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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2001 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 49,792 28,808 78,600 30.55
Ecuador 7,111 8,658 15,769 6.13
France 5,187 5,929 11,116 4.32
Colombia 4,596 6,416 11,012 4.28
Peru 4,235 6,661 10,896 4.23
Germany 5,390 5,306 10,696 4.16
Gambia, the 5,237 2,676 7,913 3.08
Italy 4,915 2,959 7,874 3.06
Dominican Republic 2,086 5,268 7,354 2.86
Argentina 3,393 3,398 6,791 2.64
China 3,472 3,134 6,606 2.57
United Kingdom 3,273 3,216 6,489 2.52
Pakistan 3,769 586 4,355 1.69
Portugal 2,074 1,854 3,928 1.53
Netherlands 1,948 1,837 3,785 1.47
Philippines 1,525 2,199 3,724 1.45
Cuba 1,401 2,206 3,607 1.40
Chile 1,659 1,761 3,420 1.33
Brazil 1,140 2,102 3,242 1.26
Algeria 2,175 719 2,894 1.12
Senegal 2,059 701 2,760 1.07
Belgium 1,254 1,318 2,572 1.00
United States of America 1,202 1,158 2,360 0.92
Romania 1,493 854 2,347 0.91
Rusia 964 1,282 2,246 0.87
Uruguay 1,082 1,123 2,205 0.86
Switzerland 995 1,017 2,012 0.78
India 1,127 641 1,768 0.69
Venezuela 696 1,016 1,712 0.67
Mexico 669 983 1,652 0.64
Guinea 896 645 1,541 0.60
Ukraine 665 660 1,325 0.51
Bolivia 607 706 1,313 0.51
Japan 498 512 1,010 0.39
Mali 803 166 969 0.38
Poland 453 499 952 0.37
Honduras 262 541 803 0.31
Bulgaria 392 333 725 0.28
Nigeria 524 194 718 0.28
Bangladesh 530 140 670 0.26
Serbia and Montenegro 331 323 654 0.25
Armenia 335 260 595 0.23
Andorra 273 301 574 0.22
Sweden 259 314 573 0.22
Mauritania 476 81 557 0.22
El Salvador 179 371 550 0.21
Guinea-Bissau 489 43 532 0.21
Ghana 444 87 531 0.21
Denmark 259 254 513 0.20
Austria 266 244 510 0.20
Equatorial Guinea 147 319 466 0.18
Ireland 228 182 410 0.16
Czech Republic 146 264 410 0.16
South Korea 196 200 396 0.15
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 216 150 366 0.14
Bosnia and Herzegovina 183 169 352 0.14
Egypt 264 83 347 0.13
Canada 174 161 335 0.13
Cameroon 184 141 325 0.13
Lebanon 175 86 261 0.10
Syria 167 88 255 0.10
Greece 145 95 240 0.09
Moldova 128 96 224 0.09
Finland 86 134 220 0.09
Croatia 114 106 220 0.09
Georgia 128 87 215 0.08
Tunisia 175 33 208 0.08
Israel 124 79 203 0.08
Paraguay 68 131 199 0.08
Slovakia 93 102 195 0.08
Turkey 128 65 193 0.08
Iraq 124 55 179 0.07
Australia 89 84 173 0.07
Norway 81 91 172 0.07
Congo (Republic of the) 125 44 169 0.07
Dominica 51 109 160 0.06
Nicaragua 57 102 159 0.06
Sierra Leone 127 31 158 0.06
Hungary 47 99 146 0.06
Jordan 95 43 138 0.05
Guatemala 51 76 127 0.05
Lithuania 59 66 125 0.05
Angola 78 44 122 0.05
Belarus 45 69 114 0.04
Liberia 97 16 113 0.04
Democratic Republic of the Congo 56 37 93 0.04
Côte d'Ivoire 69 23 92 0.04
Panama 41 45 86 0.03
Costa Rica 32 51 83 0.03
Thailand 17 64 81 0.03
South Africa 47 30 77 0.03
Latvia 40 30 70 0.03
Kenya 21 41 62 0.02
Albania 32 29 61 0.02
Macedonia 34 27 61 0.02
Sudan 44 17 61 0.02
Luxembourg 29 31 60 0.02
New Zealand 27 25 52 0.02
Rwanda 36 11 47 0.02
Iceland 18 26 44 0.02
Indonesia 16 28 44 0.02
Somalia 35 7 42 0.02
Nepal 25 17 42 0.02
Singapore 18 21 39 0.02
Cape Verd 18 19 37 0.01
Malaysia 18 17 35 0.01
Libya 23 10 33 0.01
Slovenia 15 14 29 0.01
Burkina Faso 20 7 27 0.01
Vietnam 13 13 26 0.01
Togo 18 6 24 <0.01
Haiti 9 13 22 <0.01
Azerbaijan 7 13 20 <0.01
Tanzania 8 10 18 <0.01
Estonia 7 9 16 <0.01
Ethiopia .. .. 16 <0.01
Mauritius 5 10 15 <0.01
Sri Lanka 6 8 14 <0.01
Kazakhstan 6 8 14 <0.01
Malta 7 6 13 <0.01
Benin .. .. 13 <0.01
Uzbekistan 6 7 13 <0.01
Saudi Arabia .. .. 12 <0.01
Mozambique 4 7 11 <0.01
Niger .. .. 11 <0.01
Afghanistan .. .. 11 <0.01
Gabon .. .. 9 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 9 <0.01
Cyprus .. .. 7 <0.01
Madagascar .. .. 7 <0.01
Chad .. .. 7 <0.01
Zimbabwe .. .. 7 <0.01
Mongolia .. .. 7 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan .. .. 7 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 5 <0.01
Central African Republic .. .. 5 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 5 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 5 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 4 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 4 <0.01
Uganda .. .. 4 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 22 22 44 0.02
Country unknown 46 48 94 0.04
Stateless 27 12 39 0.02
Total 140,279 117,041 257,320 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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