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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2006 Metropolità
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 56,354 33,072 89,426 15.62 47.41
Ecuador 33,595 39,431 73,026 12.75 84.22
Colombia 12,824 15,402 28,226 4.93 65.30
Bolivia 11,674 16,453 28,127 4.91 79.48
China 14,902 13,009 27,911 4.88 80.22
Peru 11,946 14,195 26,141 4.57 88.48
Argentina 12,862 12,512 25,374 4.43 66.82
Italy 13,745 9,886 23,631 4.13 74.05
Pakistan 20,686 2,650 23,336 4.08 90.70
Romania 8,282 7,932 16,214 2.83 31.57
France 7,419 7,378 14,797 2.58 58.25
Dominican Republic 5,228 8,053 13,281 2.32 79.48
Chile 6,069 5,505 11,574 2.02 77.94
Brazil 4,529 6,333 10,862 1.90 66.52
Germany 5,431 5,099 10,530 1.84 56.04
Uruguay 4,943 4,897 9,840 1.72 65.45
Mexico 3,612 4,252 7,864 1.37 88.38
United Kingdom 4,409 3,365 7,774 1.36 47.24
Philippines 3,081 3,867 6,948 1.21 91.90
Rusia 2,415 4,200 6,615 1.16 54.49
India 5,294 1,246 6,540 1.14 64.38
Venezuela 2,854 3,612 6,466 1.13 77.94
Senegal 4,924 1,061 5,985 1.05 47.64
Ukraine 2,797 2,718 5,515 0.96 42.95
Gambia, the 4,230 1,270 5,500 0.96 38.38
Cuba 2,437 3,046 5,483 0.96 67.62
Portugal 2,873 2,057 4,930 0.86 54.41
Paraguay 1,782 2,864 4,646 0.81 85.88
United States of America 2,289 2,266 4,555 0.80 81.90
Bulgaria 2,188 1,628 3,816 0.67 43.65
Netherlands 2,167 1,624 3,791 0.66 48.73
Bangladesh 2,495 621 3,116 0.54 95.58
Algeria 2,248 853 3,101 0.54 41.88
Poland 1,827 1,235 3,062 0.53 48.81
Nigeria 1,560 888 2,448 0.43 55.07
Armenia 1,430 982 2,412 0.42 88.03
Mali 2,029 198 2,227 0.39 45.62
Honduras 788 1,391 2,179 0.38 42.34
Guinea 1,458 690 2,148 0.38 57.46
Japan 948 1,101 2,049 0.36 92.09
Georgia 1,309 610 1,919 0.34 77.19
Belgium 1,004 881 1,885 0.33 40.22
Sweden 715 866 1,581 0.28 79.41
Ghana 1,229 185 1,414 0.25 39.23
Mauritania 1,219 106 1,325 0.23 60.75
El Salvador 437 689 1,126 0.20 84.28
Switzerland 542 551 1,093 0.19 38.38
Moldova 558 528 1,086 0.19 39.79
Equatorial Guinea 328 652 980 0.17 73.46
Ireland 522 363 885 0.15 68.02
Austria 433 412 845 0.15 72.28
Denmark 400 385 785 0.14 71.62
Israel 375 274 649 0.11 83.74
South Korea 261 352 613 0.11 87.57
Canada 274 325 599 0.10 80.62
Greece 293 273 566 0.10 72.38
Serbia and Montenegro 260 273 533 0.09 50.05
Cameroon 299 222 521 0.09 56.51
Czech Republic 163 357 520 0.09 42.66
Belarus 182 328 510 0.09 50.80
Finland 195 293 488 0.09 79.09
Guinea-Bissau 376 86 462 0.08 59.46
Syria 291 171 462 0.08 90.06
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 258 154 412 0.07 80.00
Turkey 237 170 407 0.07 79.34
Andorra 197 203 400 0.07 49.38
Egypt 318 71 389 0.07 46.53
Slovakia 130 238 368 0.06 28.91
Australia 176 177 353 0.06 80.23
Hungary 124 227 351 0.06 63.13
Nicaragua 136 215 351 0.06 72.22
Guatemala 159 191 350 0.06 82.35
Panama 166 169 335 0.06 86.79
Norway 159 171 330 0.06 68.04
Albania 187 135 322 0.06 73.35
Lebanon 207 110 317 0.06 88.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina 176 135 311 0.05 58.90
Nepal 235 68 303 0.05 83.47
Lithuania 150 149 299 0.05 17.53
Tunisia 239 59 298 0.05 63.27
Costa Rica 132 159 291 0.05 83.14
Croatia 136 129 265 0.05 49.91
Jordan 164 59 223 0.04 85.11
Congo (Republic of the) 140 65 205 0.04 53.25
Iceland 88 102 190 0.03 90.48
Sierra Leone 160 27 187 0.03 59.18
Côte d'Ivoire 138 46 184 0.03 52.42
Iraq 115 48 163 0.03 84.02
South Africa 72 56 128 0.02 71.11
Thailand 29 97 126 0.02 63.64
Latvia 37 73 110 0.02 31.43
Dominica 50 59 109 0.02 51.90
Angola 61 42 103 0.02 54.21
Slovenia 45 53 98 0.02 64.47
Macedonia 65 32 97 0.02 54.80
New Zealand 61 28 89 0.02 79.46
Kazakhstan 35 47 82 0.01 50.62
Burkina Faso 56 15 71 0.01 50.00
Uzbekistan 28 41 69 0.01 66.35
Estonia 36 32 68 0.01 62.39
Kenya 28 40 68 0.01 69.39
Liberia 48 13 61 0.01 63.54
Mozambique 30 29 59 0.01 79.73
Indonesia 22 33 55 <0.01 73.33
Malaysia 28 25 53 <0.01 86.89
Azerbaijan 22 30 52 <0.01 80.00
Cape Verd 22 29 51 <0.01 56.67
Vietnam 19 28 47 <0.01 83.93
Haiti 24 22 46 <0.01 74.19
Benin 30 15 45 <0.01 54.88
Ethiopia 26 18 44 <0.01 73.33
Singapore 19 25 44 <0.01 75.86
Luxembourg 21 21 42 <0.01 39.25
Sudan 28 14 42 <0.01 60.00
Libya 29 4 33 <0.01 54.10
Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 15 33 <0.01 55.93
Mongolia 10 21 31 <0.01 68.89
Tanzania 18 9 27 <0.01 62.79
Kyrgyzstan 10 17 27 <0.01 72.97
Togo 19 7 26 <0.01 30.59
Sri Lanka 13 13 26 <0.01 81.25
Niger .. .. 23 <0.01 62.16
Cyprus 10 12 22 <0.01 68.75
Afghanistan .. .. 22 <0.01 78.57
Somalia .. .. 17 <0.01 77.27
Mauritius 10 5 15 <0.01 68.18
Saudi Arabia .. .. 14 <0.01 93.33
Malta 6 7 13 <0.01 52.00
Central African Republic 5 8 13 <0.01 65.00
Chad 8 4 12 <0.01 70.59
Gabon 6 5 11 <0.01 64.71
Zimbabwe 6 5 11 <0.01 78.57
Jamaica .. .. 11 <0.01 91.67
Madagascar 4 5 9 <0.01 50.00
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 9 <0.01 75.00
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 8 <0.01 40.00
Guyana .. .. 8 <0.01 72.73
Rwanda .. .. 7 <0.01 20.59
Cambodia .. .. 7 <0.01 100.00
Uganda .. .. 6 <0.01 85.71
Tajikistan .. .. 6 <0.01 85.71
Malawi .. .. 5 <0.01 71.43
Turkmenistan .. .. 5 <0.01 83.33
Liechtenstein .. .. 4 <0.01 66.67
Burundi .. .. 4 <0.01 44.44
Bahrain .. .. 4 <0.01 100.00
Other countries 22 13 35 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 107 109 216 0.04 ..
Stateless 24 11 35 <0.01 53.03
Total 309,998 262,533 572,531 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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