Editing Deva, Romania (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1912 |8654
|1930 |10509
|1948 |12959
|1956 |16879
|1966 |26969
|1977 |60334
|1992 |78438
|2002 |69390
|2011 |61123
|2021 |53113
}}

In 1850, the town had 2,129 inhabitants, of which 1,038 were Romanians (48.8%), 517 Hungarians (24.3%), 255 Germans (12%), 216 Roma (10.1%) and 103 (4.8%) of other ethnicities, meanwhile in 1910, out of 8,654 inhabitants, 5,827 were Hungarians (67.33%), 2,417 Romanians (27.92%), 276 Germans (3.18%) and 134 (1.57%) of other ethnicities.<ref name ="Hungarian census">{{cite web|url=http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/hdetn02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610215142/http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002/hdetn02.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-10 |url-status=live|title=ERDÉLY ETNIKAI ÉS FELEKEZETI STATISZTIKÁJA}}</ref>

At the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], there were 56,647 people living within the city, making it the 37th largest city in Romania. The ethnic makeup in 2011 was as follows: 89.67% [[Romanians]], 7.79% [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]], 1.6% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]], and 0.91% other. At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Deva had a population of 53,113; of those, 74.28% were Romanians, 5.33% Hungarians, and 19.42% other.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>