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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2008 Catalonia
Men Women National population % of total foreign population
Morocco 127,433 81,563 208,996 18.93
Romania 47,285 40,793 88,078 7.98
Ecuador 38,276 42,718 80,994 7.34
Bolivia 26,040 34,761 60,801 5.51
Colombia 21,236 25,051 46,287 4.19
Italy 25,510 18,217 43,727 3.96
China 21,063 17,585 38,648 3.50
Argentina 17,635 17,599 35,234 3.19
France 17,331 16,169 33,500 3.03
Peru 15,497 17,216 32,713 2.96
Pakistan 24,966 3,641 28,607 2.59
Brazil 11,092 14,654 25,746 2.33
Germany 11,849 11,094 22,943 2.08
United Kingdom 11,228 9,438 20,666 1.87
Dominican Republic 8,131 11,252 19,383 1.76
Chile 8,460 8,014 16,474 1.49
Senegal 13,288 2,863 16,151 1.46
Uruguay 8,085 7,948 16,033 1.45
Portugal 9,637 5,853 15,490 1.40
Gambia, the 11,335 3,901 15,236 1.38
Ukraine 7,706 7,409 15,115 1.37
Rusia 4,794 9,145 13,939 1.26
India 10,177 2,919 13,096 1.19
Poland 7,795 5,203 12,998 1.18
Paraguay 4,571 7,495 12,066 1.09
Bulgaria 6,603 5,154 11,757 1.07
Honduras 3,934 7,680 11,614 1.05
Netherlands 5,289 4,426 9,715 0.88
Venezuela 4,085 5,231 9,316 0.84
Cuba 3,816 5,137 8,953 0.81
Philippines 3,820 4,544 8,364 0.76
Algeria 5,483 2,276 7,759 0.70
Mexico 3,225 4,071 7,296 0.66
Mali 5,543 596 6,139 0.56
Nigeria 3,649 2,352 6,001 0.54
Belgium 2,899 2,594 5,493 0.50
United States of America 2,517 2,386 4,903 0.44
Guinea 3,025 1,132 4,157 0.38
Georgia 2,619 1,470 4,089 0.37
Ghana 3,392 653 4,045 0.37
Moldova 2,134 1,743 3,877 0.35
Bangladesh 2,831 801 3,632 0.33
Armenia 2,061 1,463 3,524 0.32
Switzerland 1,597 1,684 3,281 0.30
Sweden 1,285 1,554 2,839 0.26
Lithuania 1,367 1,141 2,508 0.23
Mauritania 1,844 216 2,060 0.19
Slovakia 1,020 961 1,981 0.18
Japan 854 1,072 1,926 0.17
Czech Republic 802 1,095 1,897 0.17
El Salvador 697 1,038 1,735 0.16
Ireland 974 730 1,704 0.15
Equatorial Guinea 589 1,102 1,691 0.15
Austria 753 750 1,503 0.14
Denmark 622 632 1,254 0.11
Greece 640 470 1,110 0.10
Belarus 394 700 1,094 0.10
Cameroon 661 402 1,063 0.10
Nepal 907 141 1,048 0.09
Hungary 413 585 998 0.09
Serbia 532 449 981 0.09
Nicaragua 323 605 928 0.08
Andorra 476 429 905 0.08
Egypt 568 238 806 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 650 131 781 0.07
Finland 305 444 749 0.07
Israel 397 335 732 0.07
Canada 320 375 695 0.06
Norway 312 352 664 0.06
South Korea 281 378 659 0.06
Guatemala 300 327 627 0.06
Turkey 353 244 597 0.05
Albania 345 196 541 0.05
Syria 325 195 520 0.05
Panama 230 275 505 0.05
Croatia 273 217 490 0.04
Côte d'Ivoire 359 124 483 0.04
Tunisia 337 144 481 0.04
Latvia 201 272 473 0.04
Costa Rica 216 250 466 0.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina 255 174 429 0.04
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 272 155 427 0.04
Lebanon 239 153 392 0.04
Australia 196 186 382 0.03
Congo (Republic of the) 250 127 377 0.03
Iceland 136 133 269 0.02
Slovenia 138 123 261 0.02
Jordan 177 70 247 0.02
Thailand 48 187 235 0.02
Kazakhstan 106 126 232 0.02
Burkina Faso 167 56 223 0.02
Dominica 94 113 207 0.02
Angola 125 72 197 0.02
Sierra Leone 144 53 197 0.02
Estonia 86 91 177 0.02
Macedonia 86 73 159 0.01
Uzbekistan 100 59 159 0.01
South Africa 100 56 156 0.01
Luxembourg 65 69 134 0.01
Iraq 74 47 121 0.01
Ethiopia 69 46 115 0.01
Indonesia 49 65 114 0.01
New Zealand 70 36 106 <0.01
Kenya 36 67 103 <0.01
Togo 76 21 97 <0.01
Benin 61 26 87 <0.01
Haiti 34 47 81 <0.01
Cape Verd 37 43 80 <0.01
Malaysia 40 38 78 <0.01
Libya 55 21 76 <0.01
Azerbaijan 35 38 73 <0.01
Liberia 55 17 72 <0.01
Sudan 50 20 70 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 43 23 66 <0.01
Mongolia 21 42 63 <0.01
Montenegro 32 30 62 <0.01
Singapore 21 40 61 <0.01
Vietnam 29 32 61 <0.01
Mozambique 24 35 59 <0.01
Niger 42 12 54 <0.01
Afghanistan .. .. 52 <0.01
Cyprus 18 31 49 <0.01
Tanzania 30 17 47 <0.01
Malta 20 19 39 <0.01
Rwanda 19 19 38 <0.01
Kyrgyzstan 12 24 36 <0.01
Sri Lanka 13 14 27 <0.01
Central African Republic 12 11 23 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 15 7 22 <0.01
Mauritius 12 9 21 <0.01
Gabon 5 8 13 <0.01
Madagascar .. .. 13 <0.01
Jamaica 5 8 13 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 7 5 12 <0.01
Eritrea 5 6 11 <0.01
Somalia .. .. 10 <0.01
Chad .. .. 9 <0.01
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 9 <0.01
Cambodia 4 5 9 <0.01
Kuwait .. .. 9 <0.01
Zimbabwe .. .. 8 <0.01
Guyana .. .. 8 <0.01
Tajikistan .. .. 8 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 7 <0.01
Yemen .. .. 7 <0.01
San Marino .. .. 6 <0.01
Qatar .. .. 6 <0.01
Liechtenstein .. .. 5 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 5 <0.01
Suriname .. .. 5 <0.01
Myanmar .. .. 5 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 4 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 4 <0.01
Antigua and Barbuda .. .. 4 <0.01
United Arab Emirates .. .. 4 <0.01
Other countries 18 21 39 <0.01
Country unknown 114 147 261 0.02
Stateless 34 19 53 <0.01
Total 604,078 499,712 1,103,790 100.00
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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