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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 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 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

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

• History of Serbia