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Distribution by countries of the continent

Distribution by countries of the continent. 2012 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 135,358 103,848 239,206 74.13 20.16
Senegal 16,242 4,564 20,806 6.45 1.75
Gambia, the 12,657 4,191 16,848 5.22 1.42
Algeria 5,983 3,073 9,056 2.81 0.76
Nigeria 4,323 3,336 7,659 2.37 0.65
Mali 6,091 1,098 7,189 2.23 0.61
Ghana 4,551 1,305 5,856 1.81 0.49
Guinea 3,626 1,541 5,167 1.60 0.44
Mauritania 1,978 298 2,276 0.71 0.19
Equatorial Guinea 552 1,019 1,571 0.49 0.13
Cameroon 830 555 1,385 0.43 0.12
Egypt 703 371 1,074 0.33 0.09
Guinea-Bissau 619 169 788 0.24 0.07
Côte d'Ivoire 472 197 669 0.21 0.06
Tunisia 376 200 576 0.18 0.05
Congo (Republic of the) 247 135 382 0.12 0.03
Burkina Faso 214 87 301 0.09 0.03
South Africa 113 76 189 0.06 0.02
Angola 104 68 172 0.05 0.01
Sierra Leone 126 41 167 0.05 0.01
Ethiopia 94 67 161 0.05 0.01
Togo 95 40 135 0.04 0.01
Kenya 35 86 121 0.04 0.01
Benin 70 31 101 0.03 <0.01
Cape Verd 39 45 84 0.03 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 51 33 84 0.03 <0.01
Niger 51 19 70 0.02 <0.01
Libya 47 21 68 0.02 <0.01
Liberia 49 17 66 0.02 <0.01
Sudan 33 27 60 0.02 <0.01
Mozambique 31 27 58 0.02 <0.01
Tanzania 34 17 51 0.02 <0.01
Rwanda 24 21 45 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 19 16 35 0.01 <0.01
Central African Republic 17 8 25 <0.01 <0.01
Madagascar 6 17 23 <0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 12 11 23 <0.01 <0.01
Gabon 7 12 19 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 8 5 13 <0.01 <0.01
Somalia 6 7 13 <0.01 <0.01
Uganda 5 7 12 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Chad 5 4 9 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea 5 4 9 <0.01 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 9 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 8 4 12 <0.01 <0.01
Total continent 195,931 126,742 322,673 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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