Catalonia breaks the record for new residents abroad since 2009

Catalonia has 406,679 citizens residing abroad, according to data as of January 1, 2025 published this Wednesday by the INE. This is 20,000 more people than a year ago, 5.2% more. As for the new registrations in the register of residents abroad, there were 33,757 in the last year, which represents an interannual increase of 3.3% and the record number of registrations since at least 2009. Eight out of ten of the new registrations have been made e…