Yugoslavs in Serbia

Yugoslavs in Serbia

People declaring themselves Yugoslavs (2002 census)
Total population
(23,303 (2011))
Regions with significant populations
Vojvodina, Belgrade
Languages
Serbian

Yugoslavs in Serbia (Serbian: Југословени у Србији/Jugosloveni u Srbiji) refers to a community in Serbia that view themselves as Yugoslavs with no other ethnic self-identification. Additionally, there are also Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins and people of other ethnicities in Serbia who identify as Yugoslavs. However, the latter group does not identify as being part of a Yugoslav nation, which is the way the first group identifies. People declaring as Yugoslavs are concentrated in Vojvodina.

According to the 2011 census, some 23,303 people or 0.32% of the inhabitants of Serbia declared their ethnicity as Yugoslav.^[1]

Demographics

Year	Yugoslavs	%
1961	20,079	0.26%
1971	123,824	1.47%
1981	441,941	4.75%
1991	323,643	3.31%
1991 (excl. Kosovo)	320,186	4.09%
2002 (excl. Kosovo)	80,721	1.08%
2011 (excl. Kosovo)	23,303	0.32%

Notable people

• Oliver Dulić^[2] (born 1975), politician, of mixed Serb and Bunjevac parentage.^[3]
• Lepa Brena^[4] (born 1960), singer, Bosnian Muslim parentage.
• Đorđe Balašević, singer, of mixed Serb and Hungarian/Croatian parentage.
• Ašok Murti, fashion designer, of mixed Indian and Serb parentage.
• Predrag Ejdus, actor, of mixed Jewish and Serb parentage.

See also

• Yugoslavs
• Yugoslavism

References

1. (PDF) http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Nacionalna%20pripadnost-Ethnicity.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Dulić: 'Nisam Hrvat nego Jugoslaven'". 2007-05-23.
3. Dobio ime po Dragojevicu
4. "Lepa Brena: Nisam ni Hrvatica ni Srpkinja, ja sam Jugoslavenka ...".