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Foreigners with residence card. By country of nationality. Provinces

Foreigners with a valid certificate of registration or residence card. By country of nationality. Provinces 2004
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalunya
Itàlia 14,430 1,461 247 1,570 17,708
França 8,471 2,773 216 1,182 12,642
Alemanya 7,209 2,109 124 1,468 10,910
Regne Unit 5,285 1,826 114 1,414 8,639
Països Baixos 2,550 1,235 64 660 4,509
Portugal 2,646 577 455 479 4,157
Bèlgica 1,211 963 41 627 2,842
Resta Unió Europea 3,013 349 41 270 3,673
Total Unió Europea (1) 44,815 11,293 1,302 7,670 65,080
Romania 5,036 1,548 4,235 3,569 14,388
Ucraïna 2,317 1,102 2,155 932 6,506
Rússia 2,053 1,183 199 571 4,006
Bulgària 1,424 457 825 527 3,233
Polònia 1,662 236 273 298 2,469
Suïssa 736 655 17 637 2,045
Moldàvia 443 91 168 381 1,083
Resta Europa 3,658 825 438 1,124 6,045
Total resta Europa 17,329 6,097 8,310 8,039 39,775
Marroc 83,301 24,193 9,972 18,510 135,976
Gàmbia 3,471 6,503 838 60 10,872
Senegal 3,199 1,300 1,217 874 6,590
Algèria 1,971 398 1,698 873 4,940
Mali 834 373 428 33 1,668
Nigèria 1,021 119 321 110 1,571
Guinea 695 278 526 14 1,513
Ghana 1,131 96 113 31 1,371
Mauritània 659 359 228 7 1,253
Resta Àfrica 2,403 342 788 215 3,748
Total Àfrica 98,685 33,961 16,129 20,727 169,502
Equador 30,999 1,533 972 2,018 35,522
Perú 21,387 564 461 474 22,886
Colòmbia 14,191 2,123 1,876 3,323 21,513
Argentina 9,774 1,565 472 1,475 13,286
Rep. Dominicana 10,205 645 599 837 12,286
Cuba 4,194 549 202 592 5,537
Xile 3,685 530 128 403 4,746
Uruguai 3,041 653 103 359 4,156
Brasil 2,551 410 370 354 3,685
Bolívia 2,182 332 193 89 2,796
EEUU 2,170 226 30 148 2,574
Veneçuela 1,741 190 53 177 2,161
Mèxic 1,535 112 49 184 1,880
Hondures 526 570 6 28 1,130
Resta Amèrica 1,503 164 68 85 1,820
Total Amèrica 109,684 10,166 5,582 10,546 135,978
Xina 18,940 1,220 1,291 1,509 22,960
Paquistan 10,244 195 107 550 11,096
Filipines 6,477 276 12 157 6,922
Índia 3,127 1,455 27 123 4,732
Bangladesh 1,664 46 33 5 1,748
Japó 1,366 46 11 52 1,475
Resta Àsia 2,088 135 46 108 2,377
Total Àsia 43,906 3,373 1,527 2,504 51,310
Total Oceania 218 26 1 10 255
Apàtrida
No consta país 116 15 7 8 146
Total 314,753 64,931 32,858 49,504 462,046
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales. Observatorio permanente de la Inmigración.
Note: (1) UE-25.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Foreign
Person that does not have Spanish nationality, notwithstanding the stipulations of special laws and international treaties signed by Spain (Organic Law 4/2000, of January 11, on rights and liberties of foreigners in Spain and their social integration).
Foreign residents
Number of foreigners, according to the records of the Permanent Observatory of Immigration of the Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, which on a determinate date reside in Catalonia and have a valid residence permit. The data is stock-type information recorded on December 31 every year.

Methodological aspects

These statistics are obtained from files produced by the Central Register of Foreigners, an administrative record managed by the Directorate General of the Police and the Civil Guard, which is part of the Ministry for the Interior.

The statistical treatment of these files corresponds to the Permanent Immigration Observatory, which is part of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

These are stock statistics that are produced quarterly. They count and analyse the number of foreigners with a valid registry certificate or residency card at the end of each quarter.

The legislation applicable to foreigners residing in Spain depends on their residency system and this, to a large extent, on the nationality of foreigners.

These statistics do not include the following foreigners:

  • Those that are only staying temporarily in Spain (three months per half-year).
  • Those that are in Spain with a permit to be in the country for a course, studies, research work, training or volunteering.
  • Trans-frontier workers that do not reside in Spain.
  • Applicants for asylum or persons that have obtained refugee or expatriate status.
  • Foreigners from the European Union that have not applied for inscription to the Central Registry of Foreigners or that have applied for it but have not yet received the corresponding certificate.
  • Foreigners whose documentation has expired and are in the process of renewing it.

Foreigners authorised to remain in Spain must inform the Immigration Office or the police headquarters in the place where they reside or are staying of any changes of nationality, usual abode or marital status.

The country of nationality is considered to be the nationality of the foreigner. In the case of dual nationality, the one counted is that used by the foreigners when making the application for a registration permit, card or certificate.

The province is that in which the foreigner reports that they reside at the moment when their currently applicable registration certificate of residency card is issued.

Data from 2010 onward has been reviewed with the aim of excluding persons who have been granted Spanish nationality and foreigners who have expired, in Spain, and whose residence permits were valid at the time of their death.

Data are on December, 31.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".