Editing Münster (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Signal-Iduna-Building Münster (crop).jpg|thumb|upright|Signal-Iduna-Building, Servatiiplatz]]
[[File:Einwohnerentwicklung von Münster.svg|thumb|Population development since 1816]]

{{Historical populations|1816|17316|1831|21893|1851|25222|1871|24821|1900|63754|1910|90254|1919|100452|1925|106418|1933|122210|1939|141059|1950|118889|1956|155241|1961|182721|1966|200376|1971|198470|1976|266083|1981|271810|1986|246186|1990|259438|2001|267197|2011|289576|2022|303772|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.
Source:<ref>[[:de:Einwohnerentwicklung Münsters|Link]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany: States and Major Cities|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/germany/cities/}}</ref>}}

Münster has a population of about 320,000 people. It is the 10th largest city in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] and the 20th largest city in Germany. It is also the seventh largest German city by area at {{convert|303.28|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and serves as the center of the [[Münster (region)|Münster region]] (known as Münsterland in German). Considered one of the oldest German cities, Münster has been a major city since approximately 1000 AD. It first reached 100,000 inhabitants in 1948, and the population has continued to grow since the 1980s due to the popularity of the local university. Münster is also known for its bicycles, and some estimates suggest it has more bicycles than people. The city reached a population of 300,000 in 2014.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Number of largest foreign groups in Münster by nationality:<ref>{{cite web |title=Jahres-Statistik 2016 – Bevölkerung |url=https://www.stadt-muenster.de/fileadmin//user_upload/stadt-muenster/61_stadtentwicklung/pdf/jahr/Jahres-Statistik_2016_Bevoelkerung.pdf |access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
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! style="background:#efefef;"|Rank
! style="background:#efefef;"|Nationality
! style="background:#efefef;"|Population (31 December 2022)
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|1||{{flag|Ukraine}}|| 3,478
|-
|2||{{flag|Poland}}|| 2,365
|-
|3||{{flag|Serbia}}|| 1,885
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|4||{{flag|Turkey}}|| 1,735
|-
|5||{{flag|Portugal}}|| 1,636
|-
|6||{{flag|Italy}}|| 1,343
|-
|7||{{flag|Croatia}}|| 1,105
|-
|8||{{flag|Russia}}|| 987
|-
|9||{{flag|Spain}}|| 865
|-
|10||{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 738
|-
|}