Demographic history of Syrmia

This is demographic history of Syrmia.

Prehistory

Between 3000 BC and 2400 BC, Syrmia was a core area of Indo-European Vučedol culture. ^{[1] [2]}

6th-7th century

In 6th-7th century, entire Syrmia region was populated by Slavs. ^[3] According to other source, it was also populated by Gepids,^[4] and Avars. ^[4]

11th-12th century

In 11th-12th century, according to Hungarian sources, region of Syrmia had partially Slavic and partially mixed Slavic-Hungarian population. ^[5] Around 1154, Al-Idrisi, a Muslim geographer, described Manđelos as a rich town, whose inhabitants pursued a rather "nomadic way of life". By some opinions, Idrisi might have referred simply to stock-breeding that played an important role among the Hungarian inhabitants of the entire region of Syrmia^[6] This fact was confirmed later by several Byzantine authors in the twelve century (Ioannes Kinnamos, Niketas Choniates, Patriarch Michael).^[6]

1437

In 1437, the largest part of Syrmia was populated by Serbs.^[7] According to other sources Hungarians and Serbs lived mixed in this area in 1437.^[6]

1857

Serb soldier in Syrmia in 1742

According to the census from 1857, 59.4% of population of the part of Syrmia under civil administration and 63.2% of population of the part of Syrmia under military administration (Petrovaradin regiment) were ethnic Serbs. The second largest ethnic group were Croats, while other ethnic groups were Germans, Hungarians, etc.^[8]

1910

According to the census from 1910, the population of the Syrmia region (Syrmia county) numbered 414,234 inhabitants, including:^[9]

• 183,109 (44.20%) people who spoke Serbian language
• 106,198 (25.64%) people who spoke Croatian language
• 68,086 (16.44%) people who spoke German language
• 29,522 (7.13%) people who spoke Hungarian language
• 13,841 (3.34%) people who spoke Slovak language
• 4,642 (1.12%) people who spoke Rusyn language
• others.

1931

In 1931, the population of Syrmia included:^[10]

• 210,000 Serbs
• 117,000 Croats
• 68,300 Germans
• 21,300 Hungarians
• 15,300 Slovaks
• 5,300 Ukrainians

1971

In 1971, the population of the Serbian part of Syrmia (excluding area that belong to Belgrade) numbered 313,926 inhabitants, including:^[11]

• Serbs = 228,609 (72.84%)
• Croats = 38,389 (12.23%)
• Slovaks = 14,056 (4.48%)
• Hungarians = 9,376 (2.99%)
• Yugoslavs = 9,086 (2.89%)
• Rusyns = 3,403 (1.08%)
• Ukrainians = 1,512 (0.48%)
• Montenegrins = 1,400 (0.44%)
• Slovenes = 1,065 (0.34%)
• Macedonians = 1,023 (0.33%)
• others.

2001/2002

According to the 2002 census in Serbia, the population of the Serbian part of Syrmia (in geographical borders) numbering 790,697 people and is composed of:^[12]

• Serbs = 668,745 (84.58%)
• others (including Croats, Slovaks, Rusyns, Hungarians, etc.)

According to the 2001 census in Croatia, the population of the Croatian Vukovar-Srijem county, numbering 204,768, is composed of:^[13]

• 160,277 Croats (78.27%)
• 31,644 Serbs (15.45%)
• 2,047 Hungarians (1%)
• 1,796 Rusyns (0.88%)
• 1,338 Slovaks (0.65%)

References

1. ^ http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2001/04/01/Clanak.asp?r=kul&c=1
2. ^ http://files.myopera.com/edwardpiercy/blog/Area-Culture-Map-1.JPG
3. ^ http://www.camo.ch/illiricum7.htm
4. ^ ^{a b} Osman Karatay, In search of the lost tribe: the origins and making of the Croatian nation, Ayse Demiral, 2003, p. 46
5. ^ http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8098/11thcent.jpg
6. ^ ^{a b c} Derek Keene, Balázs Nagy, Katalin Szende, Segregation, integration, assimilation: religious and ethnic groups in the medieval towns of Central and Eastern Europe, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009, p. 75-76.[1]
7. ^ Dr. Aleksa Ivić, Istorija Srba u Vojvodini, Novi Sad, 1929.
8. ^ Vasilije Đ. Krestić, Iz prošlosti Srema, Bačke i Banata, Beograd, 2003.
9. ^ Szerém (Srijem) County
10. ^ Jovan Pejin, Kolonizacija Hrvata na srpskoj zemlji u Sremu, Slavoniji i Baranji, Sremska Mitrovica, 1992.
11. ^ Dr. Branislav Bukurov, Bačka, Banat i Srem, Novi Sad, 1978.
12. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84443-00-09
13. ^ http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/Popis%202001/popis20001.htm