Editing Sergipe (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of cities in Brazil by population}}
According to the [[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]], there were 2,210,004 people residing in the state. The population density was 100.7 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

[[Urbanization]]: 82.2% (2006); [[Population growth]]: 2% (1991–2000); [[House]]s: 569,000 (2006).<ref>Source: PNAD.</ref>

The 2022 census revealed the following numbers: 1,361,504 [[Brown people#Pardos in Brazil|Brown]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]]) people (61.6%), 556,908 [[White Brazilian|White]] people (25.2%), 283,960 [[Afro-Brazilian|Black]] people (12.8%), 4,580 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] people (0.2%), 2,978 [[Asian Brazilian|Asian]] people (0.1%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=Panorama do Censo 2022|website=Panorama do Censo 2022}}</ref>

===Largest cities===
{{Largest cities
| country     = Sergipe
| stat_ref    = (2011 census by the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]])<ref name="IBGE_Pop_2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2011/POP2011_DOU.pdf|title=Estimativas da população residente nos municípios brasileiros com data de referência em 1º de julho de 2011|trans-title=Estimates of the Resident Population of Brazilian Municipalities as of July 1, 2011|date=30 August 2011|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]]|access-date=31 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007090238/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2011/POP2011_DOU.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2011|url-status=live|format=PDF|language=pt}}</ref>
| list_by_pop = 
| div_name    = 
| div_link    = Mesoregion (Brazil){{!}}Mesoregion

| city_1 = Aracaju
| div_1  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_1  = 579,563
| img_1  = Skyline de Aracaju com o Rio Sergipe.jpg

| city_2 = Nossa Senhora do Socorro
| div_2  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_2  = 163,046
| img_2  = 

| city_3 = Lagarto, Sergipe{{!}}Lagarto
| div_3  = Mesorregião do Agreste Sergipano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_3  = 95,746
| img_3  = 

| city_4 = Itabaiana
| div_4  = Mesorregião do Agreste Sergipano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_4  = 87,746
| img_4  = 

| city_5 = São Cristóvão
| div_5  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_5  = 79,955
| img_5  = 

| city_6 = Estância, Sergipe{{!}}Estância
| div_6  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_6  = 64,824
| img_6  = 

| city_7 = Tobias Barreto, Sergipe{{!}}Tobias Barreto
| div_7  = Mesorregião do Agreste Sergipano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_7  = 48,414
| img_7  = 

| city_8 = Itabaianinha
| div_8  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_8  = 39,175
| img_8  = 

| city_9 = Simão Dias
| div_9  = Mesorregião do Agreste Sergipano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_9  = 38,847
| img_9  = 

| city_10 = Nossa Senhora da Glória, Sergipe{{!}}Nossa Senhora da Glória
| div_10  = Mesorregião do Sertão Sergipano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_10  = 32,514
| img_10  = 

| city_11 = Poço Redondo
| div_11  = Mesorregião do Sertão Sergipano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_11  = 31,253
| img_11  = 

| city_12 = Capela, Sergipe{{!}}Capela
| div_12  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_12  = 31,087
| img_12  = 

| city_13 = Itaporanga d'Ajuda
| div_13  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_13  = 30,798
| img_13  = 

| city_14 = Propriá
| div_14  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_14  = 28,533
| img_14  = 

| city_15 = Porto da Folha
| div_15  = Mesorregião do Sertão Sergipano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_15  = 27,260
| img_15  = 

| city_16 = Laranjeiras
| div_16  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_16  = 27,176
| img_16  = 

| city_17 = Boquim
| div_17  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_17  = 25,631
| img_17  = 

| city_18 = Barra dos Coqueiros
| div_18  = Mesorregião do Leste Sergipano{{!}}Leste
| pop_18  = 25,526
| img_18  = 

| city_19 = Canindé de São Francisco
| div_19  = Mesorregião do Sertão Sergipano{{!}}Sertão
| pop_19  = 25,218
| img_19  = 

| city_20 = Nossa Senhora das Dores, Sergipe{{!}}Nossa Senhora das Dores
| div_20  = Mesorregião do Agreste Sergipano{{!}}Agreste
| pop_20  = 24,579
| img_20  = 

}}{{Historical populations|11=1872|12=176243|13=1890|14=310926|15=1900|16=356264|17=1920|18=477064|19=1940|20=542326|21=1950|22=644361|23=1960|24=760273|25=1970|26=911251|27=1980|28=1156642|29=1991|30=1491867|31=2000|32=1784829|33=2010|34=2068017|35=2022|36=2210004|footnote=Source:<ref name="census2022"/>}}

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Sergipe (2010)<ref name="Religion1"/><ref name="Religion2"/>
|label1 = [[Catholic Church]]
|value1 = 76.4
|color1 = Gold
|label2 = [[Protestantism]]
|value2 = 11.8
|color2 = Indigo
|label3 = [[Irreligion]]
|value3 = 8.6
|color3 = White
|label4 = [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritism]]
|value4 = 1.1
|color4 = Skyblue
|label5 = Others
|value5 = 2.1
|color5 = Pink
}}
According to the 2010 demographic census, of the total population of the state, there were 1,579,480 [[Catholics]], 243,330 [[Protestants]] Evangelicals, 22,266 Spiritists, 14,755 [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], 6,500 other Christian groups, 5,394 [[Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]], 4,371 Umbanda and Candomblecist, 2,326 [[Mormons]], 709 [[Eastern Orthodox]] Christians, 509 [[Buddhist]]s, 501 Spiritualists, 493 Esoteric, 435 belonging to indigenous traditions, 433 new Eastern religious, 184 Jewish and 22 Islamic. There were still 177,620 people without religion, 5,005 with indeterminate (ill-defined) religion or multiple membership, 3,240 did not know and 405 did not declare.<ref name="Religion1">[https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/periodicos/94/cd_2010_religiao_deficiencia.pdf «Análise dos Resultados/IBGE Censo Demográfico 2010: Características gerais da população, religião e pessoas com deficiência»]</ref><ref name="Religion2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibge.gov.br/estadosat/index.php|title=Estados@|website=www.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>

===Education===
[[Image:Parque Teófilo Dantas.jpg|thumb|right|[[Aracaju]] is the most important educational centre of the state.]]
[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools, but [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are part of the official [[high school]] curriculum.

====Educational institutions====
* [[Universidade Federal de Sergipe]] (UFS);
* [[Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia]] (IFS);
* [[Universidade Tiradentes]] (Unit);
* [[Faculdade Pio Décimo]] (FPD);
* [[Faculdade Estácio de Sergipe]] (ESTÁCIO);
* [[Faculdade de Administração e Negócios de Sergipe]] (FANESE);
* [[Faculdade Amadeus]] (FAMA);
* [[Faculdade São Luis de França]] (FSLF);
* [[Faculdade Sergipana]] (FASER);
* [[Faculdade de Aracaju]] (FACAR);
* [[Faculdade Serigy]] (UNIRB);
* [[Faculdade Jardins]] (FAJAR);
* [[Faculdade Maurício de Nassau]] (UNINASSAU);