Demographics
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1861 | 150,864 | — |
| 1871 | 201,138 | +33.3% |
| 1881 | 196,072 | −2.5% |
| 1901 | 236,635 | +20.7% |
| 1911 | 258,056 | +9.1% |
| 1921 | 280,133 | +8.6% |
| 1931 | 304,160 | +8.6% |
| 1936 | 321,176 | +5.6% |
| 1951 | 374,625 | +16.6% |
| 1961 | 436,516 | +16.5% |
| 1971 | 457,803 | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 448,331 | −2.1% |
| 1991 | 403,294 | −10.0% |
| 2001 | 356,118 | −11.7% |
| 2008 | 367,569 | +3.2% |
| Source: ISTAT 2001 | ||
As of 31 October 2010 (2010 -10-31), the population of the city proper is 370,702, while Eurostat estimates that 696,767 people live in the urban area of Florence. The Metropolitan Area of Florence, Prato and Pistoia, constituted in 2000 over an area of roughly 4,800 square kilometres, is home to 1.5 million people. Within Florence proper, 46.8% of the population was male in 2007 and 53.2% were female. Minors (children aged 18 and less) totalled 14.10 percent of the population compared to pensioners, who numbered 25.95 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06 percent (minors) and 19.94 percent (pensioners). The average age of Florence resident is 49 compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Florence grew by 3.22 percent, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.56 percent. The birth rate of Florence is 7.66 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births.
As of 2009, 87.46% of the population was Italian. An estimated 6,000 Chinese live in the city. The largest immigrant group came from other European countries (mostly Romanians and Albanians): 3.52%, East Asia (mostly Chinese and Filipino): 2.17%, the Americas (mostly Peruvians): 1.41%, and North Africa (mostly Moroccan): 0.9%.
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