Editing Groningen (province) (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population
|type        = none
|align       = right
|percentages = pagr
|source      = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=7377vt&D1=0&D2=0&D3=1&HD=140326-0122&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2 Volkstelling 1899; algemene uitkomsten per gemeente], [[Statistics Netherlands]], 1999. Retrieved on 25 March 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=71128NED&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=1&HD=140326-0126&HDR=T,G2&STB=G1,G3 Volkstelling 1930; bewoners naar geslacht en geboorteplaats], [[Statistics Netherlands]], 2006. Retrieved on 25 March 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=37259ned&D1=0&D2=0&D3=5&D4=0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50&HD=140312-2044&HDR=T&STB=G2,G1,G3 Bevolkingsontwikkeling; levendgeborenen, overledenen en migratie per regio], [[Statistics Netherlands]], 2013. Retrieved on 12 March 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/en/dataset/37259eng/table?dl=6E4D2|title=Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region|access-date=2022-09-08}}</ref>
|1899 |299,602
|1930 |392,436
|1942 |430,271
|1950 |459,819
|1960 |474,657	
|1965 |497,472	
|1970 |517,305	
|1975 |536,106
|1980 |553,709
|1985 |561,119
|1990 |553,862
|1995 |557,995
|2000 |562,646
|2005 |575,072
|2010 |576,668
|2015 |582,649
|2020 |585,866
}}

On 1 January 2023, the province of Groningen had a [[population]] of 596,075 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|257|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}, which make it the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|9th most populous province]] and [[Provinces of the Netherlands|8th most densely populated province]] of the Netherlands.<ref name="area"/><ref name="population">{{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=37230ned&D1=0&D2=5-16&D3=l&HD=140312-2050&HDR=G1,G2&STB=T Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand], [[Statistics Netherlands]], 2014. Retrieved on 12 March 2014.</ref> The city of Groningen is the most populous city in the province and the 6th most populous city in the Netherlands.

On 1 January 2013, 92.2% of the total provincial population was born in the Netherlands; and of the 7.8% that was born abroad, the ten most common foreign countries of origin are the neighbour [[Germany]] (1.09%), the former colonies and dependencies [[Indonesia]] (0.60%), [[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Aruba]] (0.55%), [[Suriname]] (0.54%), and other countries [[Turkey]] (0.41%), [[Soviet Union]] (0.36%), [[China]] (0.32%), [[Poland]] (0,26%), [[Yugoslavia]] (0.26%), and [[United Kingdom]] (0.18%).<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T&DM=SLNL&PA=70648ned&D1=0,5&D2=0&D3=a&D4=5&D5=l&HD=140325-1833&HDR=T,G3&STB=G1,G2,G4 Bevolking op 1 januari; leeftijd, geboorteland en regio], [[Statistics Netherlands]], 2013. Retrieved on 25 March 2014.</ref>