1690 In 1690, about 210,000 Serbs lived in Vojvodina (excluding Srem). In this time, almost entire population of the region was composed of Serbs, also including some Šokci. 1715 According to the Austrian census in Bačka from 1715, Serbs, Bunjevci, and Šokci comprised 97.6% of population. 1718–1720 The 1720 census in Bačka recorded 72% Serbs and 22% Bunjevci and Šokci. After the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), the first Habsburg census recorded in Banat about 20,000 citizens, mostly Serbs. 1787 1828 1840 1857 1880 census 1890 census 1900 census 1910 census Note that linguistic data from this census might not correspond with ethnic structure in some settlements (Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, etc.), due to the fact that Hungarian language was spoken by several ethnicities (Hungarians, Jews, Bunjevci, etc.). Population data from the Yugoslav and Serbian administration period 1921 census 1931 census 1941 census Note: 1941 census data for Bačka was combined with 1931 census data for Banat and Srem. 1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2002 census 2011 census Future demographic trends The general demographic trend in Vojvodina is a natural decrease in population. According to the 2011 census, the average age of the population of the province was 41.8. Ever since 1989, Vojvodina recorded negative natural growth, including all the ethnic groups. Despite that, number of ethnic Serbs in the province is increasing due to the constant immigration of Serbs from other parts of Serbia as well as Serbs from Republika Srpska and parts of Croatia neighboring Serbia. It is expected that by 2021 census, Serbs become relative majority in Bečej and Čoka municipalities as well as in the city of Subotica itself. See also Ethnic groups of Vojvodina Demographic history of Bačka Demographic history of Serbian Banat Demographic history of Syrmia Demographic history of Novi Sad Demographic history of Subotica References Sources Branislav Bukurov; Bačka, Banat i Srem; Novi Sad; 1978. Milan Tutorov; Banatska rapsodija – istorika Zrenjanina i Banata; Novi Sad; 2001. Borislav Jankulov; Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku; Novi Sad – Pančevo; 2003. Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban + CD (for detailed data), Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.; (data for 1495–1857) Further reading External links The Ethnic Structure of the