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Demographics of Serbia

Serbia is populated mostly by Serbs. Significant minorities include Albanians (who are a majority in the province of Kosovo), Hungarians, Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. Serbia consists of three territories: the province of Kosovo, the province of Vojvodina and Central Serbia. The two provinces are ethnically diverse, which is a result of the division of the country between the Muslim Ottoman Empire in the south and Catholic Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north.

The northern province of Vojvodina is the most developed part of the country in terms of economic strength. Together with the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojvodina was under the administration of Austria-Hungary before the First World War. Vojvodina is one of the most ethnically diverse territories in Europe, with more than 25 different national communities.

Contents 1 Ethnic composition of Serbia (1991 census) 2 Ethnic composition of Serbia (2002 census) 2.1 Ethnic composition of Central Serbia (2002 census) 2.2 Ethnic composition of Vojvodina (2002 census) 2.3 Ethnic composition of Kosovo (2002 estimate) 3 Ethnic composition of Central Serbia and Vojvodina (2002 census) 4 Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Ethnic composition of Serbia (1991 census)

Serbia (including Kosovo) in 1991
Serbs			78%
Albanians			16%
Hungarians			5.0%
other			1.0%

[edit] Ethnic composition of Serbia (2002 census)

Serbia (excluding Kosovo) in 2002
Serbs			82.86%
Hungarians			3.91%
Bosniaks			1.82%
Roma			1.44%
Yugoslavs			1.08%
other			9.79%

[edit] Ethnic composition of Central Serbia (2002 census)

Central Serbia in 2002
Serbs			89.48%
Bosniaks			2.48%
Roma			1.45%
Albanians			1.10%
other			5.49%

[edit] Ethnic composition of Vojvodina (2002 census)

Vojvodina in 2002
Serbs			65.05%
Hungarians			14.28%
Slovaks			2.79%
Croats			2.78%
Yugoslavs			2.45%
Montenegrins			1.75%
Romanians			1.50%
Roma			1.43%
other			7.97%

[edit] Ethnic composition of Kosovo (2002 estimate)

Kosovo (2000 estimate)
Albanians			87%
Serbs			7%
Slavic muslims			3%
Roma			2%
Turks			1%

[edit] Ethnic composition of Central Serbia and Vojvodina (2002 census)

The ethnic composition of Central Serbia and Vojvodina, according to the 2002 census^[1]:

	Serbia (excluding Kosovo)		Central Serbia		Vojvodina
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	7,498,001	100	5,466,009	100	2,031,992	100
Serbs	6,212,838	82.86	4,891,031	89.48	1,321,807	65.05
Montenegrins	69,049	0.92	33,536	0.61	35,513	1.75
Yugoslavs	80,721	1.08	30,840	0.56	49,881	2.45
Albanians	61,647	0.82	59,952	1.1	1,695	0.08
Bosniaks	136,087	1.82	135,670	2.48	417	0.02
Bulgarians	20,497	0.27	18,839	0.34	1,658	0.08
Bunjevci	20,012	0.27	246	0	19,766	0.97
Gorani	4,581	0.06	3,975	0.07	606	0.03
Croats	70,602	0.94	14,056	0.26	56,546	2.78
Macedonians	25,847	0.35	14,062	0.26	11,785	0.58
Muslims (by nationality)	19,503	0.26	15,869	0.29	3,634	0.18
Roma and Sinti	108,193	1.44	79,136	1.45	29,057	1.43
Vlachs (Romanians)	40,054	0.53	39,953	0.73	101	0
Romanians	34,576	0.46	4,157	0.08	30,419	1.5
Germans	3,901	0.05	747	0.01	3,154	0.16
Ruthenes	15,905	0.21	279	0.01	15,626	0.77
Russians	2,588	0.03	1,648	0.03	940	0.05
Slovaks	59,021	0.79	2,384	0.04	56,637	2.79
Slovenes	5,104	0.07	3,099	0.06	2,005	0.1
Czechs	2,211	0.03	563	0.01	1,648	0.08
Ukrainians	5,354	0.07	719	0.01	4,635	0.23
Hungarians	293,299	3.91	3,092	0.06	290,207	14.28
Others	11,711	0.16	6,400	0.12	5,311	0.26
Unspecified	107,732	1.44	52,716	0.97	55,016	2.71
Unknown	75,483	1.01	51,709	0.95	23,774	1.17

Ethnic map of Serbia, based on municipality data

Ethnic map of Serbia, based on settlement data

[edit] Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

Population: 9,396,411 (2002 census)
Median age:
total: 40.4 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 41.7 years
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74 years
male: 71 years
female: 76 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Serb(s)
adjective: Serbian

Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Languages: Serbian (official nationwide); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian(all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 98.9%
female: 94.1% (2002 est.)

[edit] See also

• Demographic history of Serbia
• Demographic history of Vojvodina
• Demographic history of Kosovo
• Ethnic groups of Vojvodina
• Jews in Serbia

[edit] References

1. ^ (Serbian) Official Results of Serbian Census 2003–PopulationPDF (441 KiB), pp. 12-13

• "Final results of the Census 2002" (PDF) (2002-12-24). Communication 295. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. ISSN 0353-9555. 
• Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (2003). Србија у бројкама 2003. (PDF) (in Serbian), Belgrade: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved on 2007-07-25. 

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