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Residential Population Trends in 20th Century Croatia
Jakov GELO
Sažetak
In the article in which the total population of Croatia
from 1900 to 2001 is being analysed, "the total number
of inhabitants" implies the "real residential population" i. e.
the residential population of Croatia. A fact worth
mentioning is that in the 18th century the number of
inhabitants on Croatia's present territory grew two
and a half times (in 1700 there were 644,500, while in
1800 1,595,143 inhabitants), and in the 19th century
it was doubled (index 198.2), while between 1900
and 2001 the growth of Croatia's residential population
amounted to 33% (or 32.86%). Apart from the traditionally
emigré Ireland, out of 45 European countries, members of
the Council of Europe, the author does not know of another
country (not including those "miniature" ones in square
footage and population number) which has had such
a mild growth of population as Croatia in the 20th century!
Even Italy and Denmark, and Sweden, Slovenia, and France,
and... many others had at least a 50 percent increase
of the total residential population between 1900 and 2000!
In addition, as far as the consequences are concerned,
the period between the two censuses from 1961 to 1971
is also considered very important because not more
than ten thousand inhabitants out of a natural growth
of several thousand remained in Croatia. Through
the then encouraged "temporary" economic emigration,
Croatia lost across its borders, from 1961 to 1971, 96.3%
of the natural population growth or 258,469 persons,
due to a negative migrational balance! Croatia then
definitely lost 6.2% of its population. Both then and today
few have been aware of the significance of that loss of
population, born, brought up and educated in Croatia,
which left the country in the exact decade of 1961-1971.
This has certainly been one of the reasons of natural,
generational and real depopulation, which started in the
last decade of the 20th century, and will probably continue
into the first half of the 21st century.
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31.10.2004.
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