Demographics
Generally, during the course of history, the population of Serbs in Croatia has steadily gone down. This trend can chiefly be attributed to the casualties of war, as well as the mass migrations that were induced by it. The loss of the heavily Serb populated Eastern Srijem region, the incorporation of Istria and Dalmatia, and the non-inclusion of Croat dominated regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina into the Socialist Republic of Croatia (as had been done in the Banovina of Croatia), are examples of territorial changes that either increased or reduced the relative percentage of the Serb population of Croatia.
| Population of Croatia 1931-2001 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Serbs | % | Total pop. |
| 1931 | 633,000 | 18.45% | 3,430,270 |
| 1948 | 543,795 | 14.39% | 3,779,858 |
| 1953 | 588,756 | 14.96% | 3,936,022 |
| 1961 | 624,991 | 15.02% | 4,159,696 |
| 1971 | 626,789 | 14.16% | 4,426,221 |
| 1981 | 531,502 | 11.55% | 4,601,469 |
| 1991 | 581,663 | 12.16% | 4,784,265 |
| 2001 | 201,631 | 4.54% | 4,437,460 |
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