Original scientific paper
POPULATION DISPLACEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC LOSSES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FROM 1900 TO 1991
Vladimir Žerjavić
; Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article examines calculations of demographic losses based on censuses during the period 1900 to 1991, especially those caused by emigration, the two world wars, and epidemics of 1918/1919. The author calculates that during that period 656.000 Croats, 56.000 Serbs, and 404.000 other nationals emigrated from the territory of Croatia to overseas countries. Additionally, 221.000 emigrated to Serbia, while 213.000 of Croats from Bosnia and Hercegovina came to Croatia. The losses in the two world wars, together with a diminished natural increase, amounted to 267.000 Croats, 176.000 Serbs, and 103.000 other nationals. It can be estimated that the Spanish fever of 1918/1919 caused 73.000 lost lives among Croats, 25.000 among Serbs, and 11.000 among other nationals.
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210119
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Publication date:
1.4.1994.
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