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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 2013
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 733,041 148,281 81,411 140,340 1,103,073
Total European Union (EU28) 221,033 48,309 37,384 56,971 363,697
Romania 43,176 17,237 27,795 32,151 120,359
Italy 50,785 4,297 628 4,102 59,812
France 27,384 7,429 465 2,953 38,231
Germany 18,184 3,311 233 2,348 24,076
United Kingdom 15,753 3,161 253 3,205 22,372
Portugal 12,637 2,488 1,798 1,837 18,760
Poland 11,745 1,859 2,185 2,033 17,822
Bulgaria 7,533 2,289 2,818 2,654 15,294
Netherlands 7,991 2,149 143 1,229 11,512
Sweden 6,681 205 20 120 7,026
Belgium 3,113 1,382 74 855 5,424
Lithuania 1,083 509 231 1,204 3,027
Czech Republic 1,677 369 109 533 2,688
Slovakia 1,139 393 266 702 2,500
Ireland 2,075 217 30 186 2,508
Hungary 1,729 261 48 211 2,249
Austria 1,877 124 54 95 2,150
Rest of European Union 6,471 629 234 553 7,887
Total rest of Europe 22,951 8,028 4,703 6,715 42,397
Ukraine 7,714 3,004 3,308 2,433 16,459
Russia 7,324 3,281 630 1,673 12,908
Moldavia 1,767 567 442 1,299 4,075
Swiss 1,964 721 20 714 3,419
Rest of Europe 4,182 455 303 596 5,536
Total Africa 177,458 58,335 28,949 48,498 313,240
Morocco 139,160 41,825 15,998 41,503 238,486
Gambia 5,759 8,401 1,315 226 15,701
Senegal 9,631 3,036 3,069 2,719 18,455
Algeria 3,381 759 2,820 1,969 8,929
Mali 3,154 1,761 1,658 226 6,799
Nigeria 3,800 442 722 840 5,804
Ghana 4,456 348 305 390 5,499
Guinea 2,236 730 1,242 130 4,338
Mauritania 1,289 434 377 28 2,128
Rest of Africa 4,592 599 1,443 467 7,101
Total America 191,354 22,390 7,291 18,806 239,841
Ecuador 37,254 1,881 765 2,514 42,414
Colombia 19,181 2,816 1,817 4,324 28,138
Bolivia 31,275 2,951 997 1,757 36,980
Peru 21,503 843 562 932 23,840
Dominican Republic 15,918 1,308 745 1,405 19,376
Argentina 12,301 2,080 481 2,220 17,082
Brazil 8,333 1,509 923 1,382 12,147
Chile 6,539 872 182 802 8,395
Uruguay 5,646 1,323 127 819 7,915
Cuba 5,618 848 233 904 7,603
Honduras 5,258 4,462 71 243 10,034
Paraguai 7,462 233 83 356 8,134
Venezuela 4,896 421 140 487 5,944
Mexico 3,381 241 58 259 3,939
United States 3,660 266 44 207 4,177
Rest of America 3,129 336 63 195 3,723
Total Asia 119,574 11,162 3,060 9,329 143,125
China 44,579 4,215 1,963 3,550 54,307
Pakistan 37,164 771 462 3,349 41,746
India 11,485 4,873 324 1,305 17,987
Philippines 9,792 333 14 369 10,508
Bangladesh 5,026 87 106 20 5,239
Georgia 2,916 320 58 343 3,637
Armenia 2,487 190 32 72 2,781
Rest of Asia 6,125 373 101 321 6,920
Total Oceania 460 40 7 12 519
Not stated 211 17 17 9 254
Source: Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social. Observatorio Permanente de la Immigración.

Last update: October 9, 2014.

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 "..".