Editing Santiago de Compostela (section)

==Population==
{{Historical populations|1842|22749|1857|26938|1877|23629|1887|22574|1900|24317|1910|24660|1920|27341|1930|39620|1940|43815|1950|52675|1960|57173|1970|65270|1981|82404|1991|87807|2001|90188|2011|95397|2021|97798|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>}}The population of the city in 2019 was 96,260 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area reaches 178,695.

In 2010 there were 4,111 foreigners living in the city, representing 4.3% of the total population. The main nationalities are [[Brazilians]] (11%), [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] (8%) and [[Colombian diaspora|Colombians]] (7%).

By language, according to 2008 data, 21.17% of the population always speak in [[Galician language|Galician]], 15% always speak in Spanish, 31% mostly in [[Galician language|Galician]] and the 32.17% mostly in Spanish.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ige.eu/web/mostrar_actividade_estatistica.jsp?idioma=gl&codigo=0206004| title = Instituto Galego de Estatística – 2008 – Uso da lingua nos grandes concellos – Santiago de Compostela}}</ref> According to a [[Xunta de Galicia]] 2010 study the 38.5% of the city primary and secondary education students had [[Galician language|Galician]] as their [[mother tongue]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://praza.gal/movementos-sociais/13273/os-datos-secretos-do-galego-asi-responderon-as-familias-a-consulta-linguistica-da-xunta/|title='Os datos secretos do galego': Así responderon as familias á consulta lingüística da Xunta|date=15 December 2016}}</ref>