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Population & demographics in canton Basel-City

All Population & demographics rankings for the municipalities of canton Basel-City — the top 10 of each, linking to the full list.

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Largest municipalities

BFS · STATPOP · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Residents
1	Basel	180'097
2	Riehen	22'774
3	Bettingen	1'286

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Growing municipalities

BFS · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Population growth
1	Basel	1.4%
2	Riehen	1.1%
3	Bettingen	0.6%

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Shrinking municipalities

BFS · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Population change
1	Bettingen	0.6%
2	Riehen	1.1%
3	Basel	1.4%

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Jobs per resident

BFS · STATENT · 2024

Rank	Municipality	Jobs per resident
1	Basel	1.09
2	Bettingen	0.26
3	Riehen	0.24

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Families & children

BFS · STATPOP · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Children & youth (0–19)
1	Riehen	21.8%
2	Bettingen	21.6%
3	Basel	17.2%

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Age structure

BFS · STATPOP · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Residents 65+
1	Bettingen	25.7%
2	Riehen	25.4%
3	Basel	18.9%

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Women share

BFS · STATPOP · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Women
1	Riehen	52.5%
2	Basel	50.9%
3	Bettingen	50.4%

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Foreign residents

BFS · STATPOP · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Foreign residents
1	Basel	40.5%
2	Riehen	29.9%
3	Bettingen	25.5%

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Population density

BFS + swisstopo · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Density
1	Basel	7'551/km²
2	Riehen	2'095/km²
3	Bettingen	577/km²

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