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	File:Serbia ethnic 6 8 century.png\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia and neighbouring areas in the 6th-8th century, according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time.		File:Serbia ethnic 6 8 century.png\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia and neighbouring areas in the 6th-8th century, according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time.
			File:Ernst-Ravenstein-Balkans-Ethnic-Map-1880.jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1880)
	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}}		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}}
			File:RizMap22.jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1867)
			File:RizMap23.jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1868)
			File:Cvijic, Jovan - Breisemeister, William A. - Carte ethnographique de la Péninsule balkanique (pd).jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1918)
	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.		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.
	File:Census 2002 Serbia, ethnic map (by municipalities).png\|Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.		File:Census 2002 Serbia, ethnic map (by municipalities).png\|Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.

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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 2002 census.

1349-1354

According to the Law of Tsar Stefan Dushan (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):

Serbs
Greeks
Arbanasi (Albanians)
Vlasi (Vlachs)
Saxons

1866 census in Serbia

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

1878 census in Serbia

TOTAL = 1,669,337

1895 census in Serbia

TOTAL = 2,493,770
Serbs = over 2 Mill. (ca. 90%)
Romanians (Vlachs) = 159,000 (6.43%)
Roma (Gipsies) = 46,000 (1.84%)

1921 census in Serbia

The 1921 census in Serbia (without Vojvodina, but including Kosovo and Macedonia)

TOTAL = 4,133,478
Serbs and Croatians = 3,339,369 (80.87%)
Albanians = 420,473 (10.17%)
Vlachs = 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 Roma) = 44,002

1948 census in Serbia

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

1953 census in Serbia

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

1961 census in Serbia

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

1971 census in Serbia

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

1981 census in Serbia

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

1991 census in Serbia (including Kosovo)

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

1991 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo)

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

2002 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo)

TOTAL = 7,498,001
Serbs = 6,212,838 (82.86%)
Hungarians = 293,299 (3.91%)
Bosniaks = 136,087 (1.82%)
Roma = 108,193 (1.44%)
Yugoslavs = 80,721 (1.08%)
Croats = 70,602 (0.94%)
Montenegrins = 69,049 (0.92%)
Albanians = 61,647 (0.82%)
Slovaks = 59,021 (0.79%)
Romanians (total) = 74,630 (0.74%), declared particularly as:
- Vlachs = 40,054 (0.53%)
- Romanians = 34,576 (0.46%)
Macedonians = 25,847 (0.35%)
Bulgarians = 20,497 (0.27%)
Bunjevci = 20,012 (0.27%)
Muslims by nationality = 19,503 (0.26%)
Rusyns = 15,905 (0.21%)
Ukrainians = 5,354 (0.07%)
others = 14,191 (0.19%)
unspecified = 107,732 (1.44%)
regional affiliation = 11,485 (0.15%)
unknown = 75,483 (1.01%)

Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia and neighbouring areas in the 6th-8th century, according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time.
Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1880)
Ethnic map of Eastern Serbia based on the 1866 census  (no colour): Serbians
  Romanians (Vlachs)
  Bulgarians
Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1867)
Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1868)
Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1918)
Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census municipality data for Central Serbia and Vojvodina and 1991 census municipality data for Kosovo.
Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.

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	File:Serbia ethnic 6 8 century.png\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia and neighbouring areas in the 6th-8th century, according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time.		File:Serbia ethnic 6 8 century.png\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia and neighbouring areas in the 6th-8th century, according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time.
			File:Ernst-Ravenstein-Balkans-Ethnic-Map-1880.jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1880)
	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}}		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}}
			File:RizMap22.jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1867)
			File:RizMap23.jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1868)
			File:Cvijic, Jovan - Breisemeister, William A. - Carte ethnographique de la Péninsule balkanique (pd).jpg\|Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Serbia (1918)
	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.		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.
	File:Census 2002 Serbia, ethnic map (by municipalities).png\|Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.		File:Census 2002 Serbia, ethnic map (by municipalities).png\|Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.

v t e Ethnic groups in Serbia
Serbs (Vojvodina, Kosovo)
Larger ethnic minorities	Hungarians Bosniaks Romani Albanians Kosovo Slovaks Croats Romanians Vlachs
Smaller ethnic minorities	Yugoslavs Montenegrins Macedonians Russians Ethnic Muslims Bulgarians Bunjevci Rusyns Gorani Ukrainians Germans Czechs Belarusians Jews Poles Greeks Turks Šokci Aromanians Armenians Chinese Arabs
See also Demographic history of Serbia

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