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Distribution by countries of the continent

Distribution by countries of the continent. 2017 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 112,658 94,424 207,082 72.98 19.89
Senegal 15,160 5,163 20,323 7.16 1.95
Gambia, the 10,799 3,539 14,338 5.05 1.38
Algeria 5,518 3,133 8,651 3.05 0.83
Mali 5,691 1,430 7,121 2.51 0.68
Nigeria 3,253 2,906 6,159 2.17 0.59
Ghana 4,099 1,695 5,794 2.04 0.56
Guinea 3,002 1,368 4,370 1.54 0.42
Mauritania 1,232 285 1,517 0.53 0.15
Equatorial Guinea 509 917 1,426 0.50 0.14
Egypt 922 497 1,419 0.50 0.14
Cameroon 685 494 1,179 0.42 0.11
Guinea-Bissau 558 176 734 0.26 0.07
Tunisia 362 235 597 0.21 0.06
Côte d'Ivoire 389 200 589 0.21 0.06
South Africa 167 105 272 0.10 0.03
Burkina Faso 176 86 262 0.09 0.03
Congo (Republic of the) 153 102 255 0.09 0.02
Libya 161 77 238 0.08 0.02
Kenya 51 95 146 0.05 0.01
Angola 81 57 138 0.05 0.01
Sierra Leone 80 32 112 0.04 0.01
Ethiopia 50 50 100 0.04 <0.01
Togo 56 36 92 0.03 <0.01
Tanzania 53 27 80 0.03 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 47 30 77 0.03 <0.01
Benin 45 29 74 0.03 <0.01
Cape Verd 29 36 65 0.02 <0.01
Mozambique 32 28 60 0.02 <0.01
Rwanda 31 26 57 0.02 <0.01
Niger 38 16 54 0.02 <0.01
Sudan 29 16 45 0.02 <0.01
Liberia 27 15 42 0.01 <0.01
Madagascar 7 26 33 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 17 15 32 0.01 <0.01
Somalia 23 9 32 0.01 <0.01
Central African Republic 18 6 24 <0.01 <0.01
Gabon 10 12 22 <0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 11 8 19 <0.01 <0.01
Uganda 6 11 17 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 14 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 13 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 5 4 9 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Chad .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 19 5 24 <0.01 <0.01
Total continent 166,293 117,452 283,745 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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