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Seasonal population estimates. Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population

Seasonal population estimates (base 2021). Municipalities with more AFTE seasonal population Catalonia. 2023 (p)
AFTE seasonal population
Resident population Non resident pop. present Resident pop. absent Total AFTE population AFTE population (%)
Barcelona 1,655,956 265,344 -179,286 86,058 1,742,014 105.2
Salou 30,087 34,060 -3,140 30,920 61,007 202.8
Lloret de Mar 41,159 21,823 -3,541 18,282 59,441 144.4
Tarragona 138,326 25,542 -11,751 13,791 152,117 110.0
Cambrils 36,441 17,391 -4,423 12,968 49,409 135.6
Girona 104,038 22,358 -9,888 12,471 116,508 112.0
Cerdanyola del Vallès 57,752 19,489 -8,313 11,176 68,928 119.4
Roses 19,984 11,360 -1,785 9,575 29,559 147.9
Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró 12,533 10,533 -1,205 9,328 21,861 174.4
Calafell 30,482 12,295 -3,391 8,904 39,386 129.2
Mont-roig del Camp 13,682 9,970 -1,361 8,609 22,291 162.9
Torroella de Montgrí 12,232 9,066 -1,057 8,009 20,241 165.5
Vendrell, el 39,685 10,428 -3,798 6,630 46,315 116.7
Castelló d'Empúries 11,787 7,796 -1,204 6,593 18,379 155.9
Escala, l' 10,676 7,658 -1,164 6,495 17,170 160.8
Calonge i Sant Antoni 12,004 7,721 -1,348 6,373 18,377 153.1
Vila-seca 23,459 9,378 -3,046 6,332 29,791 127.0
Santa Susanna 3,854 6,912 -594 6,319 10,172 263.9
Palafrugell 23,864 7,965 -1,802 6,163 30,027 125.8
Tossa de Mar 6,185 6,609 -514 6,095 12,280 198.5
Calella 19,762 7,806 -2,085 5,721 25,483 128.9
Blanes 41,517 9,346 -3,735 5,612 47,128 113.5
Sitges 32,086 9,867 -4,829 5,038 37,124 115.7
Prat de Llobregat, el 65,409 12,566 -7,842 4,724 70,133 107.2
Palamós 18,333 5,875 -1,671 4,204 22,537 122.9
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: December 11, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

AFTE seasonal population
The result of the balance between entries of population not resident in the municipality and exits of population resident in the municipality, measured as an annual average number of people per day (annual full time equivalents).
AFTE population
Population resident in a municipality, measured as the annual average of people per day (annual full time equivalents). It is the equivalent to the sum of the resident population and the entries of non resident population in the municipality minus the exits of the population resident in the municipality.
Resident population
Registered population in the municipality.

Methodological aspects

The Seasonal population estimates constitute an estimation of the population burdens supported by each municipality and measure the number of people there are in a municipality as a yearly average and a quarterly average. The calculation includes people that have some sort of association or relation with the municipality, whether that is because they reside there, work there, study there or despite not having their regular residence there, spend some period of time there (holidays, summer breaks, weekends, etc.), either in their own homes or in those of friends and family or in tourist establishments (hotels, campsites, apartments, tourist accommodations, etc.). Movements without overnight stays due to work and studies are considered, and also due to tourism in the base 2021. In contrast, movements without overnight stays for other reasons (such as leisure, shopping or medical visits) are not considered.

The measurement unit for seasonal population estimates are annual full time equivalents. Every day that a person is present in a municipality equates to 1/365 annual full time equivalents (AFTE). So, for example, a person who spends a week's holiday in a municipality equates to 0.02 AFTE.

The conceptual framework for the seasonal population estimates includes four variables. On the one hand, the AFTE population and the seasonal AFTE population measure the resident population along with flows in and out of the municipality. On the other, the AFTE resident plus visitor population and the resident plus visitor population measure the resident population and only the flows into the municipality.

In 2022, Idescat improved the estimate of the seasonal population. The territorial disaggregation was expanded to offer results for all municipalities with 1,000 inhabitants and over (either registered or AFTE population). An estimate of overnight stays in tourist accommodations and an estimate of hikers for tourist purposes have been added. A new base 2021 has been established to collect these methodological changes.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.