Demographics of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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The Kingdom of Yugoslavia existed between its creation in 1918 until its occupation and partition by Axis powers in World War II. The first census in 1921 enumerated 11,984,911, while the second and last census in 1931 enumerated 13,934,038 people. While both censuses grouped ethnic groups according to their mother tongue, the latter did not record separate constituent nationalities and reported all "Serbo-Croato-Slovene" speakers as "Yugoslavs".

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Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia according to the 1921 census
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Serbs and Croats
Serbs and Croats
Slovenes
Albanians
Hungarians
Romanians Etnichka karta Kraljevine Jugoslavije prema popisu iz 1921. godine.png
Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia according to the 1921 census
  Serbs and Croats
  Serbs and Croats
  Slovenes
  Albanians
  Hungarians
  Romanians
Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia according to the 1931 census
Serbs
Croats
Slovenes
Unexplained, Religion Islam
Germans
Romanians
Shqiptar (Albanians)
Bulgarians
Turks
Hungarians 1931 etnicka.gif
Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia according to the 1931 census
  Serbs
  Croats
  Slovenes
  Unexplained, Religion Islam
  Germans
  Romanians
   Shqiptar (Albanians)
  Bulgarians
  Turks
  Hungarians
Kingdom of Yugoslavia's ethnic structure, 1918 [1]
Ethnic groupNumberPercent
Serbs (including Montenegrins and some Macedonian Slavs)4,665,85138.8%
Croats 2,856,55123.8%
Slovenes 1,024,7618.5%
South Slavic Muslims 727,6506.1%
Bulgarians [1] (including some Macedonian Slavs [2] )585,5584.9%
Other Slavs 174,4661.5%
Germans 513,4724.3%
Hungarians 472,4093.9%
Albanians 441,7403.7%
Romanians and Cincari [3] (Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians)229,3981.9%
Turks 168,4041.4%
Jews 64,1590.5%
Italians 12,8250.1%
Others80,0790.7%
Total12,017,323100%
1 Source: Banac, Ivo (1992). The National Question in Yugoslavia. Origins, History, Politics (2nd printing ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. p. 58. ISBN   9780801494932.
(The table represents a reconstruction of Yugoslavia's ethnic structure immediately after the establishment of the kingdom in 1918.)

Vital statistics (1919–1940)

Average population [4] Live births [4] Deaths [4] Natural change [4] Crude birth rate (per 1,000) [4] Crude death rate (per 1,000) [4] Natural change (per 1,000) [4] Total fertility rate [4]
191911,706,957347,748258,63889,11029.722.17.64.83
192011,881,764422,267250,090172,17735.521.014.54.79
192112,059,178442,530252,104190,42636.720.915.84.75
192212,239,245420,910254,478166,43234.420.813.64.70
192312,421,997432,779252,543180,23634.820.314.54.66
192412,607,480442,835254,527188,30835.120.214.94.62
192512,795,732437,070239,429197,64134.218.715.44.57
192612,986,796459,035244,761214,27435.318.816.54.53
192713,180,709451,617276,294175,32334.321.013.34.49
192813,377,523437,523272,606164,91732.720.412.34.44
1929 [5] 13,577,272452,544286,249166,29533.321.112.24.40
193013,780,006489,270261,497227,77335.519.016.54.36
193113,982,000470,275276,840193,43533.619.813.84.31
193214,174,000465,935272,180193,75532.919.213.74.27
193314,369,000452,229243,717208,51231.517.014.54.22
193414,566,000460,913248,882212,03131.617.114.64.18
193514,767,000441,728248,978192,75029.916.913.14.14
193614,970,000435,861240,879194,98229.116.113.04.09
1937 [6] 15,172,000424,448242,337182,11128.016.012.04.05
1938 [7] 15,384,000411,381240,303171,07826.715.611.14.01
1939 [8] 15,596,000403,938233,196170,74225.915.010.93.96
194015,811,000

Marriages and divorces (1919–1940)

Average populationMarriagesDivorcesCrude marriage rate (per 1000)Crude divorce rate (per 1000)Divorces per 1000 marriages
191911,706,957225,60519.3
192011,881,764185,9545,68715.70.530.6
192112,059,178157,0556,72013.00.642.8
192212,239,245131,7766,54810.80.549.7
192312,421,997129,7966,49210.40.550.0
192412,607,480114,8965,5089.10.447.9
192512,795,732123,0055,4819.60.444.6
192612,986,796124,2494,9409.60.439.8
192713,180,709124,1045,2549.40.442.3
192813,377,523121,3345,5809.10.446.0
192913,577,272128,1206,0709.40.447.4
193013,780,006138,3225,82610.00.442.1
193113,982,000126,0726,3939.00.550.7
193214,174,000111,0595,2317.80.447.1
193314,369,000111,5035,5007.80.449.3
193414,566,00099,7045,5206.80.455.4
193514,767,000110,1295,5617.50.450.5
193614,970,000109,5285,0227.30.345.9
193715,172,000117,7176,5477.80.455.6
193815,384,000121,6056,4667.90.453.2
193915,596,000123,8177,1037.90.557.4
194015,811,000

Languages

The following data, grouped by first language, is from the 1921 population census:

Based on language, the Yugoslavs (collectively Serbs, Croats, Slovenes and other South-Slavic groups in the kingdom) constituted 82.9% of the country's population.

Religious groups

Class and occupation

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