Demographic history of Novi Sad - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Population through history
1820	20,000 (est.)
1843	17,332
1850	7,182
1869	19,119
1880	21,325
1890	24,717
1900	28,763
1910	33,089
1921	39,122
1931 ^(1.)	63,985
1941	61,731
1948	69,431
1953	76,752
1961	102,469
1971	141,375
1981	170,020
1991	179,626
2002 ^(2.)	191,405
(1.) Together with Petrovaradin Petrovaradin Petrovaradin , is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad in Serbia... (2.) 216,583 together with Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica

This is demographic history of Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

.

Ottoman rule

During the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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rule, Petrovaradin had 200 (mostly Muslim) houses. There was also a Christian

Christian

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quarter with 35 houses populated by ethnic Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

. In the year 1590, population of all villages that existed in the territory of present-day Novi Sad (on the left bank of the Danube) numbered 105 houses inhabited exclusively by Serbs

Serbs

. However, Ottoman records mention only those inhabitants that paid taxes, thus the number of Serbs that lived in the area (for example those that served in the Ottoman army) was larger.

1720

According to 1720 data, the population of Ratzen Stadt (later known as Novi Sad) was composed of 112 Serbian

Serbs

, 14 German

Germans

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, and 5 Hungarian houses.

1843

According to the 1843 data, Novi Sad had 17,332 inhabitants, of whom 9,675 were Orthodox Christians, 5,724 Catholics, 1,032 Protestants, 727 Jews

Jews

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, and 30 adherents of the Armenian church. The largest ethnic group in the city were Serbs, and the second largest were Germans.

1867-1918

After 1867, Novi Sad was located within the Hungarian

Kingdom of Hungary

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part of Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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. During this time, the Magyarization

Magyarization

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policy of the Hungarian government drastically altered the demographic structure of the city, i.e. from the predominantly Serbian

Serbs

, the population of the city became ethnically mixed. According to 1880 census, the percent of Serbian language speakers in the city was 41.2%, and the percent of Hungarian language speakers was 25.9%. Until 1910, the percent of Serbian language speakers decreased to 34.52%, while the percent of Hungarian language speakers increased to 39.72%.

According to the 1910 census, the city had 33,590 inhabitants, of which 13,343 (39.72%) most frequently spoke Hungarian language

Hungarian language

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, 11,594 (34.52%) Serbian language

Serbian language

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, 5,918 (17.62%) German language

German language

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, 1,453 (4.33%) Slovak language

Slovak language

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, etc. It is not certain whether Hungarians or Serbs were largest ethnic group in the city in this time, since 1910 census is considered partially inaccurate by most historians because this census did not recorded the population by ethnic origin or mother tongue, but by the "most frequently spoken language", thus the census results overstated the number of Hungarian speakers, since this was official language at the time and many non-Hungarian native speakers stated that they most frequently speak Hungarian language in everyday communication. The city was also home to 2,326 Jews, of whom many were native Hungarian speakers. Another lasher of the census was that it did not recorded only permanent residents of the city, but also temporary residents, who did not live in the city, but were situated there as part of the civil and military services.

1921

According to the 1921 census, the city had 39,122 inhabitants, of which 16,071 were Serbs

Serbs

, 13,065 Hungarians, 6,486 Germans

Germans

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, 2,663 Jews

Jews

, 1,294 Slovaks

Slovaks

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, 672 Russians

Russians

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, 613 Slovenians

Slovenians

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2002

According to the 2002 census, the population of the municipal area of Novi Sad (including both municipalities) is composed of: Serbs

Serbs

(75.50%), Hungarians (5.24%), Yugoslavs

Yugoslavs

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(3.17%), Slovaks

Slovaks

(2.41%), Croats

Croats

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(2.09%), Montenegrins (1.68%), and others.

The population of the city of Novi Sad proper (excluding the rest of the municipal area) was in 2002 composed of: Serbs (73.91%), Hungarians (6.03%), Yugoslavs (3.69%), Montenegrins (2.23%), Croats (1.84%), and others.

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