Editing Sendai (section)

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2023|03|01}}, the city had an estimated population of 1,097,407 and a population density of 1,397 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="City of Sendai Estimated Population and Demographics" /> The city's total area was 786.35&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

The 2000 National Census revealed that 88.5% of the city's population (892,252 people) lived in a 129.69&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> area, which is 16.6% of the city's total area. The population density in this area was 6,879.9 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, more than 5 times higher than the city's average population density at that time, 1,286.6 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. Approximately 10,000 people in Sendai were non-Japanese citizens.

Sendai had 525,828 households in 2020. The average household had approximately 2.07 members. The average household was becoming smaller every year, because single-member households were increasing. At this time Sendai had more people in their early 50s and in their 20s and early 30s than in other age groups. This is a result of the first and second baby booms in Japan, and university students. The average age in Sendai is 38.4, which makes the city one of the youngest major cities in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city.sendai.jp/chosatoke/shise/toke/jinko/documents/r0109.xlsx|script-title=ja:推計人口及び人口動態 - 令和元年9月1日現在|trans-title=Estimated population and demographics|date=September 1, 2019}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
|title       = Historical population
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|1920 | 190013
|1925 | 221709
|1930 | 252017
|1935 | 278821
|1940 | 284132
|1945 | 331570
|1950 | 380217
|1955 | 414775
|1960 | 459876
|1965 | 520059
|1970 | 598950
|1975 | 709326
|1980 | 792036
|1985 | 857335
|1990 | 918398
|1995 | 971297
|2000 | 1008130
|2005 | 1025098
|2010 | 1045903
|2015 | 1082159
|2020 | 1096704
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