2002 Serbian Census


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.

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.

Results

Population by ethnicity

Population by religion

The census also collected data on religious affiliation:
The most common mother tongues were Serbian, Hungarian, Bosnian, Romani, Slovak, Romanian, and Rusyn.