Demographics of Serbia
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Demographics of Serbia
Serbia is populated mostly by Serbs. Significant minorities include Albanians (who are a majority in the province of Kosovo-Metohia), Hungarians, Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. Serbia consists of three territories: the province of Kosovo and Metohia, the province of Vojvodina and Central Serbia. The two provinces are ethnically diverse, which is a result of the division of the country between the Muslim Ottoman Empire in the south and Catholic Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north.
The northern province of Vojvodina is the most developed part of the country in terms of economic strength. Together with the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojvodina was under the administration of Austria-Hungary before the First World War. Vojvodina is one of the most ethnically diverse territories in Europe, with more than 25 different national communities.
[edit] Ethnic composition of Serbia (1991 census)
Serbia (including Kosovo) in 1991 | ||||
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Serbs | 66% | |||
Albanians | 17% | |||
Hungarians | 3.5% | |||
other | 13.5% | |||
[edit] Ethnic composition of Serbia (2002 census)
Serbia (excluding Kosovo) in 2002 | ||||
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Serbs | 82.86% | |||
Hungarians | 3.91% | |||
Bosniaks | 1.82% | |||
Roma | 1.44% | |||
Yugoslavs | 1.08% | |||
other | 9.79% | |||
[edit] Ethnic composition of Central Serbia (2002 census)
Central Serbia in 2002 | ||||
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Serbs | 89.48% | |||
Bosniaks | 2.48% | |||
Roma | 1.45% | |||
Albanians | 1.10% | |||
other | 5.49% | |||
[edit] Ethnic composition of Vojvodina (2002 census)
Vojvodina in 2002 | ||||
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Serbs | 65.05% | |||
Hungarians | 14.28% | |||
Slovaks | 2.79% | |||
Croats | 2.78% | |||
Yugoslavs | 2.45% | |||
Montenegrins | 1.75% | |||
Romanians | 1.50% | |||
Roma | 1.43% | |||
other | 7.97% | |||
[edit] Ethnic composition of Kosovo (2002 estimate)
Kosovo (2000 estimate) | ||||
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Albanians | 88% | |||
Serbs | 7% | |||
Slavic muslims | 3% | |||
Roma | 2% | |||
Turks | 1% | |||
[edit] Ethnic composition of Serbia (2002 census)
The ethnic composition of Serbia (excluding Kosovo), according to the 2002 census[1]:
Total | Central Serbia | Vojvodina | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
TOTAL | 7,498,001 | 100 | 5,466,009 | 100 | 2,031,992 | 100 |
Serbs | 6,212,838 | 82.86 | 4,891,031 | 89.48 | 1,321,807 | 65.05 |
Montenegrins | 69,049 | 0.92 | 33,536 | 0.61 | 35,513 | 1.75 |
Yugoslavs | 80,721 | 1.08 | 30,840 | 0.56 | 49,881 | 2.45 |
Albanians | 61,647 | 0.82 | 59,952 | 1.1 | 1,695 | 0.08 |
Bosniaks | 136,087 | 1.82 | 135,670 | 2.48 | 417 | 0.02 |
Bulgarians | 20,497 | 0.27 | 18,839 | 0.34 | 1,658 | 0.08 |
Bunjevci | 20,012 | 0.27 | 246 | 0 | 19,766 | 0.97 |
Gorani | 4,581 | 0.06 | 3,975 | 0.07 | 606 | 0.03 |
Croats | 70,602 | 0.94 | 14,056 | 0.26 | 56,546 | 2.78 |
Macedonians | 25,847 | 0.35 | 14,062 | 0.26 | 11,785 | 0.58 |
Muslims (by nationality) | 19,503 | 0.26 | 15,869 | 0.29 | 3,634 | 0.18 |
Roma and Sinti | 108,193 | 1.44 | 79,136 | 1.45 | 29,057 | 1.43 |
Vlachs | 40,054 | 0.53 | 39,953 | 0.73 | 101 | 0 |
Romanians | 34,576 | 0.46 | 4,157 | 0.08 | 30,419 | 1.5 |
Germans | 3,901 | 0.05 | 747 | 0.01 | 3,154 | 0.16 |
Ruthenes | 15,905 | 0.21 | 279 | 0.01 | 15,626 | 0.77 |
Russians | 2,588 | 0.03 | 1,648 | 0.03 | 940 | 0.05 |
Slovaks | 59,021 | 0.79 | 2,384 | 0.04 | 56,637 | 2.79 |
Slovenes | 5,104 | 0.07 | 3,099 | 0.06 | 2,005 | 0.1 |
Czechs | 2,211 | 0.03 | 563 | 0.01 | 1,648 | 0.08 |
Ukrainians | 5,354 | 0.07 | 719 | 0.01 | 4,635 | 0.23 |
Hungarians | 293,299 | 3.91 | 3,092 | 0.06 | 290,207 | 14.28 |
Others | 11,711 | 0.16 | 6,400 | 0.12 | 5,311 | 0.26 |
Unspecified | 107,732 | 1.44 | 52,716 | 0.97 | 55,016 | 2.71 |
Unknown | 75,483 | 1.01 | 51,709 | 0.95 | 23,774 | 1.17 |
[edit] Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook
Population: 9,396,411 (2002 census)
Median age:
total: 40.4 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 41.7 years
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74 years
male: 71 years
female: 76 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Serb(s)
adjective: Serbian
Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Languages: Serbian (official nationwide); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian(all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 98.9%
female: 94.1% (2002 est.)
[edit] See also
- Demographic history of Serbia
- Demographic history of Vojvodina
- Demographic history of Kosovo
- Ethnic groups of Vojvodina
- Jews in Serbia
[edit] References
- ^ (Serbian) Official Results of Serbian Census 2003–Population, pp. 12-13 PDF
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