Original scientific paper
Demographic Losses During the Homeland War as a Determinant of Depopulation in Croatia (1991–2001)
Dražen ŽIVIĆ
Nenad POKOS
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine/assess, based
on accessible, but incomplete data, the extent and structure
of demographic losses during the war, first and foremost in
the domain of direct and migrational population losses and
natality losses. The aim of the study is to uncover the causal
connection between war demographic losses and the
occurrence and strengthening of depopulation processes in
the domain of natural and total population trends in Croatia.
Croatia's war demographic losses during the Homeland War
are a significant factor of contemporary population
development tendencies, especially in the emergence and
intensification of the natural and total depopulation
processes. It has been determined that the total demographic
war losses in Croatia between 1991 and 2001 amounted to
450 276 inhabitants. In the structure of these losses,
migrational losses comprise 92.94%, war mortality 4.93%,
and natality losses 2.13%. If the mentioned demographic
war losses are reduced by the contingent of immigrants into
Croatia between 1991 and 2001 (232 966 persons), we
have a net balance of demographic losses comprising 217 310 persons.
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Hrčak ID:
16235
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Publication date:
31.10.2004.
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