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To: Hoplite

Prior to the conflict in former Yugoslavia, what was the percent of Muslims in Kosovo and what was the percent of Serbs in Kosovo? Article here the other day stated Kosovo was only 10% Serbian, nowadays.


15 posted on 11/29/2011 4:54:47 AM PST by donozark (Sam Walton:"It was paper when we started, and it's paper afterwards.")
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To: donozark
How far back prior?

The following table illustrating Kosovo's demography through the years is culled from Appendix A of "Kosovo: how myths and truths started a war", by Julie Mertus.

1838 data "Muslim" carried as Albanian.
1905 data "Albanized Muslim Serb" carried as Albanian.
Other minorities omitted for simplicity's sake.

YEAR Serb Muslim
1838 42% 58%
1905 33% 66%
1921 21% 66%
1931 27% 60%
1939 33% 54%
1948 24% 68%
1953 24% 65%
1961 24% 67%
1971 18% 74%
1981 13% 77%
1991 10% 82%

As to present conditions, it remains unknown, as the 2011 census in Kosovo was boycotted by the Serbs in the North, but 10% is probably ball park correct, if a little on the high side.

22 posted on 11/29/2011 5:44:38 PM PST by Hoplite
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