Talk:Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Density
There are no units for the columns showing density, and the links do not take you to a place where units are explained. Mark Fitzsimmons — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.21.51 (talk) 16:52, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Decrease?
The decrease in some republics' populations between 1971 and 1981, is it due to actual emmigration or because some decided to start calling themselves Yugoslavs? I noticed a sharp increase in the Yugoslavs row in that decade.

--Hurricane Angel 19:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

It seems the fall of some nationalities is caused by the increasing number of people calling themselves Yugoslavs. This is also consistent with this document. 89.93.173.241 (talk) 16:56, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Muslims
Why is Muslim listed with the other ethnicities? Muslim isn't an ethnicity. There can be white Muslims, Black Muslims, Chinese and Indian Muslims etc.. Krawndawg (talk) 03:18, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

It is during constitutional law of former Yugoslavia: "Muslims by nationality". They didnt have nationality or they were Sers or Croats, but have some special entity.

ethnic map
This map is a forgery to justify serbian plans for greater serbia. It is clear since many areas which were undobtedly with croatian and bosniak majority are actually shown as areas with majority of serbian population. Map should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.198.179.81 (talk) 17:26, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Errors in republics by area data
All, I noticed that the land area numbers are inconsistent. First, browsing, I noticed that the percentage of land that Serbia takes up is inconsistent, i.e. 88,361km / 250,790km = 35.2% not 33.2% as the table said previously. I wasn't sure whether the area or percent number is right, but since Serbia is also broken down into Serbia proper, Vojvodina and Kosovo, and those numbers add up to 88,361km correctly, I assumed the percent was a typographical error, and corrected it.

However, after closer inspection, it appears there are multiple numerical inconsistencies, and at this point I don't want to touch anything until the source data is located. In particular, the total area of Yugoslavia, if you add up all of the republics is shown as 250,790, but actually adds up to 255,783. Also, I noticed that Serbia at original posting was listed with area 83,361km (first table was posted by user "Explendido Rocha", see history of not this page, but the SFRY page where this info was before it was moved -- this page is the original version of the data first posted. That was also consistent with the original 33.2% percentage area, but did not equal the added sum of Serbia proper + Vojvodina + Kosovo.  It looks like someone later corrected Serbia from 83,361 to 88,361 because adding up proper+Vojvodina+Kosovo adds up to 88,361.  The 88,361 number is often cited and also consistent with data here the 1981 census summarized in this RAND report (Table 3.18).  My conclusion is that the 88 number is probably right, and that an 8 looked like a 3 in some typewriter typed copy of the source data used. This explains why the percent area is wrong for Serbia. It also explains why the total area is 250,790 -- the 83,000 area of Serbia was used in the sum it seems (roughly). So, it appears the right total area should be 255,783. Then, *all* percentages would have to be changed.

This looks logical, but is too much messing around without locating the original data. Actually, the RAND report above is consistent with what I am proposing, but it does not have the identical numbers as the table (it has fewer significant figures- just one decimal place). The numbers for Serbia proper, Kosovo, Slovenia and Macedonia are *slightly* different between the two tables. It would be good to locate the original source data used to put up this table, and cite it, before "fixing" anything further. Can anyone find this?

Regards, Milos Popovic, 13 January 2011, 16:52 UTC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.189.252 (talk) 16:53, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Vital statistics
I set vital statistics for Yugoslavia.Ripas1997 (talk 23:14, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * You have the statistics going all the way to 2019, but the state no longer existed by then. The statistics shouldn't extend beyond the life of the state that they supposedly refer to. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

What should I do then?Where to post statistics from 1991?Ripas1997 (talk 23:22, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Nowhere, unless they refer to a recognised political entity. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:25, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Can I just delete the statistics from 1991 and set the statistics during the existence of the state?Ripas1997 (talk 23:29, 7 May 2020 (UTC)


 * That sounds like the most sensible option. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:50, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, this article has data on the 2017 population in Yugoslavia, and that data can be included in the article, and the ones I posted cannot. Why? The data I have published is significant for those who will be watching it.Ripas1997 (talk 00:07, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I think that data should be removed. There was no Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for there to be demographics of in 2017. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:30, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Ok.I posted data from 1947 to 1991 in this article, and in the article Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia I posted data from 1919 to 1940.The statistics correspond to the period of existence of these countries and the data are not extensive. Is it OK?Ripas1997 (talk 19:31, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I've also removed the 2017 figures that you highlighted here. Cordless Larry (talk) 11:16, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks.Ripas1997 (talk 15:30, 9 May 2020 (UTC)