Editing Basel (section)

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Largest groups of foreign residents 2021
|-
!Nationality || Number || % total<br />(foreigners)
|-
||{{flag|Germany}}|| 16,562 || 8.2 (22.3)
|-
||{{flag|Italy}}|| 8,671 || 4.3 (11.7)
|-
||{{flag|Turkey}}|| 5,741 || 2.8 (7.7)
|-
||{{flag|Spain}}|| 4,176 || 2.0 (5.6)
|-
||{{flag|Portugal}}|| 3,390 || 1.7 (4.6)
|-
||{{flag|France}}|| 2,393 || 1.2 (3.2)
|-
||{{flag|Kosovo}}|| 2,186 || 1.1 (2.9)
|-
||{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 2,132 || 1.1 (2.7)
|-
||{{flag|North Macedonia}}|| 2,095 || 1.0 (2.8)
|-
||{{flag|Serbia}}|| 1,797 || 0.9 (2.4)
|-
||{{flag|India}}|| 1,661 || 0.8 (2.2)
|-
||{{flag|USA}}|| 1,629 || 0.8 (2.2)
|-
||{{flag|Austria}}|| 1,273 || 0.6 (1.7)
|-
|}

{{Historical populations|1850|27844|1860|38692|1870|44868|1880|61737|1888|71131|1900|109161|1910|132276|1920|135976|1930|148063|1941|162105|1950|183543|1960|206746|1970|212857|1980|182143|1990|178428|2000|166558|2010|163216|2020|173863|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>}}

The canton of Basel (slightly more than the city itself) has a population ({{as of|2021}}) of 201,971, of whom 36.9% are resident foreign nationals.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik.bs.ch/haeufig-gefragt/einwohner/auslaender.html |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung |publisher=Statistisches Amt, Kanton Basel-Stadt |format=XSL |language=de |date=2022 |accessdate=2022-01-08 |archive-date=17 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217143425/http://www.statistik-bs.ch/tabellen/t01/1/t01.1.12.xls |url-status=live }}</ref> Over the 10 years of 1999–2009 the population has changed at a rate of −0.3%. It has changed at a rate of 3.2% due to migration and at a rate of −3% due to births and deaths.<ref name="SFSO">{{Cite web |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |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> Of the population in the municipality 58,560 or about 35.2% were born in Basel and lived there in 2000. There were 1,396 or 0.8% who were born in the same canton, while 44,874 or 26.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 53,774 or 32.3% were born outside of Switzerland.<ref name="STAT2000" /> In {{as of|2008|alt=2008}} there were 898 live births to Swiss citizens and 621 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 1,732 deaths of Swiss citizens and 175 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 834 while the foreign population increased by 446. There were 207 Swiss men and 271 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 1756 non-Swiss men and 1655 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 278 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1138 people. This represents a [[population growth rate]] of 0.9%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonucci |first=Leonardo |date=2025-05-11 |title=ibet |url=https://ibet19vn.net/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=ibet19vn.net |language=en}}</ref><ref name="HDS_superweb">{{Cite web |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office – Superweb database – Gemeinde Statistics 1981–2008 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101114100216/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/infothek/onlinedb/superweb/login.html |archive-date=2010-11-14 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.bfs.admin.ch |language=de}}</ref> {{as of|2000}}, there were 70,502 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 70,517 married individuals, 12,435 widows or widowers, and 13,104 individuals who are divorced.<ref name="STAT2000">[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 STAT-TAB Datenwürfel für Thema 40.3 – 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809142611/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 |date=9 August 2013 }}  {{in lang|de}} accessed 2 February 2011</ref> {{as of|2000}} the average number of residents per living room was 0.59 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.58 per room.<ref name=SFSO/> In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least {{convert|4|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.<ref name=EurostatSA1>{{cite book |editor=Alves, Nuno |display-editors=etal |publisher=Eurostat |title=Urban Audit Glossary |section=Housing (SA1) |version=June 2007 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/international/22/lexi.Document.116365.pdf |access-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114023016/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/international/22/lexi.Document.116365.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2009  }}</ref>{{rp|18v}} About 10.5% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a [[Mortgage loan|mortgage]] or a [[rent-to-own]] agreement).<ref name=EurostatSA1/>{{rp|17}} 

{{as of|2000}}, there were 86,371 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.8 persons per household.<ref name=SFSO/> There were 44,469 households that consist of only one person and 2,842 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 88,646 households that answered this question, 50.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 451 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 20,472 married couples without children, 14,554 married couples with children There were 4,318 single parents with a child or children. There were 2,107 households that were made up of unrelated people and 2,275 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.<ref name=STAT2000/>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 5,747 single family homes (or 30.8% of the total) out of a total of 18,631 inhabited buildings. There were 7,642 multi-family buildings (41.0%), along with 4,093 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (22.0%) and 1,149 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (6.2%). Of the single family homes 1090 were built before 1919, while 65 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (3,474) were built between 1919 and 1945.<ref name="Housing">{{Cite web |title=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=trueSwiss |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150121033424/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=trueSwiss |archive-date=2015-01-21 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch}}</ref>

{{as of|2000|alt=In 2000}} there were 96,640 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 35,958. There were 11,957 single room apartments and 9,702 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 84,675 apartments (87.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7,916 apartments (8.2%) were seasonally occupied and 4,049 apartments (4.2%) were empty.<ref name=Housing/> {{as of|2009}}, the construction rate of new housing units was 2.6 new units per 1000 residents.<ref name=SFSO/>

{{as of|2003}} the average price to rent an average apartment in Basel was 1118.60 [[Swiss franc]]s (CHF) per month (US$890, £500, €720 approx. exchange rate from 2003). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 602.27 CHF (US$480, £270, €390), a two-room apartment was about 846.52 CHF (US$680, £380, €540), a three-room apartment was about 1054.14 CHF (US$840, £470, €670) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 2185.24 CHF (US$1750, £980, €1400). The average apartment price in Basel was 100.2% of the national average of 1116 CHF.<ref name="BFS_rent">{{Cite web |title=Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Rental prices |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/05/06/blank/key/einfuehrung.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 0.74%.<ref name=SFSO/>

=== Language ===
In 2000, most of the population spoke German (129,592 or 77.8%), with Italian being second most common (9,049 or 5.4%) and French being third (4,280 or 2.6%). There were 202 people who spoke [[Romansh language|Romansh]].<ref name=STAT2000/>

=== Religion ===
[[File:Basler Synagoge(ws) retouched.jpg|thumb|The main synagogue of Basel]]
From the {{as of|2000|alt=2000 census}}, 41,916 or 25.2% were [[Roman Catholic]], while 39,180 or 23.5% belonged to the [[Swiss Reformed Church]]. Of the rest of the population, there were 4,567 members of an [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|Orthodox church]] (or about 2.74% of the population), 459 individuals (or about 0.28% of the population) who belonged to the [[Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland|Christian Catholic Church]] and 3,464 individuals (or about 2.08% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 12,368 individuals (or about 7.43% of the population) who were Muslim, 1,325 individuals (or about 0.80% of the population) who were Jewish, however only members of religious institutions are counted as such by the municipality, which makes the actual number of people of [[Jews in Switzerland|Jewish descent]] living in Basel considerably higher. There were 746 individuals who were [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], 947 individuals who were Hindu and 485 individuals who belonged to another church. 52,321 (or about 31.41% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or [[Atheism|atheist]], and 8,780 individuals (or about 5.27% of the population) did not answer the question.<ref name="STAT2000"/>