Demographics
This is data from two Yugoslav censuses (1971 and 1981). Nations that were considered to be constituent (ie. had their own socialist republic) appear in bold-text.
| Nationality | 1971 | % | 1981 | %
|
| Albanians | 1,309,523 | 6.4 | 1,731,252 | 7.7
|
| Bulgarians | 58,627 | 0.3 | 36,642 | 0.2
|
| Croats | 4,526,782 | 22.1 | 4,428,135 | 19.7
|
| Italians | 21,791 | 0.1 | 15,116 | 0.1
|
| Macedonians | 1,194,784 | 5.8 | 1,341,420 | 6.0
|
| Magyars | 477,374 | 2.3 | 426,865 | 1.9
|
| Montenegrins | 508,843 | 2.5 | 577,298 | 2.6
|
| Muslims | 1,729,932 | 8.4 | 2,000,034 | 8.9
|
| Serbs | 8,143,246 | 39.7 | 8,136,578 | 36.3
|
| Slovaks | 83,656 | 0.4 | 80,300 | 0.4
|
| Slovenes | 1,678,032 | 8.2 | 1,753,605 | 7.8
|
| Roma | 78,485 | 0.4 | 148,604 | 0.7
|
| Romanians | 58,570 | 0.3 | 54,721 | 0.2
|
| Turks | 127,920 | 0.6 | 101,328 | 0.5
|
| Yugoslavs | 273,077 | 1.3 | 1,216,463 | 5.4
|
| other/not determined | 252,330 | 1.2 | 389,970 | 1.7
|
| total | 20,522,972 | 100 | 22,438,331 | 100
|
Republics by population
The population data is from the 1991 census.
| Rank | Republic/Province | Population | % | Density
|
| 1
| Serbia
| 9,506,174
| 40.9%
| 114.0
|
| ---
| Serbia proper
| 5,582,611
| 24.0%
| 99.4
|
| 2
| Croatia
| 4,784,265
| 20.6%
| 84.6
|
| 3
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 4,377,053
| 18.8%
| 85.6
|
| 4
| Macedonia
| 2,033,964
| 8.8%
| 79.1
|
| ---
| Vojvodina
| 1,996,367
| 8.6%
| 92.8
|
| ---
| Kosovo
| 1,956,196
| 8.4%
| 183.1
|
| 5
| Slovenia
| 1,913,355
| 8.2%
| 94.5
|
| 6
| Montenegro
| 615,035
| 2.6%
| 44.5
|
|
| SFR Yugoslavia
| 23,229,846
| 100%
| 92.6
|
Republics by area
| Rank | Republic/Province | Area (km²) | % | Density
|
| 1
| Serbia
| 83,361
| 33.2%
| 114.0
|
| 2
| Croatia
| 56,524
| 22.5%
| 84.6
|
| ---
| Serbia proper
| 56,169
| 22.4%
| 99.4
|
| 3
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 51,129
| 20.4%
| 85.6
|
| 4
| Macedonia
| 25,720
| 10.3%
| 79.1
|
| ---
| Vojvodina
| 21,506
| 8.6%
| 92.8
|
| 5
| Slovenia
| 20,246
| 8.1%
| 94.5
|
| 6
| Montenegro
| 13,810
| 5.5%
| 44.5
|
| ---
| Kosovo
| 10,686
| 4.3%
| 183.1
|
|
| SFR Yugoslavia
| 250,790
| 100%
| 92.6
|
Republics by population density
| Rank | Republic/Province | Population | Area (km²) | Density
|
| ---
| Kosovo
| 1,956,196
| 10,686
| 183.1
|
| 1
| Serbia
| 9,506,174
| 83,361
| 114.0
|
| ---
| Serbia proper
| 5,582,611
| 56,169
| 99.4
|
| 2
| Slovenia
| 1,913,355
| 20,246
| 94.5
|
| ---
| Vojvodina
| 1,996,367
| 21,506
| 92.8
|
| 3
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 4,377,053
| 51,129
| 85.6
|
| 4
| Croatia
| 4,784,265
| 56,524
| 84.6
|
| 5
| Macedonia
| 2,033,964
| 25,720
| 79.1
|
| 6
| Montenegro
| 615,035
| 13,810
| 44.5
|
|
| SFR Yugoslavia
| 23,229,846
| 250,790
| 92.6
|
|
