Editing Utrecht (section)

== Population ==
[[File:Utrecht population pyramid.svg|thumb|Utrecht [[population pyramid]] in 2022]]

=== Demographics ===
{{Historical populations
|align      = right
|cols       = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source     = {{Harvnb|Lourens|Lucassen|1997|pp=87–88}} (1400–1795)<ref>{{cite web |title=Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region
|url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/en/dataset/37259eng/table?ts=1742391441388|publisher=[[Statistics Netherlands]]}}</ref>
|1400|13000
|1481|17250
|1577|27500
|1623|30000
|1670|30000
|1748|25244
|1795|32294
| 1900 | 102086
| 1910 | 119006
| 1920 | 138334
| 1930 | 153208
| 1940 | 165029
| 1950 | 193190
| 1960 | 254186
| 1970 |278966| 1980 |237037| 1990 |230358| 2000 |233667| 2010 | 307081
|2020|357597}}

Utrecht city had a population of 361,924 in 2022. It is a growing municipality and projections are that the population will surpass 392,000 by 2025.<ref name="bevolkingutrecht">{{cite web |last=Gemeente Utrecht |title=Utrechts onderzoek en cijfers |url=http://www.utrecht.nl/smartsite.dws?id=278616 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015030852/http://www.utrecht.nl/smartsite.dws?id=278616 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2009 |access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref> As of November 2019, the city of Utrecht has a population of 357,179.<ref name="opendata.cbs.nl"/>

Utrecht has a young population, with many inhabitants in the age category from 20 and 30&nbsp;years, due to the presence of a large university. About 52% of the population is female, 48% is male. The majority of households (52.5%) in Utrecht are single-person households. About 29% of people living in Utrecht are either married, or have another legal partnership. About 3% of the population of Utrecht is divorced.<ref name="bevolkingutrecht"/>

=== Inhabitants by origin ===
{| class="wikitable"
!2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS Statline |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37713/table |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=opendata.cbs.nl |language=nl}}</ref>
!Numbers
!%
|-
!Without recent migration background
|228,502
|63.9%
|-
!Western migration background
|43,511
|12.17%
|-
!Non-Western migration background
|85,584
|23.93%
|-
|[[Morocco]]
|31,429
|8.79%
|-
|[[Turkey]]
|14,210
|3.97%
|-
|[[Indonesia]]
|7,923
|2.22%
|-
|[[Suriname]]
|7,771
|2.17%
|-
|[[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Aruba]]
|2,907
|0.81%
|-
|Total
|357,597
|100%
|}

For 62.8% of the population of Utrecht both parents were born in the Netherlands. Approximately 12.4% of the population consists of people with a recent [[migration background]] from [[Western world|Western]] countries, while 24.8% of the population has at least one parent who is of 'non-Western origin' (8.8% from Morocco, 4% Turkey, 3% Surinam and Dutch Caribbean and 9.1% of other countries).<ref name="bevolkingutrecht" /> 

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|+Population of the city of Utrecht by country of birth of the parents of citizens (2022). Those with a mixed background are counted in the 'non Dutch' groupings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37713&D1=0-8&D2=0&D3=1-2,6-55&D4=603&D5=l&HDR=T,G4&STB=G1,G3,G2&VW=T |title=CBS StatLine – Bevolking; leeftijd, herkomstgroepering, geslacht en regio, 1 januari |access-date=8 August 2017 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630224048/http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37713&D1=0-8&D2=0&D3=1-2,6-55&D4=603&D5=l&HDR=T,G4&STB=G1,G3,G2&VW=T |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! Country/Territory || Population
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Netherlands]] || style="text-align:right;"|227,343 (62.8%)
|-
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Morocco]] || style="text-align:right;"|30,656 (8.8%)
|-
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Turkey]] || style="text-align:right;"|13,988 (4%)		
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Indonesia]] || style="text-align:right;"|8,014 (2.3%)	
|-
|{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Suriname]] || style="text-align:right;"|7,827 (3%)
|-
|Other || style="text-align:right;"|59,655 (20.7%)
|}

=== Religion ===
Utrecht has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. Currently it is the see of the Metropolitan [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht|Archbishop of Utrecht]], the most senior Dutch Roman Catholic leader.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aartsbisdom Utrecht |url=http://www.aartsbisdom.nl/ |language=nl |access-date=10 December 2007 |archive-date=30 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130092121/https://www.aartsbisdom.nl/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Katholiek Nederland |url=http://www.katholieknederland.nl/ |language=nl |access-date=10 December 2007 |archive-date=4 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004021841/http://www.katholieknederland.nl/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> His [[ecclesiastical province]] covers the whole kingdom.

Utrecht is also the see of the archbishop of the [[Old Catholic Church]], titular head of the [[Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic)|Union of Utrecht]], and the location of the offices of the [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]], the main Dutch Protestant church.

As of 2013, the largest religion is Christianity with 28% of the population being Christian, followed by Islam with 9.9% in 2016 and Hinduism with 0.8%.

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religions in Utrecht (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2014/40/kerkelijkheid-en-kerkbezoek-2010-2013 |publisher=Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek |title=Kerkelijkheid en kerkbezoek, 2010/2013 |date=2 October 2014 |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621105812/https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2014/40/kerkelijkheid-en-kerkbezoek-2010-2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|label1 = None
|value1 = 61.0
|color1 = Gold
|label2 = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
|value2 = 13.4
|color2 = DarkOrchid
|label3 = [[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]]
|value3 = 10.2
|color3 = DodgerBlue
|label4 = Other Christian denominations 
|value4 = 4.4
|color4 = Turquoise
|label5 = [[Islam in the Netherlands|Islam]]
|value5 = 9.5
|color5 = Green
|label6 = [[Hinduism]]
|value6 = 0.8
|color6 = Orange
|label7 = [[Buddhism]]
|value7 = 0.6
|color7 = Red
|label8 = [[Judaism]]
|value8 = 0.1
|color8 = Brown
}}

===Population centres and agglomeration===
The city of Utrecht is subdivided into 10 city quarters, all of which have their own neighbourhood council and service centre for civil affairs.

# Binnenstad 
# Oost 
# Leidsche Rijn 
# West 
# Overvecht 
# Zuid 
# Noordoost 
# Zuidwest 
# Noordwest 
# Vleuten-De Meern

Utrecht is the centre of a densely populated area, a fact which makes concise definitions of its agglomeration difficult, and somewhat arbitrary. The smaller Utrecht agglomeration of continuously built-up areas counts some 420,000 inhabitants and includes [[Nieuwegein]], [[IJsselstein]] and [[Maarssen]]. It is sometimes argued that the close by municipalities [[De Bilt]], [[Zeist]], [[Houten]], [[Vianen]], [[Driebergen-Rijsenburg]] ([[Utrechtse Heuvelrug]]), and [[Bunnik]] should also be counted towards the Utrecht agglomeration, bringing the total to 640,000 inhabitants. The larger region, including slightly more remote cities such as [[Woerden]] and [[Amersfoort]], counts up to 820,000 inhabitants.<ref name="CBS statline 2007">{{cite web |author=CBS Statline |title=Gemiddelde bevolking per regio naar leeftijd en geslacht / Gebieden in Nederland 2007 |year=2007 |url=http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/start.asp?KEYWORDS=agglomeratie+utrecht&BOOL=0&LA=NL&DM=SLNL&lp=Search/SResults |access-date=5 January 2008}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>