Editing Groningen (section)

==Demographics==

===Immigration===
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="float:right;"
|+ City of Groningen population by country of origin (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS StatLine – Bevolking; leeftijd, herkomstgroepering, geslacht en regio, 1 januari |url=http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37713&D1=0-8&D2=0&D3=1-2,6-55&D4=603&D5=l&HDR=T,G4&STB=G1,G3,G2&VW=T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630224048/http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37713&D1=0-8&D2=0&D3=1-2,6-55&D4=603&D5=l&HDR=T,G4&STB=G1,G3,G2&VW=T |archive-date=30 June 2017 |access-date=30 August 2015}}</ref>
! Country/territory || Population
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Netherlands]] || style="text-align:right;"|175,249
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || style="text-align:right;"|6,427		
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Indonesia]] || style="text-align:right;"|5,847 
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dutch Caribbean]] || style="text-align:right;"|3,959 
|-
|{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Suriname]] || style="text-align:right;"|3,401
|-
|{{flagicon|SOV}} [[Former Soviet Union]] || style="text-align:right;"|2,321	
|-
|{{flagicon|PRC}} [[China]] || style="text-align:right;"|2,172
|-
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Turkey]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,774
|-
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,768
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,401
|-
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Yugoslavia]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,391
|-
|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Morocco]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,266
|-
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Iran]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,157
|-
|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Iraq]] || style="text-align:right;"|1,050
|-
|Other || style="text-align:right;"|11,992
|}
As of 2020, Groningen had a total population of 232,874 people.
{| class="wikitable"
!2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS Statline |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37713/table |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=opendata.cbs.nl |language=nl}}</ref>
!Numbers
!%
|-
!Dutch natives
|175,249
|75.2%
|-
!Western migration background
|29,365
|12.6%
|-
!Non-Western migration background
|28,260
|12.1%
|-
|[[Indonesia]]
|5,847
|2.51%
|-
|[[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Aruba]]
|3,959
|1.7%
|-
|[[Suriname]]
|3,401
|1.46%
|-
|[[Turkey]]
|1,774
|0.76%
|-
|[[Morocco]]
|1,266
|0.54%
|-
|Total
|232,874
|100%
|}
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===Religion===
The majority of people in Groningen, slightly more than 70%, are non-religious.<ref>{{Cite web |title=De religieuze kaart van Nederland, 2010-2015 |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_pdf/2016/51/religie-regionaal-2010-2015.pdf |access-date=2021-06-17 |website=[[Statistics Netherlands]]}}</ref> With 25.1%, the largest religion in Groningen is [[Christianity]].
{{Pie chart
|thumb=right
|caption=Religions in Groningen (2013)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2014/40/kerkelijkheid-en-kerkbezoek-2010-2013 |publisher=Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek |title=Kerkelijkheid en kerkbezoek, 2010/2013|date=2 October 2014 }}</ref>
|label1=[[Irreligion|No affiliation]]
|value1=71.7
|color1=Honeydew
|label2=[[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]]
|value2=14.1
|color2=DodgerBlue
|label3=[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
|value3=6.3
|color3=DarkOrchid
|label4=Other Christian denominations 
|value4=4.7
|color4=Turquoise
|label5=[[Islam in the Netherlands|Islam]]
|value5=2.1
|color5=Green
|label6=[[Hinduism]]
|value6=0.6
|color6=Orange
|label7=[[Buddhism]]
|value7=0.3
|color7=Yellow
|label8=[[Judaism]]
|value8=0.2
|color8=Blue
}}

===Population growth===
{{Historical populations
| title= Historical population
| align= right
| width= 280px
| percentages=pagr
| source= {{Harvnb|Lourens|Lucassen|1997|pp=30–31}}
| 1400 | 5000
| 1560 | 12500
| 1600 | 16600
| 1721 | 20680
| 1770 | 23296
| 1787 | 22000
| 1795 | 23770
}}
{{Historical populations|1950|160709|1960|171318|1970|190983|1980|187342|1990|192896|2000|198955|2010|213241|2020|232874|align=right|cols=1|source=[[Statistics Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Population dynamics; birth, death and migration per region
|url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/en/dataset/37259eng/table?ts=1742391441388|publisher=[[Statistics Netherlands]]}}</ref>}}The municipality of Groningen has grown rapidly. In 1968 it expanded by mergers with Hoogkerk and Noorddijk,<ref name="Groningen1987">{{cite book |author=Historisch Genootschap te Groningen |title=De Historie herzien: vijfde bundel "Historische avonden" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yPdMVMhVIboC&pg=PA73 |year=1987 |publisher=Uitgeverij Verloren |language=nl |isbn=90-6550-309-9 |page=73}}</ref> and in 2019 it merged with Haren and Ten Boer.<ref name="OECD2020" />
All historical data are for the original city limits, excluding Hoogkerk, Noorddijk, Haren and Ten Boer.

It has a land area of {{cvt|168.93|km2|sqmi}}, and a total area, including water, of {{cvt|180.21|km2|sqmi}}. Its population density is 1,367 residents per km<sup>2</sup> (3,540 per square mile). On 1 January 2019, it was merged with the municipalities of [[Ten Boer]] and [[Haren, Groningen|Haren]]. The [[Groningen-Assen metropolitan area]] has about half a million inhabitants.
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