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TABLE 1.

THE DANUBIAN NATIONS FROM 1851 TO 1967

Year	Austro-German	Hungarians	Rumanians	Czechs	Slovaks	Rusins	Serbs	Slovenes	Croats	Bulgars	Jews
(in thousands)
In the era of Habsburg Absolutism
1851	7,800	4,917	6,474	3,914	1,730	447	3,727	1,127	1,619	2,200	777
In the era of Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1869	9,781	6,325	7,471	4,800	1,947	469	3,747	1,135	1,764	2,428	1,468
1880	9,963	6,628	7,944	5,213	1,995	353	4,413	1,141	1,942	2,611	1,743
1890	10,362	7,620	8,878	5,508	2,057	379	5,092	1,177	1,968	2,835	2,218
1900	11,307	8,962	10,048	5,995	2,182	424	5,280	1,193	2,117	3,253	2,284
1910	11,987	10,301	11,449	6,476	2,146	464	5,560	1,253	2,277	3,917	2,402
After the peace treaties of 1919/20
1920	11,066	9,828	11,811	6,886	2,211	490	4,617	1,025	3,265	4,367	2,114
1930	11,589	10,722	13,195	7,536	2,546	564	5,267	1,222	3,589	5,190	1,968
1940	12,058	11,397	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,703	-
After the Second World War
1949/50	7,698	12,074	16,137	8,423	3,372	-	6,621	1,415	3,837	6,200	380
1960	7,829	12,790	17,470	9,111	3,939	808	7,874	1,589	4,340	6,674	348
1967*	7,864	13,250	19,254	9,235	4,214	890	7,914	1,610	4,420	6,976	345

* Estimate based on last census and natural increase of the subsequent years.

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TABLE 2.

INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE DANUBIAN NATIONS BETWEEN 1851 AND 1967

A. NON-SLAVIC NATIONS						B. SLAVIC NATIONS
Year	Austro-German	Hungarians	Rumanians	Jews	Czechs	Slovaks	Rusins	Serbs	Slovenes	Croats	Bulgars
In the era of Habsburg absolutism 1851 = 1.00						In the era of Habsburg absolutism 1851 = 1.00
1851	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
In the era of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy						In the era of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1869	1.25	1.28	1.15	1.89	1.18	1.12	1.05	1.01	1.01	1.09	1.09
1880	1.28	1.35	1.23	2.24	1.33	1.15	0.79	1.19	1.01	1.19	1.18
1890	1.35	1.55	1.29	2.59	1.40	1.18	0.85	1.36	1.04	1.21	1.29
1900	1. 45	1.82	1.55	2.93	1.53	1.26	0.92	1.41	1.06	1.30	1.47
1910	1.53	2.09	1.78	3. 09	1.65	1.24	1.09	1.49	1.11	1.41	1.77
After the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919/20						After the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919/20
1920	1.42	1.99	1.82	2.72	1.75	1.28	1.26	1.23	0.97	2.01	1.98
1930	1.49	2.18	2.19	2.53	1.92	1.48	1.28	1.41	1.02	2.19	2.36
1940	1.55	2.32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
After the Second World War						After the Second World War
1948	0.98	2.49	2.46	0.48	2.12	1.95	-	1.76	1.28	2.36	2.81
1960	1.00	2.60	2.69	0.44	2.32	2.09	1.83	2.12	1.43	2.59	3.03
1967*	1.01	2.69	2.97	0.44	2.3S	2.44	2.21	2.15	1.43	2.73	3.17

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TABLE 3.

INCREASE OF THE DANUBIAN NATIONS IN THE CENTURY
BETWEEN 1851 AND 1960

Year	1851	1960	if 1851 = 1.00
	(in thousands)
A. Non-Slavic Nations
1.Germans	7,800	7,829	1.00
2.Hungarians	4,917	12,790	2.60
3.Jews	777	348	0.44
1 - 3 TOTAL	3,494	20,967	1.55
4. Rumanians	6,474	17,470	2.69
A. TOTAL 1-4, Non-Slavs	19,968	38,437	1,92
B. Slavic Nations
a) Northern Slavs:
5. Czechs	3,914	9,111	2,32
6. Slovaks	1,730	3,939	2.09
7. Rusins	447	808	1.83
5 - 7 TOTAL	6,091	13,858	2.27
b) Southern Slavs:
8.Serbs	3,727	7,874	2.12
9.Croats	1,619	4,340	2.59
10.Slovenes	1,127	1,589	1.43
11.Bulgars	2 700	6,674	3.03
8- 11 TOTAL	8,673	20,477	2.35
B. TOTAL Slavs. 5- 11	14,764	34,335	2.32
A and B: ALL THE LARGER NATIONS (1-11)	34,732	72,772	2.06
OTHER SMALLER GROUPS and NATIONALITIES	3,648	7,575	2.07
GRAND TOTAL, POPULATION	38,380	80,347	2.09

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