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Distribution by countries

Distribution by countries. 2012 Vallès Occidental
Men Women National population % of total foreign population in the county % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 15,268 11,489 26,757 26.04 11.19
Ecuador 4,061 4,371 8,432 8.21 14.18
Bolivia 2,696 3,916 6,612 6.43 13.17
Romania 2,778 2,875 5,653 5.50 5.33
Colombia 1,769 2,199 3,968 3.86 9.46
Italy 1,968 1,505 3,473 3.38 7.07
China 1,783 1,671 3,454 3.36 7.00
Peru 1,336 1,478 2,814 2.74 9.11
Paraguay 813 1,737 2,550 2.48 16.47
Senegal 2,011 537 2,548 2.48 12.25
Argentina 1,158 1,227 2,385 2.32 9.07
Dominican Republic 1,006 1,288 2,294 2.23 10.00
Pakistan 1,607 573 2,180 2.12 4.59
France 1,000 904 1,904 1.85 5.62
Uruguay 786 792 1,578 1.54 12.98
Brazil 515 1,014 1,529 1.49 7.09
Chile 694 715 1,409 1.37 10.10
Germany 704 629 1,333 1.30 5.88
Gambia, the 951 328 1,279 1.24 7.59
Venezuela 454 785 1,239 1.21 12.12
Honduras 363 863 1,226 1.19 6.69
Ukraine 540 643 1,183 1.15 6.73
Portugal 635 473 1,108 1.08 7.25
Cuba 478 595 1,073 1.04 11.63
United Kingdom 594 458 1,052 1.02 5.05
Rusia 319 701 1,020 0.99 5.81
Poland 575 370 945 0.92 7.02
Nigeria 481 359 840 0.82 10.97
Bulgaria 454 375 829 0.81 6.06
Mali 708 121 829 0.81 11.53
Mexico 278 475 753 0.73 9.88
Guinea 409 205 614 0.60 11.88
Netherlands 309 211 520 0.51 5.33
United States of America 224 259 483 0.47 7.91
India 288 126 414 0.40 2.10
Algeria 233 155 388 0.38 4.28
Ghana 301 77 378 0.37 6.45
Nicaragua 89 264 353 0.34 22.20
Mauritania 277 38 315 0.31 13.84
Belgium 150 126 276 0.27 5.19
Georgia 122 138 260 0.25 5.25
Moldova 118 132 250 0.24 5.69
Equatorial Guinea 87 138 225 0.22 14.32
El Salvador 80 121 201 0.20 8.87
Armenia 100 80 180 0.18 4.72
Japan 59 99 158 0.15 7.61
Philippines 32 106 138 0.13 1.32
Ireland 84 53 137 0.13 6.91
Sweden 59 76 135 0.13 4.23
Guatemala 58 70 128 0.12 17.39
Côte d'Ivoire 73 45 118 0.11 17.64
Austria 59 49 108 0.11 6.71
Switzerland 47 60 107 0.10 3.29
Israel 55 47 102 0.10 12.78
Czech Republic 39 62 101 0.10 4.99
Costa Rica 48 50 98 0.10 16.42
Egypt 60 35 95 0.09 8.85
Turkey 54 39 93 0.09 9.66
Burkina Faso 59 33 92 0.09 30.56
Canada 38 48 86 0.08 9.75
Slovakia 35 50 85 0.08 4.17
Lithuania 38 46 84 0.08 3.19
South Korea 25 59 84 0.08 11.16
Andorra 36 42 78 0.08 8.65
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 50 25 75 0.07 12.06
Greece 42 32 74 0.07 6.09
Guinea-Bissau 53 18 71 0.07 9.01
Belarus 14 56 70 0.07 5.66
Finland 31 37 68 0.07 7.86
Albania 41 26 67 0.07 9.77
Denmark 37 30 67 0.07 5.51
Hungary 21 37 58 0.06 4.16
Cameroon 37 18 55 0.05 3.97
Bangladesh 39 16 55 0.05 0.96
Tunisia 27 27 54 0.05 9.38
Syria 29 22 51 0.05 9.29
Latvia 19 25 44 0.04 6.50
Serbia 17 21 38 0.04 3.40
Panama 15 22 37 0.04 6.84
Norway 14 20 34 0.03 5.11
Congo (Republic of the) 22 12 34 0.03 8.90
Malaysia 15 18 33 0.03 26.61
Australia 16 14 30 0.03 5.95
Jordan 19 9 28 0.03 11.29
South Africa 16 10 26 0.03 13.76
Thailand 6 20 26 0.03 7.62
Democratic Republic of the Congo 14 11 25 0.02 29.76
Iceland 11 12 23 0.02 10.18
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 11 23 0.02 6.78
Sierra Leone 15 8 23 0.02 13.77
Lebanon 10 13 23 0.02 5.96
Croatia 12 10 22 0.02 4.71
Togo 14 6 20 0.02 14.81
Slovenia 12 6 18 0.02 6.74
Iraq 12 6 18 0.02 13.33
New Zealand 12 6 18 0.02 11.46
Nepal 11 6 17 0.02 1.14
Kazakhstan 6 11 17 0.02 5.00
Uzbekistan 7 9 16 0.02 10.46
Dominica 7 8 15 0.01 6.58
Angola .. .. 14 0.01 8.14
Benin 5 8 13 0.01 12.87
Haiti 5 6 11 0.01 16.42
Ethiopia .. .. 10 <0.01 6.21
Mozambique 6 4 10 <0.01 17.24
Tanzania .. .. 10 <0.01 19.61
Estonia .. .. 9 <0.01 3.16
Singapore 5 4 9 <0.01 12.00
Macedonia .. .. 8 <0.01 4.49
Niger .. .. 7 <0.01 10.00
Indonesia .. .. 7 <0.01 5.00
Vietnam .. .. 7 <0.01 6.14
Afghanistan .. .. 6 <0.01 4.51
Kyrgyzstan .. .. 6 <0.01 10.00
Montenegro .. .. 5 <0.01 4.95
Kenya .. .. 5 <0.01 4.13
Sudan .. .. 5 <0.01 8.33
Trinidad and Tobago .. .. 5 <0.01 50.00
Luxembourg .. .. 4 <0.01 2.99
Cape Verd .. .. 4 <0.01 4.76
Liberia .. .. 4 <0.01 6.06
Libya .. .. 4 <0.01 5.88
Rwanda .. .. 4 <0.01 8.89
Jamaica .. .. 4 <0.01 22.22
Mongolia .. .. 4 <0.01 3.77
Other countries 15 18 33 0.03 ..
Country unknown 22 24 46 0.04 ..
Stateless .. .. .. .. ..
Total 53,392 49,370 102,762 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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