Editing Saxony (section)

=== Population change ===
Saxony is a densely populated state if compared with more rural German states such as [[Bavaria]] or [[Lower Saxony]]. However, the population has declined over time. The population of Saxony began declining in the 1950s due to emigration, a process which accelerated after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] in 1989. After bottoming out in 2013, the population has stabilized due to increased immigration and higher fertility rates. The cities of Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, and the towns of Radebeul and Markkleeberg in their vicinity, have seen their populations increase since 2000. The following tables illustrate the foreign resident populations and the population of Saxony from 1816 to 2022:

{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Significant foreign resident populations as of 31 December<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/Thematisch/Bevoelkerung/MigrationIntegration/AuslaendBevoelkerung2010200147004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile|date=31 December 2014|publisher=German Statistical Office|title=Zensus 2014: Bevölkerung|access-date=8 June 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205151/https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/Thematisch/Bevoelkerung/MigrationIntegration/AuslaendBevoelkerung2010200147004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | Nationality
! scope="col" | Population (2022)
! scope="col" | | Population (2023)
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}} || 61,795 || 65,750
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}|| 31,310 || 37,985
|-
| {{flag|Poland}} || 23,730 || 25,170
|-
| {{flag|Romania}} || 15,725 || 16,200
|-
| {{flag|Afghanistan}} ||9,270||14,605
|-
| {{flag|Russia}} || 11,620 || 13,985
|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 9,735||10,020
|-
| {{flag|Turkey}} || 7,130 || 9,790
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}} || 8,840||9,745
|-
| {{flag|India}} || 7,675 || 8,670
|-
|}

{{Historical populations
|align=none|cols=2
| 1816|1,200,000
| 1837|1,652,114
| 1849|1,894,431
| 1858|2,122,148
| 1871|2,556,244
| 1880|2,972,805
| 1885|3,182,003
| 1890|3,502,684
| 1895|3,787,688
| 1900|4,202,216
| 1905|4,508,601
| 1910|4,806,661
| 1914|4,986,000
| 1919|4,670,311
| 1925|4,996,138
| 1939|5,158,329
| 1946|5,558,566
| 1950|5,682,802
| 1964|5,463,571
| 1970|5,419,187
| 1981|5,152,857
| 1990|4,775,873
| 2000|4,384,192|2011|4,056,799|2022|4,038,131}}