 43 13,648
Tarragonès 215,057 10,563 4,364 17,295 1,929 8,929 4,731 262,868
Terra Alta 9,941 979 120 93 81 72 119 11,405
Urgell 30,174 2,331 655 3,270 156 466 187 37,239
Vallès Occidental 829,649 18,188 5,903 34,127 10,991 26,858 11,670 937,386
Vallès Oriental 376,778 6,808 2,514 14,896 2,722 8,200 3,397 415,315
Catalonia 6,519,592 286,384 100,431 320,034 107,043 236,634 179,778 7,749,896
Metropolità 4,165,695 161,456 58,823 136,422 76,142 176,047 144,715 4,919,300
Comarques Gironines 614,432 37,213 15,809 56,299 17,258 16,267 12,044 769,322
Camp de Tarragona 442,603 22,237 7,970 34,101 3,567 15,127 6,879 532,484
Terres de l'Ebre 150,042 11,934 3,554 9,047 917 2,407 2,893 180,794
Ponent 295,175 23,800 4,379 32,172 1,738 6,328 3,180 366,772
Comarques Centrals 356,754 9,494 2,710 29,151 3,094 6,981 5,489 413,673
Alt Pirineu i Aran 64,033 3,878 912 1,882 663 2,544 329 74,241
Penedès 430,858 16,372 6,274 20,960 3,664 10,933 4,249 493,310
Barcelona 4,846,649 197,054 81,450 180,174 95,422 236,690 159,917 5,797,356
Girona 637,190 38,043 22,467 57,667 19,436 21,207 12,662 808,672
Lleida 358,987 27,146 6,448 36,775 2,753 11,372 3,862 447,343
Tarragona 697,156 39,795 16,505 50,438 6,352 26,828 11,518 848,592
Units: Persons.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
Note: From 2021, European Union data do not include data for the United Kingdom.

Last update: February 28, 2022.

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.