Ethnic Map of Yugoslavia

[Rusalka]

This I found on the internet on www.kosovo.com. It says "Ethnic map of former Yugoslavia before the New Balkan wars 1991-1999". But I was confused, what exactly is "Yugoslav" ethnicity in the legend?

[White Falcon]

You could say that Yugoslav ethnicity was communist innovation after 1945,
and people were encouraged to declare them self Yugoslavs, but it didnt had much acceptance.

Only hard-core communists declared them self as Yugoslavs and small number of people in larger cities.

[White Falcon]

I dont understand these yellow areas of gypsy majority all over Croatia .

[Zrinski]

The map is incorrect. There never was Serb majority in Western and Eastern Slavonia. These areas were without any population being the "absolute" majority(over 50%). Also these spots of Macedonians and Gypsies or Romanians/Vlachs all over Croatia and Bosnia is ridiculous and totally incorrect. Serbs in Croatian zagorje...

[Rusalka]

I personally can't attest to the map's validity or non-validity for but I was intrigued about the "Yugoslav" ethnicity. Maybe it was used for those with mixed background, those who have Serbian and Bosnian parents or Serbian and Croatian parents, etc.

[Zrinski]

'Yugoslav' was just a term used by hardocre communists or people from mixed marriages who at that time couldn't decide what they are. It's simple as that.

[Rusalka]

My grandmother calls herself a Yugoslav too, I've never had a problem with the word and she's no Commie (although my aunt is -or was) It may be that even though her family comes from a Serbian ethnic background they were converted (rather nominally) at some point but then it doesn't make them Bosniak either. Ah, the Balkans.

Anyway, the thing is, the Yugoslav ethnicity being almost limited to a specific area is rather strange, at least to me.

[Zvonimir]

Does anyone have ethnic map of ex-Yugoslavia but after all those recent conflicts?

[Rusalka]

This is an ethnic map of ex-Yugoslavia (and Eastern Europe in general) after the war according to CIA:




Another one (don't know the source):




This is the post-conflict or during the conflict map according to UN, published in the New York Times:




This is only Serbia and Montenegro. There's also the explanation of Yugoslav ethnicity as I have guessed, but I'm still confused about why they were concentrated in one region as this map here also says that they are dispersed across the country. This one is from a 1991 census, though:

[Awar]

Regardless of what Zrinski says, most maps do display the distribution of the main ethnicities in the same way.

[Zvonimir]

EDIT: Larger picture (2500*1800) is in attached ZIP file.

[Zrinski]

@Rusalka - all those maps are not post-war but pre-war maps.

@Awar - no most maps as you can see do not display minorities in that way...only those from Serbian sources do....nothing surprising really.

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Zrinski

@Rusalka - all those maps are not post-war but pre-war maps.

Then the sources were mistaken, because from where I took them it said UN map (the New York Times one) and CIA map after the war in 1994. I'd like to see a current one myself too. Something post-2000, at least, but they don't usually have a census so often, it's normally every 8 years in most countries.

[Zrinski]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

Then the sources were mistaken, because from where I took them it said UN map (the New York Times one) and CIA map after the war in 1994. I'd like to see a current one myself too. Something post-2000, at least, but they don't usually have a census so often, it's normally every 8 years in most countries.

Yes the sources are obviously mistaken.You can see it also in the map which Zvonimir posted....thats the most detailed and by quality the best and most accurate map I have seen so far. I have some of these maps for quite some time....I am a heradrly and geography fanatic...what can I do...

Regarding the 2001 ethnic map I am not sure if there exists one...and if it does it's not published yet...
2001 because in every 1st year of the decade the population "check" is performed in Croatia. It has been a such tradition from 1931 I believe....

Btw. I have some Bosnia-Herzegovina pre-war and post-war ethnic maps...I can send it to you by email if you wish...just let me know by PM.

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Zrinski

Regarding the 2001 ethnic map I am not sure if there exists one...and if it does it's not published yet...
2001 because in every 1st year of the decade the population "check" is performed in Croatia. It has been a such tradition from 1931 I believe....

In the CIA World Factbook, the population statistics are indeed from 2001, I'm pasting them below. I'm pretty sure, since the statistics are already made public, there would also be an ethnic map. Maybe you can find it some time.

Croatia:

Ethnic groups: Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%, Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1% (2001)

Religions: Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, others and unknown 6.2% (2001)

[Rusalka]

The statistics from CIA World Factbook for the other ex-Yugoslavian republics:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Ethnicities: Serb 37.1%, Bosniak 48%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000)
note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam

Religions: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%


Slovenia:

Ethnicities: Slovene 92%, Croat 1%, Serb 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Bosniak 0.3%, other 5.8% (1991)

Religions: Roman Catholic (Uniate 2%) 70.8%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%


Serbia and Montenegro page is not loading for some reason.

[Vojvoda]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

Serbia and Montenegro page is not loading for some reason.

Serbians 50%, other 50%...in 10-15 years that is

[Rusalka]

I got it now.

Serbia and Montenegro:

Ethnicities: Serb 62.6%, Albanian 16.5%, Montenegrin 5%, Hungarian 3.3%, other 12.6% (1991)

Religions: Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%

The records for ethnicities is from '91, which is way too old. Plus, I don't know what "other" is exactly; was it Bosnians who were recorded as other? In any case this must have changed by now.