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Immigrations. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

External migrations. Immigrations. On the continent of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2023
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 109 51 443 347 60 3 0 1,013
Alt Empordà 1,360 458 1,475 1,917 118 7 0 5,335
Alt Penedès 266 180 675 993 130 2 0 2,246
Alt Urgell 79 202 66 398 19 1 0 765
Alta Ribagorça 19 15 9 39 2 0 0 84
Anoia 270 136 885 993 147 13 0 2,444
Aran 65 16 37 245 5 0 0 368
Bages 409 293 1,418 1,695 222 7 0 4,044
Baix Camp 997 862 1,397 2,111 284 13 0 5,664
Baix Ebre 511 221 830 642 280 2 0 2,486
Baix Empordà 941 878 1,445 1,656 215 20 0 5,155
Baix Llobregat 2,429 1,665 2,602 9,835 1,729 61 0 18,321
Baix Penedès 561 543 635 1,398 143 10 0 3,290
Barcelonès 19,000 13,936 8,632 65,252 20,731 512 0 128,063
Berguedà 76 59 278 464 50 3 0 930
Cerdanya 93 45 60 508 5 0 0 711
Conca de Barberà 62 53 150 119 25 1 0 410
Garraf 1,054 758 538 2,091 343 33 0 4,817
Garrigues 87 11 168 100 5 0 0 371
Garrotxa 169 125 542 833 298 5 0 1,972
Gironès 858 385 2,196 2,705 345 23 0 6,512
Lluçanès 6 4 11 52 4 0 0 77
Maresme 1,422 1,459 2,312 4,334 912 52 0 10,491
Moianès 26 15 37 115 29 0 0 222
Montsià 485 166 778 679 182 2 0 2,292
Noguera 221 33 501 299 38 2 0 1,094
Osona 525 271 1,874 1,273 405 15 0 4,363
Pallars Jussà 58 23 98 139 7 0 0 325
Pallars Sobirà 29 9 25 69 6 0 0 138
Pla d'Urgell 239 37 477 296 16 1 0 1,066
Pla de l'Estany 145 79 198 269 15 4 0 710
Priorat 51 25 90 48 7 2 0 223
Ribera d'Ebre 113 62 186 118 39 5 0 523
Ripollès 61 17 147 261 25 0 0 511
Segarra 94 106 302 145 15 1 0 663
Segrià 1,385 371 2,662 2,252 432 9 0 7,111
Selva 1,197 1,653 1,170 1,952 452 14 0 6,438
Solsonès 83 45 141 105 3 0 0 377
Tarragonès 1,440 1,458 2,273 3,950 617 19 0 9,757
Terra Alta 67 10 26 100 16 0 0 219
Urgell 163 99 431 286 37 0 0 1,016
Vallès Occidental 2,430 1,656 3,636 12,062 2,012 75 0 21,871
Vallès Oriental 934 516 2,022 4,104 557 24 0 8,157
Catalonia 40,589 29,006 43,878 127,249 30,982 941 0 272,645
Metropolità 26,228 19,240 19,216 95,615 25,943 724 0 186,966
Comarques Gironines 4,731 3,595 7,173 9,593 1,468 73 0 26,633
Camp de Tarragona 2,659 2,449 4,353 6,575 993 38 0 17,067
Terres de l'Ebre 1,176 459 1,820 1,539 517 9 0 5,520
Ponent 2,189 657 4,541 3,378 543 13 0 11,321
Comarques Centrals 1,119 684 3,797 3,690 712 25 0 10,027
Alt Pirineu i Aran 343 310 295 1,398 44 1 0 2,391
Penedès 2,144 1,612 2,683 5,461 762 58 0 12,720
Barcelona 28,853 20,947 24,919 103,253 27,270 797 0 206,039
Girona 4,801 3,632 7,226 10,074 1,473 73 0 27,279
Lleida 2,539 976 4,925 4,410 586 14 0 13,450
Tarragona 4,396 3,451 6,808 9,512 1,653 57 0 25,877
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.

Last update: May 21, 2025.

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.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.