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Distribution by countries of the continent

Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Catalonia Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population % of total foreign population
Morocco 132,572 105,620 238,192 73.29 19.05
Senegal 18,754 5,963 24,717 7.61 1.98
Gambia, the 11,925 3,552 15,477 4.76 1.24
Algeria 5,950 3,367 9,317 2.87 0.74
Mali 6,387 1,732 8,119 2.50 0.65
Ghana 5,206 2,402 7,608 2.34 0.61
Nigeria 3,474 2,966 6,440 1.98 0.51
Guinea 2,993 1,185 4,178 1.29 0.33
Mauritania 1,228 284 1,512 0.47 0.12
Egypt 941 504 1,445 0.44 0.12
Equatorial Guinea 475 880 1,355 0.42 0.11
Cameroon 781 561 1,342 0.41 0.11
Côte d'Ivoire 559 291 850 0.26 0.07
Guinea-Bissau 582 223 805 0.25 0.06
Tunisia 449 297 746 0.23 0.06
South Africa 212 198 410 0.13 0.03
Burkina Faso 187 91 278 0.09 0.02
Libya 181 83 264 0.08 0.02
Congo (Republic of the) 131 91 222 0.07 0.02
Kenya 76 117 193 0.06 0.02
Angola 93 85 178 0.05 0.01
Sierra Leone 90 28 118 0.04 <0.01
Ethiopia 52 56 108 0.03 <0.01
Niger 56 30 86 0.03 <0.01
Togo 56 29 85 0.03 <0.01
Tanzania 55 27 82 0.03 <0.01
Rwanda 40 39 79 0.02 <0.01
Mozambique 41 33 74 0.02 <0.01
Cape Verd 37 34 71 0.02 <0.01
Democratic Republic of the Congo 49 22 71 0.02 <0.01
Benin 40 27 67 0.02 <0.01
Sudan 39 26 65 0.02 <0.01
Central African Republic 21 21 42 0.01 <0.01
Somalia 34 8 42 0.01 <0.01
Madagascar 13 24 37 0.01 <0.01
Mauritius 20 16 36 0.01 <0.01
Liberia 20 12 32 <0.01 <0.01
Zimbabwe 15 17 32 <0.01 <0.01
Uganda 14 17 31 <0.01 <0.01
Gabon 6 17 23 <0.01 <0.01
Namibia 7 10 17 <0.01 <0.01
Eritrea .. .. 17 <0.01 <0.01
Malawi 6 9 15 <0.01 <0.01
Zambia 6 6 12 <0.01 <0.01
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe 6 5 11 <0.01 <0.01
Botswana .. .. 8 <0.01 <0.01
Chad .. .. 8 <0.01 <0.01
Seychelles .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Burundi .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Comoros .. .. 6 <0.01 <0.01
Other countries .. .. 7 <0.01 <0.01
Country unknown 38 14 52 0.02 <0.01
Total continent 193,956 131,039 324,995 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Register.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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