Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Historic Population Data | |||||||||||
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Year | Total Population | German Speaking | Italian Speaking | Catholic | Protestant | Other | Jewish | Islamic | No religion given | Swiss | Non-Swiss |
1850 | 44,168 | 44,013 | 155 | 43,970 | 198 | ||||||
1880 | 51,109 | 49,631 | 1,377 | 50,266 | 954 | 15 | 7 | 48,585 | 2,524 | ||
1900 | 55,385 | 53,834 | 1,108 | 53,537 | 1,836 | 12 | 9 | 52,422 | 2,963 | ||
1950 | 71,082 | 69,231 | 1,191 | 66,297 | 4,642 | 64 | 15 | 68,416 | 2,666 | ||
1970 | 92,072 | 82,957 | 6,663 | 84,087 | 7,271 | 671 | 19 | 202 | 238 | 81,301 | 10,771 |
2000 | 128,704 | 115,688 | 2,447 | 92,868 | 16,401 | 19,389 | 51 | 5,598 | 6,331 | 108,381 | 20,323 |
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