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 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.
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.
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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 Contents 1 Censuses 2 19th century 2 1 1834 census 2 2 1841 census 2 3 1843 census 2 4 1846 census 2 5 1850 census 2 6 1854 census 2 7 1859 census 2 8 1863 census 2 9 1866 census 2 10 1874 census 2 11 1878 census 2 12 1884 census 2 13 1890 census 2 14 1895 census 3 20th century 3 1 1905 census 3 2 1910 census 3 3 1921 census 3 4 1948 census 3 5 1953 census 3 6 1961 census 3 7 1971 census 3 8 1981 census 3 9 1991 census 3 10 1991 census 4 21st century 4 1 2002 census 4 2 2011 census 4 3 2022 census 5 Vital statistics 5 1 1880 1887 5 2 1900 1912 6 See also 7 References 8 Sources 9 External linksCensuses edit nbsp Logo of the 2011 Census 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 edit 1 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 Drzavopis 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 edit TOTAL 678 192 2 Serbia was divided into 15 counties with 61 districts called kapetanija captaincy after 1834 called srez Uzice was not included due to unrest 1841 census edit TOTAL 828 895 1843 census edit TOTAL 859 545 1846 census edit TOTAL 915 080 Extracts in Glasnik DSS 3 1850 census edit TOTAL 956 893 Extracts in Glasnik DSS 4 1854 census edit TOTAL 998 919 Extracts in Glasnik DSS 5 1859 census edit TOTAL 1 078 281 Published in 1863 6 1863 census edit TOTAL 1 108 668 7 1866 census edit TOTAL 1 216 219 8 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 edit Total 1878 census edit TOTAL 1 669 337 9 In 1879 there was a census in the four counties ceded to Serbia in 1878 1884 census edit Source 10 Total 1 901 336 Serbs 1 693 337 89 04 Romanians 149 727 9 68 Roma 34 066 1 82 1890 census edit Total 2 161 961 Serbs 1 955 944 90 44 Romanians 143 684 6 64 Roma 37 581 1 74 1895 census edit TOTAL 2 493 770 9 Serbs over 2 million ca 90 Romanians 159 000 6 43 Roma Gypsies 46 000 1 84 20th century edit1905 census edit Total 1910 census edit Total 2 922 258 1921 census edit 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 edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1948 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1948 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1948 1953 census edit 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 edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1961 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1961 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1961 1971 census edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1971 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1971 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1971 1981 census edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1981 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1981 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1981 1991 census edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 1991 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1991 nbsp Religious structure of Serbia by settlements 1991 nbsp Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 1991 Registered population nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 1991 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 1991 1991 census edit 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 citation needed 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 edit2002 census edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 2002 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2002 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 2002 nbsp Religious structure of Serbia by settlements 2002 nbsp Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 2002 2011 census edit 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 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by settlements 2011 nbsp Linguistic structure of Serbia by settlements 2011 nbsp Ethnic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011 nbsp Linguistic structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011 nbsp Religious structure of Serbia by municipalities 2011 nbsp Share of Serbs in Serbia by municipalities 2011 nbsp Share of Serbian speakers in Serbia by municipalities 2011 nbsp Share of Orthodox in Serbia by municipalities 2011 2022 census edit excluding Kosovo TOTAL 6 647 003 11 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 edit1880 1887 edit Source 12 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 edit Source 13 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 10See also editDemographic history of Vojvodina Demographic history of Kosovo Demographic history of Montenegro Demographics of SerbiaReferences edit Censuses in 19th century Serbia inventory of preserved microdata PDF Rostock Max Planck 2012 Leposava Cviјetiћ Popis stanovnishtva i imovine u Srbiјi 1834 godine Beograd 1984 godine Jovan Gavrilovic Prilog za geografiju i statistiku Srbije Glavni izvod popisa Srbije u godini 1846 Glasnik DSS III 1851 pp 186 190 Jovan Gavrilovic Prilog za geografiju i statistiku Srbije Glavni izvod popisa Srbije u godini 1850 Glasnik DSS IV 1852 pp 227 248 Jovan Gavrilovic Glavni izvod popisa u Srbiji godine 1854 55 Glasnik DSS IX 1857 pp 224 226 Izvestije podneseno g Ministru Finansije o cislu zitelja Srbije u godini 1859 Drzavopis Srbije I 1863 pp 86 97 Halpern J 1972 Town and countryside in Serbia in the nineteenth century social and household structure as reflected in the census of 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