Editing Modena (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|1861|52629|1871|56995|1881|57520|1901|63012|1911|71922|1921|81590|1931|89741|1936|96337|1951|111364|1961|139183|1971|171072|1981|180312|1991|176990|2001|175502|2011|179149|2021|184971|type=|footnote=Source: [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]}}At the [[2011 Italian census|census of 2011]], there were 179,149 people residing in the city. The population density (persons per square kilometre) was {{Pop density|978.9|1|km2|mi2|prec=1}}. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totaled 16.2 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 22.5 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 18.1 percent (minors) and 19.9 percent (pensioners). The average age of Modena resident is 44 compared to the Italian average of 42. Between 2002 and 2007, Modena grew by 2.4%, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.6%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/bil2002/index.html |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |access-date=5 April 2011 |archive-date=9 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709083746/http://demo.istat.it/bil2002/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |access-date=5 April 2011 |archive-date=26 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426215446/http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The current birth rate of Modena is 9.62 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births.

{{As of|2006}}, 89.6% of the population was [[Italians|Italian]]. The largest foreign group comes from other parts of Europe (namely [[Romania]] and [[Albania]]): 3.9%, followed by [[North Africa]]: 2.4%, and [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]: 1.9%.