Editing Munich (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Munich}}

{{historical populations
|1500|13447
|1600|21943
|1750|32000
|1880|230023
|1890|349024
|1900|499932
|1910|596467
|1920|666000
|1930|728900
|1940|834500
|1950|823892
|1960|1055457
|1970|1311978
|1980|1298941
|1990|1229026
|2001|1227958
|2011|1348335
|2022|1478638|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.}}

From only 24,000 inhabitants in 1700, the city population doubled about every 30 years. It was 100,000 in 1852, 250,000 in 1883 and 500,000 in 1901. Since then, Munich has become Germany's third-largest city. In 1933, 840,901 inhabitants were counted, and in 1957 over 1&nbsp;million. Munich has reached 1.5&nbsp;million in 2022.

===Immigration===
In December 2023, Munich had 1.58&nbsp;million inhabitants; 477,855 foreign nationals resided in the city as of 31 December 2023 with 42.88% of these residents being citizens of EU member states, and 29.66% citizens in European states not in the EU (including Kosovo and Turkey).<ref>{{cite web |title=Die ausländische Bevölkerung nach der Staatsangehörigkeit 2023 |url=https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:89a2dcdb-76bb-427d-8930-61a956092c08/jt180115_korr.pdf |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214002/https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:89a2dcdb-76bb-427d-8930-61a956092c08/jt180115_korr.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Along with the Turks, the Croats are one of the two largest foreign minorities in the city, which is why some Croats refer to Munich as their "second capital".<ref>{{cite web |title=Kroaten in München – Die zweite Hauptstadt |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/em-kroaten-in-muenchen-die-zweite-hauptstadt-1.201626 |website=sueddeutsche.de |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=24 July 2023 |language=de |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724081736/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/em-kroaten-in-muenchen-die-zweite-hauptstadt-1.201626 |url-status=live }}</ref> The largest groups of foreign nationals were [[Turkish people|Turks]] (38,947), [[Croats]] (37,541), [[Italians]] (28,142), [[Greeks]] (24,843), [[Bosnians]] (24,161) [[Ukrainians]] (21,899), and [[Austrians]] (21,944).
{|class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Foreign residents by citizenship, 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Die ausländische Bevölkerung nach der Staatsangehörigkeit 2024 |url=https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:89a2dcdb-76bb-427d-8930-61a956092c08/jt180115_korr.pdf |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214002/https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:89a2dcdb-76bb-427d-8930-61a956092c08/jt180115_korr.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Country|| Population
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}}||39,757
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}}||36,934
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}||28,723
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}||24,684
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}||24,729
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}||24,744
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}||19,185
|-
|{{flag|India}}||17,417
|-
|{{flag|Romania}}||16,793
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}||16,530
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}}||14,869
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}||14,561
|-
|{{flag|Kosovo}}||13,274
|-
|{{flag|China}}||13,259
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}||12,022
|-
|{{flag|Spain}}||10,135
|-
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}||10,128
|-
|{{flag|France}}||10,088
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}||9,165
|-
|{{flag|Hungary}}||7,014
|-
|{{flag|United States}}||6,789
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}||6,350
|-
|{{flag|North Macedonia}}||4,633
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}||4,545
|-
|{{flag|Albania}}||4,106
|-
|{{flag|Nigeria}}||3,648
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||3,694
|-
|{{flag|Portugal}}||3,472
|-
|{{flag|Somalia}}||3,240
|}

===Religion===
About 45% of Munich's residents are not affiliated with any religious group; this ratio represents the fastest growing segment of the population. As in the rest of Germany, the Catholic and Protestant churches have experienced a continuous decline in membership. As of 31 December 2017, 31.8% of the city's inhabitants were [[Catholic]], 11.4% [[Protestant]], 0.3% Jewish (see: [[History of the Jews in Munich]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:0f95bf6f-3c4d-46e6-bad2-b435c8ccf7be/jt180120.pdf |title=Landeshauptstadt München: Bevölkerungsbestand – Aktuelle Jahreszahlen: Die Bevölkerung in den Stadtbezirken nach ausgewählten Konfessionen am 31.12.2017 |publisher=muenchen.de |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101812/https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:0f95bf6f-3c4d-46e6-bad2-b435c8ccf7be/jt180120.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and 3.6% were members of an Orthodox Church ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] or [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:091620000000,BEG_4_2_6,m,table |title=Bevölkerung im regionalen Vergleich nach Religion (ausführlich) in % |publisher=Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder |date=2014 |access-date=7 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621101339/https://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:091620000000,BEG_4_2_6,m,table |archive-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> About 1% adhere to other Christian denominations. There is also a small [[Old Catholic]] parish and an English-speaking parish of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] in the city. According to Munich Statistical Office, in 2013 about 6.9% of Munich's population was [[Muslim]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muslime-in-muenchen-extremisten-sind-eine-kleine-minderheit-1.2156016 |title=Extremisten sind eine kleine Minderheit |publisher=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] |date=2014 |access-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828094728/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muslime-in-muenchen-extremisten-sind-eine-kleine-minderheit-1.2156016 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Munich has the largest [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] population with about 800 (whole Germany about 1,600) people with Uyghur diaspora. Many of them fled to Munich due to the Chinese government and are exiled in Munich. Munich is also home to [[World Uyghur Congress]], which is an [[international organisation]] of exiled Uyghurs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weltkongress der Uiguren – München |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-uiguren-weltkongress-china-cables-1.4696618 |website=www.sueddeutsche.de |date=25 November 2019 |access-date=24 July 2023 |language=de |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724081340/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-uiguren-weltkongress-china-cables-1.4696618 |url-status=live }}</ref>