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1910

According to the data from the 1910 Austro-Hungarian population census the Prijedor district had a 59.08% Orthodox Serb majority.


1971-1981-1991

According to data from the census, the municipality of Prijedor had:

Year (Bosnian) Serbs Bosnian Muslims (Bosnian) Croats Yugoslavs others
~1971~ 46.487 (47,47%) 39.190 (40,02%) 8.845 (9,03%) 1.458 (1,48%) 1.941 (2,00%)
~1981~ 45.279 (41,59%) 42.129 (38,69%) 7.297 (6,70%) 10.556 (9,69%) 3.607 (3,33%)
~1991~ 47.581 (42,27%) 49.351 (43,85%) 6.316 (5,61%) 6.459 (5,73%) 2.836 (2,54%)


The town of Prijedor itself in 1991 had a population of 26,104, including:

  • 12,048 Serbs
  • 7,730 Muslims by nationality
  • 3,854 Yugoslavs
  • 1,369 Croats
  • 1,103 others

Note: Muslims by nationality are today mostly called Bosniaks.


Current population

In 2006, the majority of inhabitants of municipality were ethnic Serbs. According to the latest data, there are over 94,096 inhabitants of which 48% belong to the urban population while 52% to the rural population.

The population of non-Serbs has declined significantly since 1991, while the number of Serbs increased dramatically. This was caused by the ethnic cleansing of non-Serb (Muslim and Croat) population by the Serb authorities, and by a huge influx of Serb refugees from ethnic cleansing areas under Muslim and Croat control.

At the moment around 25,000 Serb refugees and displaced persons live in the municipality.
 
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