Fribourg
Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:

Fribourg

Section Title: Historic Population
Table Section Text: The historical population is given in the following chart:

Historic Population Data

Year	Total Population	French Speaking	German Speaking	Protestant	Catholic	Other	Jewish	Islamic	No religion given	Swiss	Non-Swiss

13th century	2,000–3,000

1450	6,000

1798	5,117

1811	6,200

1850	9,065	511	8,554	8,574	491

1870	10,581	1,136	9,731	9,794	1,110

1888	12,195	7,556	4,523	1,607	10,512	22	74	11,321	874

1900	15,794	9,701	5,595	2,395	13,270	140	109	14,208	1,586

1910	20,293	12,358	6,688	2,372	17,746	483	121	16,798	3,495

1930	21,557	13,524	7,176	2,287	19,100	393	77	19,588	1,969

1950	29,005	18,286	9,630	2,834	25,826	466	137	27,069	1,936

1970	39,695	22,437	11,114	3,256	35,863	2,737	115	101	179	32,208	7,487

1990	36,355	21,240	8,288	3,148	29,750	5,028	63	1,132	1,641	27,632	8,723

2000	35,547	22,603	7,520	3,082	24,614	4,065	62	1,676	2,843	25,834	9,713

Sentence(s)

Most of the population of Fribourg (as of 2000) speaks French (22,603) as their first language, and German is the second most common (7,520).

final_sentence: Most of the population of Fribourg (as of 2000) speaks French (22,603) as their first language, and German is the second most common (7,520).