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Stans in Zahlen
| Höchster Punkt | 1'819 m.ü.M. Stanserhorn |
| Tiefster Punkt | 438 m.ü.M. Fronhofen |
| Dorfplatz | 452 m.ü.M. |
| Einwohnerzahl (2021) | 8'056 |
| Jahr | Gesamtbevölkerung | davon Schweizer/innen | davon Ausländer/innen |
| 1970 | 5'445 | 5'022 | 423 |
| 1980 | 5'660 | 5'340 | 320 |
| 1990 | 6'171 | 5'697 | 474 |
| 2000 | 6'914 | 6'349 | 665 |
| 2005 | 7'512 | 6'875 | 637 |
| 2006 | 7'556 | 6'936 | 620 |
| 2007 | 7'577 | 6'909 | 668 |
| 2008 | 7'784 | 7'050 | 734 |
| 2009 | 7'803 | 7'056 | 747 |
| 2010 | 7'875 | 7'103 | 772 |
| 2011 | 7'973 | 7'144 | 829 |
| 2012 | 8'039 | 7'151 | 888 |
| 2013 | 8'099 | 7'185 | 914 |
| 2014 | 8'138 | 7'189 | 949 |
| 2015 | 8'176 | 7'194 | 982 |
| 2016 | 8'160 | 7'150 | 1'010 |
| 2017 | 8'257 | 7'163 | 1'094 |
| 2018 | 8'284 | 7'167 | 1'117 |
| 2019 | 8'142 | 7'061 | 1'081 |
| 2020 | 8'086 | 7'011 | 1'075 |
| 2021 | 8'056 | 6'928 | 1'128 |