Editing Wuhan (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type=China
|percentages = pags
|1953|1427300
|1982|4101000
|1990|6901911
|2000|8312700
|2010|9785388
|2020|12326500
|2022|13648900
|footnote = Population size may be affected by changes on administrative divisions.  2022 yearend est.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.douyin.com/video/7081936772921347331|access-date=2023-09-15|title=1364.89万，2022年武汉市发布最新人口数据，根据数据显示中心城区人口首次突破千万大关，达1032.43万，随着社会经济形势进一步向好！长江新区成立已然势在必行。超大城市的基本面已经形成#复兴#湖北 #武汉 #发布 - 抖音|language=zh|archive-date=March 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303055859/https://www.douyin.com/video/7081936772921347331|url-status=live}}</ref>  1953,<ref name="Shabad">Shiger, A.G. ''The Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Foreign Countries'', 2d ed, pp. 142–144. (Moscow), 1957 (Using 1953 census). Op cit. in Shabad, Theodore. "{{cite journal|title=The Population of China's Cities |journal = Geographical Review|volume = 49|issue = 1|pages = 32–42|jstor = 211567|last1 = Shabad|first1 = Theodore|year = 1959|doi = 10.2307/211567| bibcode=1959GeoRv..49...32S }}". ''Geographical Review'', Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 32–42. American Geographical Society, Jan. 1959. Accessed October 8, 2011.</ref><ref name="GreatSovy">''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'', 2d ed. (Moscow), 1958. Op cit. in Shabad, supra.</ref> 1982,<ref>{{lang|zh-Hans|中国人口统计年鉴1982}}. p. 43. (3rd Census)</ref> 1990,<ref>{{lang|zh-Hans|中国人口统计年鉴1990}}. p. 164. (4th Census)</ref> 2000 <ref name="census2010"/> 2007<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Wuhan |title=Wuhan (China) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310072538/https://www.britannica.com/place/Wuhan |archive-date=March 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> 2015<ref name="cnhub16">{{cite web|url=http://news.cnhubei.com/xw/wuhan/201602/t3552237.shtml|script-title=zh:武汉市去年净流入人口突破230万人_荆楚网|last1=Ding |first1=Yanfei (丁燕飞)|website=news.cnhubei.com|access-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227114558/http://news.cnhubei.com/xw/wuhan/201602/t3552237.shtml|archive-date=February 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Wuhan is the most populous city in Central China and [[List of cities in China by population and built-up area|among the most populous in China]]. In the [[2020 Chinese census|Seventh Census of China in 2020]], Wuhan was home to 12,326,500 inhabitants, a 25.97% increase by 2.5411 million compared to the last census in 2010. 2010-2020 is the fastest growing 10 years in history since the census was established, averaging 2.34% annually, and it was the first time that Wuhan's population reached 10 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=武汉市统计局 |url=http://tjj.wuhan.gov.cn/tjfw/tjgb/202105/t20210528_1707420.shtml |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=tjj.wuhan.gov.cn}}</ref>

The encompassing [[metropolitan area]] was estimated by the [[OECD]] (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) to have, {{As of|2010|lc=y}}, a population of 19 million.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Justina |last1=Crabtree |title=A tale of megacities: China's largest metropolises|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/biggest-megacities-in-china.html|work=CNBC|date=September 20, 2016|at=slide 6|access-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044105/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/biggest-megacities-in-china.html|archive-date=December 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="oecd2015">{{cite book |url=http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015_9789264230040-en#page39 |title=OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015 |edition=OECD READ |date=April 18, 2015 |via=OECD iLibrary |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] |isbn=9789264230033 |page=37 |language=en |doi=10.1787/9789264230040-en |issn=2306-9341 |access-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327210032/http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015_9789264230040-en#page39 |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
As of November 2019, urban development status considering both spatial and socioeconomic processes has been examined using Night Time Lighting data and land cover data as proxies; it showed Wuhan's high concentration
of socioeconomic activities compared to its urban spatial development.<ref name="sensing">{{Cite journal |last1=Yang |first1=Chengshu |last2=Yu |first2=Bailang |last3=Chen |first3=Zuoqi |last4=Song |first4=Wei |last5=Zhou |first5=Yuyu |last6=Li |first6=Xia |last7=Wu |first7=Jianping |date=October 16, 2019 |title=A Spatial-Socioeconomic Urban Development Status Curve from NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data |journal=Remote Sensing |language=en |volume=11 |issue=20 |page=2398 |doi=10.3390/rs11202398 |bibcode=2019RemS...11.2398Y |issn=2072-4292 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Religion in Wuhan (2017)<ref name=Han2017>{{cite journal|last1=Han|first1=Junqiang|last2=Meng|first2=Yingying|last3=Xu|first3=Chengcheng|last4=Qin|first4=Siqi|title=Urban Residents' Religious Beliefs and Influencing Factors on Christianity in Wuhan, China|journal=Religions|volume=8|page=244|number=244|year=2017|doi=10.3390/rel8110244|doi-access=free}} p. 4.</ref>
|label1 = [[Chinese folk religion|Chinese religion]] or [[irreligion|not religious]] (including [[Taoists]] (0.9%))
|value1 = 79.2
|color1 = #C00000
|label2 = [[Buddhism]]
|value2 = 14.7
|color2 = Yellow
|label3 = [[Protestantism]]
|value3 = 2.9
|color3 = DodgerBlue
|label4 = [[Islam]]
|value4 = 1.6
|color4 = Green
|label5 = [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]
|value5 = 0.3
|color5 = DarkOrchid
|label6 = Other
|value6 = 1.6
|color6 = Chartreuse
}}
According to a survey published in 2017, 79.2% of the population of Wuhan are either irreligious or practice [[Chinese folk religion|worship of gods and ancestors]]; among these 0.9% are [[Taoists]]. Among other religious doctrines, 14.7% of the population adheres to [[Buddhism]], 2.9% to [[Protestantism]], 0.3% to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and 1.6% to [[Islam]], and 1.6% of the population adheres to unspecified other religions.<ref name=Han2017/>

<gallery mode="packed" caption="Religious sites in Wuhan">
File:Wuhan Baotong Si 2012.11.21 11-44-23.jpg|Baotong Buddhist Temple
File:Gude Temple, Wuhan, Hubei, China3.jpg|Gude Buddhist Temple
File:汉口东正教堂.jpg|St. Alexander Nevsky Church
File:花园山圣家堂.jpg|Holy Family Catholic Church
</gallery>
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