Editing Las Palmas (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1842|17382|1857|14308|1877|17823|1887|21018|1900|43960|1910|60338|1920|65059|1930|75832|1940|115848|1950|153856|1960|192088|1970|263407|1981|360098|1991|354877|2001|354863|2011|381271|2021|380667|source=[[National Statistics Institute (Spain)|National Statistics Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Changes in the municipalities in the population census since 1842|url=https://www.ine.es/intercensal/inicio.do|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Spain)|National Statistics Institute]]|language=es}}</ref>}}As of 2008, nearly half (45.9%) of Gran Canaria's inhabitants live in Las Palmas, as well as 18.35% of the Canary Islands' total population. According to a study by the National Statistics Institute of Spain Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has a life expectancy of 80.9 years.

Throughout history, Las Palmas received waves of immigrants from mainland Spain and countries from every continent. The majority of the population is Spanish, although large North- and sub-Saharan African and Latin American communities exist (especially the [[Venezuelan people|Venezuelan community]], which is growing fast), as well as important historical minorities such as Indians ([[Sindhi people|Sindhi]]), [[Koreans in Spain|Koreans]], and a growing [[Chinese people|Chinese]] population.

One street near the city's port has a number of Korean businesses, and has been called the city's Koreatown. It caters to Korean sailors who arrive at the island, who affectionately call the city the "Second [[Busan]]", after the port city in South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web |title=해외견문 시리즈(1) 대서양의 진주 - 라스팔마스 |url=http://dspdaily.com/news/view.php?no=2478 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=동포투데이 |language=ko |archive-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025181016/https://dspdaily.com/news/view.php?no=2478 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ethnically, most autochthonous Canarians are descendants of a mixture of aboriginal people (''[[guanches]]'') of the Canary Islands (now extinct), the Spanish {{lang|es|conquistadores}} and later European (mainly Spanish, Portuguese, [[Flemish people|Flemish]], French, Italian, German, and British) colonizers.