6 Notes

1. The detailed 2026 report can be found on the Barcelona Dades website https://portaldades.ajuntament.barcelona.cat/en/, published by the Municipal Data Office (OMD) of Barcelona City Council. Statistical tables are available at https://portaldades.ajuntament.barcelona.cat/en/search/municipal%20register%20of%20inhabitants?theme=1&source=STATISTICS&themeLabel=Población, and microdata at https://portaldades.ajuntament.barcelona.cat/en/search/municipal%20register%20of%20inhabitants?theme=1&themeLabel=Population&source=MICRODATA. All charts and maps contained in this report have been prepared using information published in these same links. ↩︎

4. DOMINGO, A.; GALEANO, J.; BAYONA, J. (2021) “La migració estrangera a Barcelona: de la crisi financera del 2008 a la pandèmia del 2020”. Barcelona Societat, revista de coneixement i anàlisi social, 28: 26-40. ↩︎

5. DAMOUN, O.; BAYONA-I-CARRASCO, J.; DOMINGO, A (2022) “Immigració i Acceleració Demogràfica a l’àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona.” Treballs de La Societat Catalana de Geografia, December 2022. ↩︎

6. PARELLA,S.; PIQUERAS, C.; SOLÉ, C. (2023) “Destination Barcelona: migration processes in a historical and contemporary perspective”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46 (11): 2294-2314, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2023.2168497. ↩︎

7. PARELLA,S.; PIQUERAS, C.; SOLÉ, C. (2023) “Destination Barcelona: migration processes in a historical and contemporary perspective”. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46 (11): 2294-2314, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2023.2168497. ↩︎

8. DOMINGO, A.; BAYONA, J. (2021) “La huella de las migraciones en el metabolismo demográfico del Área Metropolitana de Barcelona”. Estudios Geográficos, 82 (291), e083: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3989/estgeogr.202194.094. ↩︎

9. CABRE, A. (1999) El sistema català de reproducció. Cent anys de singularitat demogràfica. Barcelona: Proa. ↩︎

10. The Population of Barcelona in 2026. Department of Statistics and Data Dissemination, Municipal Data Office. http://hdl.handle.net/11703/147933 ↩︎

11. DOMINGO, A.; BAYONA, J. (2021) “La huella de las migraciones en el metabolismo demográfico del Área Metropolitana de Barcelona”. Estudios Geográficos, 82 (291), e083: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3989/estgeogr.202194.094. ↩︎

12. One third of the people of Italian nationality registered in Barcelona come from South America, especially from Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela and Brazil, and in many cases obtained Italian nationality by demonstrating Italian ancestry. From 2018 onwards, the conditions for obtaining Italian nationality became more restrictive. ↩︎

13. LÓPEZ-GAY, A. (2016) “Atracció de talent i polarització socioeconòmica a Barcelona”. Perspectives Demogràfiques, 3: 1-4. https://doi.org/10.46710/ced.pd.cat ↩︎

14. It should be noted that until 31 January 2020, the European Union consisted of 28 countries; from that date onwards it has consisted of 27 countries. ↩︎

15. CABRÉ, A,; PUJADAS, I. (1982) Población y recursos humanos en Catalunya. Reconeixement Territorial de Catalunya. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, vol. 6 i 7. ↩︎

16. VEIRA, A.; STANEK, M.; CACHÓN, L. (2011) “Los determinantes de la concentración étnica en el mercado laboral espanyol”. Revista Internacional De Sociología, 69 (M1): 219–242. https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2011.iM1.392. ↩︎

17. GIL-ALONSO, F.; VIDAL-COSO, E. (2015) “Inmigrantes extranjeros en el mercado de trabajo español: ¿más resilientes o más vulnerables al impacto de la crisis?” Migraciones. Publicación Del Instituto Universitario De Estudios Sobre Migraciones, (37): 97–123. https://doi.org/10.14422/mig.i37.y2015.005. ↩︎

18. The cadastral register refers to the city’s real estate properties, regardless of whether their owners are registered residents or not. ↩︎

19. The reason for starting the series in 2018 is that from 2017 onwards the Cadastral Revision, the New Valuation Roll and the expansion of the statistical exploitation of cadastral uses coincided. ↩︎

20. It should be noted that the owners of a property registered in Barcelona may or may not reside in the city. ↩︎

21. The vehicle register refers to vehicles with an address in the city, regardless of whether their owners are registered residents or not. ↩︎

22. The reason for starting the series in 2017 is that, from 2016 onwards, vehicles recorded as temporarily deregistered and/or transferred to another municipality were excluded from the statistical exploitation, whereas they had previously been included. ↩︎