Editing Bern (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Bern population pyramid.svg|thumb|Bern population pyramid in 2021]]
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Largest groups of foreign residents 2012
|-
!Nationality || Number || % total<br/ >(foreigners)
|-
|{{flag|Germany}} || 5,957 || 4.7 (20.0)
|-
|{{flag|Italy}} || 4,113 || 3.2 (13.5)
|-
|{{flag|Spain}} || 1,977 || 1.6 (6.5)
|-
|{{flag|Portugal}} || 1,433 || 1.1 (4.7)
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} || 1,161 || 0.9 (3.8)
|-
|{{flag|North Macedonia}} || 1,120 || 0.9 (3.7)
|-
|{{flag|Kosovo}} || 1,085 || 0.9 (3.6)
|-
|{{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 898 || 0.7 (3.0)
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}} || 898 || 0.7 (3.0)
|-
|{{flag|France}} || 668 || 0.5 (2.2)
|-
|{{flag|Austria}} || 629 || 0.5 (2.1)
|-
|}

{{Historical populations|1850|29670|1860|31050|1870|37548|1880|45743|1888|48605|1900|67550|1910|90937|1920|104626|1930|111783|1941|130331|1950|146499|1960|163172|1970|162405|1980|145254|1990|136338|2000|128634|2010|124381|2020|134794|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Bevölkerungsentwicklung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, 1850-2000 |trans-title=Population development according to institutional divisions, 1850-2000|url=https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/en/px-x-4004000000_101/-/px-x-4004000000_101.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=513a4f6a-09be-49d1-99c7-23421ad2dd49|publisher=[[Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)|Federal Statistical Office]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Permanent resident population by Year, Canton / District / Commune|url=https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/en/px-x-0102010000_101/-/px-x-0102010000_101.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=18b2f0c5-2cf6-4847-9f6f-3f23d3e7129d|publisher=[[Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)|Federal Statistical Office]]}}</ref>}}Bern has a population ({{as of|{{Swiss populations YM|CH-BE}}|lc=on}}) of {{Swiss populations|CH-BE|0351}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BE}} About 34% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the 10 years between 2000 and 2010, the population changed at a rate of 0.6%. Migration accounted for 1.3%, while births and deaths accounted for −2.1%.<ref name="SFSO">{{Cite web |title=Portraits of communes |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160911184605/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/02/key.html |archive-date=2016-09-11 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.bfs.admin.ch |language=en}}</ref>

Most of the population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) speaks German (104,465 or 81.2%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (5,062 or 3.9%) and French is the third (4,671 or 3.6%). There are 171 people who speak [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2008}}, the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. The population was made up of 44,032 Swiss men (35.4% of the population) and 15,092 (12.1%) non-Swiss men. There were 51,531 Swiss women (41.4%) and 13,726 (11.0%) non-Swiss women.<ref name="BE_Stat">{{Cite web |last=Finanzdirektion des Kantons Bern |title=Wohnbevölkerung (Finanzen) Finanzdirektion - Kanton Bern |url=http://www.fin.be.ch/de/index/finanzen/finanzen/publikationen/wohnbevoelkerung.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210729074703/https://www.fin.be.ch/de/index/finanzen/finanzen/publikationen/wohnbevoelkerung.html |archive-date=2021-07-29 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.fin.be.ch |language=de}}</ref> Of the population in the municipality, 39,008 or about 30.3% were born in Bern and lived there in 2000. There were 27,573 or 21.4% who were born in the same canton, while 25,818 or 20.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 27,812 or 21.6% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name=STAT2000/>

[[File:Bern Bethlehem2.jpg|thumb|Apartment blocks at Bern-Bethlehem]]

{{as of|2000}}, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 15.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 19.9%.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2000}}, there were 59,948 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 49,873 married individuals, 9,345 widows or widowers and 9,468 individuals who are divorced.<ref name="STAT2000">{{Cite web |title=40.3 - 2000 |url=http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140409212530/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_40%20-%20Eidgen%C3%B6ssische%20Volksz%C3%A4hlung/40.3%20-%202000/40.3%20-%202000.asp?lang=1&prod=40&secprod=3&openChild=true |archive-date=2014-04-09 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch}}</ref>

[[File:Houses in the Old City of Bern.jpg|thumb|Houses in the Old City of Bern]]

{{as of|2000}}, there were 67,115 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.8 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 34,981 households that consist of only one person and 1,592 households with five or more people. {{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}}, a total of 65,538 apartments (90.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 5,352 apartments (7.4%) were seasonally occupied and 1,444 apartments (2.0%) were empty.<ref name="Housing">{{Cite web |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office STAT-TAB – Datenwürfel für Thema 09.2 – Gebäude und Wohnungen |url=http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140907111534/http://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Database/German_09%20-%20Bau-%20und%20Wohnungswesen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen/09.2%20-%20Geb%C3%A4ude%20und%20Wohnungen.asp?lang=1&prod=09&secprod=2&openChild=true |archive-date=2014-09-07 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch}}</ref> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.2 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2003}} the average price to rent an average apartment in Bern was 1108.92 [[Swiss franc]]s (CHF) per month (US$890, £500, €710 approx. exchange rate from 2003). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 619.82 CHF (US$500, £280, €400), a two-room apartment was about 879.36 CHF (US$700, £400, €560), a three-room apartment was about 1040.54 CHF (US$830, £470, €670) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 2094.80 CHF (US$1680, £940, €1340). The average apartment price in Bern was 99.4% of the national average of 1116 CHF.<ref name="BFS_rent">{{Cite web |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Rental prices |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/error-pages/404.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423161803/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.html |archive-date=23 April 2010 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.bfs.admin.ch |language=de}}</ref> The vacancy rate for the municipality, {{as of|2010|alt=in 2010}}, was 0.45%.<ref name=SFSO/>

=== Historic population ===
The historical population is given in the following chart:<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|209|Bern}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="12" | Historic Population Data<ref name=HDS/>
|-
! Year
! Total Population
! German-speaking
! French-speaking
! Protestant
! Catholic
! Jewish
! Christian Catholic
! Other or no religion given
! No religion given
! Swiss
! Non-Swiss
|-
! Scope="row" | 1700
| style="text-align:center;"| 14,219 || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || |
|-
! Scope="row" | 1730
| style="text-align:center;"| 15,932 || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || |
|-
! Scope="row" | 1764
| style="text-align:center;"| 14,515 || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || |
|-
! Scope="row" | 1798
| style="text-align:center;"| 12,186 || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || |
|-
! Scope="row" | 1818
| style="text-align:center;"| 18,997 || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || |
|-
! Scope="row" | 1837
| style="text-align:center;"| 24,362 || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || | || |
|-
! scope="row" | 1850
| style="text-align:center;"| 29,670 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|27,986 || style="text-align:center;"|1,478 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|206 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|28,009 || style="text-align:center;"|1,661
|-
! scope="row" | 1880
| style="text-align:center;"| 44,087 || style="text-align:center;"|41,784 || style="text-align:center;"|1,875 || style="text-align:center;"|39,948 || style="text-align:center;"|3,456 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|387 || style="text-align:center;"|296 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|40,463 || style="text-align:center;"|3,624
|-
! scope="row" | 1910
| style="text-align:center;"| 90,937 || style="text-align:center;"|83,144 || style="text-align:center;"|4,566 || style="text-align:center;"|78,234 || style="text-align:center;"|9,650 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|1,056 || style="text-align:center;"|1,997 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|81,335 || style="text-align:center;"|9,602
|-
! scope="row" | 1930
| style="text-align:center;"| 111,783 || style="text-align:center;"|102,444 || style="text-align:center;"|6,378 || style="text-align:center;"|95,600 || style="text-align:center;"|13,280 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|854 || style="text-align:center;"|2,049 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|104,864 || style="text-align:center;"|6,919
|-
! scope="row" | 1950
| style="text-align:center;"| 146,499 || style="text-align:center;"|129,781 || style="text-align:center;"|10,262 || style="text-align:center;"|118,823 || style="text-align:center;"|23,295 || style="text-align:center;"|1,089 || style="text-align:center;"|792 || style="text-align:center;"|2,500 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|139,367 || style="text-align:center;"|7,132
|-
! scope="row" | 1970
| style="text-align:center;"| 162,405 || style="text-align:center;"|133,737 || style="text-align:center;"|8,041 || style="text-align:center;"|115,779 || style="text-align:center;"|41,374 || style="text-align:center;"|635 || style="text-align:center;"|561 || style="text-align:center;"|4,056 || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|139,873 || style="text-align:center;"|22,532
|-
! scope="row" | 1990
| style="text-align:center;"| 136,338 || style="text-align:center;"|110,279 || style="text-align:center;"|5,236 || style="text-align:center;"|79,889 || style="text-align:center;"|36,723 || style="text-align:center;"|335 || style="text-align:center;"|334 || style="text-align:center;"|19,057 || style="text-align:center;"|10,006 || style="text-align:center;"|112,599 || style="text-align:center;"|23,739
|}

=== Religion ===
[[File:Heiliggeistkirche Bern 2.jpg|Church of the Holy Spirit in Bern|thumb]]
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 60,455 or 47.0% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]], while 31,510 or 24.5% were members of the [[Catholic Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 1,874 [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|members of an Orthodox church]] (or about 1.46% of the population), there were 229 persons (or about 0.18% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christ Catholic Church]], and there were 5,531 persons (or about 4.30% of the population) who belonged to another Christian religion. There were 324 persons (or about 0.25% of the population) who were [[Jewish]], and 4,907 (or about 3.81% of the population) who were [[Muslim]]. There were 629 persons who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 1,430 persons who were [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and 177 persons who belonged to another religion. 16,363 (or about 12.72% of the population) belonged to no religion, are agnostic or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 7,855 persons (or about 6.11% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name=STAT2000/> On 14 December 2014 the [[Haus der Religionen]] was inaugurated.