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Table 21. Ethnic structure of the population of the present territory of Vojvodina (1880-1991)

Year
Total population
Hungarians Germans Serbs Croats Monteneg-rins Slovaks Rumanians Ruthenians, Ukrainians Others

number
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
numb.
%
number
%
1880 1,172,729 265,287 22.6 285,920 24.4 416,116 35.5 72,486 6.2 .. .. 43,318 3.7 69,668 5.9 9,299 0.8 10,635 0.9
1890 1,331,143 324,430 24.4 321,563 24.2 45,7873 34.4 80,404 6.0 .. .. 49,834 3.7 73,492 5.5 11,022 0.8 12,525 1.0
1900 1,432,748 378,634 26.4 336,430 23.5 483,176 33.7 80,901 5.6 .. .. 53,832 3.8 74,718 5.2 12,663 0.9 12,394 0.9
1910 1,512,983 425,672 28.1 324,017 21.4 510,754 33.8 91,016 6.0 .. .. 56,690 3.7 75,318 5.0 13,497 0.9 16,019 1.1
1921 1,528,238 363,450 23.8 335,902 22.0 533,466 34.9 129,788 8.5 .. .. 59,540 3.9 67,675 4.4 13,644 0.9 24,773 1.6
1931 1,624,158 376,176 23.2 328,631 20.2 613,910 37.8 132,517 8.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 172,924 10.6
1941 1,636,367 465,920 28.5 318,259 19.4 577,067 35.3 105,810 6.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 169,311 10.3
1948 1,640,757 428,554 26.1 28,869 1.8 827,633 50.4 132,980 8.1 30,531 1.9 69,622 4.2 57,899 3.5 22,077 1.3 42,592 2.7
1953 1,701,384 435,210 25.6 .. .. 867,210 51.0 127,040 7.5 30,532 1.8 71,191 4.2 57,219 3.4 23,040 1.3 89,942 5.2
1961 1,854,965 442,560 23.9 .. .. 1,017,713 54.9 145,341 7.8 34,782 1.9 73,830 4.0 57,259 3.1 .. .. 83,480 4.4
1971 1,952,533 423,866 21.7 7,243 0.4 1,089,132 55.8 138,561 7.1 36,416 1.9 72,795 3.7 52,987 2.7 25,115 1.3 106,418 5.4
1981 2,034,772 385,356 18.9 3,808 0.2 1,107,375 54.4 119,157 5.9 43,304 2.1 69,549 3.4 47,289 2.3 24,306 1.2 234,628 11.6
1991 2,013,889 339,491 16.9 3,873 0.2 1,143,723 56.8 98,025 4.9 44,838 2.2 63,545 3.2 38,809 1.9 22,217 1.1 259,368 12.8

Sources: 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1941: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1921, 1931: Yugoslav census data (mother /native tongue), 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991: Yugoslav census data (ethnicity), 1941: combined Hungarian (in Bácska 1941) and Yugoslav (in Banat and Syrmia/ Szerémség/Srem 1931) census data.

Remarks: Data between 1880 and 1910 include the settlements of Tompa, Kelebia, Csikéria of the present-day Republic Hungary at that time belonging to the administrative area of Szabadka/Subotica City. The Croats include the Bunyevats, Shokats and Dalmatinian ethnic groups and the "Serbs of Roman Catholic religious affilious in 1890".

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