Editing Sandefjord (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
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|footnote    = Note: The municipal borders were changed in 1889, 1931, and 1950; causing a significant change in the population.
|source      = [[Statistics Norway]]<ref name="ssb hist pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="FM">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Folketelling 1960 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/folketellinger/kommunehefter/1960/kh_1960_0706.pdf |language=Norwegian }}</ref> and Norwegian Historical Data Centre<ref name="NHDC">{{Cite web |last=Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet |author-link=University of Tromsø |title=Censuses in the Norwegian Historical Data Archive (NHDC) |url=https://rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/reg_komm_e.html}}</ref>
|1845|794
|1855|1165
|1865|1797
|1875|2452
|1891|4238
|1900|4869
|1910|5183
|1920|5651
|1930|5930
|1946|6302
|1951|6717
|1960|6984
|1970|31752
|1980|34758
|1990|35888
|2000|39317
|2010|43126
|2020|63764
|2023|65574
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According to [[Statistics Norway]] in 2017, the municipality was home to 62,622 residents. There were 2,797 vacation homes in Sandefjord as of 2018, and 2,19 people per housing unit. About 69% of residents are members of [[Church of Norway]], 18% are unaffiliated, and 12.8% are members of other religious communities. In addition to the local [[Church of Norway]] churches, the municipality also houses various minor congregations, including an Adventist church and Methodist church.<ref name="TS" />{{rp|147}}

Religious minorities with congregations in town include [[Pentecostals]] (Salem), [[Catholics]] ([[Saint John the Baptist's Church, Sandefjord|St. Johannes Døperen]]), [[Methodists]] (Metodistkirken), [[Seventh-day Adventists]] (Adventkirken), [[Baptists]] (Baptistkirken), [[Norwegian Lutheran Mission]] (Den lille gren), [[Jehovas Witnesses]] (Rikets Sal) and [[Muslims]] (Alkawther Islam Center and Sandefjord Islamic Center).<ref name="RD" />{{rp|370}} Baptists first established a congregation in town in the 1880s and Methodists in the 1890s.<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|178}}
[[File:Konferansesenter1.jpg|thumb|left|Brunstad Conference Center in [[Stokke]].]]
[[Brunstad Christian Church]] (Smith's Friends) is an [[evangelical]] [[non-denominational]] church which was established in neighboring [[Horten Municipality]] in 1905. [[Brunstad Conference Center]] is the denomination's headquarters and is located in [[Stokke (village)|Stokke]]. It is the only worldwide denomination which was established in Norway.<ref name="EL2" />{{rp|313}}<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Elstad |first1=Hallgeir |last2=Winje |first2=Geir |last3=Bekkevold |first3=Halvor |date=23 May 2018 |title=Brunstad Christian Church |url=http://snl.no/Brunstad_Christian_Church |via=Store norske leksikon}}</ref>

The largest minority groups in 2017 (first- and second generation immigrants) are Lithuanians (1.95%), Polish (1.93%), Iraqis (1.24%), Vietnamese (0.80%), Germans (0.71%), Swedes (0.69%), Kosovans (0.67%), Bosnians (0.64%), and Danes (0.51%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=09817: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population (M) 2010 – 2019 |url=http://www.ssb.no/en/statbanken/statbank/table/09817/ |website=[[Statistics Norway]]}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After the merger with Stokke and Andebu in 2017, Sandefjord has a population of over 63,000. This makes Sandefjord to the 11th most populous municipality in Norway.<ref name="EL3" />{{rp|13}}<ref name="kommunal-rapport_2017-01">{{Cite web |date=2 January 2017 |title=Nå har vi 426 kommuner i Norge |url=https://kommunal-rapport.no/kommunestruktur/2017/01/na-har-vi-426-kommuner-i-norge |website=kommunal-rapport.no}}</ref> It is the most populous city in [[Vestfold]] County;<ref name="snl" /> One in four people from Vestfold county are from Sandefjord, or 25.2 percent of the county population.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-30 |title=Nå teller vi 62.622 innbyggere |url=https://www.sb.no/nyheter/sandefjord/vestfold/na-teller-vi-62-622-innbyggere/s/5-73-695042?ns_campaign=article&ns_mchannel=recommend_button&ns_source=facebook&ns_linkname=facebook&ns_fee=0 |website=[[Sandefjords Blad]]}}</ref>