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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 2010
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total European Union (EU27) 179,565 42,706 31,395 51,301 304,967
Romania 38,023 15,334 23,356 29,473 106,186
Italy 42,073 3,843 542 3,617 50,075
France 21,014 6,300 381 2,457 30,152
Germany 14,152 2,961 193 2,027 19,333
United Kingdom 11,705 2,803 170 2,746 17,424
Poland 10,751 1,761 1,770 1,901 16,183
Portugal 10,549 2,310 1,604 1,771 16,234
Bulgaria 6,408 2,025 2,420 2,353 13,206
Netherlands 6,036 1,886 128 1,075 9,125
Sweden 4,693 162 14 103 4,972
Belgium 2,417 1,237 61 752 4,467
Lithuania 871 463 184 1,078 2,596
Czech Republic 1,368 351 101 483 2,303
Slovakia 952 350 217 690 2,209
Rest of European Union 8,553 920 254 775 10,502
Total rest of Europe 18,399 6,683 4,560 6,044 35,686
Ukraine 6,509 2,630 3,207 2,253 14,599
Russia 5,366 2,448 587 1,348 9,749
Moldavia 1,439 463 430 1,185 3,517
Swiss 1,542 673 15 643 2,873
Rest of Europe 3,543 469 321 615 4,948
Total Africa 164,956 54,071 26,685 45,424 291,136
Morocco 132,948 39,468 15,377 39,533 227,326
Gambia 5,141 7,891 1,139 171 14,342
Senegal 7,600 2,526 2,523 2,162 14,811
Algeria 3,059 663 2,695 1,792 8,209
Mali 2,525 1,289 1,291 182 5,287
Nigeria 3,158 376 717 721 4,972
Ghana 3,380 270 254 270 4,174
Guinea 1,848 600 1,034 122 3,604
Mauritania 1,278 426 324 21 2,049
Rest of Africa 4,019 562 1,331 450 6,362
Total America 201,102 22,981 9,238 21,430 254,751
Ecuador 51,094 2,496 1,180 3,512 58,282
Colombia 23,491 3,785 2,612 5,630 35,518
Peru 25,670 1,007 746 1,109 28,532
Bolivia 26,199 2,780 1,124 1,589 31,692
Argentina 14,820 1,213 907 1,482 18,422
Dominican Republic 13,556 2,450 601 2,605 19,212
Brazil 7,614 1,377 1,034 1,252 11,277
Uruguay 6,776 935 204 894 8,809
Chile 6,167 1,475 141 949 8,732
Cuba 5,338 889 248 891 7,366
Venezuela 2,697 3,170 68 163 6,098
Honduras 4,380 462 153 468 5,463
Paraguai 5,226 207 70 275 5,778
Mexico 3,024 222 53 277 3,576
United States 2,856 232 41 160 3,289
Rest of America 2,194 281 56 174 2,705
Total Asia 95,547 9,525 2,529 7,606 115,207
China 37,982 3,785 1,747 3,047 46,561
Pakistan 28,190 536 299 2,670 31,695
India 8,363 4,140 222 936 13,661
Philippines 8,570 321 15 329 9,235
Bangladesh 4,142 79 91 49 4,361
Georgia 1,731 215 46 254 2,246
Armenia 1,885 152 24 56 2,117
Rest of Asia 4,684 297 85 265 5,331
Total Oceania 336 36 6 7 385
Not stated 213 10 9 5 237
Total 660,118 136,012 74,422 131,817 1,002,369
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo e Immigración. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.

Last update: November 11, 2015.

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 "..".