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Distribution by countries of the continent. 2021 Barcelona Geographical origin: Africa
Men Women National population % of continent's total population in the municipality % of country's total population in Catalonia
Morocco 8,898 6,000 14,898 63.91 6.34
Algeria 1,279 646 1,925 8.26 21.45
Senegal 1,351 288 1,639 7.03 6.74
Nigeria 519 459 978 4.20 15.42
Egypt 423 177 600 2.57 42.95
Ghana 372 110 482 2.07 6.43
Guinea 244 132 376 1.61 9.20
Cameroon 199 123 322 1.38 24.27
Tunisia 158 109 267 1.15 36.68
Equatorial Guinea 97 168 265 1.14 20.29
Gambia, the 231 30 261 1.12 1.72
Mali 145 29 174 0.75 2.16
South Africa 79 75 154 0.66 39.39
Libya 84 36 120 0.51 48.58
Guinea-Bissau 65 40 105 0.45 13.41
Côte d'Ivoire 55 28 83 0.36 9.86
Kenya 27 47 74 0.32 38.95
Mauritania 44 15 59 0.25 4.00
Angola 19 35 54 0.23 31.95
Ethiopia 27 25 52 0.22 47.27
Congo (Republic of the) 29 19 48 0.21 23.41
Burkina Faso 29 12 41 0.18 15.02
Mozambique 20 13 33 0.14 45.83
Tanzania 21 8 29 0.12 35.37
Sierra Leone 19 6 25 0.11 21.55
Somalia 18 4 22 0.09 53.66
Benin 11 10 21 0.09 31.34
Sudan 12 6 18 0.08 29.51
Uganda 9 9 18 0.08 62.07
Zimbabwe 10 7 17 0.07 54.84
Togo 10 6 16 0.07 18.82
Niger 10 4 14 0.06 16.09
Madagascar 5 8 13 0.06 36.11
Cape Verd 6 6 12 0.05 17.65
Liberia 6 5 11 0.05 35.48
Gabon .. .. 10 0.04 47.62
Mauritius .. .. 9 0.04 25.00
Namibia .. .. 9 0.04 60.00
Central African Republic 5 4 9 0.04 20.93
Malawi .. .. 8 0.03 53.33
Rwanda .. .. 6 0.03 7.69
Sâo Tomé and Príncipe .. .. 6 0.03 60.00
Eritrea .. .. 4 0.02 23.53
Other countries 10 8 18 0.08 ..
Country unknown 5 2 7 0.03 ..
Total continent 14,575 8,737 23,312 100.00 ..
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Continuous Population Census.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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