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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2000 Barcelonès
Men Women National population % of total foreign population in the county % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 6,082 4,336 10,418 17.96 17.15
Peru 2,355 3,858 6,213 10.71 75.43
Dominican Republic 912 2,685 3,597 6.20 63.03
France 1,223 1,494 2,717 4.68 27.88
Italy 1,608 1,057 2,665 4.59 41.32
Philippines 1,105 1,546 2,651 4.57 84.94
China 1,253 1,238 2,491 4.29 56.67
Germany 1,054 1,068 2,122 3.66 21.61
Pakistan 1,499 384 1,883 3.25 86.38
Argentina 913 881 1,794 3.09 37.42
Colombia 667 1,053 1,720 2.96 46.94
Ecuador 697 889 1,586 2.73 65.51
United Kingdom 816 632 1,448 2.50 24.65
Chile 527 587 1,114 1.92 47.55
Brazil 395 656 1,051 1.81 48.77
Cuba 425 624 1,049 1.81 41.94
Portugal 470 506 976 1.68 27.17
United States of America 459 441 900 1.55 44.73
India 465 311 776 1.34 58.43
Uruguay 356 334 690 1.19 42.80
Japan 313 305 618 1.07 72.88
Algeria 403 199 602 1.04 34.68
Guinea 217 359 576 0.99 52.13
Venezuela 234 315 549 0.95 49.33
Netherlands 308 229 537 0.93 16.02
Mexico 192 262 454 0.78 39.55
Switzerland 179 198 377 0.65 19.64
Belgium 173 180 353 0.61 15.03
Bangladesh 248 89 337 0.58 91.83
Rusia 126 175 301 0.52 27.61
Bolivia 132 141 273 0.47 60.80
El Salvador 77 195 272 0.47 61.12
Honduras 68 167 235 0.41 49.06
Nigeria 192 39 231 0.40 65.07
South Korea 107 86 193 0.33 52.73
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 114 72 186 0.32 57.94
Poland 86 92 178 0.31 27.51
Austria 92 78 170 0.29 37.86
Sweden 79 87 166 0.29 35.78
Romania 88 72 160 0.28 27.63
Senegal 123 28 151 0.26 7.83
Andorra 77 71 148 0.26 25.47
Lebanon 89 45 134 0.23 63.51
Ireland 80 53 133 0.23 37.46
Syria 75 40 115 0.20 55.02
Denmark 53 60 113 0.19 25.39
Serbia and Montenegro 58 54 112 0.19 19.86
Bulgaria 53 52 105 0.18 37.91
Cameroon 56 48 104 0.18 47.49
Canada 55 46 101 0.17 36.59
Greece 60 37 97 0.17 44.50
Gambia, the 69 25 94 0.16 1.35
Israel 56 36 92 0.16 57.50
Ghana 63 28 91 0.16 39.22
Ukraine 36 50 86 0.15 23.63
Egypt 58 21 79 0.14 29.15
Armenia 39 31 70 0.12 39.33
Equatorial Guinea 21 48 69 0.12 19.33
Jordan 52 16 68 0.12 70.83
Australia 31 37 68 0.12 49.64
Paraguay 24 43 67 0.12 48.20
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39 27 66 0.11 19.76
Turkey 36 23 59 0.10 44.03
Finland 23 35 58 0.10 32.58
Tunisia 49 4 53 0.09 30.46
Norway 27 24 51 0.09 34.00
Mali 36 15 51 0.09 9.22
Nicaragua 18 29 47 0.08 34.31
Guatemala 17 25 42 0.07 48.28
Panama 23 17 40 0.07 56.34
Croatia 26 13 39 0.07 23.35
Czech Republic 9 24 33 0.06 14.80
Thailand 11 20 31 0.05 48.44
Sierra Leone 25 5 30 0.05 29.13
Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 9 30 0.05 28.04
Sudan 20 9 29 0.05 54.72
Costa Rica 11 18 29 0.05 44.62
Georgia 16 12 28 0.05 45.16
Liberia 22 5 27 0.05 23.89
Iraq 16 10 26 0.04 35.14
Angola 17 8 25 0.04 21.37
Hungary 7 16 23 0.04 21.10
Guinea-Bissau 16 4 20 0.03 8.16
Belarus 7 12 19 0.03 28.36
Mauritania .. .. 19 0.03 5.59
Congo (Republic of the) .. .. 18 0.03 25.00
Indonesia 5 12 17 0.03 44.74
New Zealand 7 10 17 0.03 43.59
Kenya 10 6 16 0.03 32.65
Albania 8 7 15 0.03 40.54
South Africa 11 4 15 0.03 22.39
Malaysia 7 8 15 0.03 68.18
Azerbaijan 5 9 14 0.02 100.00
Moldova .. .. 13 0.02 48.15
Vietnam 8 5 13 0.02 48.15
Iceland 4 8 12 0.02 35.29
Sri Lanka 6 6 12 0.02 80.00
Nepal 7 4 11 0.02 42.31
Slovakia 5 5 10 0.02 19.61
Slovenia 4 6 10 0.02 58.82
Singapore 6 4 10 0.02 41.67
Dominica .. .. 9 0.02 5.88
Latvia 4 4 8 0.01 32.00
Macedonia .. .. 8 0.01 17.78
Benin .. .. 8 0.01 80.00
Cape Verd 4 4 8 0.01 25.81
Mauritius .. .. 8 0.01 47.06
Luxembourg .. .. 7 0.01 11.48
Lithuania .. .. 7 0.01 30.43
Côte d'Ivoire .. .. 6 0.01 13.95
Libya .. .. 6 0.01 60.00
Togo .. .. 6 0.01 37.50
Haiti .. .. 6 0.01 40.00
Saudi Arabia .. .. 5 <0.01 41.67
Ethiopia .. .. 4 <0.01 36.36
Niger .. .. 4 <0.01 80.00
Other countries 29 11 40 0.07 ..
Country unknown 15 27 42 0.07 ..
Stateless 13 6 19 0.03 48.72
Total 28,684 29,336 58,020 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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