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	This article presents the '''demographic history of ]''' through ] results. See ] for a more detailed overview of the current demographics from ~~2002~~ census.		This article presents the '''demographic history of ]''' through ] results. See ] for a more detailed overview of the current demographics from 2011 census.

	== ~~1349-1354~~ ==		==Censuses==
			]
	According to the Law of Tsar ] (Dushanov Zakonik) the people of Serbia were (note that Serbia at the time stretched far to the south - as far as the Gulf of Corinthm, and up to, and including Serres on the east):
			Censuses in Serbia ordinarily takes place every 10 years, organized by the ]. The last census was in 2011. The censuses were organized in 2011, 2002, 1991, 1981, 1971, 1961, 1953 and 1948, during ]. During the ], censuses were conducted in 1931 and 1921; the census in 1941 was never conducted due to the outbreak of WWII.
	*]
	*]
	*Arbanasi (])
	*Vlasi (])
	*]

			The independent ], had conducted the first population census in 1834; the subsequent censuses were conducted in 1841, 1843, 1846, 1850, 1854, 1859, 1863 and 1866 and 1874. During the era ], six censuses were conducted in 1884, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905 and the last one being in 1910.
	== 1866 census in Serbia ==

	*'''TOTAL = 1,216,219'''<ref>http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas_1882_about_Serbia.JPG</ref>
			== 19th century ==

			<ref>{{citation\|title=Censuses in 19th century Serbia: inventory of preserved microdata\|publisher=Max-Planck\|location=Rostock\|year=2012\|url=http://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2012-018.pdf}}</ref>

			The censuses of 1846, 1850 and 1854 were partially published in ''Glasnik DSS''. The Statistical Office was established in 1862. Since 1863, the Office published ''Državopis Srbije'' in twenty volumes, until 1894. Statistical data continued to be published in the new edition of ''Statistika Kraljevine Srbije'', published since 1892. Little is known in historiography about the censuses through 1859.

			=== 1834 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 678,192'''<ref>{{citation\|title=Лепосава Цвијетић: Попис становништва и имовине у Србији 1834. године, Београд 1984. године\|url=https://archive.org/details/Miscellanea13}}</ref>

			Serbia was divided into 15 counties with 61 districts called ''kapetanija'' ("captaincy", after 1834 called '']''). Užice was not included due to unrest.

			=== 1841 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 828,895'''

			=== 1843 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 859,545'''

			=== 1846 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 915,080'''

			Extracts in ''Glasnik DSS''.<ref>Jovan Gavrilović, “Prilog za geografiju i statistiku Srbije. Glavni izvod popisa Srbije u godini 1846”, Glasnik DSS III (1851), pp.186–190.</ref>

			=== 1850 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 956,893'''

			Extracts in ''Glasnik DSS''.<ref>Jovan Gavrilović, “Prilog za geografiju i statistiku Srbije. Glavni izvod popisa Srbije u godini 1850”,
			Glasnik DSS IV (1852), pp. 227–248</ref>

			=== 1854 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 998,919'''

			Extracts in ''Glasnik DSS''.<ref>Jovan Gavrilović, “Glavni izvod popisa u Srbiji godine 1854/55”, Glasnik DSS IX (1857), pp. 224–226.</ref>

			=== 1859 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 1,078,281'''

			Published in 1863.<ref>„Izvestije podnešeno g. Ministru Finansije o čislu žitelja Srbije u godini 1859“, Državopis Srbije I (1863), pp.86–97.</ref>

			=== 1863 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 1,108,668'''<ref>Halpern, J., 1972. Town and countryside in Serbia in the nineteenth-century, social and household structure as reflected in the census of 1863.</ref>

			=== 1866 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 1,216,219'''<ref>{{cite book\|chapter=Serbien\|title=Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas\|year=1882\|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas_1882_about_Serbia.JPG}}</ref>
	*] = 1,058,189 (87.01%)		*] = 1,058,189 (87.01%)
	*] ~~(])~~ = 127,545 (10.49%)		*] = 127,545 (10.49%)
	*] (~~Gipsies~~) = 24,607 (2.02%)		*] ("Gypsies") = 24,607 (2.02%)
	*] = 2,589 (0.21%)		*] = 2,589 (0.21%)
	* other = 3,256 (0.27%)		* other = 3,256 (0.27%)

			This was the first census which recorded literacy, nationality (ethnicity) and citizenship.
	== 1878 census in Serbia ==

	*'''TOTAL = 1,669,337'''<ref name="commons.wikimedia.org">http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas_1902_about_Serbia.JPG</ref>
			=== 1874 census ===
			;Total:

			=== 1878 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 1,669,337'''<ref name=Geographisches_Handbuch1902>{{cite book\|chapter=Serbien\|title=Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas\|year=1902\|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas_1902_about_Serbia.JPG}}</ref>

			In 1879 there was a census in the four counties ceded to Serbia in 1878.

			=== 1884 census ===
			Source:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Kingdom of Serbia Census 1884 \|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1889/Pdf/G188911002.pdf \|access-date=21 April 2023 \|website=Republic of Serbia Statistical Office}}</ref>

			;Total = 1,901,336
			*Serbs = 1,693,337 (89,04 %)

			*Romanians = 149,727 (9,68 %)

			*Roma = 34,066 (1,82 %)

			=== 1890 census ===
			;Total = 2,161,961

			*Serbs = 1,955,944 (90,44 %)
			*Romanians = 143,684 (6,64 %)
			*Roma = 37,581 (1,74 %)

			=== 1895 census ===
			*'''TOTAL = 2,493,770'''<ref name=Geographisches_Handbuch1902/>
			*] = over 2 million (ca. 90%)
			*] = 159,000 (6.43%)
			*] ("Gypsies") = 46,000 (1.84%)

			==20th century==
			=== 1905 census ===
			;Total:

	== ~~1895~~ census ~~in Serbia~~ ==		=== 1910 census ===
			;Total: 2,922,258
	*'''TOTAL = 2,493,770'''<ref name="commons.wikimedia.org" />
	*] = over 2 Mill. (ca. 90%)
	*] (]) = 159,000 (6.43%)
	*] (Gipsies) = 46,000 (1.84%)

	== 1921 census ~~in Serbia~~ ==		=== 1921 census ===
	~~The 1921 census in Serbia (without~~ Vojvodina, ~~but~~ including Kosovo and Macedonia)		{{hatnote\|excluding Vojvodina, including Kosovo and North Macedonia}}
	*'''TOTAL = 4,133,478'''		*'''TOTAL = 4,133,478'''
	*] and ] = 3,339,369 (80.87%)		*] and ] = 3,339,369 (80.87%)
	*] = 420,473 (10.17%)		*] = 420,473 (10.17%)
	*] = 159,549 (3.86%)		*] = 159,549 (3.86%)
	*] = 149,210 (3.61%)		*] = 149,210 (3.61%)
	*] = 5,969		*] = 5,969
	*] = 4,176		*] = 4,176
	*] = 3,625		*] = 3,625
	*] and ] = 2,801		*] and ] = 2,801
	*] = 2,532		*] = 2,532
	*] = 717		*] = 717
	*] = 503		*] = 503
	*] = 286		*] = 286
	*] = 231		*] = 231
	*] = 35		*] = 35
	*other (mostly ]) = 44,002		*other (mostly ]) = 44,002

	== 1948 census ~~in Serbia~~ ==		=== 1948 census ===
	*'''TOTAL = 6,527,966'''		*'''TOTAL = 6,527,966'''
	*] = 4,823,730 (73.89%)		*] and ] = 4,823,730 (73.89%)
	*] = 532,011 (8.15%)		*] = 532,011 (8.15%)
	*] = 433,701 (6.64%)		*] = 433,701 (6.64%)
	*] = ~~169~~,~~864~~ (2.60%)		*] = 74,860 (1.15%)
	*] = 74,~~860~~ (1.15%)		*] = 72,032 (1.1%)
			*] = 59,395
	*] = 52,181		*] = 52,181
	*] = 20,998		*] = 20,998
	*] = 17,917		*] = 17,917
	*] = 17,315		*] = 17,315
			<gallery>
			Image:Serbia Ethnic Map 1948.png\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1948.
			Image:Serbia Ethnic Map 1948 Srez.png\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1948.
			Image:Serbia Serbs Map 1948 Srez.png\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1948.
			</gallery>

	== 1953 census ~~in Serbia~~ ==		=== 1953 census ===
	*'''TOTAL = 6,979,154'''		*'''TOTAL = 6,979,154'''
	*] = 5,152,939 (73.83%)		*] = 5,152,939 (73.83%)
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	*] = 441,907 (6.33%)		*] = 441,907 (6.33%)
	*] = 173,246 (2.48%)		*] = 173,246 (2.48%)
	*] = 86,061 (1.23%)		*] = 86,061 (1.23%)
	*] = 81,081 (1.16%)		*] = 81,081 (1.16%)
			*] = 71,153 (1%)
			*] = 60,146
	*] = 58,800		*] = 58,800
	*] = 27,277		*] = 27,277
	*] = 20,717		*] = 20,717

	== 1961 census ~~in Serbia~~ ==		=== 1961 census ===
	*'''TOTAL = 7,642,227'''		*'''TOTAL = 7,642,227'''
	*] = 5,704,686 (74.65%)		*] = 5,704,686 (74.65%)
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	*] = 449,587 (5.88%)		*] = 449,587 (5.88%)
	*] = 196,409 (2.57%)		*] = 196,409 (2.57%)
	*] = 104,753 (1.37%)		*] = 104,753 (1.37%)
	*] = 93,467 (1.22%)		*] = 93,467 (1.22%)
			*] = 73,830
			*] = 58,243
	*] = 36,288		*] = 36,288
	*] = 20,079		*] = 20,079
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	*] = 9,826		*] = 9,826

			<gallery>
	== 1971 census in Serbia ==
			File:Serbia_Ethnic_Map_1961.png\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1961.
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1961_2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1961.
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_1961.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1961.
			</gallery>

			=== 1971 census ===
	*'''TOTAL = 8,446,591'''		*'''TOTAL = 8,446,591'''
	*] = 6,016,811 (71.23%)		*] = 6,016,811 (71.23%)
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	*] = 430,314 (5.10%)		*] = 430,314 (5.10%)
	*] = 184,913 (2.19%)		*] = 184,913 (2.19%)
	*] = 154,330 (1.83%)		*] = 154,330 (1.83%)
	*] = 125,260 (1.48%)		*] = 125,260 (1.48%)
	*] = 123,824 (1.47%)		*] = 123,824 (1.47%)
	*] = 76,733		*] = 76,733
	*] = 57,419		*] (self-declared) = 57,419
	*] = 53,~~800~~		*] = 53,536
	*] = 49,894		*] = 49,894
	*] = 42,675		*] = 42,675
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	*] = 18,220		*] = 18,220
	*] = 15,957		*] = 15,957
	*] = 14,724		*"]" (]) = 14,724

			<gallery>
	== 1981 census in Serbia ==
			Serbia Ethnic Map 1971.png\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1971.
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1971_2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1971.
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_1971.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1971.
			</gallery>

			=== 1981 census ===
	*'''TOTAL = 9,313,677'''		*'''TOTAL = 9,313,677'''
	*] = 6,182,159 (66.38%)		*] = 6,182,159 (66.38%)
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	*] = 441,941 (4.75%)		*] = 441,941 (4.75%)
	*] = 390,468 (4.19%)		*] = 390,468 (4.19%)
	*] = 215,166 (2.31%)		*] = 215,166 (2.31%)
	*] = 149,368 (1.60%)		*] = 149,368 (1.60%)
	*] = 147,466 (1.58%)		*] = 147,466 (1.58%)
	*] = 110,956 (1.19%)		*] = 110,956 (1.19%)
			*] = 69,549
	*] = 48,986		*] = 48,986
			*] = 33,294
	*] = 12,006		*] = 12,006

			<gallery>
	== 1991 census in Serbia (including Kosovo) ==
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1981_1.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1981.
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1981_2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1981.
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_1981.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1981.
			</gallery>

			=== 1991 census ===
	*'''TOTAL (official estimation) = 9,778,991 (registered 8,182,141)'''		*'''TOTAL (official estimation) = 9,778,991 (registered 8,182,141)'''
	*] = 6,446,595 (65.92%)		*] = 6,446,595 (65.92%)
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	*] = 343,800 (3.52%)		*] = 343,800 (3.52%)
	*] = 323,643 (3.31%)		*] = 323,643 (3.31%)
	*] (official estimation) = 246,411 (2.52%), registered 237,980		*] (official estimation) = 246,411 (2.52%), registered 237,980
	*] (official estimation) = 140,237 (1.43%), registered 138,799		*] (official estimation) = 140,237 (1.43%), registered 138,799
	*] = 139,299 (1.42%)		*] = 139,299 (1.42%)
	*] = 105,406 (1.08%)		*] = 105,406 (1.08%)

			Estimated population:
	== 1991 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo) ==
			<gallery>
			Image:Serbia Ethnic Map 1991.png\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1991.
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1991_2-1.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991.
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_1991_1.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1991.
			Image:Serbia Religion Map 1991.png\|Religious structure of Serbia by settlements 1991.
			Image:Srbija - Udeo pravoslavaca po opstinama 2002.gif\|Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 1991.
			</gallery>

			Registered population:
			<gallery>
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1991_1-2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991.
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_1991_2-2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991.
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_1991_2.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1991.
			</gallery>

			=== 1991 census ===
			{{hatnote\|excluding Kosovo}}
	*'''TOTAL = 7,822,795'''		*'''TOTAL = 7,822,795'''
	*] = 6,252,405 (79.93%)		*] = 6,252,405 (79.93%)
	*] = 343,800 (4.39%)		*] = 343,800 (4.39%)
	*] = 320,186 (4.09%)		*] = 320,186 (4.09%)
	*] = 180,222 (2.3%)		*] = 180,222 (2.3%)
	*] = 118,934 (1.52%)		*] = 118,934 (1.52%)
	*] = 97,344 (1.24%)		*] = 97,344 (1.24%)
	*] = 94,491 (1.21%)		*] = 94,491 (1.21%)
	*] = 78,281 (1%)		*] = 78,281 (1%)
	*] = 66,772 (0.85%)		*] = 66,772 (0.85%)
	*] = 45,068 (0.58%)		*] = 45,068 (0.58%)
	*] = 42,316 (0.54%)		*] (self-declared) = 42,316 (0.54%)
	*] = 26,698 (0.34%)		*] = 26,698 (0.34%)
	*] = 21,434 (0.34%)		*] = 21,434 (0.34%)
	*] = 18,~~052~~ (0.23%)		*] = 5,042 (0.23%){{citation needed\|date=March 2018}}
	*] = 17,804 (0.23%)		*"]" (]) = 17,804 (0.23%)
	*''others'' = 34,698 (0.44%)		*''others'' = 34,698 (0.44%)
	*''unspecified'' = 10,538 (0.13%)
	*''regional affiliation'' = 4,841 (0.06%)		*''regional affiliation'' = 4,841 (0.06%)
	*''unknown'' = 47,949 (0.61%)		*''unknown'' = 47,949 (0.61%)
			*''unspecified'' = 10,538 (0.13%)

			==21st century==
	== 2002 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo) ==
			=== 2002 census ===
			{{hatnote\|excluding Kosovo}}
	*'''TOTAL = 7,498,001'''		*'''TOTAL = 7,498,001'''
	*] = 6,212,838 (82.86%)		*] = 6,212,838 (82.86%)
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	*] = 80,721 (1.08%)		*] = 80,721 (1.08%)
	*] = 70,602 (0.94%)		*] = 70,602 (0.94%)
	*] = 69,049 (0.92%)		*] = 69,049 (0.92%)
	*] = 61,647 (0.82%)		*] = 61,647 (0.82%)
	*] = 59,021 (0.79%)		*] = 59,021 (0.79%)
	*] = 74,~~630~~ (0.74%)~~, declared particularly as:~~		*"]" (]) = 40,054 (0.53%)
	**] = 40,~~054~~ (0.53%)		*] (self-declared) = 34,576 (0.46%)
	**] = 34,576 (0.46%)
	*] = 25,847 (0.35%)		*] = 25,847 (0.35%)
	*] = 20,497 (0.27%)		*] = 20,497 (0.27%)
	*] = 20,012 (0.27%)		*] = 20,012 (0.27%)
	*] = 19,503 (0.26%)		*] = 19,503 (0.26%)
	*] = 15,905 (0.21%)		*] = 15,905 (0.21%)
	*] = 5,354 (0.07%)		*] = 5,354 (0.07%)
			*] = 5,104
	*''others'' = 14,191 (0.19%)
			*] = 4,581
	*''unspecified'' = 107,732 (1.44%)
			*] = 3,901
			*] = 2,211
			*''others'' = 11,711 (0.19%)
	*''regional affiliation'' = 11,485 (0.15%)		*''regional affiliation'' = 11,485 (0.15%)
	*''unknown'' = 75,483 (1.01%)		*''unknown'' = 75,483 (1.01%)
			*''unspecified'' = 107,732 (1.44%)

	<gallery>		<gallery>
			Image:Serbia Ethnic Map 2002.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 2002.
	File:Serbia ethnic 1866.JPG\|Ethnic map of Eastern Serbia based on the 1866 census{{legend\|#FFFFFF\|(no colour): Serbians}}<br>{{legend\|#0000CD\|Romanians (Vlachs)}}<br>{{legend\|#FF0000\|Bulgarians}}
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_2002_2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2002.
	File:Serbia ethnic02.png\|Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census municipality data for Central Serbia and Vojvodina and 1991 census municipality data for Kosovo.
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_2002.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 2002.
	File:Census 2002 Serbia, ethnic map (by municipalities).png\|Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.
			Image:Serbia Religion Map 2002.png\|Religious structure of Serbia by settlements 2002.
			Image:Srbija - Udeo pravoslavaca po opstinama 2002.gif\|Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 2002.
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	== ~~References~~ ==		=== 2011 census ===
			{{hatnote\|excluding Kosovo}}
			*'''TOTAL = 7,186,862'''
			*] = 5,988,150 (83.32%)
			*] = 253,899 (3.53%)
			*] = 147,604 (2.05%)
			*] = 145,278 (2.02%)
			*] = 57,900 (0.81%)
			*] = 52,750 (0.73%)
			*] = 5,809 (0.08%) (mostly boycotted the census, estimate c. 50,000 i.e. 0.7%)
			*] = 38,527 (0.54%)
			*"]" (]) = 35,330 (0.49%)
			*] (self-declared) = 29,332 (0.41%)
			*] = 23,303 (0.32%)
			*] = 22,755 (0.32%)
			*] = 22,301 (0.31%)
			*] = 18,543 (0.26%)
			*] = 16,706 (0.23%)
			*] = 14,246 (0.2%)
			*] = 7,767 (0.11%)
			*] = 4,903 (0.07%)
			*] = 4,064 (0.06%)
			*] = 4,033 (0.06%)
			*''others'' = 17,558 (0.24%)
			*''regional affiliation'' = 30,771 (0.43%)
			*''unknown'' = 81,740 (1.14%)
			*''unspecified'' = 160,346 (2.23%)
			<gallery>
			Image:Serbia Ethnic Map 2011.png\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 2011.
			Image:Serbia Language Map 2002.png\|Linguistic structure of Serbia by settlements 2011.
			Image:Srbija_-_Etnicki_sastav_po_opstinama_2011_1-2.gif\|Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011.
			Image:Srbija - Jezicki sastav po opstinama 2002 2.gif\|Linguistic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011.
			File:Srbija - Verski sastav po opstinama 2011 1-2.gif\|Religious structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011.
			</gallery>
			<gallery>
			Image:Srbija_-_Udeo_Srba_po_opstinama_2011_1.gif\|Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 2011.
			Image:Srbija - Udeo srpskog jezika po opstinama 2002.gif\|Share of Serbian speakers in Serbia by municipalities 2011.
			Image:Srbija - Udeo pravoslavaca po opstinama 2011 1.gif\|Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 2011.
			</gallery>

			=== 2022 census ===
	<references/>
			{{hatnote\|excluding Kosovo}}
			*'''TOTAL = 6,647,003'''<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/popisni-podaci-eksel-tabele/ \| title=ПОПИС 2022 - еxcел табеле \| О ПОПИСУ СТАНОВНИШТВА }}</ref>
			*] = 5,360,239 (80.64%)
			*] = 184,442 (2.77%)
			*] = 153,801 (2.31%)
			*] = 131,936 (1.98%)
			*] = 61,687 (0.93%)
			*] = 41,730 (0.63%)
			*] = 39,107 (0.59%)
			*] = 27,143 (0.41%)
			*] (self-declared) = 23,044 (0.35%)
			*"]" (]) = 21,013 (0.32%)
			*] = 20,238 (0.30%)
			*] = 14,767 (0.22%)
			*] = 13,011 (0.20%)
			*] = 12,918 (0.19%)
			*] = 11,483 (0.17%)
			*] = 11,104 (0.17%)
			*] = 10,486 (0.16%)
			*] = 7,700 (0.12%)
			*] = 3,969 (0.06%)
			*] = 2,829 (0.04%)
			*] = 2,573 (0.04%)
			*''unknown'' = 322,013 (4.84%)
			*''Did not declare'' = 136,198 (2.05%)
			*''regional affiliation'' = 11,929 (0.18%)
			*''others'' = 4,126 (0.06%)

	== ~~See also~~ ==		==Vital statistics==

	*] - current demographics
			===1880–1887===
	*]

	*]
			*''Source:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1893/Pdf/G189311001.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2014-09-04 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904220055/http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1893/Pdf/G189311001.pdf \|archive-date=2014-09-04 }}</ref>''
	*]

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			!
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Average population (x 1,000)
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Live births
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Deaths
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Natural change
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Crude birth rate (per 1,000)
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Crude death rate (per 1,000)
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Natural change (per 1,000)
			! style="width:60pt;"\|Total fertility rate
			\|-
			\| 1880
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,738
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 70,167
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 54,243
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 15,924
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 40.8
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 31.2
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 9.6
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.45
			\|-
			\| 1881
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,775
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 80,678
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 43,645
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 37,033
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 46.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 24.6
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 21.4
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.45
			\|-
			\| 1882
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,814
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 80,274
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 41,648
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 38,626
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 44.8
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 23.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 21.8
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.44
			\|-
			\| 1883
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,859
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 87,161
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 42,263
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 44,898
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 47.5
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 22.7
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 24.8
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.44
			\|-
			\| 1884
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,902
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 90,441
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 47,552
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 42,889
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 48.1
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 25.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 23.1
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.43
			\|-
			\| 1885
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,940
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 90,627
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 52,318
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 38,309
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 47.4
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 27.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 20.4
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.43
			\|-
			\| 1886
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 1,965
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 83,091
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 58,525
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 24,566
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 43.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 29.7
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 13.3
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.42
			\|-
			\| 1887
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,008
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 93,911
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 50,481
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 43,430
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 47.5
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 25.1
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 22.4
			\| style="text-align:right;color:blue;"\| 5.42
			\|}

			===1900–1912===

			*''Source:<ref>B.R. Mitchell. European historical statistics. 1750-1975.</ref>''
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			!
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Average population (x 1,000)
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Live births
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Deaths
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Natural change
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Crude birth rate (per 1,000)
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Crude death rate (per 1,000)
			! style="width:80pt;"\|Natural change (per 1,000)
			! style="width:60pt;" \|Total fertility rate
			\|-
			\| 1900
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,470
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 105,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 58,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 47,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 42.4
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 23.5
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 18.9
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.68
			\|-
			\| 1901
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,520
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 96,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 53,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 43,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 38.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 21.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 17.0
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.54
			\|-
			\| 1902
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,570
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 98,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 57,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 41,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 38.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 22.3
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 15.7
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.41
			\|-
			\| 1903
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,580
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 106,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 60,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 46,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 40.9
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 23.5
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 17.4
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.13
			\|-
			\| 1904
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,650
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 106,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 56,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 50,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 39.8
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 21.1
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 18.7
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.00
			\|-
			\| 1905
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,660
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 100,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 65,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 35,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 37.3
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 24.8
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 12.5
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.04
			\|-
			\| 1906
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,690
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 113,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 66,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 47,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 42.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 24.5
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 17.5
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.09
			\|-
			\| 1907
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,770
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 111,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 62,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 49,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 40.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 22.4
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 17.6
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.13
			\|-
			\| 1908
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,820
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 104,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 67,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 37,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 36.8
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 23.7
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 13.1
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.18
			\|-
			\| 1909
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,840
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 110,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 83,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 27,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 38.7
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 29.3
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 9.4
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.23
			\|-
			\| 1910
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,870
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 112,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 64,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 48,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 39.0
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 22.4
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 16.6
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.18
			\|-
			\| 1911
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,940
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 107,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 64,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 43,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 36.3
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 21.8
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 14.5
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.14
			\|-
			\| 1912
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 2,980
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 114,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 63,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 51,000
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 38.3
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 21.1
			\| style="text-align:right;"\| 17.1
			\| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"\| 5.10
			\|}

			==See also==
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			* ]
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			==References==
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			==Sources==
			* {{cite journal\|last1=Pavlović\|first1=Mirjana\|last2=Prelić\|first2=Mladena\|title=The state, statistics, minorities and power: Ethnic "others" in the Duchy and Kingdom of Serbia as viewed through the lens of national census\|journal=Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU\|year=2015\|volume=63\|issue=1\|pages=147–165\|doi=10.2298/GEI1501147P\|doi-access=free\|hdl=21.15107/rcub_dais_7988\|hdl-access=free}}
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			* {{cite journal\|last=Stojković\|first=Dragana\|title=UTICAJ MIGRACIJA NA NACIONALNU STRUKTURU STANOVNIŠTVA SRBIJE\|journal=Etnološke Sveske\|volume=11\|year=1990\|pages=33–42\|url=http://www.anthroserbia.org/Content/PDF/Articles/ES-XI_(1990)_03_Dragana_Stojkovic.pdf}}
			*Ђорђевић, Тихомир. "Насељавање Србије, за време прве владе кнеза Милоша Обреновића (1815-1839)." Гласник Српског географског друштва 5 (1921): 116–139.
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			==External links==
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			* {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324080705/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/ \|date=2017-03-24 }}
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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 2011 census.

Censuses

Censuses in Serbia ordinarily takes place every 10 years, organized by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. The last census was in 2011. The censuses were organized in 2011, 2002, 1991, 1981, 1971, 1961, 1953 and 1948, during Yugoslavia. During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, censuses were conducted in 1931 and 1921; the census in 1941 was never conducted due to the outbreak of WWII.

The independent Principality of Serbia, had conducted the first population census in 1834; the subsequent censuses were conducted in 1841, 1843, 1846, 1850, 1854, 1859, 1863 and 1866 and 1874. During the era Kingdom of Serbia, six censuses were conducted in 1884, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905 and the last one being in 1910.

19th century

The censuses of 1846, 1850 and 1854 were partially published in Glasnik DSS. The Statistical Office was established in 1862. Since 1863, the Office published Državopis Srbije in twenty volumes, until 1894. Statistical data continued to be published in the new edition of Statistika Kraljevine Srbije, published since 1892. Little is known in historiography about the censuses through 1859.

1834 census

TOTAL = 678,192

Serbia was divided into 15 counties with 61 districts called kapetanija ("captaincy", after 1834 called srez). Užice was not included due to unrest.

1841 census

TOTAL = 828,895

1843 census

TOTAL = 859,545

1846 census

TOTAL = 915,080

Extracts in Glasnik DSS.

1850 census

TOTAL = 956,893

Extracts in Glasnik DSS.

1854 census

TOTAL = 998,919

Extracts in Glasnik DSS.

1859 census

TOTAL = 1,078,281

Published in 1863.

1863 census

TOTAL = 1,108,668

1866 census

TOTAL = 1,216,219
Serbs = 1,058,189 (87.01%)
Romanians = 127,545 (10.49%)
Roma ("Gypsies") = 24,607 (2.02%)
Germans = 2,589 (0.21%)
other = 3,256 (0.27%)

This was the first census which recorded literacy, nationality (ethnicity) and citizenship.

1874 census

Total

1878 census

TOTAL = 1,669,337

In 1879 there was a census in the four counties ceded to Serbia in 1878.

1884 census

Source:

Total = 1,901,336

Serbs = 1,693,337 (89,04 %)

Romanians = 149,727 (9,68 %)

Roma = 34,066 (1,82 %)

1890 census

Total = 2,161,961

Serbs = 1,955,944 (90,44 %)
Romanians = 143,684 (6,64 %)
Roma = 37,581 (1,74 %)

1895 census

TOTAL = 2,493,770
Serbs = over 2 million (ca. 90%)
Romanians = 159,000 (6.43%)
Roma ("Gypsies") = 46,000 (1.84%)

20th century

1905 census

Total

1910 census

Total: 2,922,258

1921 census

excluding Vojvodina, including Kosovo and North Macedonia

TOTAL = 4,133,478
Serbs and Croats = 3,339,369 (80.87%)
Albanians = 420,473 (10.17%)
Romanians = 159,549 (3.86%)
Turks = 149,210 (3.61%)
Germans = 5,969
Russians = 4,176
Slovenes = 3,625
Czechs and Slovaks = 2,801
Hungarians = 2,532
French = 717
Italians = 503
Poles = 286
English = 231
Ruthenians = 35
other (mostly Romani) = 44,002

1948 census

TOTAL = 6,527,966
Serbs and Croats = 4,823,730 (73.89%)
Albanians = 532,011 (8.15%)
Hungarians = 433,701 (6.64%)
Montenegrins = 74,860 (1.15%)
Slovaks = 72,032 (1.1%)
Bulgarians = 59,395
Roma = 52,181
Slovenes = 20,998
Macedonians = 17,917
ethnic Muslims = 17,315

Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1948.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1948.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1948.

1953 census

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%)
ethnic Muslims = 81,081 (1.16%)
Slovaks = 71,153 (1%)
Bulgarians = 60,146
Roma = 58,800
Macedonians = 27,277
Slovenes = 20,717

1961 census

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%)
ethnic Muslims = 93,467 (1.22%)
Slovaks = 73,830
Bulgarians = 58,243
Macedonians = 36,288
Yugoslavs = 20,079
Slovenes = 19,957
Roma = 9,826

Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1961.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1961.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1961.

1971 census

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%)
ethnic Muslims = 154,330 (1.83%)
Montenegrins = 125,260 (1.48%)
Yugoslavs = 123,824 (1.47%)
Slovaks = 76,733
Romanians (self-declared) = 57,419
Bulgarians = 53,536
Roma = 49,894
Macedonians = 42,675
Rusyns = 20,608
Turks = 18,220
Slovenes = 15,957
"Vlachs" (Romanians) = 14,724

Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1971.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1971.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1971.

1981 census

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%)
ethnic Muslims = 215,166 (2.31%)
Croats = 149,368 (1.60%)
Montenegrins = 147,466 (1.58%)
Roma = 110,956 (1.19%)
Slovaks = 69,549
Macedonians = 48,986
Bulgarians = 33,294
Slovenes = 12,006

Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1981.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1981.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1981.

1991 census

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%)
ethnic Muslims (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%)

Estimated population:

Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1991.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1991.
Religious structure of Serbia by settlements 1991.
Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 1991.

Registered population:

Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1991.

1991 census

excluding Kosovo

TOTAL = 7,822,795
Serbs = 6,252,405 (79.93%)
Hungarians = 343,800 (4.39%)
Yugoslavs = 320,186 (4.09%)
ethnic Muslims = 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 (self-declared) = 42,316 (0.54%)
Bulgarians = 26,698 (0.34%)
Bunjevci = 21,434 (0.34%)
Ukrainians = 5,042 (0.23%)
"Vlachs" (Romanians) = 17,804 (0.23%)
others = 34,698 (0.44%)
regional affiliation = 4,841 (0.06%)
unknown = 47,949 (0.61%)
unspecified = 10,538 (0.13%)

21st century

2002 census

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" (Romanians) = 40,054 (0.53%)
Romanians (self-declared) = 34,576 (0.46%)
Macedonians = 25,847 (0.35%)
Bulgarians = 20,497 (0.27%)
Bunjevci = 20,012 (0.27%)
ethnic Muslims = 19,503 (0.26%)
Rusyns = 15,905 (0.21%)
Ukrainians = 5,354 (0.07%)
Slovenes = 5,104
Gorani = 4,581
Germans = 3,901
Czechs = 2,211
others = 11,711 (0.19%)
regional affiliation = 11,485 (0.15%)
unknown = 75,483 (1.01%)
unspecified = 107,732 (1.44%)

Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 2002.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2002.
Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 2002.
Religious structure of Serbia by settlements 2002.
Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 2002.

2011 census

excluding Kosovo

TOTAL = 7,186,862
Serbs = 5,988,150 (83.32%)
Hungarians = 253,899 (3.53%)
Roma = 147,604 (2.05%)
Bosniaks = 145,278 (2.02%)
Croats = 57,900 (0.81%)
Slovaks = 52,750 (0.73%)
Albanians = 5,809 (0.08%) (mostly boycotted the census, estimate c. 50,000 i.e. 0.7%)
Montenegrins = 38,527 (0.54%)
"Vlachs" (Romanians) = 35,330 (0.49%)
Romanians (self-declared) = 29,332 (0.41%)
Yugoslavs = 23,303 (0.32%)
Macedonians = 22,755 (0.32%)
ethnic Muslims = 22,301 (0.31%)
Bulgarians = 18,543 (0.26%)
Bunjevci = 16,706 (0.23%)
Rusyns = 14,246 (0.2%)
Gorani = 7,767 (0.11%)
Ukrainians = 4,903 (0.07%)
Germans = 4,064 (0.06%)
Slovenes = 4,033 (0.06%)
others = 17,558 (0.24%)
regional affiliation = 30,771 (0.43%)
unknown = 81,740 (1.14%)
unspecified = 160,346 (2.23%)

Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 2011.
Linguistic structure of Serbia by settlements 2011.
Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011.
Linguistic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011.
Religious structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011.

Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 2011.
Share of Serbian speakers in Serbia by municipalities 2011.
Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 2011.

2022 census

excluding Kosovo

TOTAL = 6,647,003
Serbs = 5,360,239 (80.64%)
Hungarians = 184,442 (2.77%)
Bosniaks = 153,801 (2.31%)
Roma = 131,936 (1.98%)
Albanians = 61,687 (0.93%)
Slovaks = 41,730 (0.63%)
Croats = 39,107 (0.59%)
Yugoslavs = 27,143 (0.41%)
Romanians (self-declared) = 23,044 (0.35%)
"Vlachs" (Romanians) = 21,013 (0.32%)
Montenegrins = 20,238 (0.30%)
Macedonians = 14,767 (0.22%)
ethnic Muslims = 13,011 (0.20%)
Bulgarians = 12,918 (0.19%)
Rusyns = 11,483 (0.17%)
Bunjevci = 11,104 (0.17%)
Russians = 10,486 (0.16%)
Gorani = 7,700 (0.12%)
Ukrainians = 3,969 (0.06%)
Slovenes = 2,829 (0.04%)
Germans = 2,573 (0.04%)
unknown = 322,013 (4.84%)
Did not declare = 136,198 (2.05%)
regional affiliation = 11,929 (0.18%)
others = 4,126 (0.06%)

Vital statistics

1880–1887

Source:

	Average population (x 1,000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1,000)	Crude death rate (per 1,000)	Natural change (per 1,000)	Total fertility rate
1880	1,738	70,167	54,243	15,924	40.8	31.2	9.6	5.45
1881	1,775	80,678	43,645	37,033	46.0	24.6	21.4	5.45
1882	1,814	80,274	41,648	38,626	44.8	23.0	21.8	5.44
1883	1,859	87,161	42,263	44,898	47.5	22.7	24.8	5.44
1884	1,902	90,441	47,552	42,889	48.1	25.0	23.1	5.43
1885	1,940	90,627	52,318	38,309	47.4	27.0	20.4	5.43
1886	1,965	83,091	58,525	24,566	43.0	29.7	13.3	5.42
1887	2,008	93,911	50,481	43,430	47.5	25.1	22.4	5.42

1900–1912

Source:

	Average population (x 1,000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1,000)	Crude death rate (per 1,000)	Natural change (per 1,000)	Total fertility rate
1900	2,470	105,000	58,000	47,000	42.4	23.5	18.9	5.68
1901	2,520	96,000	53,000	43,000	38.0	21.0	17.0	5.54
1902	2,570	98,000	57,000	41,000	38.0	22.3	15.7	5.41
1903	2,580	106,000	60,000	46,000	40.9	23.5	17.4	5.13
1904	2,650	106,000	56,000	50,000	39.8	21.1	18.7	5.00
1905	2,660	100,000	65,000	35,000	37.3	24.8	12.5	5.04
1906	2,690	113,000	66,000	47,000	42.0	24.5	17.5	5.09
1907	2,770	111,000	62,000	49,000	40.0	22.4	17.6	5.13
1908	2,820	104,000	67,000	37,000	36.8	23.7	13.1	5.18
1909	2,840	110,000	83,000	27,000	38.7	29.3	9.4	5.23
1910	2,870	112,000	64,000	48,000	39.0	22.4	16.6	5.18
1911	2,940	107,000	64,000	43,000	36.3	21.8	14.5	5.14
1912	2,980	114,000	63,000	51,000	38.3	21.1	17.1	5.10

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External links

Serbian Census website Archived 2022-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Central Statistics Office website Archived 2017-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
The census form

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Censuses

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20th century

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21st century

2002 census

2011 census

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Vital statistics

1880–1887

1900–1912

See also

References

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