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{{Short description|United South Slavic people and the citizens of the former Yugoslavia}}
{{Ethnic group|
{{Other uses|Yugoslavs (disambiguation)}}
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| group = Yugoslavs
|popplace=]:<br> 80,721 (2002 census)<br>
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]:<br> 65,505 (2001)<ref name="CAN"></ref>
| pop = <!-- {{circa}} '''308,500''' --> <!-- Rounded sum of census figures provided below. Apart from being WP:SYNTH of census figures from varying recording dates, many countries with substantial Yugoslav diasporas do not record ethnicity in censuses. -->
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| image_caption = Census figures of self-declared Yugoslavs:{{efn|Many other countries with a Yugoslav diaspora do not record ethnicity in censuses.}} {{Legend2|#8638FF|100,000+}} {{Legend2|#B382FF|10,000+}} {{Legend2|#D0B1FF|1,000+}} {{Legend2|#E2D3F9|50+}}
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| regions =
| region1 = United States
| pop1 = 210,395 (2021)<br />{{small|(])}}
| ref1 =<ref name="2021ACS">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=people%20reporting%20ancestry&t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2021.B04006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408113537/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=people%20reporting%20ancestry&t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2021.B04006 |title=2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |work=] 2021 |publisher=] |archive-date=8 April 2022 |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>
| region2 = Canada
| pop2 = 38,480 (2016)<br />{{small|(])}}
| ref2 =<ref name=2016Census>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/imm/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=01&SO=4D|title=Immigration and Ethnocultural Diversity Highlight Tables|date=25 October 2017|publisher=statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
| region3 = Serbia
| pop3 = 27,143 (2022)<br />{{small|(])}}
| ref3 =<ref name="serbcens"/>
| region4 = Australia
| pop4 = 26,883 (2011)
| ref4 =<ref name="AU">{{cite web |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/factsheetsancserb?opendocument&navpos=450 |title=Fact sheets : Ancestry – Serbian |publisher=] |date=20 September 2016 |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>
| region5 = Bosnia and Herzegovina
| pop5 = 2,570 (2013)
| ref5 =<ref name="BIH"/>
| region6 = Montenegro
| pop6 = 1,632 (2023)
| ref6 = <ref name=Monstat/>
| region7 = Croatia
| pop7 = 942 (2021)
| ref7 =<ref name="HR"/>
| region8 = Slovenia
| pop8 = 527 (2002)
| ref8 =<ref name="slostat"/>
| region9 = North Macedonia
| pop9 = 344 (2021)
| ref9 =<ref name="mk"/>
| region10 = Russia
| pop10 = 60 (2021)
| ref10 =<ref name="ru">{{cite web |title=2. Состав группы населения "Указавшие другие ответы о национальной принадлежности" |trans-title=2. Composition of the population group "Those who indicated other answers about nationality" |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Tom5_tab2_VPN-2020.xlsx |publisher=] |year=2021 |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
| langs = ], English
| rels = Major religious affiliations: {{hlist | ] | ] | ] | ] }}
| related = ], other ]
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{{Yugoslavs}}
'''Yugoslavs''' or '''Yugoslavians''' ({{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni|Југославени/Југословени}};{{efn|{{lang|hr|Jugoslaveni}} is preferred in ], {{lang|sr|Jugosloveni}} is preferred in ] and ], while both are commonly used in ] variety of the language.}} {{langx|sl|Jugoslovani}}; {{langx|mk|Југословени|Jugosloveni}}) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united ] people. It has been used in two connotations: the first in a sense of common shared ethnic descent, i.e. ] or ] connotation for ethnic South Slavs,{{efn|Serbo-Croatian term {{lang|sh|Jugoslaveni}} or {{lang|sh|Jugosloveni}} was a popular neutral supraethnic compound of {{wikt-lang|sh|jug}} ("south") and {{wikt-lang|sh|Slaven|Slaveni}}/{{wikt-lang|sh|Sloven|Sloveni}} (Slavs), literally meaning ''South Slavs'', coined in late 19th century and officially adopted in 1929 by the authorities of ]. "Yugoslavia" was adopted by English and other non-Slavic languages as a unique ] in favour of literal translations such as "South Slavia". Nowadays in Serbo-Croatian and other Slavic languages, {{lang|sh-Latn|Jugoslaven/Jugosloven}} refers exclusively to Yugoslavs, the people of Yugoslavia, and not South Slavs, the cultural and linguistic group; the latter is rendered in Serbo-Croatian as "{{wikt-lang|sh|južni}} {{wikt-lang|sh|Slaveni}}/{{wikt-lang|sh|Sloveni}}".}} and the second as a term for all citizens of former ] regardless of ethnicity. Cultural and political advocates of Yugoslav identity have historically purported the identity to be applicable to all people of South Slav heritage, including those of modern ], ], ], ], ], and ]. Although ] are a South Slavic group as well, attempts at uniting ] with Yugoslavia were unsuccessful, and therefore Bulgarians were not included in the panethnic identification. Since the ] and establishment of South Slavic ]s, the term ''ethnic Yugoslavs'' has been used to refer to those who exclusively view themselves as Yugoslavs with no other ethnic ], many of these being of mixed ancestry.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1188/MR1188.ch3.pdf |title=The Yugoslav Retrospective Case |chapter=Chapter Three |date=January 2001 |first1=Thomas |last1=S. Szayna |first2=Michele |last2=Zanini |access-date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111233453/https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1188/MR1188.ch3.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>


In the ], the official designation for those who declared themselves simply as ''Yugoslav'' was with quotation marks, "Yugoslavs" (introduced in census 1971). The quotation marks were originally meant to distinguish Yugoslav ethnicity from Yugoslav citizenship, which was written without quotation marks. The majority of those who had once identified as ethnic "Yugoslavs" reverted to or adopted traditional ethnic and national identities, sometimes due to social pressure, intimidation, detrimental consequences, or prevention to continue identifying as Yugoslav by new political authorities.<ref name=opendem/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Perica |first=Vjekoslav |author-link=Vjekoslav Perica |year=2002 |chapter=11. The Twilight of Balkan Idols |title=] |publisher=] |page=207 |isbn=0-19-517429-1 |doi=10.1093/0195148568.001.0001 |quote=Although the name was appropriated by the Milošević regime, during the 1990s, vestiges of the former Yugoslavia began to disappear. A million-strong group known not long ago as “Yugoslavs by nationality” has vanished. As early as 1992, American reporters from Balkan battlefields noticed the revival of the primordial ethnic identities at the expense of the Yugoslav identity. Some of the “Yugoslavs by nationality” were forced to change nationality and others became disillusioned and undetermined about who they are, while many discovered the traditional religious and ethnic identities and became neophytes.}}</ref> Some also decided to turn to sub-national regional identifications, especially in multi-ethnic historical regions like ], ], or ] (hence ]). The Yugoslav designation, however, continues to be used by many, especially in the United States, Canada, and Australia by the descendants of Yugoslav migrants who emigrated while the country still existed.
'''Yugoslav''' was an ethnic designation used by some people in former ], which continues to be used in some of its successor countries.

After the break up of Yugoslavia, most Yugoslavs switched back to traditional nationalities such as ], ], ], ], ], ] etc, but the designation continues to be used by some. In the ] census, 49,881 inhabitants of ] declared themselves to be Yugoslav (at a time when Vojvodina was part of the country still called ]).


==History== ==History==
===Yugoslavism and Yugoslavia===
Since the late ], when traditional European ethnic affiliations started to mature into modern ethnic identities, there have been numerous attempts to define a common ] ethnic identity.
{{main|Yugoslavism}}
Since the late 18th century, when traditional European ethnic affiliations started to mature into modern ethnic identities, there have been numerous attempts to define a common ] ethnic identity. The word ''Yugoslav'', meaning "South Slavic", was first used by ] in 1849.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Enciklopedija Jugoslavije |trans-title=] |location=Zagreb |publisher=] |year=1990 |pages=128–130}}</ref> The first modern iteration of Yugoslavism was the ] in ]. It identified South Slavs with ancient ] and sought to construct a common language based on the ].<ref name=singleton>{{cite book |last=Singleton |first=Frederick Bernard | title=A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1985 |page=93 |isbn=0-521-27485-0}}</ref> The movement was led by ], whose ] became one of two official scripts used for the ] language.<ref name=singleton/>


Among notable supporters of Yugoslavism and a Yugoslav identity active at the beginning of the 20th century were famous sculptor ] (1883–1962), who called Serbian folk hero ] "our Yugoslav people with its gigantic and noble heart" and wrote poetry speaking of a "Yugoslav race";<ref name="Ivo Banač 1984. Pp. 204-205">{{Cite book |last=Banac |first=Ivo |author-link=Ivo Banac |title=The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics |publisher=] |year=1984 |pages=204–205 |isbn=9781501701948}}</ref> ], in his article ''The Bases of Yugoslav Civilization'', developed the idea of a unified Yugoslav culture and stated that "New qualities that until now have been expressed but weakly will appear. An amalgamation of the most fertile qualities of our three tribes will come forth every more strongly, and thus will be constructed the type of single Yugoslav civilization-the final and most important goal of our country."<ref name="wachte"/> In late 19th and early 20th century, influential public intellectuals ] and ] advocated that ''Yugoslavs'', as a supra-ethnic nation, had "many tribal ethnicities, such as Croats, Serbs, and others within it."<ref name=wachte>{{cite book |last=Wachte |first=Andrew | title=Making a Nation, Breaking a Nation: Literature and Cultural Politics in Yugoslavia |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1998 |pages=92–94 |isbn=0-8047-3181-0}}</ref>
=== Before the Second World War ===
The ] sought to identify Southern Slavs with ancient ] and to construct the Illyrian literary language which would unite not only ], but also ].
Some Serbian writers contended that all Southern Slavs (or at least those speaking Serbo-Croatian) were Serbs, some Croatian writers thought that they were all Croats. Some settled for a common designation of Serbo-Croats.


On 28 June 1914, ] shot and killed ], the heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, in Sarajevo. Princip was a member of ], a group whose aims included the unification of the Yugoslavs and independence from ].<ref name=banac>{{cite book |last=Banač |first=Ivo |title=The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1988 |isbn=0-8014-9493-1}}</ref> The ] set into motion a series of ] that eventually escalated into ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/harrachmemoir.htm|title=''First World War.com'' Primary Documents: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's Assassination, 28 June 1914|date=3 November 2002|access-date=2008-02-17}}</ref> After his capture, during his trial, he stated "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be free from Austria."<ref name=malcolm>{{cite book |last=Malcolm |first=Noel |title=Bosnia: A Short History |publisher=New York University Press |year=1996 |page=153 |isbn=0-8147-5561-5}}</ref>
In the late ] and early ] centuries, the term Yugoslavs started to be used as a synonym for South Slavs, especially to denote those in ]. It wasn't meant to imply that all South Slavs were a single people, but was rather used as a collective name for Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.


In June–July 1917, the ] met with the ] Government in ] and on 20 July the ] that laid the foundation for the post-war state was issued. The preamble stated that the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were "the same by blood, by language, by the feelings of their unity, by the continuity and integrity of the territory which they inhabit undivided, and by the common vital interests of their national survival and manifold development of their moral and material life." The state was created as the ], a constitutional monarchy under the ]. The term "Yugoslavs" was used to refer to all of its inhabitants, but particularly to those of South Slavic ethnicity. Some Croatian nationalists viewed the Serb plurality and Serbian royal family as hegemonic. Eventually, a conflict of interest sparked among the Yugoslav peoples. In 1929, ] sought to resolve a deep political crisis brought on by ethnic tensions by assuming dictatorial powers in the ], renaming the country "Kingdom of Yugoslavia", and officially pronouncing that there is one single Yugoslav nation with three tribes. The Yugoslav ethnic designation was thus imposed for a period of time on all South Slavs in Yugoslavia. Changes in Yugoslav politics after King Alexander's death in 1934 brought an end to this policy, but the designation continued to be used by some people.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
After the ], when South Slavic lands were united in the ], the term Yugoslavs was used to refer to all of its inhabitants, but particularly to those of Southern Slavic origin.


Philosopher ] advocated the establishment of a Yugoslav ethnicity in his 1939 book entitled "The ] of the Yugoslavs". His views included eugenics and cultural blending to create one, strong Yugoslav nation.<ref name=wachte/>
In ], ] sought to resolve a deep political crisis brought on by ethnic tensions by assuming dictatorial powers, renaming the country "Kingdom of Yugoslavia", and officially pronouncing that there is one single Yugoslav nation with three tribes. The Yugoslav ethnic designation was thus for a time imposed on all South Slavs in Yugoslavia. Changes in Yugoslav politics after King Alexander's death in ] brought an end to this policy, but the designation continued to be used by some people.


There had on three occasions been efforts to make Bulgaria a part of Yugoslavia or part of an even larger federation: through ] during and after ]; through ] during the ], and through ] during and after ], but for various reasons, each attempt turned out to be unsuccessful.<ref>Ahmet Ersoy, Maciej Górny, Vangelis Kechriotis. Modernism: The Creation of Nation-States. Central European University Press, 2010. Pp. 363.</ref>
===Second Yugoslavia and later ===
After liberation from ] in ], the new ] became a federal country which officially recognized and valued its ethnic diversity. Traditional ethnic identities again became the primary ethnic designations used by most inhabitants of Yugoslavia. However, many people still declared themselves as Yugoslavs because they wanted to express an identification with Yugoslavia as a whole, but not specifically with any of its peoples.


===Self-identification in Yugoslavia===
The ] ] recorded 273,077 Yugoslavs, or 1.33% of the total population. The ] census recorded 1,216,463 or 5.4% Yugoslavs. In the ] census of 5.51% (239,777) of the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared themselves to be Yugoslav. 4.25% of the population of the republic of ] also declared themselves Yugoslav in the same census.
{{see also|Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right;"
|+ Percentage identifying as Yugoslav<ref name=WhoWere>{{cite journal|last1=Sekulic|first1=Dusko|last2=Massey|first2=Garth|last3=Hodson|first3=Randy|title=Who Were the Yugoslavs? Failed Sources of a Common Identity in the Former Yugoslavia|journal=American Sociological Review|date=February 1994|volume=59|issue=1|page=85|publisher=American Sociological Association|doi=10.2307/2096134|jstor=2096134}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | 1961
! scope="col" | 1971
! scope="col" | 1981
|-
| ] || 0.4 || 1.9 || 8.2
|-
| ] || 0.2 || 1.4 || 4.8
|-
| ] || 8.4 || 1.2 || 7.9
|-
| ] || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.1
|-
| ] || 0.1 || 0.2 || 0.7
|-
| ] || 0.3 || 2.1 || 5.3
|-
| ] || 0.2 || 0.4 || 1.4
|-
| ] || 0.2 || 2.4 || 8.2
|-
! Yugoslavia || 1.7 || 1.3 || 5.4
|}
Unitary policies implemented by the authorities of the early 20th century ] aimed at creating a single Yugoslav ethnic identity that speaks one ] were met with heavy resistance by majorities of the country's citizens. Those policies and attempts at concentration of power within the ruling Serbian royal dynasty, the ], were interpreted by opponents of Yugoslav unitarism and ] as gradual ] of Yugoslavia's non-Serb population.


After the country was liberated from ] in the ] by the ], the newly established ] was instead organized as a federation. The ruling ] was ideologically opposed to ethnic unitarism that was promoted under former royal hegemony, instead recognizing and promoting ethnic diversity and social ] within the notion of "]" between nations and national minorities of Yugoslavia. Traditional ethnic identities again became the primary ethnic designations used by most inhabitants of Yugoslavia which remained the case until the country's dissolution in the early 1990s.
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, most Yugoslavs switched back to traditional ethnic designations. Nevertheless, the concept has survived into ] (where most towns have a tiny percentage), and ] (]-]), which kept the name "Yugoslavia" the longest, right up to ], 2003. New censa will show whether ''Yugoslav'' is still being used in the new states of Serbia and Montenegro respectively.


] expressed his desire for an undivided Yugoslav ethnicity to develop naturally when he stated, "I would like to live to see the day when Yugoslavia would become amalgamated into a firm community, when she would no longer be a formal community but a community of a single Yugoslav nation."<ref>Norbu, Dawa (3–9 April 1999). "The Serbian Hegemony, Ethnic Heterogeneity and Yugoslav Break-Up". ''Economic and Political Weekly'' '''34''' (14): 835.</ref>
==Ethnic Credibility==

When the term ''Yugoslav'' was first introduced, it was meant to unite a common people (the Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks) the same way the Germans united with Bavaria and other regions of Germany. In the book ''A Short History of the Yugoslav Peoples'' by ''Fred Singleton'', it states that Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks are one and the same people. ''"Once the South Slavs had settled in the Balkans they also became separated from each other, partly because of geographical obstacles, and partly because of the historical circumstances of foreign occupations."'' However due to political instability, a Yugoslav state and ethnicity was never accomplished.
Yugoslav censuses reflected Tito's ideal, with "Yugoslav" being an available identification for both ethnicity and nationality. In general, the Yugoslav identity was more common in the multiethnic regions of the country, i.e. the more multiethnic the constituent republic, the higher the percentage; therefore the highest were in Croatia, Montenegro, Central Serbia, Vojvodina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the lowest were in Slovenia, Macedonia, and Kosovo. The 1971 census recorded 273,077 Yugoslavs, or 1.33% of the total population. The 1981 census, a year after the death of Tito, recorded a record number of 1,216,463 or 5.4% Yugoslavs.<ref name=WhoWere />

*In the 1991 census, 5.54% (242,682) of the inhabitants of ] declared themselves to be Yugoslav.<ref name="ReferenceA">Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine – Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.</ref> The Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 ratified a Presidency of seven members. One of the seven was to be elected among/by the republic's Yugoslavs, thereby introducing the Yugoslavs next to ], Serbs and Croats into the Constitutional framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina although on an inferior level. However, because of the ] that erupted in 1992, this Constitution was short-lived and unrealized.
*Approximately 5% of the population of ] also declared themselves Yugoslav in the same census.
*The 1981 census showed that Yugoslavs made up around 8.2% of the population in ], this being the highest ever percentage of ''Yugoslavs'' within a constituent republic's borders. The percentage was the highest in multiethnic regions and cities with large non-Croatian population and among those of mixed ancestry. The 1991 census data indicated that the number of Yugoslavs had dropped to 2% of the population in Croatia. The 2001 census in Croatia (the first since independence) registered 176 Yugoslavs, less than 0.01% of the population at the time.<ref name="Croatia census data"></ref> The next census in 2011 registered 331 Yugoslavs in Croatia (likewise less than 0.01% of the population).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/census2011/results/htm/H01_01_05/H01_01_05.html|title=Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske|website=dzs.hr}}</ref>
*The autonomous region of ], marked by its traditionally multiethnic make-up, recorded a similar percentage as Croatia at the 1981 census, with ~8% of its 2 million inhabitants declaring themselves Yugoslav.<ref name=WhoWere />

Just before and after the ], most Yugoslavs reverted to their ethnic and regional identities.

==Successor states==
{{see also|Yugo-nostalgia|Yugoslavs in Serbia}}

===Self-identification following dissolution===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"
|+ Self-identified Yugoslavs
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Number<br>(census year)
|-
| Bosnia and Herzegovina || {{nts|2,570}} (2013)<ref name="BIH">{{cite web |url=https://www.popis.gov.ba/popis2013/doc/Knjiga2/K2_B_E.pdf#page=14 |page=27 |title=Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini – Etnička/nacionalna pripadnost, vjeroispovjest i maternji jezik |trans-title=Census of population, households and dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ethnic/national affiliation, religion and mother tongue |publisher=Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina |publication-date=2019 |language=sh}}</ref>
|-
| Croatia || {{nts|942}} (2021)<ref name="HR">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/balkan-63179247 |title=Balkan, Srbija i popis 2022: Ko su danas Jugosloveni i ima li ih uopšte |trans-title=The Balkans, Serbia and the 2022 census: Who are the Yugoslavs today and are there any? |quote=Ipak, najdrastičniji „nestanak" Jugoslovena vidi se na primeru Hrvatske. Dok se 1991. njih 106.041 osećalo tako, na popisu 2001. bili su u nivou statističke greške – ukupno 176. Naredne decenije, broj se blago popeo na 331, da bi na poslednjem popisu, 2021. godine 942 ljudi navelo tu opciju, kažu iz hrvatskog Državnog zavoda za statistiku. |trans-quote=However, the most drastic "disappearance" of Yugoslavs can be seen in the example of Croatia. While 106,041 of them felt that way in 1991, in the 2001 census they were at the level of a statistical error – a total of 176. In the following decade, the number rose slightly to 331, and in the last census, in 2021, 942 people indicated this option, according to the ]. |first=Nataša |last=Anđelković |website=] na srpskom |date=10 October 2022 |access-date=19 November 2022 |language=sh}}</ref>
|-
| Kosovo || Unknown
|-
| Montenegro || {{nts|1,632}} (2023)<ref name=Monstat>{{cite web|title=Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2023|url=https://monstat.org/uploads/files/popis%202021/saopstenja/SAOPSTENJE_Popis%20stanovnistva%202023%20II_cg.pdf|publisher=Monstat|access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
| North Macedonia || {{nts|344}} (2021)<ref name=mk>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10Popis-mk-en.pdf |title=Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија 2021 – прв сет на податоци |trans-title=2021 Census of the population, households and apartments in the Republic of North Macedonia – first set of data |lang=mk |publisher=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia |date=30 March 2022 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Serbia || {{nts|27,143}} (2022)<ref name="serbcens">{{cite web |url=https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/en-us/5-vestisaopstenja/news-events/20230428-konacnirezpopisa/ |title=Final results of the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings, 2022 |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia |date=28 April 2023 |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Slovenia || {{nts|527}} (2002)<ref name=slostat>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/rezultati/rezultati_red.asp?ter=SLO&st=7 |title=Statistični urad RS – Popis 2002 |trans-title=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia – Census 2002 |website=stat.si |language=sl}}</ref>
|- class="sortbottom"
|}

The number of people identifying as Yugoslav fell drastically in all successor states since the beginning of the 21st century and the conclusion of all ] and separation of ] (until 2003 called ]). The country with the highest number of people and percentage of population identifying as Yugoslav is Serbia, while North Macedonia is the lowest on both. No official figures or reliable estimates are available for Kosovo.

As part of the research project "''Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe''", a study was conducted from 2010 to 2014 on the entire former Yugoslav territory with the exception of Slovenia. Within the study, a poll was conducted on the topic of shared identity. Interviewees were asked whether they ever "felt Yugoslav", with three given options being tantamount to "yes, still do", "no, never did" and "not anymore". In all six examined states, majority of the interviewees expressed that they either never or no longer felt so, ranging from ~70–98%, with Serbia being on the lowest end and Kosovo on the highest. Croatia and Kosovo yielded the most clear-cut results with 95% stating either of aforementioned options and less than 3% stating that they still felt Yugoslav. In Kosovo in particular, over 92% stated that they never felt Yugoslav. In contrast, Montenegro and Serbia were the most split states, with ~28% and ~32% respectively stating that they still felt Yugoslav; the two were the only states where more interviewees stated feeling Yugoslav as opposed to never feeling so. Bosnia and Herzegovina had the highest percentage of interviewees stating that they no longer feel Yugoslav at ~48%, followed closely by Montenegro and Serbia. The following table provides more details:<ref name="pavlakovic">{{cite book |last=Pavlaković |first=Vjeran |editor-last1=Pavlaković |editor-first1=Vjeran |editor-last2=Korov |editor-first2=Goran |title=Strategije simbolične izgradnje nacije u državama jugoistočne Europe |trans-title=Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in Southeastern Europe |location=Zagreb |publisher=Srednja Europa |year=2017 |page=41 |isbn=9789537963552 |id={{CROSBI|1013208}} |language=hr |via=] 2011, Hrvatska}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zebić |first=Enis |date=6 March 2017 |url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/drzave-bivsa-jugoslavija/28353936.html |title=O jugonostalgiji i lojalnosti svojoj državi |trans-title=About yugo-nostalgia and loyalty to one's own country |newspaper=] |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=sh}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Do you ever feel like a Yugoslav?
! ] !! ] !! ] !! ] || ] !! ]
|-
! scope="row" | Yes, I still feel that way
| 19.2% || 2.8% || 2.0% || 14.9% || 28.1% || 31.8%
|-
! scope="row" | I used to feel, but not anymore
| 48.1% || 29.1% || 5.8% || 38.2% || 46.4% || 42.9%
|-
! scope="row" | No, I never felt like a Yugoslav
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The Yugoslavs of Croatia have several organizations. The "Alliance of Yugoslavs" (''Savez Jugoslavena''), established in 2010 in Zagreb, is an association aiming to unite the Yugoslavs of Croatia, regardless of religion, sex, ] or other views.<ref name=jutarnji> (in Croatian). ]. ''Portal Jutarnji.hr; 23 March 2010''</ref> Its main goal is the official recognition of the Yugoslav nation in every ] successor state: Croatia, ], Serbia, ], Bosnia and Herzegovina and ].<ref name=index> (in Croatian). ]. ''L.J.; 23 March 2010''</ref>

Another ] organization advocating the recognition of the Yugoslav nation is the "Our Yugoslavia" association (''Udruženje "Naša Jugoslavija"''), which is an officially registered organization in Croatia.<ref name="opendem">{{cite web |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/yugoslavs-in-twenty-first-century-erased-people/ |title=Yugoslavs in the twenty-first century: 'erased' people |website=] |last1=Makul |first1=Anes |last2=McRobie |first2=Heather |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> The seat of Our Yugoslavia is in the ]n town of ],<ref name=dv> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401150706/http://www.dubrovacki.hr/clanak/21270/udruzenje-nasa-jugoslavija-osniva-klubove-jugoslavena |date=1 April 2012 }} (in Croatian). Dubrovački vjesnik. ''Silvana Fable; 25 July 2010''</ref> where it was founded on 30 July 2009.<ref name=rtv> (in Serbian). ]. ''Tanjug; 30 July 2009''</ref> The association has most members in the towns of ], ] and Pula.<ref name=vesti> (in Serbian). ]. ''Novi list; 27 July 2010''</ref> Its main aim is the stabilisation of relations among the Yugoslav successor states. It is also active in Bosnia and Herzegovina, however, its official registration as an association was denied by the Bosnian state authorities.<ref name=opendem/>

The probably best-known pro-Yugoslav organization in Montenegro is the "Consulate-general of the SFRY" with its headquarters in the coastal town of ]. Prior to the population census of 2011, Marko Perković, the president of this organization called on the Yugoslavs of Montenegro to freely declare their Yugoslav identity on the upcoming census.<ref name=konzulsfrj> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405231436/http://www.srbijanet.rs/vesti/drustvo/76878-perkovic-pozvao-crnogorce-da-se-izjasne-i-kao-jugosloveni.html |date=5 April 2011 }} (in Serbian). Srbijanet. ''03-03-2011''</ref>

==Notable people==
The best known example of self-declared Yugoslavs is Marshal ] who organized resistance against Nazi Germany in Yugoslavia,<ref name="ww2"> by Howard Fast</ref><ref name="lib"> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202045938/http://encarta.msn.com/media_461550929/Yugoslav_Partisans_Enter_Belgrade.html |date=2 December 2007 }}</ref> ended the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia with the help of the Red Army, co-founded the ], and defied ]'s Soviet pressure on Yugoslavia. Other people that declared as "Yugoslavs" include intellectuals, entertainers, singers, and athletes, such as:

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* ]<ref name=dnhr> (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. ''B.G.; 13 December 2008''</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lepa Brena: Nisam ni Hrvatica ni Srpkinja, ja sam Jugoslavenka! |trans-title=Lepa Brena: I am neither Croatian or Serbian, I am Yugoslav! |publisher=] |url=https://www.index.hr/magazin/clanak/lepa-brena-nisam-ni-hrvatica-ni-srpkinja-ja-sam-jugoslavenka/412754.aspx |date=8 August 2008}}</ref>
* ],<ref name=bhdani>{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in Bosnian). ]. ''Tamara Nikčević; 14 August 2009''</ref> the grandson of ]
* ]<ref name=ds> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220657/http://www.ds.org.rs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2246:------&catid=73&Itemid=437 |date=23 September 2015 }} (in Serbian). ]/] web site. ''Dragana Đevori''</ref><ref name=hrdnevnik>{{cite web|url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/svijet/intervju-s-oliverom-dulicem.html|title=Dulić: 'Nisam Hrvat nego Jugoslaven'| publisher=Dnevnik.hr| date=23 May 2007|language=hr}}</ref>
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* ]<ref name=vecer> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722215116/http://star.vecer.com.mk/tekst.asp?tid=21389 |date=22 July 2011 }} (in Macedonian). Večer. ''Aleksandra Timkovska; 5 September 2006''</ref>
* ] {{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
* ]<ref name=ballest> (in German). Ballesterer. ''Fabian Kern; 13 May 2008''</ref>
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* ]<ref name=vreme>{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=942888|title=Pas do pasa, beton do betona| publisher=]| date=29 July 2010|language=sr}}</ref>
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* ]<ref name=monitor> (in Montenegrin). ]. ''Nastasja Radović; 16 July 2010''</ref>
* ]<ref name=mlad> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419082022/http://www.mladina.si/tednik/200752/clanek/kul--intervju-max_modic/ |date=19 April 2008 }} (in Slovenian). ]. ''Max Modic; 2007/52''</ref><ref name=a1> (in Macedonian). ]. ''Aneta Dodevska; 1 January 2009''</ref>
* ]
* ]<ref name=blic_vesti>{{cite web|title=Uz mališane 33 godine|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Beograd/184676/Uz-malisane-33-godine|publisher=]|access-date=20 July 2011|author=D. Milićević|language=sr|date=12 April 2010}}</ref>
* ]<ref name=enov-mil> (in Serbian). E-Novine. ''Dragoljub Todorović; 4 October 2010''</ref>
* ]<ref name=blic_intervju> (in Serbian). ]. ''Žiža Antonijević; 23 March 2008''</ref>
* ]<ref name=enovine> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203043746/http://www.e-novine.com/intervju/intervju-sport/26233-Nikad-nisam-skrivao-sam-Jugosloven.html |date=3 December 2013 }} (in Bosnian). E-Novine. ''Mario Garber; 19 May 2009''</ref>
* ]
* ]<ref name=standard> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318113548/http://www.standardmagazin.com/tema.php?ID=566 |date=18 March 2012 }} (in Serbian). ]. ''No. 28; 29 November 2006''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.blic.rs/fudbal/domaci-fudbal/ispovest-dzevad-prekazi-za-blicsport-jos-sam-zaljubljen-u-jugoslaviju-sahranite-me-sa/w1bye2t|title=ISPOVEST Dževad Prekazi za Blicsport: Još sam zaljubljen u Jugoslaviju, sahranite me sa dresom Partizana}}</ref>
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* ]<ref name=stulic> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928154518/http://www.vecer.com.mk/?ItemID=A38C90975E0DF5478332145D713BD662 |date=28 September 2011 }} (in Macedonian). Večer . ''05-11-2009''</ref>
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* ]<ref name=blic_zabava> (in Serbian). ]. ''M. Radojković; 4 March 2008''</ref><ref name=glasja> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325071857/http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/1999/09/18/srpski/k99091703.shtm |date=25 March 2010 }} (in Serbian). ]. ''P. Dragosavac; 17 September 1999''</ref>
* ]<ref name=blic_zabava1> (in Serbian). ]. ''11 September 2012''</ref>

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==Symbols==

The probably most frequently used symbol of the Yugoslavs to express their identity and to which they are most often associated with is the blue-white-red tricolor flag with a yellow-bordered red star in the flag's center,<ref name=vijesti> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513110432/http://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/u-crnoj-gori-oko-1-000-jugoslovena-100-turaka-130-njemaca-clanak-28490 |date=13 May 2016 }} (in Montenegrin). ]. ''Vijesti online; 12 July 2011''</ref> which also served as the national ] between 1945 and 1991.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Prior to World War II, the symbol of Yugoslavism was a plain tricolor flag of ], which was also the national ], the ] in the ].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
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* {{cite book|last=Djokić|first=Dejan|title=Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918–1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMyZdvTympMC|year=2003|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-663-0}}
* {{cite book|last=Jović|first=Dejan|title=Yugoslavia: A State that Withered Away|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Po03enYpbqsC|year=2009|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-55753-495-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Ramet|first=Sabrina P.|title=The Three Yugoslavias: State-building and Legitimation, 1918-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTw3lEqi2-oC|year=2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34656-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Trbovich|first=Ana S.|title=A Legal Geography of Yugoslavia's Disintegration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ojur7dVoxIcC|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533343-5}}

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United South Slavic people and the citizens of the former Yugoslavia For other uses, see Yugoslavs (disambiguation).

Ethnic group
Yugoslavs
Census figures of self-declared Yugoslavs:   100,000+   10,000+   1,000+   50+
Regions with significant populations
United States210,395 (2021)
(Yugoslav Americans)
Canada38,480 (2016)
(Yugoslav Canadians)
Serbia27,143 (2022)
(Yugoslavs in Serbia)
Australia26,883 (2011)
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,570 (2013)
Montenegro1,632 (2023)
Croatia942 (2021)
Slovenia527 (2002)
North Macedonia344 (2021)
Russia60 (2021)
Languages
South Slavic languages, English
Religion
Major religious affiliations:
Related ethnic groups
South Slavs, other Slavic peoples
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Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; Slovene: Jugoslovani; Macedonian: Југословени, romanizedJugosloveni) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: the first in a sense of common shared ethnic descent, i.e. panethnic or supraethnic connotation for ethnic South Slavs, and the second as a term for all citizens of former Yugoslavia regardless of ethnicity. Cultural and political advocates of Yugoslav identity have historically purported the identity to be applicable to all people of South Slav heritage, including those of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. Although Bulgarians are a South Slavic group as well, attempts at uniting Bulgaria with Yugoslavia were unsuccessful, and therefore Bulgarians were not included in the panethnic identification. Since the dissolution of Yugoslavia and establishment of South Slavic nation states, the term ethnic Yugoslavs has been used to refer to those who exclusively view themselves as Yugoslavs with no other ethnic self-identification, many of these being of mixed ancestry.

In the former Yugoslavia, the official designation for those who declared themselves simply as Yugoslav was with quotation marks, "Yugoslavs" (introduced in census 1971). The quotation marks were originally meant to distinguish Yugoslav ethnicity from Yugoslav citizenship, which was written without quotation marks. The majority of those who had once identified as ethnic "Yugoslavs" reverted to or adopted traditional ethnic and national identities, sometimes due to social pressure, intimidation, detrimental consequences, or prevention to continue identifying as Yugoslav by new political authorities. Some also decided to turn to sub-national regional identifications, especially in multi-ethnic historical regions like Istria, Vojvodina, or Bosnia (hence Bosnians). The Yugoslav designation, however, continues to be used by many, especially in the United States, Canada, and Australia by the descendants of Yugoslav migrants who emigrated while the country still existed.

History

Yugoslavism and Yugoslavia

Main article: Yugoslavism

Since the late 18th century, when traditional European ethnic affiliations started to mature into modern ethnic identities, there have been numerous attempts to define a common South Slavic ethnic identity. The word Yugoslav, meaning "South Slavic", was first used by Josip Juraj Strossmayer in 1849. The first modern iteration of Yugoslavism was the Illyrian movement in Habsburg Croatia. It identified South Slavs with ancient Illyrians and sought to construct a common language based on the Shtokavian dialect. The movement was led by Ljudevit Gaj, whose Latin alphabet became one of two official scripts used for the Serbo-Croatian language.

Among notable supporters of Yugoslavism and a Yugoslav identity active at the beginning of the 20th century were famous sculptor Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), who called Serbian folk hero Prince Marko "our Yugoslav people with its gigantic and noble heart" and wrote poetry speaking of a "Yugoslav race"; Jovan Cvijić, in his article The Bases of Yugoslav Civilization, developed the idea of a unified Yugoslav culture and stated that "New qualities that until now have been expressed but weakly will appear. An amalgamation of the most fertile qualities of our three tribes will come forth every more strongly, and thus will be constructed the type of single Yugoslav civilization-the final and most important goal of our country." In late 19th and early 20th century, influential public intellectuals Jovan Cvijić and Vladimir Dvorniković advocated that Yugoslavs, as a supra-ethnic nation, had "many tribal ethnicities, such as Croats, Serbs, and others within it."

On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, in Sarajevo. Princip was a member of Young Bosnia, a group whose aims included the unification of the Yugoslavs and independence from Austria-Hungary. The assassination in Sarajevo set into motion a series of fast-moving events that eventually escalated into full-scale war. After his capture, during his trial, he stated "I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be free from Austria."

In June–July 1917, the Yugoslav Committee met with the Serbian Government in Corfu and on 20 July the Corfu Declaration that laid the foundation for the post-war state was issued. The preamble stated that the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were "the same by blood, by language, by the feelings of their unity, by the continuity and integrity of the territory which they inhabit undivided, and by the common vital interests of their national survival and manifold development of their moral and material life." The state was created as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, a constitutional monarchy under the Karađorđević dynasty. The term "Yugoslavs" was used to refer to all of its inhabitants, but particularly to those of South Slavic ethnicity. Some Croatian nationalists viewed the Serb plurality and Serbian royal family as hegemonic. Eventually, a conflict of interest sparked among the Yugoslav peoples. In 1929, King Alexander sought to resolve a deep political crisis brought on by ethnic tensions by assuming dictatorial powers in the 6 January Dictatorship, renaming the country "Kingdom of Yugoslavia", and officially pronouncing that there is one single Yugoslav nation with three tribes. The Yugoslav ethnic designation was thus imposed for a period of time on all South Slavs in Yugoslavia. Changes in Yugoslav politics after King Alexander's death in 1934 brought an end to this policy, but the designation continued to be used by some people.

Philosopher Vladimir Dvorniković advocated the establishment of a Yugoslav ethnicity in his 1939 book entitled "The Characterology of the Yugoslavs". His views included eugenics and cultural blending to create one, strong Yugoslav nation.

There had on three occasions been efforts to make Bulgaria a part of Yugoslavia or part of an even larger federation: through Aleksandar Stamboliyski during and after World War I; through Zveno during the Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934, and through Georgi Dimitrov during and after World War II, but for various reasons, each attempt turned out to be unsuccessful.

Self-identification in Yugoslavia

See also: Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia
Percentage identifying as Yugoslav
Region 1961 1971 1981
Croatia 0.4 1.9 8.2
Central Serbia 0.2 1.4 4.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.4 1.2 7.9
Kosovo 0.5 0.1 0.1
Macedonia 0.1 0.2 0.7
Montenegro 0.3 2.1 5.3
Slovenia 0.2 0.4 1.4
Vojvodina 0.2 2.4 8.2
Yugoslavia 1.7 1.3 5.4

Unitary policies implemented by the authorities of the early 20th century Kingdom of Yugoslavia aimed at creating a single Yugoslav ethnic identity that speaks one South Slavic language were met with heavy resistance by majorities of the country's citizens. Those policies and attempts at concentration of power within the ruling Serbian royal dynasty, the Karađorđevićs, were interpreted by opponents of Yugoslav unitarism and Serbian nationalism as gradual Serbianization of Yugoslavia's non-Serb population.

After the country was liberated from Axis occupiers in the World War II in Yugoslavia by the Yugoslav Partisans, the newly established socialist Yugoslavia was instead organized as a federation. The ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia was ideologically opposed to ethnic unitarism that was promoted under former royal hegemony, instead recognizing and promoting ethnic diversity and social Yugoslavism within the notion of "brotherhood and unity" between nations and national minorities of Yugoslavia. Traditional ethnic identities again became the primary ethnic designations used by most inhabitants of Yugoslavia which remained the case until the country's dissolution in the early 1990s.

Josip Broz Tito expressed his desire for an undivided Yugoslav ethnicity to develop naturally when he stated, "I would like to live to see the day when Yugoslavia would become amalgamated into a firm community, when she would no longer be a formal community but a community of a single Yugoslav nation."

Yugoslav censuses reflected Tito's ideal, with "Yugoslav" being an available identification for both ethnicity and nationality. In general, the Yugoslav identity was more common in the multiethnic regions of the country, i.e. the more multiethnic the constituent republic, the higher the percentage; therefore the highest were in Croatia, Montenegro, Central Serbia, Vojvodina, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the lowest were in Slovenia, Macedonia, and Kosovo. The 1971 census recorded 273,077 Yugoslavs, or 1.33% of the total population. The 1981 census, a year after the death of Tito, recorded a record number of 1,216,463 or 5.4% Yugoslavs.

  • In the 1991 census, 5.54% (242,682) of the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared themselves to be Yugoslav. The Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 ratified a Presidency of seven members. One of the seven was to be elected among/by the republic's Yugoslavs, thereby introducing the Yugoslavs next to ethnic Muslims, Serbs and Croats into the Constitutional framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina although on an inferior level. However, because of the Bosnian War that erupted in 1992, this Constitution was short-lived and unrealized.
  • Approximately 5% of the population of Montenegro also declared themselves Yugoslav in the same census.
  • The 1981 census showed that Yugoslavs made up around 8.2% of the population in Croatia, this being the highest ever percentage of Yugoslavs within a constituent republic's borders. The percentage was the highest in multiethnic regions and cities with large non-Croatian population and among those of mixed ancestry. The 1991 census data indicated that the number of Yugoslavs had dropped to 2% of the population in Croatia. The 2001 census in Croatia (the first since independence) registered 176 Yugoslavs, less than 0.01% of the population at the time. The next census in 2011 registered 331 Yugoslavs in Croatia (likewise less than 0.01% of the population).
  • The autonomous region of Vojvodina, marked by its traditionally multiethnic make-up, recorded a similar percentage as Croatia at the 1981 census, with ~8% of its 2 million inhabitants declaring themselves Yugoslav.

Just before and after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, most Yugoslavs reverted to their ethnic and regional identities.

Successor states

See also: Yugo-nostalgia and Yugoslavs in Serbia

Self-identification following dissolution

Self-identified Yugoslavs
Country Number
(census year)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,570 (2013)
Croatia 942 (2021)
Kosovo Unknown
Montenegro 1,632 (2023)
North Macedonia 344 (2021)
Serbia 27,143 (2022)
Slovenia 527 (2002)

The number of people identifying as Yugoslav fell drastically in all successor states since the beginning of the 21st century and the conclusion of all Yugoslav Wars and separation of Serbia and Montenegro (until 2003 called FR Yugoslavia). The country with the highest number of people and percentage of population identifying as Yugoslav is Serbia, while North Macedonia is the lowest on both. No official figures or reliable estimates are available for Kosovo.

As part of the research project "Strategies of Symbolic Nation-building in South Eastern Europe", a study was conducted from 2010 to 2014 on the entire former Yugoslav territory with the exception of Slovenia. Within the study, a poll was conducted on the topic of shared identity. Interviewees were asked whether they ever "felt Yugoslav", with three given options being tantamount to "yes, still do", "no, never did" and "not anymore". In all six examined states, majority of the interviewees expressed that they either never or no longer felt so, ranging from ~70–98%, with Serbia being on the lowest end and Kosovo on the highest. Croatia and Kosovo yielded the most clear-cut results with 95% stating either of aforementioned options and less than 3% stating that they still felt Yugoslav. In Kosovo in particular, over 92% stated that they never felt Yugoslav. In contrast, Montenegro and Serbia were the most split states, with ~28% and ~32% respectively stating that they still felt Yugoslav; the two were the only states where more interviewees stated feeling Yugoslav as opposed to never feeling so. Bosnia and Herzegovina had the highest percentage of interviewees stating that they no longer feel Yugoslav at ~48%, followed closely by Montenegro and Serbia. The following table provides more details:

Do you ever feel like a Yugoslav? Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo North Macedonia Montenegro Serbia
Yes, I still feel that way 19.2% 2.8% 2.0% 14.9% 28.1% 31.8%
I used to feel, but not anymore 48.1% 29.1% 5.8% 38.2% 46.4% 42.9%
No, I never felt like a Yugoslav 32.5% 66.3% 92.1% 47.0% 23.7% 24.4%

Organizations

Logo of the Alliance of Yugoslavs

The Yugoslavs of Croatia have several organizations. The "Alliance of Yugoslavs" (Savez Jugoslavena), established in 2010 in Zagreb, is an association aiming to unite the Yugoslavs of Croatia, regardless of religion, sex, political or other views. Its main goal is the official recognition of the Yugoslav nation in every Yugoslav successor state: Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Another pro-Yugoslav organization advocating the recognition of the Yugoslav nation is the "Our Yugoslavia" association (Udruženje "Naša Jugoslavija"), which is an officially registered organization in Croatia. The seat of Our Yugoslavia is in the Istrian town of Pula, where it was founded on 30 July 2009. The association has most members in the towns of Rijeka, Zagreb and Pula. Its main aim is the stabilisation of relations among the Yugoslav successor states. It is also active in Bosnia and Herzegovina, however, its official registration as an association was denied by the Bosnian state authorities.

The probably best-known pro-Yugoslav organization in Montenegro is the "Consulate-general of the SFRY" with its headquarters in the coastal town of Tivat. Prior to the population census of 2011, Marko Perković, the president of this organization called on the Yugoslavs of Montenegro to freely declare their Yugoslav identity on the upcoming census.

Notable people

The best known example of self-declared Yugoslavs is Marshal Josip Broz Tito who organized resistance against Nazi Germany in Yugoslavia, ended the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia with the help of the Red Army, co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement, and defied Joseph Stalin's Soviet pressure on Yugoslavia. Other people that declared as "Yugoslavs" include intellectuals, entertainers, singers, and athletes, such as:

Symbols

The probably most frequently used symbol of the Yugoslavs to express their identity and to which they are most often associated with is the blue-white-red tricolor flag with a yellow-bordered red star in the flag's center, which also served as the national flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1945 and 1991.

Prior to World War II, the symbol of Yugoslavism was a plain tricolor flag of blue, white, and red, which was also the national flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav state in the interwar period.

Historiography

Main article: Yugoslav studies See also: List of Slavic studies journals

See also

Notes

  1. Many other countries with a Yugoslav diaspora do not record ethnicity in censuses.
  2. Jugoslaveni is preferred in Croatian, Jugosloveni is preferred in Serbian and Montenegrin, while both are commonly used in Bosnian variety of the language.
  3. Serbo-Croatian term Jugoslaveni or Jugosloveni was a popular neutral supraethnic compound of jug ("south") and Slaveni/Sloveni (Slavs), literally meaning South Slavs, coined in late 19th century and officially adopted in 1929 by the authorities of Kingdom of Yugoslavia. "Yugoslavia" was adopted by English and other non-Slavic languages as a unique proper noun in favour of literal translations such as "South Slavia". Nowadays in Serbo-Croatian and other Slavic languages, Jugoslaven/Jugosloven refers exclusively to Yugoslavs, the people of Yugoslavia, and not South Slavs, the cultural and linguistic group; the latter is rendered in Serbo-Croatian as "južni Slaveni/Sloveni".

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  3. ^ "Final results of the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings, 2022". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. "Fact sheets : Ancestry – Serbian". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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