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How many of us are there living in Catalonia ?

Size of the population. Population size in Catalonia 1900-2005

Year Population
1900 1,984,115
1910 2,099,218
1920 2,355,908
1930 2,731,627
1940 2,915,757
1950 3,218,596
1960 3,888,485
1970 5,107,606
1981 5,956,414
1991 6,059,494
2000 6,261,999
2006 7,083,618

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How many of us are there in each province?

Size of the population by provinces. Catalonia 1900 and 2005

Province Population 1900 Population 2006
Barcelona 1,052,977 5,309,404
Girona 303,829 687,331
Lleida 283,909 407,496
Tarragona 343,400 730,466

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Where were we born ?

Popularion according to place of birth. Catalonia 2005

Place of birth Population
In Catalonia 64%
In the rest of Spain 23%
Abroad 13%

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What sex are we ?

Population by sex. Catalonia 2006

  Population
Male 3,515,102
Female 3,568,516

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How old are we?

Population by age. Catalonia 2005

Years Population
Under 20 19%
20 to 39 32.7%
40 yo 59 26.5%
60 o 79 17.22%
80 and over 4.36%

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What is the size of the working population?

Workign population. Catalonia 2005

  Working population
Men 2,031,200
Women 1,505,800
Total 3,537,100

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What do we do for a living?

Occupation of the working population by sector. Catalonia 2005

Sector Working population
Agriculture 83,900
Industry 833,100
Construction 387,700
Services 2,225,000
Unclassified 89,400

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How many foreign people are resident in Catalonia?

Size of the foreign population resident in Catalonia. Catalonia 2001-2005

Year Foreign resident
2001 280,167
2002 328,461
2003 383,938
2004 462,046
2005 603,636

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Where do they come from ?

Foreign residents by origin. Catalonia 2005

Origin Foreign residents
European countries 51,887
EU countries 75,304
Africa 209,049
The Americas 200,752
Asia 66,190
Oceania 270

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How many foreign people live in Catalonia for every 100 inhabitants?

Number of foreign people per 100 inhabitants. Catalonia and provinces 2005

  Foreigns
Barcelona 10,9%
Girona 15,1%
Tarragona 11,9%
Lleida 11,3%
Total Catalunya 11,4%

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At what rate and in what manner is our society growing ?

Natural growth counting immigration per 1,000 inhabitants. Catalonia 2004

  Inhabitants
Natural growth 2.9
Immigration 19.3
Total 22.2

Natural growth
Inmigration



How many children are being born?

Birth rate per 10,000 inhabitants. Catalonia and Spain 2004

  Birth rate
Catalonia 114
Spain 106

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How many children does each woman have?

Catalonia and Spain 2004

  Children
Catalonia 1.41
Spain 1.32

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What is our death rate?

Death rate per 10,000 inhabitants. Catalonia and Spain 2004

  Death rate
Catalonia 85
Spain 87

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What is our live expentancy?

Life expectancy. Catalonia and Spain 2004

 

Male

Female

Catalonia 76.9 83.3
Spain 77.2 83.7

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How many of us get married? And, how many of us get divorced?

Marriage and divorce rate per 10,000 inhabitants. Catalonia 2004

  Marriages Divorces
Catalonia 48 16
Spain 50 21

Marriage
Divorces



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