Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1857 | 3,628 | — |
| 1869 | 10,601 | +192.2% |
| 1880 | 25,390 | +139.5% |
| 1890 | 31,498 | +24.1% |
| 1900 | 36,143 | +14.7% |
| 1910 | 59,498 | +64.6% |
| 1921 | 38,591 | −35.1% |
| 1931 | 44,219 | +14.6% |
| 1948 | 20,812 | −52.9% |
| 1953 | 28,259 | +35.8% |
| 1961 | 37,099 | +31.3% |
| 1971 | 47,156 | +27.1% |
| 1981 | 56,153 | +19.1% |
| 1991 | 62,378 | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 58,594 | −6.1% |
| 2011 | 57,765 | −1.4% |
| census data | ||
Pula is the largest city in Istria county, with a metropolitan area of 90,000 people. The city itself has 57,765 residents (census 2011), while the metropolitan area includes Barban (2,802 residents), Fažana (3,050 residents), Ližnjan (2,945 residents), Marčana (3,903 residents), Medulin (6,004 residents), Svetvinčenat (2,218 residents) and Vodnjan (5,651 residents).
Its population density is 1,093.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,831.6 /sq mi), ranking Pula fifth in Croatia.
Its birth rate is 1.795 per cent and its mortality rate is 1.014 per cent (in 2001 466 people were born and 594 deceased), with a natural population decrease of −0.219 per cent and vital index of 78.45.
The majority of its citizens are Croats representing 71.65% of the population (2001 census). Ethnic minorities and their composition is as follows: 3,415 Serbs (5.83 per cent), 2,824 autochthonous Italians (4.82 per cent), 980 Bosniaks (1.67 per cent), 731 Slovenians (1.25 per cent) and the rest belong to other minor ethnic communities.
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