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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 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: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.

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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):

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

1921 census in Serbia

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

1948 census in Serbia

1953 census in Serbia

1961 census in Serbia

1971 census in Serbia

1981 census in Serbia

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)

2002 census in Serbia (excluding Kosovo)

  • 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 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 Eastern Serbia based on the 1866 census   (no colour): Serbians   Romanians (Vlachs)   Bulgarians Ethnic map of Eastern Serbia based on the 1866 census  (no colour): Serbians
      Romanians (Vlachs)
      Bulgarians
  • 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 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. Ethnic map of Serbia based on the 2002 census settlement data.

References

  1. http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas_1882_about_Serbia.JPG
  2. ^ http://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Geographisches_Handbuch_zu_Andrees_Handatlas_1902_about_Serbia.JPG

See also

Ethnic groups in Serbia
Serbs (Vojvodina, Kosovo)
Larger ethnic minorities
Smaller ethnic minorities
See also
Demographic history of Serbia
Demographic history of Europe
Sovereign states
States with limited
recognition
Dependencies and
other entities
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