Ethnic and religious composition of Austria-Hungary

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Linguistic map of Austria-Hungary, 1911
Linguistic map of Austria-Hungary, 1911

The ethno-linguistic composition of Austria-Hungary according to the census of 31 December 1910 was as follows:[1]

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[edit] Population of Austria-Hungary 1910

Area Number %
Cisleithania 28,571,934 55.6
Transleithania 20,886,487 40.6
Bosnia and Herzegowina (Condominium of both) 1,931,802 3.8
Total 51,390,223 100.0

[edit] Languages of Austria-Hungary 1910

The census of 1911 recorded Umgangssprache, every day language. Jews and those using German in offices often stated German as their Umgangssprache, even when having a different Muttersprache.

Language Number %
German language 12,006,521 23.36
Hungarian language 10,056,315 19.57
Czech language 6,442,133 12.54
Polish language 4,976,804 9.68
Serbo-Croatian language 4,380,891 8.52
Ruthenian language (Rusyn language and Ukrainian language) 3,997,831 7.78
Romanian language 3,224,147 6.27
Slovak language 1,967,970 3.83
Slovene language 1,255,620 2.44
Italian language (incl. Ladin and Friulian) 768,422 1.50
Other 2,313,569 4.51
Total 51,390,223 100.00

[edit] Religions in Austria-Hungary 1910

Map of religions, from Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas
Map of religions, from Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas
Religions/Confessions in all of Austria-Hungary Austrian
part		 Hungarian
part		 Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Catholics 76.6% 90.9% 61.8% 22.9%
Protestants 8.9% 2.1% 19.0% 0.3%
Serbian Orthodox Church 8.7% 2.3% 14.3% 43.5%
Jews 4.4% 4.7% 4.9% 0.6%
Muslims 1.3% 0% 0% 32.7%

[edit] Languages in the Cisleithanian states of Austria-Hungary, 1910

Land Main language others (if more than 2%)
Bohemia Czech (63.2%) German (36.8%)
Dalmatia Croatian (96.2%) Italian (2.8%)
Galicia Polish (58.6%) Ukrainian (40.2%)
Lower Austria German (95.9%) Czech (3.8%)
Upper Austria German (99.7%)
Bukovina Ukrainian (38.4%) Romanian (34.4%), German (21.2%), Polish (4.6%)
Carinthia German (78.6%) Slovenian (21.2%)
Carniola Slovenian (94.4%) German (5.4%)
Salzburg German (99.7%)
Austrian Silesia German (43.9%) Polish (31.7%), Czech (24.3%)
Styria German (70.5%) Slovenian (29.4%)
Moravia Czech (71.8%) German (27.6%)
Tyrol German (57.3%) Italian (42.1%)
Austrian Littoral Slovenian (37.3%) Italian (34.5%), Croatian (24.4%), German (2.5%)
Vorarlberg German (95.4%) Italian (4.4%)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1910, veröffentlicht in: Geographischer Atlas zur Vaterlandskunde an der österreichischen Mittelschulen. K. u. k. Hof-Kartographische Anstalt G. Freytag & Berndt, Wien 1911.
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