1953 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 1953 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the second population census of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia took place on March 31, 1953. The administrative organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51.221 km²) was identical to the first census in the socialist Yugoslavia (1948), apart from the fact that the Odžak district had been abolished and merged with the district of Modriča. The option to identify oneself as Muslim or Bosniak was still absent in 1953. The majority of those who identified themselves as Yugslavs would have otherwise declared themselves Muslims or Bosniaks; similarly, people of Muslim belief also identified as Croat or Serb.
Results
- The number of inhabitants: 2,847,459[1]
- Population density: 55.6 per km²[1]
Overall
Nationality | Number | Percentage | Number change | Percentage change |
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Serbs | 1,264,372 | 44.40% | 128,256 | 0.11% |
Yugoslavs, ethnically undeclared (mostly Muslims) | 891,800 | 31.32% | unknown | unknown |
Croats | 654,229 | 22.97% | 40,106 | 0.97% |
Others | 39,398 | 1.34% | 12,763 | 0.30% |
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Percentage of Yugoslavs per districts, 1953
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Percentage of Croats per districts, 1953
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Percentage of Serbs per districts, 1953
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Majority nationality per districts, 1953
See also
References
- 1 2 (Bosnian)(Croatian) "Stanovništvo Bosne i Hercegovine po popisima". The Federal Office of Statistics of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.