Editing Concepción, Chile (section)

==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|percentages = pagr
|1970 |161,006 
|1982 |267,891 
|1992 |326,784 
|2002 |216,061
|2017 |223,574
|source = 1970–1992,<ref name="cenanti">According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20070320040225/http://www.censo2002.cl/menu_superior/ultimos/index.htm Last 5 census], the [[National Institute of Statistics (Chile)|INE]]</ref> 2002,<ref name="autogenerated2">According to Census 2002, operated by the [[National Institute of Statistics (Chile)|INE]]. Note that the population decreased in number due to the areas that by then were no longer part of the commune.</ref> 2017<ref name="autogenerated1">[https://www.ine.cl/estadisticas/sociales/censos-de-poblacion-y-vivienda/poblacion-y-vivienda 2017 census].</ref>
}}

According to data collected in 2002 in the Census of the [[National Institute of Statistics (Chile)|National Institute of Statistics]], the township has an area of {{convert|221.6|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and a population of 216,061 inhabitants, of whom 103,860 are men and 112,201 are women.

As a commune, Concepcion is home to 14.35% of the total population of the region. 1.88% (4,058 persons) is for the rural population and 98.12% (212,003) for the urban population. Moreover, 5.5% of the country's population lives in the Greater Concepción metro area.

Between 1970 and 1982 there is a large increase in the population. One reason is the inclusion of [[San Pedro de la Paz|San Pedro]], segregated from the municipality of [[Coronel, Chile|Coronel]].

The Concepción commune population sharply declined in 1996 as its territory was divided, creating [[Chiguayante]] and [[San Pedro de la Paz]]. The number of people living in these communes has grown quickly since they have become [[bedroom communities]] of ''Concepción'', i.e. residential cities that do not have a center with many shops, as is the case of Concepcion.

There is a significant percentage of foreign residents in the city, the most numerous are the Spanish, Italian and US expatriate communities. There are also smaller segments of German, French, British, [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[Greek people|Greek]], [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Croats|Croatian]], Scandinavian, [[Arab]] and Australian descendants in a city settled by waves of immigration.