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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2006 Vallès Occidental
Men Women National population % of total foreign population in the county % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 12,168 6,687 18,855 24.07 10.00
Ecuador 5,325 6,145 11,470 14.64 13.23
Bolivia 1,835 2,563 4,398 5.61 12.43
Colombia 1,775 2,211 3,986 5.09 9.22
Romania 1,596 1,540 3,136 4.00 6.11
Argentina 1,569 1,544 3,113 3.97 8.20
China 1,280 1,159 2,439 3.11 7.01
Italy 1,386 1,018 2,404 3.07 7.53
Peru 998 1,127 2,125 2.71 7.19
Uruguay 920 959 1,879 2.40 12.50
France 878 847 1,725 2.20 6.79
Dominican Republic 576 939 1,515 1.93 9.07
Senegal 1,185 215 1,400 1.79 11.14
Chile 657 621 1,278 1.63 8.61
Germany 663 554 1,217 1.55 6.48
Brazil 398 647 1,045 1.33 6.40
Venezuela 404 566 970 1.24 11.69
Cuba 386 555 941 1.20 11.61
United Kingdom 521 398 919 1.17 5.58
Gambia, the 713 196 909 1.16 6.34
Pakistan 701 133 834 1.06 3.24
Ukraine 424 407 831 1.06 6.47
Mexico 335 490 825 1.05 9.27
Rusia 283 469 752 0.96 6.19
Portugal 416 320 736 0.94 8.12
Bulgaria 408 237 645 0.82 7.38
Poland 468 167 635 0.81 10.12
Paraguay 215 402 617 0.79 11.40
United States of America 246 257 503 0.64 9.04
Netherlands 242 182 424 0.54 5.45
Mali 365 43 408 0.52 8.36
Nigeria 221 134 355 0.45 7.99
Guinea 259 62 321 0.41 8.59
Algeria 206 90 296 0.38 4.00
Honduras 105 178 283 0.36 5.50
Mauritania 246 27 273 0.35 12.52
Belgium 146 113 259 0.33 5.53
Ghana 203 32 235 0.30 6.52
Japan 88 103 191 0.24 8.58
Equatorial Guinea 64 109 173 0.22 12.97
Sweden 64 63 127 0.16 6.38
India 85 41 126 0.16 1.24
Philippines 29 85 114 0.15 1.51
Moldova 48 65 113 0.14 4.14
Ireland 68 44 112 0.14 8.61
Switzerland 52 47 99 0.13 3.48
Guinea-Bissau 81 13 94 0.12 12.10
South Korea 30 64 94 0.12 13.43
Denmark 48 45 93 0.12 8.49
El Salvador 34 59 93 0.12 6.96
Georgia 63 27 90 0.11 3.62
Canada 37 44 81 0.10 10.90
Armenia 45 30 75 0.10 2.74
Nicaragua 25 50 75 0.10 15.43
Andorra 29 45 74 0.09 9.14
Austria 39 32 71 0.09 6.07
Egypt 48 12 60 0.08 7.18
Israel 35 24 59 0.08 7.61
Guatemala 23 30 53 0.07 12.47
Finland 26 26 52 0.07 8.43
Czech Republic 13 39 52 0.07 4.27
Lithuania 22 28 50 0.06 2.93
Jordan 33 16 49 0.06 18.70
Belarus 12 36 48 0.06 4.78
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 23 48 0.06 9.09
Syria 27 21 48 0.06 9.36
Croatia 25 21 46 0.06 8.66
Turkey 28 18 46 0.06 8.97
Greece 26 19 45 0.06 5.75
Côte d'Ivoire 28 14 42 0.05 11.97
Albania 21 20 41 0.05 9.34
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 27 13 40 0.05 7.77
Tunisia 25 14 39 0.05 8.28
Slovakia 14 20 34 0.04 2.67
Congo (Republic of the) 20 9 29 0.04 7.53
Cameroon 15 12 27 0.03 2.93
Panama 11 15 26 0.03 6.74
Lebanon 16 10 26 0.03 7.24
Australia 17 9 26 0.03 5.91
Angola 15 9 24 0.03 12.63
Sierra Leone 17 7 24 0.03 7.59
Costa Rica 10 14 24 0.03 6.86
Hungary 5 18 23 0.03 4.14
Norway 11 12 23 0.03 4.74
Macedonia 11 11 22 0.03 12.43
Burkina Faso 15 6 21 0.03 14.79
South Africa 9 10 19 0.02 10.56
Mozambique 9 8 17 0.02 22.97
Thailand .. .. 17 0.02 8.59
Kenya 8 8 16 0.02 16.33
Serbia and Montenegro 8 7 15 0.02 1.41
Latvia 7 6 13 0.02 3.71
Slovenia 6 7 13 0.02 8.55
Liberia 7 5 12 0.02 12.50
Bangladesh .. .. 12 0.02 0.37
Iceland 6 5 11 0.01 5.24
Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 5 10 0.01 16.95
New Zealand .. .. 10 0.01 8.93
Luxembourg .. .. 9 0.01 8.41
Benin .. .. 8 0.01 9.76
Sudan .. .. 8 0.01 11.43
Estonia .. .. 7 <0.01 6.42
Dominica .. .. 7 <0.01 3.33
Malta .. .. 6 <0.01 24.00
Nepal .. .. 6 <0.01 1.65
Kazakhstan .. .. 6 <0.01 3.70
Cape Verd .. .. 5 <0.01 5.56
Haiti .. .. 5 <0.01 8.06
Iraq .. .. 5 <0.01 2.58
Vietnam .. .. 5 <0.01 8.93
Cyprus .. .. 4 <0.01 12.50
Jamaica .. .. 4 <0.01 33.33
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 4 <0.01 33.33
Kyrgyzstan .. .. 4 <0.01 10.81
Other countries 23 19 42 0.05 ..
Country unknown 12 23 35 0.04 ..
Stateless 9 4 13 0.02 19.70
Total 42,439 35,907 78,346 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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