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Distribution by countries of the continent

Distribution by countries of the continent. 2018 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 115,112 96,080 211,192 73.18 19.52
Senegal 15,524 5,304 20,828 7.22 1.92
Gambia, the 10,686 3,523 14,209 4.92 1.31
Algeria 5,434 3,180 8,614 2.98 0.80
Mali 5,692 1,529 7,221 2.50 0.67
Nigeria 3,270 2,949 6,219 2.16 0.57
Ghana 4,216 1,865 6,081 2.11 0.56
Guinea 2,859 1,284 4,143 1.44 0.38
Equatorial Guinea 513 963 1,476 0.51 0.14
Mauritania 1,186 279 1,465 0.51 0.14
Egypt 918 487 1,405 0.49 0.13
Cameroon 670 508 1,178 0.41 0.11
Guinea-Bissau 562 183 745 0.26 0.07
Côte d'Ivoire 411 218 629 0.22 0.06
Tunisia 373 249 622 0.22 0.06
South Africa 184 136 320 0.11 0.03
Burkina Faso 170 86 256 0.09 0.02
Libya 166 74 240 0.08 0.02
Congo (Republic of the) 142 93 235 0.08 0.02
Kenya 62 104 166 0.06 0.02
Angola 83 65 148 0.05 0.01
Sierra Leone 86 34 120 0.04 0.01
Ethiopia 55 52 107 0.04 <0.01
Togo 57 32 89 0.03 <0.01
Tanzania 53 32 85 0.03 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 48 28 76 0.03 <0.01
Benin 42 31 73 0.03 <0.01
Mozambique 36 29 65 0.02 <0.01
Cape Verd 30 33 63 0.02 <0.01
Rwanda 31 31 62 0.02 <0.01
Sudan 33 22 55 0.02 <0.01
Niger 36 17 53 0.02 <0.01
Madagascar 6 28 34 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 17 17 34 0.01 <0.01
Central African Republic 24 8 32 0.01 <0.01
Somalia 21 8 29 0.01 <0.01
Liberia 17 10 27 <0.01 <0.01
Uganda 10 11 21 <0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 10 11 21 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 20 <0.01 <0.01
Gabon 7 12 19 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia 6 6 12 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 6 5 11 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi .. .. 10 <0.01 <0.01
Chad 4 5 9 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia 4 4 8 <0.01 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 5 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. .. .. ..
Country unknown 21 8 29 0.01 <0.01
Total continent 168,921 119,660 288,581 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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