Editing Padua (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type =
|footnote = Source: [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]
|1871 | 64862
|1881 | 70753
|1901 | 81242
|1911 | 96118
|1921 | 108912
|1931 | 126843
|1936 | 138709
|1951 | 167672
|1961 | 197680
|1971 | 231599
|1981 | 234678
|1991 | 215137
|2001 | 204870
|2011 | 206192
|2021|206651}}

In 2007, there were 210,301 people residing in Padua, located in the province of Padua, [[Veneto]], of whom 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 14.87% of the population compared to pensioners who number 23.72%. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06% (minors) and 19.94% (pensioners). The average age of Padua residents is 45 compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Padua grew by 2.21%, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.85%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |year=2007 |access-date=6 May 2009 |archive-date=26 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426215446/http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The current [[birth rate]] of Padua is 8.49 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births.

{{As of|2006}}, 90.66% of the population was Italian. The largest immigrant group comes from other European nations (the largest being [[Romanians]], [[Moldovans]], and [[Albanians]]): 5.14%, [[sub-saharan Africa]] 1.08%, and East Asia: 1.04%. The city is predominantly [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], but due to immigration now has some [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]], [[Muslim]] and [[Hindu]] followers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/str2006/index.html |year=2006 |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |access-date=6 May 2009 |archive-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814010947/http://demo.istat.it/str2006/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/pop2006/index.html |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |year=2006 |access-date=6 May 2009 |archive-date=8 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108235558/http://demo.istat.it/pop2006/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>