Editing Odense (section)

== Demographics ==
Odense has long been a populated town, and in 1670 it had a population of 3,808 people. By 1787 the population had grown to 5,363 to and 5,782 in 1801. The population grew markedly during the 19th century, reaching 8,709 inhabitants in 1834, 10,238 in 1845, 12,932 in 1855, 16,970 in 1870, 20,804 in 1880 and 30,268 in 1890.<ref name="dendig">{{cite web|url=http://dendigitalebyport.byhistorie.dk/koebstaeder/befolkning.aspx?koebstadID=38|title=Befolkningsudvikling, Odense|publisher=Dendigitalebyport.byhistorie.dk|access-date=9 July 2014|language=da}}</ref>

With improvements in communications by rail and via the port, the population of Odense grew dramatically in the early 20th century. The 1901 census recorded 40,138 people,<ref name="EB1911"/> growing to 47,224 in 1911, 61,969 in 1921 and 87,090 in 1935. During the Second World War, the population passed the 100,000 mark, reaching 103,107 in 1945.<ref name="dendig"/> It continued to grow in the post war years, with 120,570 recorded in 1955 and 133,384 in 1965; the city reached a population of 139,490 people in 1970,<ref name="dendig"/> a time when it was developing as a university city after Odense University was established in 1966.

Residents began to move out of the centre into the suburban areas which were included in [[Odense Municipality]] after boundaries were redefined in 1970.<ref name=hoo/> As a result, the population declined slightly in the 1970s and 1980s, falling to 136,646 in 1981.<ref name="dendig"/> It began climbing again in the late 1980s, and steadily grew to 144,518 in 1996 and 145,554 in 2004.<ref name="dendig"/> In 2010 Odense had a population of 166,305 people.<ref>[[Statistics Denmark]] tabel BEF4A [http://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=BEF4A&PLanguage=0 1976–2004]</ref> As of 2017 it had a population of 176,683.<ref>[http://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=BEF44&PLanguage=1 "Population 1st January, by urban areas"] database from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |Population groups
! colspan="2" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistikbanken |url=https://www.statbank.dk/20024 |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=www.statbank.dk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Population at the first day of the quarter by region, sex, age (5 years age groups), ancestry and country of origin - StatBank Denmark - data and statistics |url=https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=FOLK1C&PLanguage=1&PXSId=0&wsid=cftree |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=www.statbank.dk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
!Danish descent
!171,670
!82.59%
|-
!Immigrants
!25,732
!12.38%
|-
|EU-27
|7,716
|3.71%
|-
|Europe outside EU-27
|8,376
|4.03%
|-
|Africa
|3,944
|1.9%
|-
|North America
|301
|0.14%
|-
|South and Central America
|542
|0.26%
|-
|Asia
|15,192
|7.31%
|-
|Oceania
|76
|–
|-
|Stateless
|
|–
|-
|Unknown
|
|–
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''207,864'''
|100%
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|+Largest groups of foreign residents<ref>{{cite web|title=Population at the first day of the quarter by municipality, sex, age, marital status, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship|url=http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/selectvarval/define.asp?PLanguage=1&subword=tabsel&MainTable=FOLK1&PXSId=146524&tablestyle=&ST=SD&buttons=0|publisher=Statistics Denmark|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019091426/http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/selectvarval/define.asp?PLanguage=1&subword=tabsel&MainTable=FOLK1&PXSId=146524&tablestyle=&ST=SD&buttons=0|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! Nationality || Population
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} || 2,413
|-
|{{flag|Somalia}} || 2,296
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}} || 2,177
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 1,761
|-
|{{flag|Poland}} || 1,639
|-
|{{flag|Syria}} || 1,314
|-
|{{flag|Germany}} || 1,312
|-
|{{flag|Iran}} || 1,129
|-
|{{flag|Romania}} || 901
|}