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.
Serbia was divided into 15 counties with 61 districts called kapetanija ("captaincy", after 1834 called srez ). Užice was not included due to unrest.
Extracts in Glasnik DSS. [3]
Extracts in Glasnik DSS. [4]
Extracts in Glasnik DSS. [5]
Published in 1863. [6]
This was the first census which recorded literacy, nationality (ethnicity) and citizenship.
In 1879 there was a census in the four counties ceded to Serbia in 1878.
Source: [10]
Estimated population:
Registered population:
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 | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 | 5.10 |
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