Demographic history of Serbia

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Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census municipality data for Central Serbia and Vojvodina and 1991 census municipality data for Kosovo

Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data

This article presents the demographic history of Serbia through census results. See Demographics of Serbia for a more detailed overview of the current demographics from 2002 census.

[edit] 1948 census in Serbia

• TOTAL = 6,527,966
• Serbs = 4,823,730 (73.89%)
• Albanians = 532,011 (8.15%)
• Hungarians = 433,701 (6.64%)
• Croats = 169,864 (2.60%)
• Montenegrins = 74,860 (1.15%)
• Roma = 52,181
• Slovenians = 20,998
• Macedonians = 17,917
• Muslims by nationality = 17,315

[edit] 1953 census in Serbia

• TOTAL = 6,979,154
• Serbs = 5,152,939 (73.83%)
• Albanians = 565,513 (8.10%)
• Hungarians = 441,907 (6.33%)
• Croats = 173,246 (2.48%)
• Montenegrins = 86,061 (1.23%)
• Muslims by nationality = 81,081 (1.16%)
• Roma = 58,800
• Macedonians = 27,277
• Slovenians = 20,717

[edit] 1961 census in Serbia

• TOTAL = 7,642,227
• Serbs = 5,704,686 (74.65%)
• Albanians = 699,772 (9.16%)
• Hungarians = 449,587 (5.88%)
• Croats = 196,409 (2.57%)
• Montenegrins = 104,753 (1.37%)
• Muslims by nationality = 93,467 (1.22%)
• Macedonians = 36,288
• Yugoslavs = 20,079
• Slovenians = 19,957
• Roma = 9,826

[edit] 1971 census in Serbia

• TOTAL = 8,446,591
• Serbs = 6,016,811 (71.23%)
• Albanians = 984,761 (11.66%)
• Hungarians = 430,314 (5.10%)
• Croats = 184,913 (2.19%)
• Muslims by nationality = 154,330 (1.83%)
• Montenegrins = 125,260 (1.48%)
• Yugoslavs = 123,824 (1.47%)
• Slovaks = 76,733
• Romanians = 57,419
• Bulgarians = 53,800
• Roma = 49,894
• Macedonians = 42,675
• Rusyns = 20,608
• Turks = 18,220
• Slovenians = 15,957
• Vlachs = 14,724

[edit] 1981 census in Serbia

• TOTAL = 9,313,677
• Serbs = 6,182,159 (66.38%)
• Albanians = 1,303,032 (13.99%)
• Yugoslavs = 441,941 (4.75%)
• Hungarians = 390,468 (4.19%)
• Muslims by nationality = 215,166 (2.31%)
• Croats = 149,368 (1.60%)
• Montenegrins = 147,466 (1.58%)
• Roma = 110,956 (1.19%)
• Macedonians = 48,986
• Slovenians = 12,006

[edit] 1991 census in Serbia (including Kosovo)

• TOTAL (official estimation) = 9,778,991 (registered 8,182,141)
• Serbs = 6,446,595 (65.92%)
• Albanians (official estimation) = 1,674,353 (17.12%), registered 87,372
• Hungarians = 343,800 (3.52%)
• Yugoslavs = 323,643 (3.31%)
• Muslims by nationality (official estimation) = 246,411 (2.52%), registered 237,980
• Roma (official estimation) = 140,237 (1.43%), registered 138,799
• Montenegrins = 139,299 (1.42%)
• Croats = 105,406 (1.08%)

[edit] 1991 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo)

• TOTAL = 7,822,795
• Serbs = 6,252,405 (79.93%)
• Hungarians = 343,800 (4.39%)
• Yugoslavs = 320,186 (4.09%)
• Muslims by nationality = 180,222 (2.3%)
• Montenegrins = 118,934 (1.52%)
• Croats = 97,344 (1.24%)
• Roma = 94,491 (1.21%)
• Albanians = 78,281 (1%)
• Slovaks = 66,772 (0.85%)
• Macedonians = 45,068 (0.58%)
• Romanians = 42,316 (0.54%)
• Bulgarians = 26,698 (0.34%)
• Bunjevci = 21,434 (0.34%)
• Ukrainians = 18,052 (0.23%)
• Vlachs = 17,804 (0.23%)
• others = 34,698 (0.44%)
• unspecified = 10,538 (0.13%)
• regional affiliation = 4,841 (0.06%)
• unknown = 47,949 (0.61%)

[edit] 2002 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo)

• TOTAL = 7,498,001
• Serbs = 6,212,838 (82.86%)
• Hungarians = 293,299 (3.91%)
• Bosniaks = 136,087 (1.82%)
• Roma = 108,193 (1.44%)
• Yugoslavs = 80,721 (1.08%)
• Croats = 70,602 (0.94%)
• Montenegrins = 69,049 (0.92%)
• Albanians = 61,647 (0.82%)
• Slovaks = 59,021 (0.79%)
• Vlachs = 40,054 (0.53%)
• Romanians = 34,576 (0.46%)
• Macedonians = 25,847 (0.35%)
• Bulgarians = 20,497 (0.27%)
• Bunjevci = 20,012 (0.27%)
• Muslims by nationality = 19,503 (0.26%)
• Rusyns = 15,905 (0.21%)
• Ukrainians = 5,354 (0.07%)
• others = 14,191 (0.19%)
• unspecified = 107,732 (1.44%)
• regional affiliation = 11,485 (0.15%)
• unknown = 75,483 (1.01%)

[edit] See also

• Demographics of Serbia - current demographics
• Demographic history of Vojvodina
• Demographic history of Kosovo
• Ethnic groups of Vojvodina

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