Neuchâtel
Historical population
The historical population is given in the following chart:

Neuchâtel

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

Historical Population Data

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

1850	7,901	7,098	789	7,068	833

1870	12,934	11,012	2,327	11,306	2,284

1888	16,565	11,511	4,651	13,973	2,387	143	94	14,447	2,118

1900	21,195	15,566	4,596	17,548	3,500	232	80	18,108	3,087

1910	24,171	17,543	5,161	19,750	3,944	476	111	20,625	3,546

1930	22,668	17,027	4,612	18,615	3,638	306	63	20,640	2,028

1950	27,998	21,897	4,784	21,439	5,891	308	58	26,307	1,691

1970	38,784	26,200	5,117	21,882	15,262	2,352	59	76	791	30,012	8,772

1990	33,579	24,579	2,467	13,198	13,305	4,462	55	481	5,634	24,250	9,329

2000	32,914	25,881	1,845	10,296	10,809	3,767	58	1,723	7,549	22,801	10,113

Sentence(s)

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (25,881) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,845).

final_sentence: Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (25,881) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,845).