Demographics of Banja Luka

Current population

From 2013 census, The City of Banja Luka has a population of 185,042 people.[1]

Ethnic composition

Ethnicity Number Percentage
Serbs165,75089.57%
Bosniaks7,5814.10%
Croats5,1042.76%
Others6,6073.57%
Total185,042100%

Religious composition

Ethnicity Number Percentage
Serbian Orthodox Church168,95590.25%
Islam7,5264.07%
Roman Catholic Church4,8422.62%
Agnostic6120.33%
Atheist8850.45%
Others4,4222.39%
Total185,042100%

1991

According to the 1991 census, the municipality of Banja Luka had a population of 195,692, including:[2]

1981

According to the 1981. census, the municipality of Banja Luka had a population of 183,618, including:[3]

1971

According to the 1971. census, the municipality of Banja Luka had a population of 158,736, including:[4]

Settlements (over 1,500 residents), 1991. census

total: 143,079[2]

total: 4,577[2]

total: 3,798[2]

total: 2,679[2]

total: 2,578[2]

total: 2,241[2]

total: 2,009[2]

total: 1,858[2]

total: 1,703[2]

total: 1,685[2]

total: 1,522[2]

total: 1,516[2]

  • 1,493 - 98.48% Croats
  • 8 - 0.52% Serbs
  • 15 - 0.98% others and unknown

Historical population

Ethnic composition of Banja Luka municipality in 1981.
Serbs
Croats
No clear majority (Serbs, Croats, Muslims, Yugoslavs)
Uninhabited or no data

At the first census, conducted by Austro-Hungarian authorities in 1879, Banja Luka had the following religious (ethnic) composition:

Banja Luka municipality - 86,209 citizens, Orthodox 74.46%, Muslims 14.33%, Catholics 10.52%

Banja Luka city - 13,566 citizens, Muslims 67.71%, 19.8% Orthodox.

As the city was industrialized and wider urbanization of the surrounding areas took place, Orthodox Serbs that typically inhabited surrounding rural areas (due to Ottoman feudal system) were incorporated into the city's urban structure.

Banja Luka is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banja Luka and home to the Cathedral of St. Bonaventure.

During World War II most of Banja Luka's prominent Serbian and Sephardic Jewish families were deported to nearby Croatian concentration camps, such as Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška in Croatia. Today, Banja Luka's Jewish community is virtually non-existent. A spike in Serbian immigration was mostly noted after the earthquake of 1969, when the city has seen a boom in housing construction.

In 1991 the city of Banja Luka was still an ethnically mixed city (with a relative Serb majority), while on the municipal level there was an evident Serb majority of 54.6%.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Popis 2013" (PDF) (in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva Republike Bosne i Hercegovine 1991" (PDF). fzs.ba.
  3. ↑ "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije 1981" (PDF). stat.gov.rs.
  4. ↑ "Nacionalni sastav stanovništva SFR Jugoslavije 1971" (PDF). stat.gov.rs.

Sources

  • Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
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