Demographics
In the census of 2001, there were 144,043 inhabitants:
- Croats: 115.797 (80.39%)
- Serbs: 8,946 (6.21%)
- Italians: 2.763 (1.92%)
- Bosniaks: 1,975 (1.37%)
- Slovenians: 1,575 (1.09%)
Other groups including Albanians, Roma, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Hungarians formed less than 1% each.
The following table lists the city's population, along with the population of ex-municipality (disbanded in 1995) and the metro area. The ex-municipality includes the cities/municipalities of Rijeka, Kastav, Viškovo, Klana, Kostrena, Čavle, Jelenje, Bakar, and Kraljevica. The metro area includes the ex-municipality along with the cities/municipalities of Opatija, Lovran, Mošćenička Draga, and Matulji.
| Year | City Proper | Municipality | Metro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 128,735 | 185,217 | 213,842 | |
| 2001 | 144,043 | 191,647 | 220,538 | |
| 1991 | 162,814 | 206,229 | 236,028 |
According to the 2001 census, the population of the western part of the city stood at 108,372, while the population of the eastern part (Sušak) stood at 35,671.
Notable inhabitants of Fiume/Rijeka have included:
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Psychology Professor at Claremont Graduate University, known as the architect of the notion of flow
- János Kádár, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party, who served for more than 30 years as leader of Hungary, was born in Fiume in 1912
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