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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 2007
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Romania 27,435 11,207 13,563 22,454 74,659
Italy 26,796 2,762 461 2,684 32,703
France 11,861 3,979 247 1,641 17,728
Germany 9,218 2,377 131 1,712 13,438
United Kingdom 7,281 2,245 133 2,087 11,746
Poland 6,971 1,050 688 1,258 9,967
Bulgaria 4,923 1,462 1,493 1,880 9,758
Portugal 5,861 1,413 845 1,136 9,255
Netherlands 3,785 1,389 91 919 6,184
Belgium 1,511 1,019 54 650 3,234
Rest of European Union 9,644 2,363 420 2,956 15,383
Total European Union (EU27) 115,286 31,266 18,126 39,377 204,055
Ukraine 5,770 2,406 2,799 1,991 12,966
Russia 4,596 2,216 465 1,103 8,380
Moldavia 1,209 419 339 1,030 2,997
Rest of Europe 2,437 474 310 540 3,761
Total rest of Europe 14,012 5,515 3,913 4,664 28,104
Morocco 126,895 38,516 13,869 32,195 211,475
Gambia 5,163 8,914 1,137 102 15,316
Senegal 5,937 2,219 1,911 1,515 11,582
Algeria 2,807 618 2,456 1,460 7,341
Mali 1,833 986 1,042 116 3,977
Nigeria 2,360 307 551 368 3,586
Rest of Africa 8,376 1,701 2,646 542 13,265
Total Africa 153,371 53,261 23,612 36,298 266,542
Ecuador 70,919 3,386 1,581 4,169 80,055
Colombia 28,071 4,452 3,122 6,037 41,682
Peru 30,650 1,213 764 1,055 33,682
Argentina 16,485 3,033 728 2,650 22,896
Dominican Republic 15,801 1,201 953 1,511 19,466
Bolivia 14,074 2,169 777 880 17,900
Uruguay 6,857 1,766 163 862 9,648
Chile 6,688 1,014 190 708 8,600
Brazil 5,535 996 819 909 8,259
Cuba 6,008 911 302 855 8,076
Venezuela 3,942 484 153 387 4,966
Honduras 1,321 1,876 21 77 3,295
Mexico 2,725 209 61 265 3,260
United States 2,589 240 30 155 3,014
Rest of America 4,268 403 111 286 5,068
Total America 215,933 23,353 9,775 20,806 269,867
China 31,405 3,004 1,336 2,556 38,301
Pakistan 19,354 411 220 1,801 21,786
India 6,085 3,230 114 481 9,910
Philippines 8,797 418 11 272 9,498
Bangladesh 3,395 85 72 11 3,563
Rest of Asia 7,154 610 126 460 8,350
Total Asia 76,190 7,758 1,879 5,581 91,408
Total Oceania 275 34 3 7 319
Not stated 248 20 8 4 280
Total 575,315 121,207 57,316 106,737 860,575
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.

Last update: July 13, 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 "..".