Editing Vorarlberg (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|1869|102,702|1880|107,373|1890|116,073|1900|129,237|1910|145,408|1923|139,979|1934|155,402|1939|158,300|1951|193,657|1961|226,323|1971|277,154|1981|305,164|1991|331,472|2001|351,095|2011|370,440|2021|401,037|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Censuses - STATISTICS AUSTRIA|url=https://www.statistik.at/en/statistics/population-and-society/population/population-stock/historic-censuses|publisher=Statistics Austria}}</ref>}}The population of Vorarlberg is 397,094 (as of 1 January 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vorarlberg.at/at.gv.wien.vlbg.portal/web/land-vorarlberg/contentdetailseite/-/asset_publisher/qA6AJ38txu0k/content/22_verwaltungszaehlung?article_id=77811|title=Bevölkerungsstand Verwaltungszählung|website=vorarlberg.at|language=de-AT|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> The majority (86%) of residents are of Austrian-Germanic stock with a cultural connection with Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west and Germany to the north. A sizable proportion of the population's ancestors came from the Swiss canton of [[Valais]] in migrations of "[[Walser]]s", including the [[Swiss French]] in the 19th century by invitation during the days of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} There has been a sizable minority of Turkish descent since the 1960s.

With around 150 inhabitants per square kilometer, Vorarlberg is the second most densely populated province in Austria after [[Vienna]]. With the conurbation between [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch]] and [[Hörbranz]], it has one of the most densely populated areas in Europe. Due to the early industrialization in comparison to other Austrian states, Vorarlberg developed into a classic immigration state as early as the 19th century. The state, which is small in terms of area, has the highest proportion of immigrants next to Vienna. In 2015, this was around 16% of the total population. Residents of [[Germans|German]] origin make up the largest migrant group, closely followed by immigrants from [[Turkey]]. People from countries of the former [[Yugoslavia]] are by far the third-largest immigrant group in Vorarlberg.

According to 2021 figures of [[Statistics Austria]], 60.7% of the population are [[Catholic]], and 7.6% are followers of other Christian denominations (3.8% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]], 2.5% [[Protestant]]s, 1.3% other Christians). The second-largest religion, with a share of 13% is [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Religious Affiliations in Austria at the Provincial Level: Estimates for Vorarlberg, 2001-2018 |url=https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Institute/VID/IMG/Publications/Working_Papers/WP2018_13.pdf#page=19 |access-date=6 January 2023 |website=Vienna Institute of Demography}}</ref> 0.6% of Vorarlberg's inhabitants profess another religion, while 18.9% profess no affiliation with any religion or denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pages/439/Religion_2021_Bundesland.ods|title=Bevölkerung 2021 nach ausgewählter Religion bzw. Kirche und Religionsgesellschaft und Bundesland|language=de|publisher=[[Statistics Austria]]|format=ODS|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

=== Population development ===
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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