Censuses Demographic history of Kosovo




1 censuses

1.1 1948 census
1.2 1953 census
1.3 1961 census
1.4 1971 census
1.5 1981 census
1.6 1991 census

1.6.1 registered population
1.6.2 estimated population


1.7 2011 census





censuses
1948 census

727,820 total inhabitants:



498,242 albanians (68.46%)
171,911 serbs (23.62%)
28,050 montenegrins (3.86%)
11,230 roma (1.54%)
5,290 croats (0.73%)
1,315 turks (0.18%)
526 macedonians (0.07%)
362 russians (0.05%)
283 slovenes (0.04%)
197 germans (0.03%)
83 hungarians (0.01%)
77 bulgarians (0.01%)
39 italians
31 rusyns
29 czechs
18 romanians
2 slovaks
9,679 undecided muslims (1.33%)
456 other , unknown (0.06%)

1953 census

808,141 total inhabitants



524,559 albanians (64.91%)
189,969 serbs (23.51%)
34,583 turks (4.28%)
31,343 montenegrins (3.88%)
6,201 croat (0.77%)
972 macedonians (0.12%)
411 slovenes (0.05%)
6,241 undecided yugoslav (0.77%)
401 other slav (0.05%)
13,561 others (1.68%)

1961 census

963,959 total inhabitants



646,604 albanians (67.08%)
227,016 serbs (23.55%)
37,588 montenegrins (3.9%)
8,026 ethnic muslims (0.83%)
7,251 croat (0.75%)
5,203 yugoslavs (0.54%)
3,202 romani (0.33%)
1,142 macedonians (0.12%)
510 slovenes (0.05%)
210 hungarians (0.02%)

























































1971 census

1,243,693 total inhabitants



916,168 albanians or 73.7%
228,264 serbs (18.4%)
31,555 montenegrins (2.5%)
26,000 slavic muslims (2.1%)
14,593 romani (1.2%)
12,244 turks (1.0%)
8,000 croats (0.7%)
920 yugoslavs (0.1%)



















































1981 census

1,584,558 total inhabitants



1,226,736 albanians (77.42%)
209,498 serbs (13.2%)
27,028 montenegrins (1.7%)
2,676 yugoslavs (0.2%)































































1991 census
registered population

official yugoslav statistical results, albanians , roma, muslims boycott census following call ibrahim rugova boycott serbian institutions.


359,346 total population



by ethnicity:


194,190 serbs
57,758 muslims (minority boycotted)
44,307 roma (minority boycotted)
20,356 montenegrins
9,091 albanians (majority boycotted)
10,446 turks
8,062 croats (janjevci, letnicani)
3,457 yugoslavs
















by religion:


216,742 (60,32%) orthodox
126,577 (35,22%) muslims
9,990 (2,78%) catholics
1,036 (0,29) atheist
4,417 (1,23) unknown









estimated population

statistical office of autonomous province of kosovo , metohija estimated total number of albanians, muslims , roma.


1,956,196 total population



1,596,072 albanians (81.6%)
194,190 serbs (9.9%)
66,189 muslims (3.4%)
45,745 roma (2.34%)
20,365 montenegrins (1.04%)
10,445 turks (0.53%)
8,062 croats (janjevci, letnicani) (0.41)
3,457 yugoslavs (0.18%)
11,656 others (0.6%)







































the corrections should not taken accurate. number of albanians regarded being underestimate. on other hand, regarded overestimate, being derived earlier censa believed overestimates. statistical office of kosovo states quality of 1991 census questionable. [1].


in september 1993, bosniak parliament returned historical name bosniaks. kosovar muslims have started using term refer since.


2011 census

in 2011 census there 1,739,825 inhabitants. ecmi calls caution when referring 2011 census , due boycott serb-majority municipalities in north kosovo , partial boycott serb , roma in southern kosovo. according data, ethnic composition of kosovo:



albanians: 1,616,869 (92.9%)
serbs*: 25,532 (1.5%)
bosniaks: 27,553 (1.6%)
turks: 18,738 (1.1%)
ashkali: 15,436 (0.9%)
egyptians: 11,524 (0.6%)
gorani: 10,265 (0.6%)
romani: 8,824 (0.5%)
other: 2352 (0.1%)
unspecified: 2752 (0.1%)

the ashkali , balkan egyptians are, in fact, roma, self identify in such terms distinguish romani people.




















































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