Editing Valencia (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1842|66355|1857|106435|1860|107703|1877|142063|1887|168740|1897|203958|1900|215687|1910|233018|1920|247281|1930|315816|1940|454654|1950|503886|1960|501777|1970|648003|1981|744748|1991|752909|2001|738441|2011|792054|2021|788842|source=[[National Statistics Institute (Spain)|National Statistics Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Changes in the municipalities in the population census since 1842|url=https://www.ine.es/intercensal/inicio.do|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Spain)|National Statistics Institute]]|language=es}}</ref>}}The third largest city in Spain and the [[Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits|24th most populous municipality]] in the [[European Union]], Valencia had a population of 809,267<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.es |title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) |publisher=Ine.es |date=28 May 2001 |access-date=6 May 2009 |archive-date=7 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907000901/https://www.ine.es/ |url-status=live}}</ref> within its administrative limits on a land area of {{convert|134.6|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} in 2009. The [[urban area]] of Valencia extending beyond the administrative city limits has a population of between 1,564,145<ref>[[Eurostat]] – [[Larger Urban Zones]]: [http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx Urban Audit.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217141925/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx |date=17 December 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inici - València |url=https://www.valencia.es/val/estadistica/inici |access-date=6 September 2021 |website=www.valencia.es |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906185024/https://www.valencia.es/val/estadistica/inici |url-status=live}}</ref> and 1,595,000.<ref name="WorldUrbanAreas">[http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf World Urban Areas] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503021711/http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf |date=3 May 2018 }} – [[Demographia]], 04.2018</ref>

According to the [[:es:Ayuntamiento de Valencia|Valencia city hall]]<ref name="AjuntamentDeValencia" /> and Spanish [[Ministry of Development (Spain)|Ministry of Development]], the metropolis within the [[Horta of Valencia]] has a population of 1,567,118 in an area of {{cvt|628.81|km2}}.<ref name="DG" /> From 2001 to 2011, there was a population increase of 14.1%, amounting to 191,842 people.<ref name="MdFdE">[http://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM.CP.Web/handlers/pdfhandler.ashx?idpub=BAW013 Áreas urbanas +50, Ministerio de Fomento de España] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826234241/http://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM.CP.Web/handlers/pdfhandler.ashx?idpub=BAW013 |date=26 August 2014 }}.</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!colspan=4| Division of the metropolis ''Horta de Valencia''
|-
! Comarca
! Population <small>(2019)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.ine.es/intercensal/inicio.do |title=INEbase. Alteraciones de los municipios |access-date=1 May 2024 |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925190314/https://www.ine.es/intercensal/inicio.do |url-status=live }}</ref></small>
! Area
! Density
|-
| City of Valencia
| 801 545
| 134,7&nbsp;km²
| 5853 /km²
|-
| [[Horta Oest]] (western zone)
| 359 337
| 187,6&nbsp;km²
| 1982 /km²
|-
| [[Horta Nord]] (north zone)
| 228 424
| 140,4&nbsp;km²
| 1627 /km²
|-
| [[Horta Sud]] (south zone)
| 178 118
| 166,2&nbsp;km²
| 1071 /km²
|-
| '''Total:'''
| '''1 567 118'''
| '''631,9&nbsp;km²'''
| '''2480 /km²'''
|}

The metropolitan area had a population of 1,770,742 in 2010 according to citypopulation.de,<ref>[http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html The Principal Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704112702/http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |date=4 July 2010 }} – citypopulation.de</ref> 2,300,000 in 2015 according to the [[OECD|Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]],<ref>[[OECD|Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kBsfY-Pe2Q4C Competitive Cities in the Global Economy] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016032356/https://books.google.com/books?id=kBsfY-Pe2Q4C |date=16 October 2015 }}'', OECD Territorial Reviews, (OECD Publishing, 2006), Table 1.1</ref> 2,513,965 in 2017 according to the [[World Gazetteer]],<ref>[https://en.populationdata.net/countries/spain/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055641/https://en.populationdata.net/countries/spain/|date=3 December 2018}} – World Gazetteer, 2017</ref> and 2,522,383 in 2017 according to [[Eurostat]].<ref name="MetroRegion">[http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en "Population by sex and age groups"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622081900/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en |date=22 June 2016 }} – [[Eurostat]], 2017.</ref>

Between 2007 and 2008, there was a 14% increase in the [[Foreign born|foreign-born]] population, with the largest numeric increases by country being from [[Bolivia]], [[Romania]], and [[Italy]]. This growth in the foreign born population, which rose from 1.5% in 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ayto-valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Padron/2001/Pob_estrangera_2001.xls |title=foreign born population in 2001 |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720133411/http://www.ayto-valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Padron/2001/Pob_estrangera_2001.xls |url-status=live}}</ref> to 9.1% in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ayto-valencia.es/ayuntamiento/otras_publicaciones.nsf/0/44A5D00DFB826F6DC12575E00027F9CA/$FILE/Pob_Estrangera_2009.pdf |title=Foreign born population in 2008, p7 |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720133538/http://www.ayto-valencia.es/ayuntamiento/otras_publicaciones.nsf/0/44A5D00DFB826F6DC12575E00027F9CA/$FILE/Pob_Estrangera_2009.pdf |archive-date=20 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> has also occurred in the two larger cities of [[Madrid]] and [[Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ayto-valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Padron/2007/Pob_estrangera_2007.xls |title=Table 1.1 foreign born population |access-date=9 March 2011 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720133452/http://www.ayto-valencia.es/ayuntamiento/webs/estadistica/Padron/2007/Pob_estrangera_2007.xls |url-status=live}}</ref> The main countries of origin in those cases were Romania, the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.kyero.com/en/data/spain/community/valencia/population |title=Population of Valencia 2017 |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223726/https://data.kyero.com/en/data/spain/community/valencia/population |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>