Sociology and Space, No. 123-124, 1994.
Original scientific paper
The population development of Zagreb
Ivo Nejašmić
Abstract
The autor considers the population
development of Zagreb since its origins,
concentrating on the period from the
1850s to the last population census
(1991). In the 1450s Gradec had about
3,500 and Kaptol about 1,000 inhabitants.
At the time when the two separate town
jurisdictions were united (1850) Zagreb
had about 15,000 inhabitants. Since than
the town has grown territorially and gone
through very dynamic development. A
retrospect of the more limited urban area
(»10 urban municipalities«) shows that
Zagreb’s population grew eighteen and a
half times in the 1857-991 period (in 1991
Zagreb had 721,136 inhabitants). Zagreb
has been attracting people since its
beginnings; immigration played an major
role in the population development of the
city. Of the total population increase in
the 1880-1991 period, 27 per cent stems
from natural increase and 73 per cent
from net migration! In 1880 Zagreb’s
citizens included 68 per cent immigrants;
since the Second World War their
participation has been decreasing, and in
the last census (1991) it was barely 50 per
cent! The aggression on Croatia and the
war on its soil speeded up demographic
processes which will, combined with other
factors, step up immigration, thus
increasing the city population’s rate of
growth and the participation of immigrant
citizens in the total population of the city.
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119797
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Publication date:
10.6.1994.
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