Demographics
The population of Satu Mare is decreasing by an average of 0.78% per year due to migration. According to the census conducted on 20 October 2011, Satu Mare had a population of 94,948, making it the 20th largest city in Romania.
| Historical population of Satu Mare | |||||||||||||
| Year | Population | Romanians | Hungarians | ||||||||||
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| 1880 | 20,531 | 7.9% | 83.1% | ||||||||||
| 1890 | 21,874 | 8.1% | 89.9% | ||||||||||
| 1900 | 28,339 | 7.8% | 89.01% | ||||||||||
| 1910 | 36,460 | 6.3% | 91.4% | ||||||||||
| 1920 | 38,807 | 15.2% | 63.6% | ||||||||||
| 1930 | 53,010 | 28.9% | 57.1% | ||||||||||
| 1941 | 53,406 | 6.6% | 90.2% | ||||||||||
| 1956 | 53,672 | 36.5% | 58.2% | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 69,769 | 44.2% | 54.9% | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 103,544 | 51.04% | 47.2% | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 131,987 | 55.8% | 43.2% | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 115,142 | 57.9% | 39.3% | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 94,948 | 58.9% | 37.6% | ||||||||||
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As of 2011, the ethnic makeup was as follows:
- Romanians: 55,904 (58.9%)
- Hungarians: 35,723 (37.6%)
- Roma: 1,278 (1.3%)
- German: 1,002 (1.1%)
- Ukrainians: 164 (0.2%)
- Others or undeclared: 877 (0.9%)
No religious group can claim a majority in Satu Mare, but as of 2002, there was a plurality of Romanian Orthodox believers (48.59%). Other important communities are Roman Catholic (19.79%), Hungarian Reformed (19.51%), and Eastern Catholic (8.41%).
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