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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Metropolità Geographical origin: Asia
Men Women National population % of country's total population in the area % of country's total population in Catalonia
China 24,217 24,998 49,215 34.20 80.94
Pakistan 31,431 13,473 44,904 31.21 83.98
India 11,633 6,022 17,655 12.27 62.35
Philippines 4,432 6,167 10,599 7.37 92.10
Bangladesh 5,778 2,517 8,295 5.76 94.33
Nepal 1,356 853 2,209 1.54 94.16
Japan 800 1,153 1,953 1.36 88.57
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 832 726 1,558 1.08 91.16
Syria 590 417 1,007 0.70 73.56
South Korea 388 595 983 0.68 90.27
Israel 463 400 863 0.60 86.13
Lebanon 462 334 796 0.55 88.94
Kazakhstan 226 376 602 0.42 66.52
Vietnam 284 309 593 0.41 71.62
Thailand 65 256 321 0.22 64.85
Jordan 141 100 241 0.17 81.69
Afghanistan 178 47 225 0.16 85.23
Iraq 156 68 224 0.16 91.06
Indonesia 77 130 207 0.14 68.32
Uzbekistan 105 97 202 0.14 79.22
Azerbaijan 111 88 199 0.14 90.87
Palestine 117 56 173 0.12 82.78
Malaysia 43 58 101 0.07 75.94
Saudi Arabia 60 39 99 0.07 64.29
Kyrgyzstan 42 57 99 0.07 79.84
Singapore 30 51 81 0.06 81.82
Mongolia 26 48 74 0.05 70.48
Sri Lanka 26 15 41 0.03 83.67
Yemen 24 5 29 0.02 42.65
Kuwait 22 5 27 0.02 93.10
United Arab Emirates 12 6 18 0.01 90.00
Tajikistan 7 7 14 <0.01 82.35
Cambodia .. .. 12 <0.01 92.31
Turkmenistan 5 6 11 <0.01 55.00
Maldives 5 5 10 <0.01 100.00
Qatar .. .. 10 <0.01 100.00
Myanmar .. .. 8 <0.01 72.73
North Korea .. .. 8 <0.01 80.00
Oman .. .. 7 <0.01 63.64
Bahrain .. .. 6 <0.01 85.71
Laos .. .. 6 <0.01 60.00
Other countries .. .. 5 <0.01 ..
Country unknown 66 137 203 0.14 ..
Total continent 84,236 59,657 143,893 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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