Editing Basel-Stadt (section)

=== Historical population ===
The historical population is given in the following table:
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! colspan="4" | Historic Population Data<ref>{{Cite web|title=Basel-Stadt|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/articles/007478/2017-05-30/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz|language=de}}</ref>
|-
! Year
! Total Population
! Swiss
! Non-Swiss
|-
! scope="row" | 1850
| align="center" |29,698
| align="center" |22,879
| align="center" |6,819
|-
! scope="row" | 1900
| align="center" |112,227
| align="center" |69,446
| align="center" |42,781
|-
! scope="row" | 1950
| align="center" | 196,498 || align="center" |180,145
| align="center" |16,353
|-
! scope="row" | 1990
| align="center" |199,411
| align="center" |152,601
| align="center" |46,810
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| align="center" | 196,735 || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
|}
The population of the canton (as of {{Swiss populations date|CH-BS}}) is {{Swiss populations|CH-BS|CH-BS}}.{{Swiss populations ref|CH-BS}} {{as of|2007}}, the population included 56,106 foreigners, or about 30.29% of the total population.<ref>{{cite web |last=Federal Department of Statistics |title=Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit, Geschlecht und Kantonen |year=2008 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/raeumliche_verteilung/kantone__gemeinden.html |format=Microsoft Excel |access-date=November 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215033605/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/raeumliche_verteilung/kantone__gemeinden.html |archive-date=15 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The population ({{as of|2000|lc=on}}) is nearly evenly split between [[Roman Catholic]]s (25%) and [[Protestantism|Protestant]]s (27%). About 10% of the population was classed as adhering to another religion, while 36% did not belong to an organized religion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Federal Department of Statistics |title=Wohnbevölkerung nach Religion |year=2004 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/religionen.html |format=Interactive Map |access-date=2009-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229131401/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/religionen.html |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! Nationalities (0.30% and above)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.bs.ch/haeufig-gefragt/einwohner/auslaender.html |access-date=April 13, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217143425/http://www.statistik-bs.ch/tabellen/t01/1/t01.1.12.xls |archive-date=December 17, 2012 |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung }} (accessed 6 June 2012)</ref>
! 1990
! 2000
! 2010
! 2018
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|CHE}}
| 77.52%
| 72.44%
| 67.36%
| 63.58%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|DEU}}
| 2.60%
| 3.27%
| 7.58%
| 8.22%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|ITA}}
| 6.42%
| 5.44%
| 4.18%
| 4.32%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|TUR}}
| 3.27%
| 4.38%
| 3.56%
| 3.09%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|YUG}}
| 2.79%
| 3.13%
| {{NA}}
| {{NA}}
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|SRB}}<br />{{flagcountry|MNE}}<br />{{flagcountry|KOS}}
| {{NA}}
| {{NA}}
| 2.46%
| 2.14%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|ESP}}
| 2.78%
| 2.16%
| 1.52%
| 1.92%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|PRT}}
| 0.42%
| 0.79%
| 1.35%
| 1.73%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|MKD}}
| {{NA}}
| 1.12%
| 1.17%
| 1.11%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|FRA}}
| 0.59%
| 0.54%
| 0.76%
| 1.10%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|GBR}}
| 0.35%
| 0.48%
| 0.96%
| 1.10%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|IND}}
| 0.12%
| 0.17%
| 0.65%
| 0.83%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|USA}}
| 0.25%
| 0.31%
| 0.63%
| 0.80%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|AUT|}}
| 0.45%
| 0.45%
| 0.58%
| 0.61%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|POL}}
| 0.09%
| 0.08%
| 0.23%
| 0.47%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|HRV}}
| {{NA}}
| 0.81%
| 0.54%
| 0.44%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|HUN}}
| 0.15%
| 0.10%
| 0.19%
| 0.42%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|LKA}}
| 0.30%
| 0.63%
| 0.49%
| 0.41%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|ERI}}
| {{NA}}
| 0.00%
| 0.10%
| 0.40%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|NLD}}
| 0.18%
| 0.21%
| 0.32%
| 0.40%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|ROM}}
| 0.05%
| 0.04%
| 0.12%
| 0.34%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|BIH}}
| {{NA}}
| 0.68%
| 0.41%
| 0.32%
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagcountry|BRA}}
| 0.03%
| 0.12%
| 0.28%
| 0.30%
|}