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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 2005
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalunya
Itàlia 16,853 1,711 316 1,807 20,687
França 8,314 2,685 218 1,172 12,389
Alemanya 7,349 1,999 125 1,455 10,928
Regne Unit 5,357 1,818 113 1,589 8,877
Països Baixos 2,728 1,194 68 715 4,705
Portugal 2,963 577 494 518 4,552
Polònia 2,309 350 311 422 3,392
Bèlgica 1,191 919 44 603 2,757
Resta Unió Europea 4,552 805 251 1,409 7,017
Total Unió Europea (1) 51,616 12,058 1,940 9,690 75,304
Romania 8,079 3,478 6,336 6,725 24,618
Ucraïna 4,007 1,705 2,322 1,394 9,428
Rússia 3,393 1,732 318 897 6,340
Bulgària 2,072 720 983 828 4,603
Suïssa 832 692 17 641 2,182
Moldàvia 759 246 238 617 1,860
Resta Europa 1,790 388 256 422 2,856
Total resta Europa 20,932 8,961 10,470 11,524 51,887
Marroc 99,196 29,502 11,567 23,324 163,589
Gàmbia 4,335 7,756 1,067 77 13,235
Senegal 4,732 1,879 1,746 1,219 9,576
Algèria 2,246 476 2,111 1,085 5,918
Mali 1,480 836 974 72 3,362
Nigèria 1,652 221 468 204 2,545
Ghana 1,878 153 217 58 2,306
Guinea 1,042 438 750 35 2,265
Mauritània 852 435 344 9 1,640
Resta Àfrica 2,869 444 1,047 253 4,613
Total Àfrica 120,282 42,140 20,291 26,336 209,049
Equador 54,586 2,580 1,393 3,255 61,814
Colòmbia 20,502 3,059 2,450 4,582 30,593
Perú 22,417 699 555 577 24,248
Argentina 13,811 2,466 605 2,101 18,983
Rep. Dominicana 11,493 784 736 974 13,987
Bolívia 9,488 1,416 498 542 11,944
Uruguai 5,229 1,309 143 597 7,278
Cuba 4,751 605 224 662 6,242
Xile 4,748 701 147 492 6,088
Brasil 3,727 671 589 557 5,544
Veneçuela 2,861 323 99 260 3,543
Estats Units 2,175 197 38 144 2,554
Mèxic 1,994 142 45 189 2,370
Hondures 928 1,306 14 45 2,293
Resta Amèrica 2,780 248 88 155 3,271
Total Amèrica 161,490 16,506 7,624 15,132 200,752
Xina 21,514 1,785 1,066 1,818 26,183
Paquistan 15,768 289 119 1,154 17,330
Filipines 6,538 319 12 184 7,053
Índia 4,297 2,121 45 238 6,701
Bangladesh 2,315 59 43 6 2,423
Japó 1,323 49 12 53 1,437
Resta Àsia 4,276 404 100 283 5,063
Total Àsia 56,031 5,026 1,397 3,736 66,190
Total Oceania 233 26 1 10 270
Apàtrida
No consta país 155 15 9 5 184
Total 410,739 84,732 41,732 66,433 603,636
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 "..".