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1900. census Changes in the Number and Seven religious groups were distinguished in this census: Roman Catholics (or Cath- Territorial Distribution of olics), Uniates, members of the Orthodox Church, three Protestant groups (Luther- ans, Calvinists and Unitarians) and Israel- Religious Groups in ites (or Judeans). In 1990. Catholics were the most nu- During 20th Century According to merous religious element in Vojvodina with 679.533 members. This religious group the Results of Censuses mainly consisted of Hungarians, Croats, Kicošev, S.* Bunjevatzes, Shokatzes and Germans. Mem- bers of this religion had a share of 47,4% in a total religious structure of population in Vo- Abstract The goal of the paper is to point eligious and ethnic structures are jvodina. They had an absolute majority in to the similarities and differences in the the only population structures that 132 different places in Vojvodina (there were structure and development of unemploy- Rare based on subjective convictions, 342 places identified in this census), while ment after the 1990s. At the same time, and not on any formal demographic crite- they had a relative majority in 5 of them. It in order to point to the possibilities and ria. These two structures are linked to each is interesting that Gakovo and belong advantages of the international mobility of other, although it is not necessary for them to this group; they are the only two settle- labour force as one of the possible ways to to coincide. However, when the results of ments in this census that have an absolute overcome unemployment, the data about these two structures are combined, what homogeneous religious structure (100% of the unemployment trends in the Vojvodina we get is a more precise ethnic picture of Catholics). Both of these places were inhab- region will be compared with the data from a certain area. Moreover, there are cases ited by Germans. the bordering regions in (Cson- when a separate entity developed out of There were 15.022 Uniates, i.e. their grad and Bacs-Kiskun) and Romania (Timis one religious group (Muslims, i.e. Bosnians share in the religious structure of Vojvodi- and Caras-Severin). in former , Sikhs na was only 1%. This religious group is rep- in India and other similar groups). Since resented exclusively by Ruthenians. Uni- Key words human resources, employment, Vojvodina is ethnically the most heteroge- ates had an absolute majority in two towns: unemployment, Vojvodina, , Roma- neous region in Europe, it is understanda- and Kucura, while there were nia, Hungary ble that the religious structure of its pop- no towns where they had a relative major- ulation is very similar. For the analysis of ity. this demographic characteristic (religious There were 556.128 members of the Or- affiliation) on the territory of Vojvodina, thodox Church and with a share of 38,8% we used the results of seven censuses, all of they were second numerous religious group which had a question about the religion in- in Vojvodina. Members of this religious cluded in them. The first two censuses were group are mainly Serbs and Romanians. conducted by Hungarian Federal Bureau of Members of the Orthodox Church had an Statistics (1900. and 1910.), while the oth- absolute majority in 164 places in Vojvodi- ers were conducted by Bureaus of Statis- na, and relative majority in 7. tics of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats The census distinguished three com- and Slovenes (1921), Kingdom of Yugosla- munities of Protestants (or of Reformed via (1931), Federal People’s Republic of Yu- Church, i.e. of Evangelists). The most nu- goslavia (FNRJ) (1953), Socialist Federal merous were Protestants of Augsburg Con- Republic of (SFRJ) (1991) and fession (Lutherans). There were 109.912 of Yugoslav Federal Republic (SRJ) (2002). Al- them, and they represents 7,7% of the popu- though the chronological disposition does lation in Vojvodina. Members of this group not offer an optimal continuity, their re- are almost all Slovaks from Vojvodina, and sults can be used for one universal analysis, some Germans. They had an absolute ma- i.e. for noticing basic changes and trends jority in 23 different places, and relative in during the period observed. two. All Slovak settlements in Vojvodina Table 1. Changes in the religious structure of population in Vojvodina during 20th century (absolute numbers) 1900. 1910. 1921. 1931. 1953. 1991. 2002. Orthodox 556.128 593.215 611.940 689.296 775.722 1,170.694 1,401.475 Catholics 679.533 719.471 724.958 727.213 561.617 458.683 388.313 Protestants 152.980 160.221 159.182 158.280 105.173 78.925 72.159 Judeans 23.510 22.218 19.528 - 651 284 329 * Saša Kicošev, University of , Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Tour- Muslims - - 1.870 1.654 3.254 9.775 8.073 ism and Hotel Management, Trg Dositeja Other 20.597 20.179 18.316 47.715 266.202 295.528 161.643 Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro TOTAL 1,432.748 1,515.304 1,535.794 1,624.158 1,712.619 2,013.889 2,031.992 [email protected] Source: censuses for the following years 33 GEOGRAPHICA ANNONICA

Table 2: Changes in the religious structure of population in Vojvodina during 20th century ciples, which means that a different classi- (in %). fication of the population and its religions 1900. 1910. 1921. 1931. 1953. 1991. 2002. was conducted. Six confessional groups Orthodox 38,8 39,1 39,8 42,4 45,3 58,1 69,0 were identified: Orthodox, Catholics, Uni- ates, Evangelists (Protestants), Muslims Catholics 47,4 47,5 47,2 44,8 32,8 22,8 19,1 and Israelites (Judeans), while the catego- Protestants 10,7 10,6 10,4 9,8 6,2 3,9 3,6 ry “others” was divided into two groups: Judeans 1,7 1,5 1,3 - 0,0 0,0 0,0 members of other religions and those peo- Muslims - - 0,1 0,1 0,2 0,5 0,4 ple declared as not being religious of un- Other 1,4 1,3 1,2 2,9 15,5 14,7 7,9 known religion. TOTAL 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 Catholics were the most numerous reli- gious group also in this census. However, Source: censuses for the following years their number experienced a slight loss com- belong to this group of settlements, as well were 348 places identified in this census), pared to the previous census, i.e. their rel- as some places where Germans used to live and relative majority in 8 of them. Hun- ative number grew for only 0,8%, while the at that time, and those are: Bački Jarak, garian place had a completely pure increase of the whole population was 1,4%. Maglić, Bačko Dobro Polje, Nova Pazova, Catholic structure (100%). They had an absolute majority in 131 plac- Lovćenac, Kačarevo, , Novi Banov- Uniates were the only one among all im- es (360 places were identified in this cen- ci, Zmajevo, Vojlovica etc. portant religious groups that experienced sus), and relative in 4 places. In Hungari- The second group are Protestants of Hel- a relative growth (10,6%) in the decade be- an place Tobi Catholics represented 100% vetic religion (Calvinists). There were 43.068 tween two censuses. This growth is the re- of the population. of them, and their share was 3,0%. This reli- sult of the population growth or, even Uniates are interesting to mention here

Century the According to Results Censuses of gious group consists mainly of Hungarians, more, of converting from Catholicism. since their number in 1921. census is iden- th as well as of one smaller part of Germans. They had an absolute majority in two Ru- tical to the number in 1910. census. Uniates They had an absolute majority in 5 plac- thenian places: Ruski Krstur and Kucura. had an absolute majority in two their tradi- es: Debeljača, Novi Itebej, Stara Moravica, Orthodox experienced mighty growth of tional places: Ruski Krstur and Kucura. Feketić and Pačir (all of those are Hungari- their absolute and relative number (6,7%) Orthodox experienced the greatest an places), and relative majority in two plac- between 1900. and 1910. They had an abso- growth of all religious groups in Vojvodina, es: and Ravno Selo (at the time of the lute majority in 168, and relative in 7 plac- which is understandable when we consid- census those were German places). es. er the change of the national government. The third and the smallest Protestant Protestants experienced the growth of Their number grew for 3,2%. Orthodox had community that was distinguished in the their absolute number and also the fall of an absolute majority in 185 places, and rel- census are Unitarians. This religious com- the relative one. Lutherans had a relative ative in 3. Orthodox represented 100% of

Vojvodina DuringVojvodina 20 munity was to be found in Transylvania growth of 5,6%. Absolute majority was reg- the population in Orešac and Zasavica. (Erdelj), and in Vojvodina. Their number is istered in 23 places, and relative in 2. Cal- In this census, Protestants were not cat- symbolic, only 122. They were concentrated vinists experienced a much smaller relative egorized more detailedly, but were shown mainly in bigger towns, and their members growth - only 2,6%. They had an abso- collectively. Their absolute number slightly Changes in the Number and Territorial Distribution Religious of in Groups are Hungarians. lute majority in four places: Novi Itebej, decreased, i.e. the fall was only -0,7%. They There were 23.510 of Judeans (or Is- Debeljača, Feketić and Stara Moravica, and had an absolute majority in 31 places, and raelites), and their share was 1,7%. Mem- relative in two: Pačir i Sivac. Unitarians had relative in 4. Naturally, those are same Slo- bers of this religion are Jews. The greatest a huge relative growth of even 18,9%. How- vak, German and Hungarian places, that number of them lived in bigger towns: Sub- ever, their absolute number grew from 122 were also earlier dominated by Lutherans otica (3.026), Novi Sad (2.079), to 145, which means that their huge rela- and Calvinists. (1.335), Senta (1.264), (882) etc. tive growth does not have any significance In 1921. census, Muslims are mentioned The census did not distinguish other re- for the development of the religious struc- for the first time in 20th century, although ligious communities, but put all of them ture of the population in Vojvodina. their number is symbolical. under one common title “other”. There were Judeans experienced the fall of both the Judeans experienced fall in this census 5.453 members of those smaller religious absolute (-5,5%) and relative number be- also, which was as high as -12%. This can be communities. We talk here mainly about tween two censuses. Judging by the facts, again explained by further assimilation of newly founded religious sects, which, at this is the result of transferring one number Jews and their conversion into other reli- those times, begin to find their way to this of believers into other religions, i.e. of con- gions, as well as with emigration of certain region. These believers are most common verting and assimilation of Jews. number of Jews. in Padina (6,7%), Lok (4,2%), Despotovo The category “other” experienced the big- Category “others” was, considering a (3,6%), Feke­tić (3,6%) etc. gest fall. Their relative number decreased very detailed confession classification, rel- for 37,4%. This fall can also be explained atively numerously small. There were 1.695 1910. census by converting of believers from smaller re- of them. 893 declared themselves as mem- 1910. census was conducted according to ligions and sects into more traditional reli- bers of other religions while 802 were athe- same principles and methods, which means gions that are accepted by the state. ists or of unknown religions. that same religious groups were identified. This time also, Catholics were the most 1921. census 1931. census numerous religious group. Compared to This census was conducted after the World This is the second census that was con- the previous census, their number grew for War I and after the state borders were ducted between two world wars. Although 5,9%. Since the growth of the total popu- changed. The war itself, as well as the crea- it was conducted by the same Federal Bu- lation grew for 5,8% between two census- tion of a new country in this region, did not reau of Statistics, it greatly differed from es, that means that the share of Catho- have a significant influence on the chang- the previous one, especially when its meth- lics in the religious structure of Vojvodina es in the religious structure of the popu- odological concept is concerned. This time, also somewhat grew. They had an absolute lation in Vojvodina. However, this census religions were tabularly shown rather poor- majority in 132 places in Vojvodina (there was conducted according to some new prin- ly, since only four religions were identified: 34 GEOGRAPHICA ANNONICA Kicošev, S. Orthodox, Catholicism, Evangelism (Prot- Table 3. Distribution of ethnic groups according to the religious structure of population in estantism) and Islam, while all the other Vojvodina in 1953. (in %) religions were put under one common cat- Orthodox Catholics Protestants Muslims Judeans Atheists egory “others”. Serbs 79,0 0,2 0,3 0,1 0,0 19,7 When this census is concerned, Catho- Croats 0,7 88,8 0,4 0,1 0,0 9,5 lics were the most numerous group in Vo- Slovenes 3,2 70,2 2,9 0,0 0,0 23,0 jvodina. However, their absolute number compared to the previous census grew only Macedonians 72,0 0,2 0,1 2,0 0,0 24,5 slightly, for 0,3% (the growth of the whole Montenegrins 30,2 0,2 0,0 0,3 0,0 69,0 population was 5,8%), while their share de- Yugoslavs 2,4 76,6 0,5 10,4 0,2 9,3 creased. They had an absolute majority in Slovaks 0,3 5,8 87,1 0,0 0,0 3,4 127 places in Vojvodina (of 368), and rel- Hungarians 0,2 89,8 7,1 0,0 0,0 2,5 ative in 9. Romanians 87,9 3,4 0,7 0,0 0,0 4,5 Between censuses in 1921. and 1931., Ruthenians 4,5 1,9 0,8 0,0 0,0 4,8 Orthodox experiences a rather dynamic Source: 1953. census growth (12,6%), which is the result of their population growth and colonization of Ser- confessions. The number of Muslims al- are Orthodox (72,8%) and atheists (24,5%), bian population, and also of assimilation, most doubled, i.e. their growth was as high Montenegrins are atheists (69,0%) and Or- but to a smaller extent. They had an abso- as 96,7%, whereas the number of Judeans, thodox (30,2%), Yugoslavs, in this case lute majority in 189 places, and relative in because of the Jews’ sufferings in the World mostly represented by Germans and Mus- 7. The only village that had a monolith re- War II, fell for that same number. Moreo- lims in ethnic sense, declared themselves ligious structure was Sremski Mihaljevci ver, this census recorded a heterogeneous as Catholics (76,6%) and Muslims (10,4%), (100% of Orthodox population). group that was named “others”. There were Slovaks are Protestants (87,1%), Hungari- Protestants still were the third religious 32.004 people identified as “other Chris- ans are Catholics (89,8%)and Protestants group in Vojvodina. However, their number tians:, most of them were Uniates, who (7,1%), Romanians are Orthodox (87,9%) between two censuses decreased for 0,6%, are manly Ruthenians. There were only 24 and Ruthenians are Uniates. Table 4 shows so this was a period of stagnation for them. of “other non-Christians”, 633 of “unde- ethnic structure of members of each of these They had an absolute majority in 31 places, fined”, and 2.621 of “unknown”. Because of religions. Concluding from these data, we and relative in 3. the ideological moment when this census see that Orthodox were represented main- Compared to the previous census, Mus- was conducted, one more category was fully ly by Serbs (89,0%) and Romanians (6,5%), lims experienced a noticeable fall of 11,6%. expressed and that is “atheists” (or people Catholics were represented by Hungarians That is result, of their return migrations with no faith). In Vojvodina, there were (69,6%) and Croats (20,3%), and Protes- into domicile areas. 230.921 of them, or 13,5% of the popula- tants were represented by Slovaks (60,8%) Because a small number of religious tion. They represented the third most nu- and Hungarians (29,3%) etc. groups was identified in this census, the merous group, right behind Orthodox and group “others” was very numerous. Their Catholics. The ethnic analysis of atheists 1991. census greatest part are Uniates. “Others” have is very interesting. This group mostly com- After a pause of 40 years, 1991. census an absolute majority in two places: Ruski prised of the colonist population, especial- again gives data for the religious structure Krstur and Kucura, Ruthenian places dom- ly of Montenegrins (69% of them declared of the population. Naturally, compared to inated by Uniates. as atheist). They are followed by Macedo- the previous one, its methodology differs nians, Slovenes and Serbs. All four nations greatly. 1953. census had a larger share in atheists than their The number of Orthodox increased sig- The next census that examined the reli- share was in the ethnic structure of Vojvo- nificantly in this long time period. Their gious structure of the population was con- dina, while all the other nations had that growth was 50,9%, whereas the growth of ducted not earlier than 1953. It registered share smaller, especially Hungarians. the whole population was 17,6%. With this huge demographic changes that happened Table 3 and 4 show ethnic crossing in Vo- numerical growth, Orthodox became ab- during, and after World War II. This census jvodina. Table 3 shows religious structure solutely dominating religion in the Prov- differed a lot from the previous ones. Data according to ethnic groups. From this table ince, i.e. their number was larger that the for religious structure were tabled only we can conclude that Serbs are mostly Or- number of the members of all the other re- on the level of administrative districts, so thodox (79,0%) and atheists (19,7%), Croats ligions. That is the result of the immigra- the analysis according to different places are Catholics (88,8%), Slovenes are Catholics tion of the Orthodox population, popula- is impossible. However, this census offers (70,2%) and atheists (23,0%), Macedonians tion growth and assimilation. They had an crossed analyses of data for the religious Table 4. Ethnic structure of members of the most important religions in Vojvodina in 1953. and ethnic structure, which actually ena- (in %). bles a much more quality analysis of these characteristics. Orthodox Catholics Protestants Muslims Judeans Atheists For the first time, Orthodox became the Serbs 89,0 0,3 2,7 14,0 1,2 74,4 most numerous religious group in Vojvodi- Croats 0,1 20,3 0,5 2,8 1,4 5,3 na. Their growth was 12,5%, whereas the Slovenes 0,0 0,8 0,2 0,0 0,0 0,6 total population increased for 5,4%. Col- Macedonians 1,1 0,0 0,0 7,2 0,2 1,2 onisation of mainly Serbian population, Montenegrins 1,2 0,0 0,0 3,3 0,2 9,1 as well as expelling of Germans and less- Yugoslavs 0,0 1,4 0,0 33,7 3,1 0,4 ening of other religious groups contribut- Slovaks 0,0 0,8 60,8 0,1 0,8 1,1 ed to that. Catholics recorded a decrease of 22,8% and the number of Protestants fell Hungarians 0,1 69,6 29,3 0,3 5,5 4,8 for the whole 33,6%. Both are the results of Romanians 6,5 0,3 0,4 0,0 0,0 1,1 the expelling of Germans from Vojvodina, Ruthenians 0,1 0,1 0,2 0,0 0,0 0,5 since they were the members of these two Source: 1953. census 35 GEOGRAPHICA ANNONICA

Table 5. Distribution of ethnic groups according to the religious structure of population in of atheists greatly decreased, whereas the Vojvodina in 1991. (in %) number of the unknown in a religious sense Orthodox Catholics Protestants Muslims Judeans Atheists greatly increased, which in a certain way, Serbs 88,9 0,1 0,1 0,0 0,0 3,3 compensated the number of atheists. Croats 1,3 88,3 0,4 0,0 0,0 2,2 2002. census Macedonians 84,0 0,5 0,4 0,6 0,0 3,4 Although this census does not chronologi- Montenegrins 74,2 0,1 0,0 0,0 0,0 7,7 cally belong to 20th century, it is mentioned Yugoslavs 25,7 22,4 2,0 0,7 0,0 13,9 here because it includes all demograph- Slovaks 0,9 6,7 81,4 0,0 0,0 2,2 ic changes that are the result of tumultu- Hungarians 0,4 87,7 5,9 0,0 0,0 1,5 ous events during 1990s on the territory of Romanians 81,6 6,6 2,8 0,0 0,0 1,7 former Yugoslavia, and Vojvodina as well. Ruthenians 13,5 74,2 1,1 0,1 0,0 1,7 Its results connected to the confession- Gypsies 70,7 5,8 0,2 6,6 0,0 4,3 al structure can, in the sense of space, be somewhat limitedly observed, since the re- Bunjevatzes 0,6 89,6 0,3 0,0 0,0 2,3 sults are shown on the level of municipali- Bulgarians 37,7 50,7 1,2 0,4 0,1 3,0 ties and not towns and villages. Source: Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Serbia, Population and households in Serbia, according to Compared to the 1991. census, the the 1991 census, Belgrade, 1995. number of the Orthodox grew for 230.781 absolute majority in 320 places (the whole This census also recorded a large group members, i.e. for 10,9% in the whole popu- number of places was 464), and relative of those people whose religion is unknown. lation of Vojvodina. In the same period, the majority in 16. There were 211.345 of them, or 10,5% of number of Catholics fell for 70.370 people,

Century the According to Results Censuses of Catholic experienced further fall of - the whole population of Vojvodina. We talk i.e. for 3,7% in the whole population of Vo- th 18,3% in the number of believers. They had here about people who refused to religious- jvodina. The number of Protestants also an absolute majority in 99 places and rela- ly declare themselves from purely subjec- fell (for 6.766 people), whereas the share tive in 8. Uniates were treated as Catholic, tive reasons, about which we can only spec- in the total population of the Province fell which means that the great number of Ru- ulate (fear due to war psychosis, opposition for 0,3% The number of Muslims also de- thenians found their place in this group. to a growing nationalism). In ethnic sense, creased in the same period (1.702 believ- Protestants also experienced fall of those people mostly belonged to so-called ers), whereas their share in the total pop- 25,0%. They had an absolute majority in anational corpus, where 85,4% of ethnical- ulation fell for 0,1%. It is interesting that, 13, and relative in 7 places, mostly in Slo- ly unknown people declared themselves in out of the mentioned religions, only the ab- vak and in some Hungarian villages. the same way in a religious sense. There are solute number of Judeans (Jews) grew from Muslims recorded enormous growth, also 51,7% of “undeclared and undefined” 284 (1991) to 329 (2002). Group “others”

Vojvodina DuringVojvodina 20 since their number tripled, which is the re- and 21,4% with certain regional affiliation. recorded a great fall, for 133.885 people or sult of their immigration and high popula- In a religious sense, the greatest share of for 6,8% in the total population of Vojvo- tion growth. the unknown was to be find with Yugoslavs dina. As part of this group, there were 166 Judeans again recorded fall of 65,7%. At (34,2%), and then with Muslims (22,7%), members of pro-Orient cults, 4.456 people Changes in the Number and Territorial Distribution Religious of in Groups that time, there were only 284 of them in Montenegrins (17,8%), Albanians (13,6%), of some other religions, 418 people with no the Province. Gypsies (12,3%), Macedonians (11,0%), religion, 101.144 of undeclared, 12.583 of Atheists, who were an important group Ruthenians (9,2%), Slovaks (8,4%), Croats atheists and 42.876 of unknown. in 1953. census, now record fall of 65,7%. (7,6%), Serbs (7,6%), Romanians (7,1%), On the basis of these facts, it is easy to The reason is the change of the official ide- Bulgarians (6,9%), Bunjevatzes (6,8%), conclude that, apart from the immigration ology. Vlachs (6,1%) and Hungarians (4,3%). of the expelled and exiled Serbian popula- 1991. census, for the first time, singled out Tables 5 and 6 show crossed ethnic and tion from Croatia and Bosnia and Herze- the group of pro-Oriental religions (different religious structure of the population in Vo- govina, a great growth of the members of sects, Buddhist, Hindu and other provenanc- jvodina in 1991. Compared to the same the Orthodox Church is a consequence of es). There were only 226 believers. There were analysis from 1953. census, there are no sig- a great transfer of former atheists into be- 800 members of other religions and 4.029 of nificant changes, except from the fact, as it lievers, i.e. into Orthodox. people with undefined religion. was previously mentioned, that the number Table 6. Ethnic structure of members of the most important religions in Vojvodina in 1991. Conclusion (in %). On the basis of the analysis of these 6 cen- suses, it can be concluded that the religious Orthodox Catholics Protestants Muslims Judeans Atheists structure of the population in Vojvodina Serbs 86,8 0,1 0,8 0,1 0,4 47,5 is very heterogeneous. During 20th centu- Croats 0,1 14,4 0,4 0,2 8,5 2,0 ry it did not develop evenly, since some re- Macedonians 1,3 0,0 0,1 1,0 0,7 0,7 ligions, experienced expansion, and oth- Montenegrins 2,8 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 4,4 ers regression. The number of the members Yugoslavs 3,8 8,5 4,3 12,9 19,0 30,7 of the Orthodox Church grew during the whole period observed, while the number Slovaks 0,1 0,9 65,5 0,1 2,8 1,8 of Catholics only until the end of the World Hungarians 0,2 64,9 25,4 0,6 16,5 6,4 War II. The number of Protestants started Romanians 2,7 0,6 1,4 0,2 1,1 0,8 to fall between two world wars, while the Ruthenians 0,2 2,9 0,2 0,1 1,8 0,4 number of Judeans decreased during the Gypsies 1,5 0,3 0,1 16,4 0,0 1,3 whole period. A strong process of religious Bunjevatzes 0,0 4,2 0,1 0,0 1,1 0,6 homogenization begun after the World War Bulgarians 0,1 0,3 0,0 0,1 1,1 0,1 II, and thus Orthodox became the absolute- Source: Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Serbia, Population and households in Serbia, according to ly major religious group in the Province at the 1991 census, Belgrade, 1995. the end of the period observed. 36 GEOGRAPHICA ANNONICA Kicošev, S.

Figure 1. Religious domination in places across Vojvodina according to the 1991. census Ethnic and religious structures are Opšta državna statistika Kraljevine Jugo- Zavod za statistiku Republike Srbije, quite complementary. Most ethnic groups slavije, DEFINITIVNI REZULTATI POP- STANOVNIŠTVO I DOMAĆINSTVA RE- are concentrated in one religion. The only ISA STANOVNIŠTVA OD 31. JANUARA PUBLIKE SRBIJE PRE­MA POPISU 1991. greater dispersion is to be found with Hun- 1921. GODINE, Sarajevo, 1932. GODINE, Beograd, 1995. garians. Državni statistički ured Demokratske Fed- Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statis- Atheists have a significant share in the erativne Jugoslavije, STANOVNIŠTVO tiku, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava religious structure of Vojvodina. PO VEROISPOVESTI I MATER­NJEM i stanova u 2002., Stanovništvo, knjiga JEZIKU PO POPISU OD 31-III-1931 3: VEROISPOVEST, MATERNJI JEZIK References GODINE, Beograd, 1945. I NACIONALNA ILI ETNIČKA PRI­PAD­ A Magyar Korona orszsgainak, 1900. ÉVI Savezni zavod za statistiku FNRJ, POPIS NOST PREMA STAROSTI I POLU, Be- NÉPSZSMLSÁSSA, Magyar statisztikai STANOVNIŠTVA 1953 GODINE, knjiga ograd, 2003. kozlemények, I. kötet, Budapest, 1902. 1 - Vitalna i etnička obeležja, Beograd, A Magyar Szent Korona orszsgainak, 1910. 1959. ÉVI NÉPSZSMLSÁSSA, Magyar statisz- Savezni zavod za statistiku SRJ, POPIS tikai kozlemények, 42. kötet, Budapest, STANOVNIŠTVA 1991. GODINE, knjiga 1912. 2 - Veroispovest, Beograd, 1993.

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