1961 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ninth Census of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ninth Census of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Ethnic map of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1961 by settlements
General information
Country	Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Results
Total population	3,277,935

Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1961 by nationality

Serbs (42.89%)

Muslims (25.69%)

Croats (21.72%)

Yugoslavs (8.42%)

Others (1.28%)

The 1961 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the ninth census of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia conducted a population census on 31 March 1961. 3,277,935 people populated the territory of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

Overall[]

Nationality	Number	Percentage	Number change	Percentage change
Serbs	1,406,053	42.89%	141,681	1.51%
ethnic Muslims	842,247	25,69%	unknown	unknown
Croats	711,660	21.72%	57,431	1.25%
Yugoslavs	275,883	8.42%	615,917	22.9%
Others	42,092	1.28%	2,694	0.06%

^ Marić, Franjo (1996). Pregled pučanstva Bosne i Hercegovine između 1879. i 1995. godine [Overview of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1879 and 1995] (in Croatian). Zagreb. ISBN 953-6055-18-X.

v t Ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constitutive peoples	Bosniaks Croats Serbs
National minorities	Albanians Czechs Germans Italians Jews Kosovars (part of Albanians in Bosnia) Macedonians Montenegrins Poles Roma Romanians Russians Slovaks Turks Ukrainians
See also 1991 census 2013 census Demographics Demographic History

v t Bosnia and Herzegovina population censuses
1879 1885 1895 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1991 2013
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina