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! Nationalitet || 1961<ref>{{cite book|last=Judah| first=Tim| title=The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia| publisher=Yale University Press |year=2008 |p=566 |isbn= 9780300147841| oclc=845556553| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxQaCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT566}}</ref> || % || 1971<ref>{{cite book |last=Szajkowski |first=Bogdan | title=Marxist Governments: A World Survey: Volume 3 Mozambique — Yugoslavia| publisher=Springer |year= 1981 |p=814 |isbn= 9781349043323 |oclc= 492269719|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehCxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA814}}</ref> || % || 1981<ref name="Lane">{{cite book|last=Lane|first=Ann|year=2017|title=Yugoslavia: When Ideals Collide|p=173|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=9780230214071|oclc=716811942|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fFFdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA173}}{{Dødt link|date=marts 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> || % || 1991<ref name="Lane" /> || %
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| '''[[Serbere]]'''
| align=right | 7,806,152
| align=right | 42.1%
| align=right | 8,143,246
| align=right | 39.7%    
| align=right | 8,140,507
| align=right | 36.3%
| align=right | 8,526,872
| align=right | 36.2%
|-
| '''[[Kroater]]'''
| align=right | 4,293,809
| align=right | 23.2%
| align=right | 4,526,782
| align=right | 22.1%
| align=right | 4,428,043
| align=right | 19.7%
| align=right | 4,636,700
| align=right | 19.7%
|-
| '''[[Bosniakker]]'''{{efn|Den muslimske befolkning i [[Bosnien-Hercegovina]] (ikke at forveksle med [[bosnier]], som bruges om alle etnisk/religiøse grupper fra Bosnien). }}
| align=right | 972,960
| align=right | 5.3%
| align=right | 1,729,932
| align=right | 8.4%
| align=right | 1,999,890
| align=right | 8.9%
| align=right | 2,353,002
| align=right | 10.0%
|-
|[[Albanere]]
| align=right | 914,733
| align=right | 4.9%
| align=right | 1,309,523
| align=right | 6.4%
| align=right | 1,730,878
| align=right | 7.7%
| align=right | 2,178,393
| align=right | 9.3%
|-
| '''[[Slovenere]]''' 
| align=right | 1,589,211
| align=right | 8.6%
| align=right | 1,678,032
| align=right | 8.2%
| align=right | 1,753,571
| align=right | 7.8%
| align=right | 1,760,460
| align=right | 7.5%
|-
| '''[[Makedonere]]'''
| align=right | 1,045,516
| align=right | 5.7%
| align=right | 1,194,784
| align=right |  5.8%
| align=right | 1,341,598
| align=right |  6.0%
| align=right | 1,372,272
| align=right | 5.8%
|-                  
|''[[Jugoslaver]]''   
| align=right | 317,124
| align=right | 1.7%
| align=right | 273,077
| align=right | 1.3%    
| align=right | 1,209,024
| align=right | 5.4%
| align=right | 710,394
| align=right | 3.0%
|-
|'''[[Montenegrinere]]'''
| align=right | 513,832
| align=right | 2.8%
| align=right | 508,843
| align=right | 2.5%    
| align=right | 579,043
| align=right | 2.6%
| align=right | 539,262
| align=right | 2.3%
|-
|[[Ungarere]]
| align=right | 504,369
| align=right | 2.7%
| align=right | 477,374
| align=right | 2.3%    
| align=right | 426,867
| align=right | 1.9%
| align=right | 378,997
| align=right | 1.6%
|-
|[[Romaer]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 78,485
| align=right | 0.4%    
| align=right | 148,604
| align=right | 0.7%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Tyrkere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 127,920
| align=right | 0.6%    
| align=right | 101,328
| align=right | 0.5%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Slovakker]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 83,656
| align=right | 0.4%    
| align=right | 80,300
| align=right | 0.4%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Rumænere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 58,570
| align=right | 0.3%    
| align=right | 54,721
| align=right | 0.2%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Bulgarere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 58,627
| align=right | 0.3%    
| align=right | 36,642
| align=right | 0.2%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Valaker]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 21,990
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | 32,071
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Rutenere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 24,640
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | 23,320
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Tjekker]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 24,620
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | 19,609
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Italienere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 21,791
| align=right | 0.1%    
| align=right | 15,116
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Ukrainere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 13,972
| align=right | 0.1%    
| align=right | 12,716
| align=right | 0.1%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Tyskere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 12,875
| align=right | 0.1%    
| align=right | ?
| align=right | ?
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Russere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 7,427
| align=right |     
| align=right | ?
| align=right | ?
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Jøder]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 4,811
| align=right |     
| align=right | ?
| align=right | ?
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Polakker]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 4,033
| align=right |     
| align=right | ?
| align=right | ?
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|[[Grækere]]
| align=right | 
| align=right |
| align=right | 1,564
| align=right |     
| align=right | ?
| align=right | ?
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
|andre/ikke opgivet
| align=right | 591,585
| align=right | 3.2%
| align=right | 136,398
| align=right | 0.6%    
| align=right | 302,254
| align=right | 1.5%
| align=right | n/a
| align=right | n/a
|-
!I alt
| align=right | 18,549,291
| align=right | 100.00%
| align=right | 20,522,972
| align=right | 100.0%    
| align=right | 22,438,331
| align=right | 100.00%
| align=right | 23,528,230
| align=right | 100.0%
|}
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