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Immigrations and emigrations. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

External migrations. Immigrations. On the continent of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2019
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 79 29 220 162 28 0 120 638
Alt Empordà 747 147 744 1,167 101 6 890 3,802
Alt Penedès 142 50 417 567 60 5 251 1,492
Alt Urgell 44 97 51 212 11 0 31 446
Alta Ribagorça 8 0 18 29 0 0 6 61
Anoia 193 48 600 535 94 5 327 1,802
Aran 54 4 19 113 0 0 45 235
Bages 241 120 1,019 1,000 174 4 550 3,108
Baix Camp 542 280 713 1,218 159 7 780 3,699
Baix Ebre 344 73 474 323 166 2 376 1,758
Baix Empordà 640 328 671 939 121 8 619 3,326
Baix Llobregat 1,622 675 1,892 6,961 1,135 43 1,834 14,162
Baix Penedès 240 86 322 607 42 3 1,063 2,363
Barcelonès 15,403 4,603 4,556 45,205 13,634 352 13,231 96,984
Berguedà 62 20 222 319 45 1 96 765
Cerdanya 80 25 24 301 8 1 31 470
Conca de Barberà 39 16 75 48 19 0 45 242
Garraf 841 247 253 1,255 157 16 525 3,294
Garrigues 124 7 128 34 4 0 62 359
Garrotxa 155 62 313 480 162 2 150 1,324
Gironès 542 182 1,325 2,284 275 14 688 5,310
Maresme 1,033 421 1,948 2,993 569 23 1,362 8,349
Moianès 29 5 25 84 39 4 17 203
Montsià 284 34 294 301 110 2 241 1,266
Noguera 202 9 398 206 27 0 123 965
Osona 392 108 1,210 919 305 7 531 3,472
Pallars Jussà 64 9 66 131 4 0 35 309
Pallars Sobirà 30 3 3 33 2 0 14 85
Pla d'Urgell 162 17 305 155 10 2 158 809
Pla de l'Estany 52 11 149 214 12 1 81 520
Priorat 30 1 28 9 2 2 40 112
Ribera d'Ebre 129 23 88 41 15 5 85 386
Ripollès 26 4 75 221 15 1 35 377
Segarra 121 45 199 68 9 0 62 504
Segrià 1,155 164 1,531 1,323 274 2 1,036 5,485
Selva 716 526 444 1,004 288 3 1,640 4,621
Solsonès 49 7 85 51 4 0 26 222
Tarragonès 923 457 1,641 2,805 602 20 838 7,286
Terra Alta 53 1 16 28 11 0 13 122
Urgell 166 38 258 127 23 0 130 742
Vallès Occidental 1,693 517 2,432 8,180 1,297 38 2,289 16,446
Vallès Oriental 551 173 1,334 2,599 276 10 979 5,922
Catalonia 30,002 9,672 26,585 85,251 20,289 589 31,455 203,843
Metropolità 20,310 6,391 12,168 65,971 16,919 466 19,697 141,922
Comarques Gironines 2,878 1,260 3,721 6,309 974 35 4,103 19,280
Camp de Tarragona 1,613 783 2,677 4,242 810 29 1,823 11,977
Terres de l'Ebre 810 131 872 693 302 9 715 3,532
Ponent 1,930 280 2,819 1,913 347 4 1,571 8,864
Comarques Centrals 783 265 2,644 2,343 559 16 1,237 7,847
Alt Pirineu i Aran 280 138 181 819 25 1 162 1,606
Penedès 1,398 424 1,503 2,961 353 29 2,147 8,815
Barcelona 22,205 6,987 15,912 70,614 17,784 508 21,995 156,005
Girona 2,946 1,282 3,738 6,596 975 36 4,128 19,701
Lleida 2,188 403 3,064 2,499 376 4 1,731 10,265
Tarragona 2,663 1,000 3,871 5,542 1,154 41 3,601 17,872
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2019
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 51 8 0 19 2 1 54 28 163
Alt Empordà 447 52 20 131 12 2 1,089 201 1,954
Alt Penedès 143 15 16 78 8 3 319 12 594
Alt Urgell 27 121 0 25 0 0 291 41 505
Alta Ribagorça 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
Anoia 129 23 20 64 12 0 188 20 456
Aran 28 5 1 10 0 0 70 10 124
Bages 288 44 30 102 8 7 624 181 1,284
Baix Camp 272 76 20 114 21 4 583 235 1,325
Baix Ebre 148 28 13 31 5 2 304 62 593
Baix Empordà 338 32 41 119 15 6 696 306 1,553
Baix Llobregat 789 142 170 722 113 37 2,070 825 4,868
Baix Penedès 119 26 9 77 8 2 417 203 861
Barcelonès 2,741 560 134 2,525 623 105 28,666 11,552 46,906
Berguedà 60 8 2 18 3 1 12 9 113
Cerdanya 49 17 3 22 0 0 1 0 92
Conca de Barberà 25 4 2 7 1 0 11 1 51
Garraf 247 50 20 224 36 12 534 177 1,300
Garrigues 65 10 6 3 0 0 41 4 129
Garrotxa 128 16 14 41 15 0 35 26 275
Gironès 337 35 43 185 22 8 1,330 408 2,368
Maresme 524 114 65 326 98 24 1,399 772 3,322
Moianès 19 3 1 16 2 1 25 10 77
Montsià 167 15 9 42 3 0 243 31 510
Noguera 69 19 3 24 3 1 203 68 390
Osona 224 19 21 64 19 6 569 186 1,108
Pallars Jussà 21 4 0 20 0 1 39 4 89
Pallars Sobirà 7 2 1 12 0 0 56 2 80
Pla d'Urgell 114 11 14 26 2 0 97 23 287
Pla de l'Estany 50 4 2 23 1 2 112 3 197
Priorat 9 2 2 3 0 0 2 1 19
Ribera d'Ebre 26 4 1 0 1 0 51 3 86
Ripollès 21 4 2 31 3 0 27 2 90
Segarra 73 12 24 15 3 4 46 10 187
Segrià 398 45 38 119 11 6 1,072 457 2,146
Selva 264 66 48 130 41 4 1,062 416 2,031
Solsonès 25 1 2 2 1 0 71 0 102
Tarragonès 402 75 40 241 48 6 1,205 606 2,623
Terra Alta 18 0 2 4 2 0 40 15 81
Urgell 97 6 7 20 8 1 70 41 250
Vallès Occidental 880 189 110 741 152 48 2,429 1,577 6,126
Vallès Oriental 454 65 39 337 47 7 789 432 2,170
Catalonia 10,295 1,932 995 6,715 1,349 301 46,942 18,962 87,491
Metropolità 5,395 1,070 518 4,652 1,034 221 35,356 15,159 63,405
Comarques Gironines 1,585 209 170 660 109 22 4,351 1,362 8,468
Camp de Tarragona 759 165 64 384 72 11 1,855 871 4,181
Terres de l'Ebre 359 47 25 77 11 2 638 111 1,270
Ponent 816 103 92 207 27 12 1,529 603 3,389
Comarques Centrals 616 78 58 201 32 15 1,315 386 2,701
Alt Pirineu i Aran 134 149 5 91 0 1 457 59 896
Penedès 631 111 63 443 64 17 1,441 411 3,181
Barcelona 6,499 1,235 628 5,216 1,121 251 37,616 15,753 68,319
Girona 1,629 212 172 682 109 22 4,360 1,362 8,548
Lleida 930 247 97 279 28 13 2,056 662 4,312
Tarragona 1,237 238 98 538 91 15 2,910 1,185 6,312
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.

Last update: September 23, 2020.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

External emigration
Change of residence when the municipality of destination is abroad and the municipality of origin is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes people leaving to abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
External migration
Change of residence when the municipality of origin is abroad and the destination is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes the arrival of people coming from abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
International migration
Change of residence between a municipality in Catalonia and abroad.

Methodological aspects

Residential Variation Statistics (RVS) are compiled by the INE from information regarding registrations and delistings due to changes of residence registered in the Municipal Registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

Yearly residential variation statistics do not refer to the number of people changing residence, but rather to the number of changes made, as a citizen may change residence from one municipality to another more than once a year.

Exterior immigration data is compiled exclusively from municipal registrations of people who have arrived from abroad. Exterior immigration data for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 have not been published due to a lack of exhaustive data (these population flows tended to be incorporated directly into the Continuous Municipal Register as entries lacking previous registrations). Exterior immigration flow is published again from 2004 onwards as the total number of movements was reasonably exhaustive, even though there is an elevated number of cases where the destination country information is missing.

The external emigration series begins in 2005, the year in which the data, once analysed, is more consistent, even though there is still a large number of cases missing the destination country information.

From 2006 onwards, delistings from the Municipal Register due to expiry are included. These delistings are included as a result of the legislative change to the 7/1985 Organic Law, which regulates Local Ordinances, introduced in the 14/2003 Law on Foreign Nationals, which states that foreigners from outside the European Union must renew their registration on the Municipal Register every two years. If they do not renew, city councils must declare their registration as expired.

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