Population

-Amsterdam has a population of 813,562 within the city-proper, 1,112,165 in the urban region and 1,575,263 in the greater metropolitan area.

-The ethnic makeup of Amsterdam was 49.5% of Dutch ancestry and 50.5% of foreign origin

-The largest religious groups are Christians (17% in 2000), who are divided between Roman Catholics and Protestants. The next largest religion is Islam (14% in 2000), most of whose followers are Sunni

-It´s distribute: Men 366,155 l Women 376,628       

-Amsterdam is home to one of the widest varieties of nationalities of any city in the world.The share of the population of immigrant ancestry in the city proper now is about 50%.

Immigration has developed in different waves. In the sixteenth century, the Spanish crown independence from the Republic of the Seven Provinces Northern Protestants fled to Holland in the Flemish cities, Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp. The arrival of Sephardic Jews dates from the same era. In the eighteenth century sought refuge in Amsterdam French Huguenots; in the nineteenth century, waves of German peasants crossed borders, beset by hardship in the field caused by wars. And, as in Europe, the industrial revolution brought to Amsterdam Dutch field.

Population:
• Municipality	813,562
• Density	4,908/km2 (12,710/sq mi)
• Urban	1,112,165
• Metro	1,575,263