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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2000 Metropolità
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 18,182 11,831 30,013 28.06 49.40
Peru 2,885 4,767 7,652 7.15 92.90
Germany 2,551 2,482 5,033 4.71 51.26
France 2,280 2,680 4,960 4.64 50.89
Dominican Republic 1,153 3,499 4,652 4.35 81.51
Italy 2,774 1,703 4,477 4.19 69.41
China 1,757 1,721 3,478 3.25 79.12
Argentina 1,638 1,610 3,248 3.04 67.75
United Kingdom 1,511 1,378 2,889 2.70 49.17
Philippines 1,181 1,684 2,865 2.68 91.80
Colombia 961 1,642 2,603 2.43 71.04
Gambia, the 1,438 716 2,154 2.01 30.97
Ecuador 885 1,222 2,107 1.97 87.03
Pakistan 1,642 416 2,058 1.92 94.40
Portugal 915 958 1,873 1.75 52.14
Chile 893 964 1,857 1.74 79.26
Cuba 676 1,111 1,787 1.67 71.45
Brazil 570 1,042 1,612 1.51 74.80
United States of America 788 753 1,541 1.44 76.59
Netherlands 763 628 1,391 1.30 41.50
Uruguay 598 609 1,207 1.13 74.88
Senegal 668 251 919 0.86 47.64
India 532 377 909 0.85 68.45
Mexico 367 507 874 0.82 76.13
Algeria 575 271 846 0.79 48.73
Guinea 429 417 846 0.79 76.56
Venezuela 364 481 845 0.79 75.92
Japan 385 385 770 0.72 90.80
Belgium 351 380 731 0.68 31.13
Switzerland 340 341 681 0.64 35.47
Rusia 244 363 607 0.57 55.69
Bolivia 183 199 382 0.36 85.08
El Salvador 102 273 375 0.35 84.27
Romania 199 158 357 0.33 61.66
Bangladesh 250 89 339 0.32 92.37
Poland 158 177 335 0.31 51.78
Sweden 152 161 313 0.29 67.46
Honduras 90 216 306 0.29 63.88
South Korea 159 143 302 0.28 82.51
Austria 163 134 297 0.28 66.15
Nigeria 232 53 285 0.27 80.28
Denmark 138 145 283 0.26 63.60
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 154 105 259 0.24 80.69
Mali 200 57 257 0.24 46.47
Andorra 116 121 237 0.22 40.79
Serbia and Montenegro 113 121 234 0.22 41.49
Equatorial Guinea 79 155 234 0.22 65.55
Ireland 134 95 229 0.21 64.51
Canada 112 84 196 0.18 71.01
Syria 118 69 187 0.17 89.47
Bosnia and Herzegovina 97 74 171 0.16 51.20
Lebanon 114 54 168 0.16 79.62
Ukraine 61 96 157 0.15 43.13
Guinea-Bissau 128 22 150 0.14 61.22
Bulgaria 70 77 147 0.14 53.07
Greece 83 57 140 0.13 64.22
Cameroon 72 65 137 0.13 62.56
Israel 77 45 122 0.11 76.25
Armenia 66 52 118 0.11 66.29
Ghana 82 36 118 0.11 50.86
Finland 43 70 113 0.11 63.48
Egypt 82 31 113 0.11 41.70
Australia 49 56 105 0.10 76.64
Norway 56 48 104 0.10 69.33
Czech Republic 28 76 104 0.10 46.64
Turkey 67 37 104 0.10 77.61
Tunisia 90 13 103 0.10 59.20
Paraguay 34 67 101 0.09 72.66
Mauritania 89 8 97 0.09 28.53
Nicaragua 30 66 96 0.09 70.07
Dominica 30 60 90 0.08 58.82
Jordan 65 23 88 0.08 91.67
Croatia 41 32 73 0.07 43.71
Guatemala 26 45 71 0.07 81.61
Sierra Leone 50 11 61 0.06 59.22
Hungary 16 41 57 0.05 52.29
Panama 27 29 56 0.05 78.87
Iraq 34 20 54 0.05 72.97
Liberia 46 7 53 0.05 46.90
Costa Rica 19 28 47 0.04 72.31
Georgia 25 21 46 0.04 74.19
Angola 33 12 45 0.04 38.46
Democratic Republic of the Congo 26 15 41 0.04 38.32
Thailand 12 29 41 0.04 64.06
Sudan 25 13 38 0.04 71.70
South Africa 26 11 37 0.03 55.22
Belarus 11 25 36 0.03 53.73
Kenya 17 15 32 0.03 65.31
New Zealand 16 16 32 0.03 82.05
Iceland 14 14 28 0.03 82.35
Indonesia 7 21 28 0.03 73.68
Albania 11 13 24 0.02 64.86
Moldova 5 19 24 0.02 88.89
Congo (Republic of the) .. .. 23 0.02 31.94
Slovakia 8 12 20 0.02 39.22
Vietnam 11 9 20 0.02 74.07
Cape Verd 9 9 18 0.02 58.06
Luxembourg 11 6 17 0.02 27.87
Malaysia 8 9 17 0.02 77.27
Nepal 12 5 17 0.02 65.38
Côte d'Ivoire .. .. 16 0.01 37.21
Somalia .. .. 16 0.01 53.33
Singapore 9 7 16 0.01 66.67
Azerbaijan 5 9 14 0.01 100.00
Latvia 6 7 13 0.01 52.00
Slovenia 4 8 12 0.01 70.59
Macedonia 8 4 12 0.01 26.67
Sri Lanka 6 6 12 0.01 80.00
Togo .. .. 10 <0.01 62.50
Haiti 4 6 10 <0.01 66.67
Lithuania 4 5 9 <0.01 39.13
Benin .. .. 9 <0.01 90.00
Ethiopia .. .. 9 <0.01 81.82
Malta .. .. 8 <0.01 66.67
Libya .. .. 8 <0.01 80.00
Mauritius .. .. 8 <0.01 47.06
Tanzania .. .. 8 <0.01 66.67
Saudi Arabia .. .. 6 <0.01 50.00
Estonia .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Rwanda .. .. 5 <0.01 11.63
Zimbabwe .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Afghanistan .. .. 5 <0.01 50.00
Cyprus .. .. 4 <0.01 100.00
Burkina Faso .. .. 4 <0.01 18.18
Niger .. .. 4 <0.01 80.00
Kuwait .. .. 4 <0.01 40.00
Kazakhstan .. .. 4 <0.01 66.67
Other countries 17 16 33 0.03 ..
Country unknown 24 35 59 0.06 ..
Stateless 19 11 30 0.03 76.92
Total 55,437 51,515 106,952 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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