Editing Dortmund (section)

==Demographics==
Dortmund's population grew rapidly in the time of the 19th century industrialisation, when coal mining and steel processing in the city began. 1904 marks the year when Dortmund saw a population of more than 100,000 for the first time in its history. During the 19th century the area around Dortmund, called [[Ruhr]], attracted up to 500,000 ethnic [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Masurians]], and [[Silesians]] from [[East Prussia]] and [[Silesia]], in a migration known as ''[[Ostflucht]]'' (flight from the east). Most of the new inhabitants came from Eastern Europe, but immigrants also came from France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Almost all their descendants today speak German as a mother tongue, and for various reasons, they do not identify with their Polish roots and traditions; often only their Polish family names remaining as a sign of their past. Not taking the fluctuation of war years into account, the population figures rose constantly to 657,804 in 1965. As a result of the city's post-industrial decline, the population fell to just under 580,000 in 2011. Today, with a population of 601.402 (2017), the City of Dortmund is [[List of cities in Germany by population|the eighth largest city in Germany]] after [[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]], [[Munich]], [[Cologne]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Stuttgart]], and [[Düsseldorf]]. It is also the largest city in the [[Ruhr]] agglomeration.

Contrary to earlier projections, population figures have been on the rise in recent years due to net migration gains. Dortmund has seen a moderate influx of younger people (18 to 25 years of age) mainly because of its universities.<ref name="dortmund.de">{{cite web |url=http://www.dortmund.de/de/leben_in_dortmund/nachrichtenportal/nachricht.jsp?nid=230976 |title=Dortmund 2012: Mehr Einwohner, mehr Studierende, mehr Übernachtungen – Nachrichtenportal – Leben in Dortmund – Stadtportal |publisher=Dortmund.de |date=31 December 2012 |access-date=2013-03-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211183302/http://www.dortmund.de/de/leben_in_dortmund/nachrichtenportal/nachricht.jsp?nid=230976 |archive-date=11 February 2013 }}</ref> Data of the [[2011 EU census|EU-wide 2011 census]] revealed massive inaccuracies with regard to German population figures. Consequently, respective figures have been corrected, which resulted in a statistical "loss" of 9,000 inhabitants in Dortmund.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/dortmund-hat-weniger-einwohner-als-angenommen-id8011720.html?ciuac=true|title=Dortmund hat weniger Einwohner als angenommen|first=Oliver|last=Volmerich|website=Derwesten.de|date=31 May 2013|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-date=17 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817113353/https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/dortmund-hat-weniger-einwohner-als-angenommen-id8011720.html?ciuac=true|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016 it was announced that the population was back above 600,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/dortmund-zaehlt-wieder-mehr-als-600-000-einwohner-id12350975.html|title=Dortmund zählt wieder mehr als 600.000 Einwohner|first=Oliver|last=Volmerich|website=Derwesten.de|date=11 November 2016|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005022005/https://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/dortmund-zaehlt-wieder-mehr-als-600-000-einwohner-id12350975.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Historical populations|1300|10000|1480|8000|1600|4000|1700|3000|1812|4828|1871|44420|1900|142733|1910|214226|1925|321743|1939|542261|1946|436491|1950|507349|1956|607885|1961|641480|1965|657804|1970|642680|1975|630609|1980|608297|1985|572094|1990|599055|1995|598840|2001|589240|2011|571143|2022|598246|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.
Source for 2001-2022:<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany: States and Major Cities|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/germany/cities/}}</ref>}}

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|+ '''Largest groups of foreign residents'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistisches Jahrbuch 2017|url=https://www.dortmund.de/media/p/statistik_3/statistik/bevoelkerung/02_03_Bevoelkerung_Geschlecht_Ausgewaehlte_Staatsangehoerigkeiten.pdf|access-date=31 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115201620/https://www.dortmund.de/media/p/statistik_3/statistik/bevoelkerung/02_03_Bevoelkerung_Geschlecht_Ausgewaehlte_Staatsangehoerigkeiten.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!Nationality !! Population (31 December 2022)
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} || 22,154
|-
|{{flag|Poland}} || 11,388
|-
|{{flag|Syria}} || 7,791
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}|| 7,368
|-
|{{flag|Romania}} || 4,561
|-
|{{flag|Greece}} || 4,132
|-
|{{flag|Spain}} || 3,623
|-
|{{flag|Italy}} || 3,569 
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}} || 3,421
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}} || 3,416
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}} || 2,229
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}}|| 2,103
|-
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}|| 2,034
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}|| 1,902
|-
|{{flag|Portugal}}|| 1,851
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}|| 1,780
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}}|| 1,532
|-
|{{flag|China}}|| 1,304
|-
|{{flag|Hungary}}|| 1,284
|-
|{{flag|Kosovo}}|| 1,225
|}
{{As of|2012}}, Dortmund had a population of 571,403, of whom about 177,000 (roughly 30%) were of non-German origin.<ref name="dortmund.de"/> The table shows the number of first and second generation immigrants in Dortmund by nationality as of 31 December 2014.<ref name="dev.statistik.dortmund.de">http://dev.statistik.dortmund.de/project/assets/template1.jsp?col=2&content=me&smi=10.2.4&tid=66334 {{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As with much of the Ruhr area, Dortmund has sizable Turkish and South European communities (particularly Spanish), and had one of Germany's most visible Slavic populations.

===Religion===
{{As of|2022}}, the largest Christian denominations were Protestantism (23,7%) and [[Catholicism]] (22,6% of the population).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dortmund in Zahlen |url=https://statistikportal.dortmund.de/dortmundinzahlen/#Bev%C3%B6lkerung |website=Statistikportal Dortmund |publisher=Stadt Dortmund}}</ref> Furthermore, in Dortmund the [[Greek Orthodox Church]], the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]], and the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]] are represented. The Church of the Holy Apostles (gre. I.N. Αγίων Αποστόλων Ντόρτμουντ – I.N. Agíon Apostólon Dortmund) was the first Greek church in Germany to be founded due to the influx of "guest workers". Also Dortmund is home of the [[New Apostolic Church]] in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], with more than 84,944 community members.

The Jewish community has a history dating back to Medieval times and has always ranked among the largest in [[Westphalia]]. Dortmund is home to the National Association of Jewish Communities of Westfalen-Lippe. The synagogues operate there in City center, Hörde, and Dorstfeld. Due to the growing immigration of people from Muslim countries beginning in the 1960s, Dortmund has a large Muslim community with more than 30 mosques.

In June 2019 Dortmund hosted the 37th Evangelischer Kirchentag – [[German Evangelical Church Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirchentag.org.uk |title=Kirchentag 2019 |website=Stadtportal Dortmund}}</ref>