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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2012 Metropolità
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 60,868 46,149 107,017 15.37 44.74
Ecuador 24,035 25,358 49,393 7.10 83.08
Pakistan 32,754 9,196 41,950 6.03 88.33
Bolivia 16,330 23,956 40,286 5.79 80.27
China 19,400 18,281 37,681 5.41 76.34
Italy 20,621 15,821 36,442 5.24 74.20
Romania 13,926 14,304 28,230 4.06 26.63
Colombia 12,121 14,509 26,630 3.83 63.47
Peru 12,324 13,876 26,200 3.76 84.86
France 9,629 9,395 19,024 2.73 56.16
Dominican Republic 7,970 9,824 17,794 2.56 77.60
Argentina 8,329 8,581 16,910 2.43 64.31
Brazil 5,588 8,188 13,776 1.98 63.91
Paraguay 4,250 9,259 13,509 1.94 87.24
Germany 6,310 6,301 12,611 1.81 55.60
India 8,700 3,075 11,775 1.69 59.74
Chile 5,203 5,221 10,424 1.50 74.69
Senegal 7,656 2,129 9,785 1.41 47.03
Philippines 4,260 5,363 9,623 1.38 91.97
United Kingdom 5,243 4,232 9,475 1.36 45.44
Honduras 2,667 6,752 9,419 1.35 51.38
Rusia 2,825 6,097 8,922 1.28 50.79
Portugal 4,802 3,434 8,236 1.18 53.90
Venezuela 3,446 4,516 7,962 1.14 77.91
Uruguay 3,848 3,789 7,637 1.10 62.80
Ukraine 3,228 4,027 7,255 1.04 41.29
Mexico 2,730 3,667 6,397 0.92 83.91
Gambia, the 4,754 1,424 6,178 0.89 36.67
Cuba 2,657 3,240 5,897 0.85 63.89
Poland 2,839 2,699 5,538 0.80 41.15
Bangladesh 4,085 1,253 5,338 0.77 93.32
Bulgaria 2,695 2,558 5,253 0.75 38.41
United States of America 2,445 2,529 4,974 0.71 81.50
Netherlands 2,595 2,180 4,775 0.69 48.96
Nigeria 2,299 1,707 4,006 0.58 52.30
Georgia 1,909 1,822 3,731 0.54 75.28
Algeria 2,318 1,125 3,443 0.49 38.02
Armenia 1,712 1,550 3,262 0.47 85.59
Mali 2,633 445 3,078 0.44 42.82
Sweden 1,073 1,509 2,582 0.37 80.94
Guinea 1,693 879 2,572 0.37 49.78
Ghana 2,015 475 2,490 0.36 42.52
Belgium 1,162 1,002 2,164 0.31 40.72
El Salvador 712 1,231 1,943 0.28 85.71
Japan 809 1,056 1,865 0.27 89.88
Moldova 793 877 1,670 0.24 37.98
Nepal 1,138 296 1,434 0.21 95.92
Mauritania 1,201 152 1,353 0.19 59.45
Ireland 776 529 1,305 0.19 65.78
Switzerland 655 642 1,297 0.19 39.82
Nicaragua 327 951 1,278 0.18 80.38
Austria 548 606 1,154 0.17 71.68
Equatorial Guinea 394 639 1,033 0.15 65.75
Czech Republic 347 609 956 0.14 47.23
Greece 480 460 940 0.14 77.37
Hungary 314 545 859 0.12 61.67
Denmark 434 397 831 0.12 68.28
Turkey 466 343 809 0.12 84.01
Canada 320 393 713 0.10 80.84
Cameroon 414 287 701 0.10 50.61
South Korea 260 420 680 0.10 90.31
Finland 250 429 679 0.10 78.50
Israel 378 290 668 0.10 83.71
Slovakia 252 415 667 0.10 32.73
Lithuania 283 356 639 0.09 24.23
Belarus 201 435 636 0.09 51.46
Serbia 305 312 617 0.09 55.24
Guatemala 257 331 588 0.08 79.89
Egypt 380 181 561 0.08 52.23
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 312 214 526 0.08 84.57
Albania 293 204 497 0.07 72.45
Costa Rica 202 285 487 0.07 81.57
Syria 299 185 484 0.07 88.16
Andorra 229 250 479 0.07 53.10
Norway 215 245 460 0.07 69.17
Panama 203 252 455 0.07 84.10
Australia 212 186 398 0.06 78.97
Tunisia 261 125 386 0.06 67.01
Guinea-Bissau 272 102 374 0.05 47.46
Côte d'Ivoire 253 107 360 0.05 53.81
Latvia 135 207 342 0.05 50.52
Lebanon 194 133 327 0.05 84.72
Croatia 98 140 238 0.03 50.96
Thailand 43 181 224 0.03 65.69
Iceland 99 106 205 0.03 90.71
Jordan 147 54 201 0.03 81.05
Congo (Republic of the) 129 71 200 0.03 52.36
Bosnia and Herzegovina 104 78 182 0.03 53.69
Slovenia 88 93 181 0.03 67.79
Estonia 58 119 177 0.03 62.11
Kazakhstan 56 114 170 0.02 50.00
Burkina Faso 112 50 162 0.02 53.82
Dominica 70 71 141 0.02 61.84
South Africa 87 53 140 0.02 74.07
New Zealand 77 48 125 0.02 79.62
Iraq 72 49 121 0.02 89.63
Afghanistan 112 8 120 0.02 90.23
Uzbekistan 45 65 110 0.02 71.90
Sierra Leone 84 21 105 0.02 62.87
Ethiopia 57 47 104 0.01 64.60
Indonesia 33 65 98 0.01 70.00
Malaysia 46 50 96 0.01 77.42
Vietnam 45 48 93 0.01 81.58
Macedonia 45 39 84 0.01 47.19
Azerbaijan 45 39 84 0.01 86.60
Angola 50 33 83 0.01 48.26
Kenya 26 56 82 0.01 67.77
Mongolia 25 46 71 0.01 66.98
Togo 44 23 67 <0.01 49.63
Cyprus 26 34 60 <0.01 84.51
Benin 38 21 59 <0.01 58.42
Singapore 26 33 59 <0.01 78.67
Saudi Arabia 39 19 58 <0.01 100.00
Democratic Republic of the Congo 28 23 51 <0.01 60.71
Malta 34 16 50 <0.01 67.57
Cape Verd 20 30 50 <0.01 59.52
Luxembourg 27 21 48 <0.01 35.82
Montenegro 24 24 48 <0.01 47.52
Kyrgyzstan 18 28 46 <0.01 76.67
Haiti 21 23 44 <0.01 65.67
Liberia 32 9 41 <0.01 62.12
Mozambique 24 17 41 <0.01 70.69
Tanzania 30 11 41 <0.01 80.39
Libya 21 12 33 <0.01 48.53
Niger 24 8 32 <0.01 45.71
Sudan 18 14 32 <0.01 53.33
Sri Lanka 18 13 31 <0.01 88.57
Mauritius 15 9 24 <0.01 68.57
Zimbabwe 10 9 19 <0.01 82.61
Gabon 7 10 17 <0.01 89.47
Jamaica 4 12 16 <0.01 88.89
Kuwait 12 4 16 <0.01 94.12
Somalia 6 7 13 <0.01 100.00
Madagascar .. .. 12 <0.01 52.17
Central African Republic 6 5 11 <0.01 44.00
Rwanda .. .. 11 <0.01 24.44
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 9 <0.01 69.23
Uganda 4 5 9 <0.01 75.00
North Korea 4 5 9 <0.01 81.82
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 8 <0.01 80.00
Burundi .. .. 7 <0.01 70.00
Guyana .. .. 7 <0.01 77.78
Myanmar .. .. 7 <0.01 77.78
United Arab Emirates .. .. 7 <0.01 77.78
Liechtenstein .. .. 6 <0.01 75.00
Cambodia .. .. 6 <0.01 75.00
Eritrea .. .. 5 <0.01 55.56
Yemen .. .. 5 <0.01 45.45
Tajikistan .. .. 5 <0.01 100.00
Chad .. .. 4 <0.01 44.44
Bahamas .. .. 4 <0.01 100.00
Laos .. .. 4 <0.01 100.00
Turkmenistan .. .. 4 <0.01 80.00
Other countries 17 19 36 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 107 128 235 0.03 ..
Stateless .. .. 13 <0.01 30.95
Total 366,350 329,762 696,112 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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