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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 2020
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 32 19 143 106 22 0 104 426
Alt Empordà 845 179 412 544 40 2 784 2,806
Alt Penedès 100 53 245 261 54 1 223 937
Alt Urgell 44 238 37 105 7 0 43 474
Alta Ribagorça 12 0 15 21 1 0 6 55
Anoia 82 44 313 263 69 2 240 1,013
Aran 24 5 6 55 0 0 60 150
Bages 129 54 601 530 101 6 424 1,845
Baix Camp 350 203 463 732 74 9 519 2,350
Baix Ebre 237 150 315 174 114 8 298 1,296
Baix Empordà 451 346 416 487 37 2 568 2,307
Baix Llobregat 943 591 957 3,306 542 20 1,501 7,860
Baix Penedès 156 55 172 277 27 4 703 1,394
Barcelonès 8,372 4,800 2,251 21,874 6,591 223 11,049 55,160
Berguedà 23 32 86 116 25 1 44 327
Cerdanya 67 22 24 125 5 0 30 273
Conca de Barberà 16 8 56 32 2 0 31 145
Garraf 413 425 165 587 115 10 486 2,201
Garrigues 49 5 91 17 4 2 39 207
Garrotxa 124 56 205 251 61 0 113 810
Gironès 320 160 654 1,030 109 21 503 2,797
Maresme 564 408 970 1,396 293 24 1,157 4,812
Moianès 25 5 18 49 13 0 19 129
Montsià 210 64 220 198 53 0 168 913
Noguera 107 18 230 74 16 0 115 560
Osona 196 73 668 409 150 2 472 1,970
Pallars Jussà 44 13 31 40 1 0 35 164
Pallars Sobirà 19 4 4 35 5 0 10 77
Pla d'Urgell 88 19 173 74 11 1 144 510
Pla de l'Estany 43 19 96 104 13 2 69 346
Priorat 11 10 11 10 0 0 43 85
Ribera d'Ebre 58 67 63 21 15 0 53 277
Ripollès 23 6 52 103 12 0 40 236
Segarra 62 30 95 33 6 0 57 283
Segrià 656 137 960 730 104 2 826 3,415
Selva 500 334 283 432 130 2 1,130 2,811
Solsonès 25 9 31 23 5 2 27 122
Tarragonès 618 389 875 1,189 201 7 622 3,901
Terra Alta 18 27 7 18 11 0 6 87
Urgell 86 26 174 68 11 0 83 448
Vallès Occidental 993 517 1,352 3,993 701 28 1,817 9,401
Vallès Oriental 364 204 622 1,161 146 4 879 3,380
Catalonia 17,499 9,824 14,562 41,053 9,897 385 25,540 118,760
Metropolità 11,237 6,522 6,157 31,747 8,277 299 16,408 80,647
Comarques Gironines 2,306 1,100 2,118 2,951 402 29 3,207 12,113
Camp de Tarragona 1,027 629 1,548 2,069 299 16 1,319 6,907
Terres de l'Ebre 523 308 605 411 193 8 525 2,573
Ponent 1,048 235 1,723 996 152 5 1,264 5,423
Comarques Centrals 403 173 1,432 1,112 291 11 985 4,407
Alt Pirineu i Aran 210 282 117 381 19 0 184 1,193
Penedès 745 575 862 1,386 264 17 1,648 5,497
Barcelona 12,205 7,201 8,248 33,944 8,798 321 18,314 89,031
Girona 2,366 1,118 2,139 3,066 409 29 3,232 12,359
Lleida 1,222 513 1,850 1,286 171 7 1,447 6,496
Tarragona 1,706 992 2,325 2,757 519 28 2,547 10,874
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2020
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 32 10 7 10 3 0 63 82 207
Alt Empordà 242 54 11 87 5 2 1,225 443 2,069
Alt Penedès 96 23 14 40 3 0 361 78 615
Alt Urgell 13 81 1 14 0 1 44 25 179
Alta Ribagorça 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 6 14
Anoia 97 19 3 36 6 5 158 23 347
Aran 23 1 1 4 4 0 47 10 90
Bages 126 58 14 59 11 2 437 343 1,050
Baix Camp 214 68 36 72 33 4 685 343 1,455
Baix Ebre 85 34 13 19 5 0 170 63 389
Baix Empordà 245 72 16 55 15 5 714 276 1,398
Baix Llobregat 512 286 59 424 89 17 1,610 1,014 4,011
Baix Penedès 83 40 5 37 8 0 397 159 729
Barcelonès 1,358 1,194 63 1,383 457 79 13,479 5,614 23,627
Berguedà 39 13 3 26 1 0 16 11 109
Cerdanya 47 8 1 27 3 0 12 83 181
Conca de Barberà 17 7 3 4 0 0 10 5 46
Garraf 179 86 9 88 30 5 544 126 1,067
Garrigues 61 3 7 3 1 0 49 21 145
Garrotxa 62 29 7 29 4 3 36 17 187
Gironès 221 80 12 62 17 3 1,161 131 1,687
Maresme 264 177 33 196 55 14 1,426 1,191 3,356
Moianès 9 7 0 11 3 3 30 20 83
Montsià 109 28 7 22 9 1 271 21 468
Noguera 75 19 5 11 1 0 226 111 448
Osona 132 45 6 57 4 2 753 289 1,288
Pallars Jussà 24 13 2 11 1 0 23 17 91
Pallars Sobirà 9 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 17
Pla d'Urgell 72 9 24 13 1 0 101 19 239
Pla de l'Estany 28 18 2 4 2 0 51 29 134
Priorat 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 17
Ribera d'Ebre 37 16 4 4 0 1 101 12 175
Ripollès 10 10 0 19 2 0 10 5 56
Segarra 52 24 16 3 0 2 53 10 160
Segrià 356 75 37 73 8 2 1,580 521 2,652
Selva 217 97 36 78 19 3 1,259 1,333 3,042
Solsonès 17 9 1 1 0 2 36 0 66
Tarragonès 202 79 12 120 37 7 1,545 522 2,524
Terra Alta 14 0 0 5 2 0 12 7 40
Urgell 66 11 10 3 1 0 102 29 222
Vallès Occidental 514 310 69 487 114 15 2,309 1,474 5,292
Vallès Oriental 325 138 23 165 29 13 1,000 571 2,264
Catalonia 6,297 3,254 572 3,770 985 191 32,112 15,055 62,236
Metropolità 2,976 2,105 247 2,657 744 138 19,826 9,868 38,561
Comarques Gironines 1,025 360 84 334 64 16 4,456 2,234 8,573
Camp de Tarragona 478 164 58 209 73 11 2,303 953 4,249
Terres de l'Ebre 245 78 24 50 16 2 554 103 1,072
Ponent 682 141 99 106 12 4 2,111 711 3,866
Comarques Centrals 336 133 25 152 19 9 1,282 660 2,616
Alt Pirineu i Aran 116 106 5 61 10 1 132 141 572
Penedès 439 167 30 201 47 10 1,448 385 2,727
Barcelona 3,651 2,356 296 2,971 802 155 22,123 10,755 43,109
Girona 1,070 366 85 357 67 16 4,468 2,316 8,745
Lleida 770 250 104 146 19 7 2,267 769 4,332
Tarragona 806 282 87 296 97 13 3,254 1,215 6,050
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.

Last update: September 29, 2021.

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.