Ethnic Groups
Ethnic group |
census 1948 | census 1953 | census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census UNHCR 1996 | |||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Bosniaks | 788,403 | 30.7 | 891,800 | 31.3 | 842,248 | 25.7 | 1,482,430 | 39.6 | 1,629,924 | 39.5 | 1,902,956 | 43.5 | 1,805,910 | 46.1 |
Serbs | 1,136,116 | 44.3 | 1,264,372 | 44.4 | 1,406,057 | 42.9 | 1,393,148 | 37.2 | 1,320,644 | 32.0 | 1,366,104 | 31.2 | 1,484,530 | 37.9 |
Croats | 614,123 | 23.9 | 654,229 | 23.0 | 711,665 | 21.7 | 772,491 | 20.6 | 758,136 | 18.4 | 760,852 | 17.4 | 571,317 | 14.6 |
Yugoslavs | 275,883 | 8.4 | 43,796 | 1.2 | 326,280 | 7.9 | 242,682 | 5.5 | ||||||
Montenegrins | 3,094 | 0.1 | 7,336 | 0.3 | 12,828 | 0.4 | 13,021 | 0.3 | 14,114 | 0.3 | 10,071 | 0.2 | ||
Romani | 442 | 0.0 | 2,297 | 0.1 | 588 | 0.0 | 1,456 | 0.0 | 7,251 | 0.2 | 8,864 | 0.2 | ||
Others/undeclared | 23,099 | 0.9 | 27,756 | 1.0 | 28,679 | 0.9 | 39,769 | 1.1 | 67,659 | 1.6 | 85,504 | 2.0 | 58,196 | 1.5 |
Total | 2,565,277 | 2,847,790 | 3,277,948 | 3,746,111 | 4,124,008 | 4,377,033 | 3,919,953 | |||||||
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Ethnic structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
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Ethnic structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
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Share of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
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Share of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
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Share of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina by settlements 1991.
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