2002 Serbian Census

2002 national census of Serbia October 2025 2002 Serbian Census 1991 1 April 2002 2011 Serbia 7,498,001 −5.2% (since 1991) The 2002 Serbian census was conducted on 1 April 2002 by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. It was the first census held in Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia and the last before the separation of Montenegro in 2006. The census counted a total population of approximately 7.5 million.2003 2002 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2002/Pdf/G20024001.pdf 3 October 2025 Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia Background Following the 1990s conflicts in the Balkans and the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Serbia carried out its first independent census in 2002. The census provided updated demographic data after more than a decade without reliable statistics. Due to political instability, Kosovo was not included in the census count.Ramet Sabrina P. Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milošević Westview Press 2002 9780367319267 4th Results Population by ethnicity Ethnicity Population Share Serbs 6,212,838 82.8% Hungarians 293,299 4.4% Bosniaks 136,087 1.8% Roma 108,193 1.4% Yugoslavs 80,721 1.1% Croats 70,602 0.9% Montenegrins 69,049 0.5% Albanians 61,647 0.8% Slovaks 59,021 0.8% Vlachs 40,054 0.5% Romanians 34,576 0.4% Macedonians 25,847 0.3% Bulgarians 20,497 0.2% Bunjevci 20,012 0.2% ethnic Muslims 19,503 0.2% Rusyns 15,905 0.2% Others 32,862 0.4% Regional identity 11,485 0.1% Undeclared 107,732 1.4% Unknown 75,483 1% Total 7,498,001 Population by religion The census also collected data on religious affiliation: Orthodox Christianity – 85% Catholicism – 5% Islam – 3% Protestantism – 1% Other or undeclared – 6% Population by language The most common mother tongues were Serbian, Hungarian, Bosnian, Romani, Slovak, Romanian, and Rusyn. See also Demographics of Serbia Demographic history of Serbia References External links Official publications of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia https://web.archive.org/web/20210307044756/http://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/ 7 March 2021 Category:Censuses in Serbia Category:2002 censuses