Editing Bielsko-Biała (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Piramida wieku Bielsko Biala.png|thumb|[[Population pyramid]] of the inhabitants|upright=1.5]]

On December 31, 2021, the population of Bielsko-Biała was 168,835, including 79,740 (47.2%) men and 89,095 (52.8%) women. This means that there were 112 women for every 100 men. 56.4% of Bielsko-Biała's residents were of [[working age]], 17.5% were of pre-working age, and 26.0% of residents were of post-working age. The city's population accounted for 3.77% of the population of the Silesian Voivodeship. Population density was 1,356 people per square kilometer.<ref name="population"/>

The [[natural increase]], according to data for 2020, was negative, at -610 (-3.58 per thousand residents). 1519 children were born and 2129 deaths were registered. The [[fertility rate]] at 1.44 was slightly higher than that of the voivodeship and Poland as a whole. The balance of [[internal migration]] was -355 in 2020, while foreign migration was +24. 592 marriages were concluded. 28.6% of residents were single, 55.0% were married, 6.9% were divorced, and 9.4% were widows and widowers.<ref name="population"/>

At the time of the merger of Bielsko and Biała in 1951, the city had a population of about 60,000. Over the years, the population increased with the development of industry and the incorporation of nearby municipalities, particularly fast in the 1970s. Bielsko-Biała reached its highest population (184,421) in 1991. Since then, as in most cities in Poland, there has been a gradual decline in population. Between 2002 and 2021, the population declined by 5.1%. According to forecasts by the [[Statistics Poland|Central Statistical Office]], Bielsko-Biala is expected to have a population of 161,900 in 2025, 150,400 in 2035 and 133,300 in 2050.<ref name="population"/>

In the [[2021 Polish census]] 99.30% of the population of Bielsko-Biała (167,913 people) declared [[Polish people|Polish ethnicity]]. 2.30% declared another ethnicity (there were a possibility to declare dual ethnicity, so percentages do not add up to 100%), of which: 0.66% (1,108 people) [[Silesians|Silesian]], 0.21% (321 people) [[Germans|German]], 0.20% (335 people) [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]], 0.19% (313 people) [[English people|English]] and 0.13% (222 people) [[Italians|Italian]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/6536/10/1/1/przynaleznosc_narodowo-etniczna_-_dane_nsp_2021_dla_kraju_i_jednostek_podzialu_terytorialnego.xlsx|title= Przynależność narodowo-etniczna – dane NSP 2021 dla kraju i jednostek podziału terytorialnego|website= Główny Urząd Statystyczny|publisher= |access-date= 2023-12-31|quote=}}</ref> 99.70% of the population (168 582 people) speak [[Polish language|Polish]] at home. Other most commonly used languages (exclusively or together with Polish) are: [[English language|English]] (2.30% or 3,893 people), [[German language|German]] (0.44% or 743 people), [[Italian language|Italian]] (0.23% or 388 people), [[Silesian language|Silesian]] (0.19% or 319 people), [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] (0.16% or 275 people) and [[Russian language|Russian]] (0.13% or 227 people).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/6536/10/1/1/jezyk_uzywany_w_domu_-_dane_nsp_2021_dla_kraju_i_jednostek_podzialu_terytorialnego.xlsx|title=Język używany w domu – dane NSP 2021 dla kraju i jednostek podziału terytorialnego|website= Główny Urząd Statystyczny|publisher= |access-date= 2023-12-31|quote=}}</ref> Detailed statistics on the religious structure are not available.

=== Ethnic and linguistic structure ===
In the National Census of Population and Housing 2021, 99.30% of Bielsko-Biala residents (167,913 people) declared Polish nationality. 2.30% declared a different nationality (as the only one or together with Polish), including: 0.66% (1108 people) Silesian, 0.21% (321 people) German, 0.20% (335 people) Ukrainian, 0.19% (313 people) English and 0.13% (222 people) Italian.

In the light of the same census, 99.70% of Bielszczans (168,582 people) speak Polish at home. The other most commonly used languages (exclusively or jointly with Polish) are: English (2.30%, 3893 people), German (0.44%, 743 people), Italian (0.23%, 388 people), Silesian (0.19%, etc%, 319 people), Ukrainian (0.16%, 275 people) and Russian (0.13%, 227 people).