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Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Contents

1 Demographics

2 Republics by population

3 Republics by area

4 Republics by population density

Demographics

This is data from two Yugoslav censuses (1971 and 1981). Nations that were considered to be constituent (ie. had their own socialist republic) appear in bold-text.

Nationality	1971	%	1981	%
Albanians	1,309,523	6.4	1,731,252	7.7
Bulgarians	58,627	0.3	36,642	0.2
Croats	4,526,782	22.1	4,428,135	19.7
Italians	21,791	0.1	15,116	0.1
Macedonians	1,194,784	5.8	1,341,420	6.0
Magyars	477,374	2.3	426,865	1.9
Montenegrins	508,843	2.5	577,298	2.6
Muslims	1,729,932	8.4	2,000,034	8.9
Serbs	8,143,246	39.7	8,136,578	36.3
Slovaks	83,656	0.4	80,300	0.4
Slovenes	1,678,032	8.2	1,753,605	7.8
Roma	78,485	0.4	148,604	0.7
Romanians	58,570	0.3	54,721	0.2
Turks	127,920	0.6	101,328	0.5
Yugoslavs	273,077	1.3	1,216,463	5.4
other/not determined	252,330	1.2	389,970	1.7
total	20,522,972	100	22,438,331	100

Republics by population

The population data is from the 1991 census.

Rank	Republic/Province	Population	%	Density
1	Serbia	9,506,174	40.9%	114.0
---	Serbia proper	5,582,611	24.0%	99.4
2	Croatia	4,784,265	20.6%	84.6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,377,053	18.8%	85.6
4	Macedonia	2,033,964	8.8%	79.1
---	Vojvodina	1,996,367	8.6%	92.8
---	Kosovo	1,956,196	8.4%	183.1
5	Slovenia	1,913,355	8.2%	94.5
6	Montenegro	615,035	2.6%	44.5
	SFR Yugoslavia	23,229,846	100%	92.6

Republics by area

Rank	Republic/Province	Area (km²)	%	Density
1	Serbia	83,361	33.2%	114.0
2	Croatia	56,524	22.5%	84.6
---	Serbia proper	56,169	22.4%	99.4
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,129	20.4%	85.6
4	Macedonia	25,720	10.3%	79.1
---	Vojvodina	21,506	8.6%	92.8
5	Slovenia	20,246	8.1%	94.5
6	Montenegro	13,810	5.5%	44.5
---	Kosovo	10,686	4.3%	183.1
	SFR Yugoslavia	250,790	100%	92.6

Republics by population density

Rank	Republic/Province	Population	Area (km²)	Density
---	Kosovo	1,956,196	10,686	183.1
1	Serbia	9,506,174	83,361	114.0
---	Serbia proper	5,582,611	56,169	99.4
2	Slovenia	1,913,355	20,246	94.5
---	Vojvodina	1,996,367	21,506	92.8
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,377,053	51,129	85.6
4	Croatia	4,784,265	56,524	84.6
5	Macedonia	2,033,964	25,720	79.1
6	Montenegro	615,035	13,810	44.5
	SFR Yugoslavia	23,229,846	250,790	92.6

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Last updated: 07-23-2005 10:47:07