Editing Calais (section)

==Demographics==
Changes in the number of inhabitants is known throughout the population censuses conducted since 1793 in Calais. Note the massive growth in population from 13,529 in 1881 to 58,969 in 1886, a growth of 335.9%; this is because the city of Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais merged with Calais in 1885.<ref name=ehess/> According to the [[National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies|INSEE]] census of 2017, Calais has 73,911 people (a decrease of 4.4% from 1999).<ref name=pophist/> The town's population ranked 60th nationally, down from 53rd in 1999.
{{Historical populations
 | 1793 | 6549
 | 1800 | 6996
 | 1806 | 8102
 | 1821 | 8854
 | 1831 | 10437
 | 1836 | 10865
 | 1841 | 12508
 | 1846 | 11444
 | 1851 | 10993
 | 1856 | 11969
 | 1861 | 12934
 | 1866 | 12727
 | 1872 | 12843
 | 1876 | 12573
 | 1881 | 13529
 | 1886 | 58969
 | 1891 | 56867
 | 1896 | 56940
 | 1901 | 59743
 | 1906 | 66627
 | 1911 | 72322
 | 1921 | 73001
 | 1926 | 71629
 | 1931 | 70213
 | 1936 | 67568
 | 1946 | 50048
 | 1954 | 60340
 | 1962 | 70372
 | 1968 | 74624
 | 1975 | 78820
 | 1982 | 76527
 | 1990 | 75309
 | 1999 | 77317
 | 2007 | 75293
 | 2012 | 72589
 | 2017 | 73911
| source= EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|6584|Calais}}</ref> and INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62193#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
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