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The foreign populat on gains in
ESTIMATED POPULATION BY NATIONALITIES
Interannual variation rate (%) Chart 4.2 percentage, with higher growth than

5 in the Andorran populat on.
4
3 Spanish are still by far the largest foreign group,
2 with 24.8% of the total national population,
1 followed by foreigners of other nationalities
0 (11.3%), which overtook the Portuguese for
-1 the first time (11.2%), and more than double
-2 the French (4.5%). We can therefore state
-3 that in 2021, the trend continued towards the
-4 diversification of labour sourcing.
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Andorrans Foreigners Total
The inflow of foreigners into the country is also
Source: Parish censuses of the Comú governments / Department of Stat st cs.
reflected in the strong increase in the number
of valid immigration permits, driven by the
economic recovery, after the steep downturn recorded in 2020 (-7.4%), caused by the pandemic.
On 31 December 2021, there were 50,820 permits (including seasonal), 8.6% more than the
previous year and the highest figure in the available historical series since 2007. This strong
growth can be explained above all by the recovery in seasonal permits, which have more than
tripled but have still not reached the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. Note also the 2.5% increase
in working residence permits, which are the
majority (71%), followed by non-working
ESTIMATED POPULATION BY residence permits, which grew 1.8% to 8,550.
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NATIONALITIES - As % of total Chart 4.3 On the other hand, cross-border and work
2010 without residence permits declined (-0.8% and
-17.9%, respectively).
The Andorran economy: general developments | IV. Population, employment and education
By parish, the increase in estimated population
in 2021 was fairly well spread throughout the
territory, in line with the trend of recent years.

The strong growth in other nat onalit es
stands out, higher than in the Spanish.

VALID IMMIGRATION PERMITS BY TYPE,
AT THE END OF THE YEAR - In thousands Chart 4.4
2021

2020 2021
Source: Parish censuses of the Comú governments / Department of Stat st cs. Source: Department of Immigrat on / Department of Stat st cs.