Covid-19 vaccine rollout progress in Catalonia: graph updated weekly
On December 27, 2020, 89-year-old Josefa Pérez became first resident to receive a dose
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Population of Catalonia grew by almost 8,000 in 2021 due to migration
Deaths outnumbered births in all counties except Girona and Segarra
Terra Alta county: population halved since 1920, further loss expected through 2046
Local community, struggling to keep basic services running, hopes remote working will 'halt' gloomy trend
68% of Catalans think Covid-19 vaccine should be compulsory, says study
Majority approve of Covid passports for hospitality and financing vaccine efforts abroad
First year of pandemic stopped depopulation 'in some towns'
Residents in western Catalan Pyrenees grow by 2% while Barcelona county's population drops by 1.5%
New all-time high of Catalans living abroad
Unprecedented drop in numbers residing in South America as western Pyrenees sees greatest percentage of emigrants
Aging of population makes demography an ever greater issue in Catalonia
"Fewer than 10% of women do not want children, but in reality, 30% of women won't have children," says expert urging for fertility-focused social policies
Birth rate in Catalonia sees another drop in 2018
Average number of children per woman is lowest on record since 2001
One out of five Barcelona residents are foreign
With 333,000 people in the city born abroad, Catalan capital has highest population from other countries in modern history
Aging Catalan population expected to hit eight million by 2030
Consistent levels of immigration will make up for the particularly low fertility rate
Catalonia leads the unemployment decrease in Spain
The number of jobless people in Catalonia at the end of the third quarter stood at 659,600, which means 66,500 less than in the same period last year. The 17.49% unemployment rate is the lowest in the last five years, according to the Active Population Survey (EPA) published this Thursday by the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE). Catalonia is the Autonomous Community which led job creation in Spain:between July and September, 35,800 jobs were created, mainly in the service sector, due to seasonal contracts. In Spain as a whole, unemployment fell by nearly 300,000 people and 182,000 new jobs were created. The overall number of jobless people in Spain now stands at 4.8 million, a figure that hasn't been registered in the last four years and is below the 5 million psychological barrier.
242,070 Catalans now living abroad: a 9.31% increase on 2014 figures
The number of Catalans with Spanish nationality living abroad and registered with consulates rose by 9.31% between 1 January 2014 and 1 January 2015, according to data from the Spanish Statistics Institute (INE), which is a legally independent institution run by the Spanish Government. In early 2014, there were 221,444 Catalans living in a foreign country, while a year later this figure had risen to 242,070, thus registering a 20,626 person increase. Regarding Spain as a whole, on the 1 January 2015, there were 2,183,043 citizens living abroad and registered with consulates. This represents a 6.1% growth on the figures from January 2014, when there were 124,995 less Spaniards living abroad.