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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2008 Metropolità
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 56,827 36,649 93,476 14.25 44.73
Ecuador 31,334 35,523 66,857 10.19 82.55
Bolivia 20,541 27,781 48,322 7.37 79.48
Italy 18,707 13,792 32,499 4.95 74.32
China 15,809 13,502 29,311 4.47 75.84
Colombia 13,165 15,479 28,644 4.37 61.88
Peru 13,164 14,840 28,004 4.27 85.61
Pakistan 22,003 3,256 25,259 3.85 88.30
Romania 12,669 11,585 24,254 3.70 27.54
Argentina 11,052 11,162 22,214 3.39 63.05
France 9,941 9,617 19,558 2.98 58.38
Brazil 7,076 9,187 16,263 2.48 63.17
Dominican Republic 6,208 8,543 14,751 2.25 76.10
Germany 6,618 6,384 13,002 1.98 56.67
Chile 6,278 5,903 12,181 1.86 73.94
Paraguay 3,903 6,434 10,337 1.58 85.67
Uruguay 4,982 4,871 9,853 1.50 61.45
United Kingdom 5,379 4,048 9,427 1.44 45.62
Portugal 4,944 3,085 8,029 1.22 51.83
Senegal 6,576 1,360 7,936 1.21 49.14
India 6,233 1,570 7,803 1.19 59.58
Philippines 3,525 4,110 7,635 1.16 91.28
Rusia 2,454 4,806 7,260 1.11 52.08
Venezuela 3,098 3,885 6,983 1.06 74.96
Mexico 2,804 3,405 6,209 0.95 85.10
Ukraine 3,009 3,168 6,177 0.94 40.87
Gambia, the 4,619 1,306 5,925 0.90 38.89
Cuba 2,540 3,209 5,749 0.88 64.21
Poland 3,388 2,252 5,640 0.86 43.39
Honduras 1,903 3,609 5,512 0.84 47.46
Netherlands 2,625 2,066 4,691 0.72 48.29
Bulgaria 2,564 2,097 4,661 0.71 39.64
United States of America 1,996 1,939 3,935 0.60 80.26
Bangladesh 2,663 740 3,403 0.52 93.69
Georgia 1,974 1,097 3,071 0.47 75.10
Armenia 1,799 1,246 3,045 0.46 86.41
Nigeria 1,890 1,143 3,033 0.46 50.54
Algeria 2,049 862 2,911 0.44 37.52
Mali 2,483 252 2,735 0.42 44.55
Sweden 1,044 1,275 2,319 0.35 81.68
Guinea 1,543 760 2,303 0.35 55.40
Belgium 1,241 1,039 2,280 0.35 41.51
Japan 793 963 1,756 0.27 91.17
Ghana 1,366 238 1,604 0.24 39.65
Moldova 783 705 1,488 0.23 38.38
El Salvador 578 901 1,479 0.23 85.24
Switzerland 651 680 1,331 0.20 40.57
Mauritania 1,139 117 1,256 0.19 60.97
Equatorial Guinea 433 739 1,172 0.18 69.31
Ireland 659 482 1,141 0.17 66.96
Austria 544 546 1,090 0.17 72.52
Nepal 871 117 988 0.15 94.27
Denmark 431 432 863 0.13 68.82
Czech Republic 325 523 848 0.13 44.70
Greece 429 392 821 0.13 73.96
Nicaragua 219 463 682 0.10 73.49
Hungary 232 377 609 0.09 61.02
Finland 244 363 607 0.09 81.04
Israel 332 272 604 0.09 82.51
Slovakia 253 349 602 0.09 30.39
Lithuania 359 224 583 0.09 23.25
Cameroon 366 215 581 0.09 54.66
South Korea 249 329 578 0.09 87.71
Belarus 201 350 551 0.08 50.37
Canada 239 280 519 0.08 74.68
Guatemala 237 258 495 0.08 78.95
Norway 230 253 483 0.07 72.74
Guinea-Bissau 377 89 466 0.07 59.67
Turkey 266 197 463 0.07 77.55
Syria 286 169 455 0.07 87.50
Serbia 227 224 451 0.07 45.97
Panama 198 236 434 0.07 85.94
Andorra 217 197 414 0.06 45.75
Albania 251 153 404 0.06 74.68
Egypt 282 106 388 0.06 48.14
Costa Rica 163 193 356 0.05 76.39
Lebanon 210 129 339 0.05 86.48
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 219 119 338 0.05 79.16
Australia 151 150 301 0.05 78.80
Tunisia 209 80 289 0.04 60.08
Côte d'Ivoire 194 71 265 0.04 54.87
Iceland 130 126 256 0.04 95.17
Bosnia and Herzegovina 148 89 237 0.04 55.24
Jordan 157 58 215 0.03 87.04
Congo (Republic of the) 138 72 210 0.03 55.70
Croatia 112 95 207 0.03 42.24
Latvia 78 118 196 0.03 41.44
Slovenia 87 91 178 0.03 68.20
Thailand 32 108 140 0.02 59.57
Dominica 64 73 137 0.02 66.18
Uzbekistan 88 44 132 0.02 83.02
Angola 74 45 119 0.02 60.41
Sierra Leone 94 25 119 0.02 60.41
Burkina Faso 86 30 116 0.02 52.02
Estonia 52 56 108 0.02 61.02
South Africa 68 36 104 0.02 66.67
Kazakhstan 42 59 101 0.02 43.53
Iraq 56 39 95 0.01 78.51
Indonesia 43 47 90 0.01 78.95
New Zealand 57 28 85 0.01 80.19
Macedonia 49 29 78 0.01 49.06
Ethiopia 35 29 64 <0.01 55.65
Kenya 24 38 62 <0.01 60.19
Malaysia 32 28 60 <0.01 76.92
Haiti 26 33 59 <0.01 72.84
Montenegro 31 27 58 <0.01 93.55
Azerbaijan 25 27 52 <0.01 71.23
Liberia 40 11 51 <0.01 70.83
Cape Verd 23 27 50 <0.01 62.50
Luxembourg 23 25 48 <0.01 35.82
Benin 29 19 48 <0.01 55.17
Singapore 19 29 48 <0.01 78.69
Vietnam 26 21 47 <0.01 77.05
Mozambique 19 27 46 <0.01 77.97
Afghanistan .. .. 46 <0.01 88.46
Sudan 31 14 45 <0.01 64.29
Libya 31 9 40 <0.01 52.63
Cyprus 16 23 39 <0.01 79.59
Togo 30 8 38 <0.01 39.18
Mongolia 11 27 38 <0.01 60.32
Tanzania 24 11 35 <0.01 74.47
Democratic Republic of the Congo 17 13 30 <0.01 45.45
Malta 15 11 26 <0.01 66.67
Niger .. .. 24 <0.01 44.44
Kyrgyzstan 10 14 24 <0.01 66.67
Saudi Arabia 14 6 20 <0.01 90.91
Sri Lanka 7 12 19 <0.01 70.37
Central African Republic 6 7 13 <0.01 56.52
Mauritius 8 4 12 <0.01 57.14
Jamaica .. .. 10 <0.01 76.92
Gabon .. .. 9 <0.01 69.23
Cambodia 4 5 9 <0.01 100.00
Madagascar .. .. 8 <0.01 61.54
Rwanda .. .. 8 <0.01 21.05
Somalia .. .. 8 <0.01 80.00
Tajikistan .. .. 8 <0.01 100.00
Chad .. .. 7 <0.01 77.78
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 7 <0.01 77.78
Guyana .. .. 6 <0.01 75.00
Kuwait .. .. 6 <0.01 66.67
Yemen .. .. 6 <0.01 85.71
Zimbabwe .. .. 5 <0.01 62.50
San Marino .. .. 4 <0.01 66.67
Other countries 31 21 52 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 104 136 240 0.04 ..
Stateless 16 5 21 <0.01 39.62
Total 352,534 303,496 656,030 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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