St. Gallen
Historical population
The historical population is given in the following table:

St. Gallen

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

year	population	Swiss Nationals	% German Speaking	% Italian Speaking	% Romansh Speaking	% Protestant	% Roman Catholic

1411	ca. 2,300–2,900

about 1500	ca. 3,000–4,000

1680	ca. 6,000

1766	ca. 8,350

1809	8,118

1837	9,430

1850	17,858	16,529	50.4%	49.3%

1870b	26,398	23,805	49.8%	49.9%

1888	43,296	34,168	97.5%	1.4%	0.5%	49.0%	49.7%

1900	53,796	40,342	94.9%	3.6%	0.7%	46.8%	52.1%

1910	75,482	50,582	88.7%	9.5%	0.8%	43.5%	54.2%

1930	63,947	52,679	95.9%	2.5%	0.8%	48.5%	49.0%

1950	68,011	61,009	95.4%	2.6%	1.0%	49.3%	47.8%

1970	80,852	66,270	86.3%	8.6%	0.8%	42.1%	55.1%

1990	75,237	58,300	82.4%	5.6%	1.1%	35.1%	50.8%

2000	72,626	53,132	83.0%	3.7%	0.8%	28.9%	44.0%

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The population in St. Gallen (as of 2000) speaks German (83.0%) with Italian being second (3.7%).

final_sentence: The population in St. Gallen (as of 2000) speaks German (83.0%) with Italian being second (3.7%).