Vojvodina is a province in Republic of Serbia and one of the most ethnically diverse regions in Europe[citation needed], home to 25 different ethnicities.
Recent demographic trends among largest ethnic groups in Vojvodina:
Ethnic group |
census 1948 | census 1953 | census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 2002 | census 2011 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |||
Serbs | 827,633 | 50.4 | 865,538 | 50.9 | 1,017,713 | 54.9 | 1,089,132 | 55.8 | 1,107,375 | 54.4 | 1,143,723 | 56.8 | 1,321,807 | 65.05 | 1,289,635 | 66.76 | ||
Hungarians | 428,554 | 26.1 | 435,179 | 25.6 | 442,560 | 23.9 | 423,866 | 21.7 | 385,356 | 18.9 | 339,491 | 16.9 | 290,207 | 14.28 | 251,136 | 13 | ||
Slovaks | 69,622 | 4.2 | 71,153 | 4.2 | 73,830 | 4.0 | 72,795 | 3.7 | 69,549 | 3.4 | 63,545 | 3.1 | 56,637 | 2.79 | 50,321 | 2.6 | ||
Croats | 132,980 | 8.1 | 127,027 | 7.5 | 145,341 | 7.8 | 138,561 | 7.1 | 109,203 | 5.4 | 74,808 | 3.7 | 56,546 | 2.78 | 47,033 | 2.43 | ||
Yugoslavs | / | / | / | / | 3,174 | 0.1 | 46,928 | 2.4 | 167,215 | 8.2 | 174,295 | 8.7 | 49,881 | 2.45 | 12,176 | 0.63 | ||
Montenegrins | 30,531 | 1.9 | 30,516 | 1.8 | 34,782 | 1.9 | 36,416 | 1.9 | 43,304 | 2.1 | 44,838 | 2.2 | 35,513 | 1.75 | 22,141 | 1.15 | ||
Romanians | 57,899 | 3.5 | 57,218 | 3.4 | 57,259 | 3.1 | 52,987 | 2.7 | 47,289 | 2.3 | 38,809 | 1.9 | 30,419 | 1.50 | 25,410 | 1.32 | ||
Roma | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 29,057 | 1.43 | 42,391 | 2.19 | ||
Total | 1,640,757 | 1,699,545 | 1,854,965 | 1,952,533 | 2,034,772 | 2,013,889 | 2,031,992 | 1,916,889 | ||||||||||
Note: 2011 census results about ethnicity will be published during 2012. |