Serbian diaspora

Serbian diaspora refers to Serbian emigrant communities in the diaspora. The existence of a numerous diaspora of Serbian nationals is mainly a consequence of either economic or political (coercion or expulsion) reasons.

This article is about the national Serb diaspora. For the ethnic Serb diaspora, see Serb diaspora.

Countries with significant Serbian population and descendants.

  Serbia

  + 100.000

  + 10.000

  + 1.000

There were different waves of Serb migration, characterized by:^[1]

1. Economic emigration (end of 19th–beginning of 20th c.)
2. Political emigration (from 1945 up to 1967) of anti-Communist regime members, better known as the Chetnik Immigration
3. Economic emigration (1967 up to the 1980s) of mostly laborers with mid-level education or professionals of higher education
4. Political emigration (1990s) refugees of the Yugoslav Wars.

The main countries of destination were Germany, Austria, the United States, Sweden, Canada, and Australia.^[2] Based on a 2007 estimate, there were 4.2 to 5.8 million Serbs or people of Serbian origin in the diaspora.^[3] The Ministry of Diaspora (MoD) estimated in 2008 that the Serb diaspora numbered 3,908,000 to 4,170,000, the numbers including not only Serbian citizens but people who view Serbia as their nation-state regardless of the citizenship they hold; these could include second- and third-generation Serbian emigrants or descendants of emigrants from other former Yugoslav republics who never obtained Serbian citizenship but are ethnic Serbs.^[3] By continent or region, it was estimated that 2,705,000–2,765,000 lived in Europe (excluding former Yugoslavia), 1–1,2 million in North America, 130,000 in Australia, 26,000 in Africa, 20,000 in Central and South America, 8,000 in Asia, 5,000–7,000 in New Zealand, 5,000 in the Middle East.^[4] There were c. 1,000 diaspora associations, registered in 191 countries.^[1]

In 2014 it was estimated based on diplomatic-consular posts that the Serbian diaspora numbered 5.1 million in about 100 states.^[5] The term "Serbs in the region" is used for ethnic Serbs of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Kosovo and Hungary, estimated to number 2,120,000.^[5] The latter group may or may not be included in estimates.

Serbian diaspora by countries

Europe

List of countries and territories by Serbian population

Country	Official data	Estimates	Notes
Germany	272,145 (2017) Serbian nationals and Serbian-born German citizens.[6]	580,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	See also Serbs in Germany.
Austria	262,072 (2018) Serbian nationals and Serbian-born Austrian citizens.[8]	250,000–300,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	c. 300,000 (est.)[9][10]–320 000+ Serbs in Austria (Domestic numbers)[11] Approximately 100,000 Serbians in Vienna alone[12]
Switzerland	64,490 (2016)[13]	120,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	150,000 Serbian and Montenegrin immigrants (2000 est.).[14] 200,000 Serbian immigrants (2008 est.).[15] An Unknown number of ethnic Serbs in Switzerland. Based on the census in 2000, 103,350 persons gave Serbian or Croatian as their main language. At the end of 2012, approximately 98,700 Serbian nationals lived in Switzerland. Ethnic Serbs are mainly concentrated in German-speaking areas of Switzerland.
Sweden	83,735 (2016) Serbian-born (excl. Kosovo) Swedish citizens.[16] 6,409 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	75,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	80,000 (2003) Serbs in Sweden.[18]
France	116,793 (2011) Serbian ancestry[19][20]	120,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	120,000 Serbs in France.
Italy	39,937 (2017) "Foreign citizens" from Serbia (excl. Kosovo)[21]	50,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	41,678 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17] 109,474 Serbian immigrants (2014).[22] 42,264 (2016) "Foreign citizens" from Serbia (excl. Kosovo)[23] Unknown number of Serbs in Italy.
Slovenia	7,784 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	38,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	38,964 self-declared "Serb(ian)" community (2011).[24] See also Serbs in Slovenia.
United Kingdom	8,161 "Serbian" "Usual residents" in England and Wales (2011)[25]	80,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	Serbian Embassy estimated 70,000 ethnic Serbs (2001), see Serbs in the United Kingdom[26]
Romania	6,937 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	22,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	18,076 ethnic Serbs (Serbs in Romania) (2011 census)[27] Estimated 23,000 Serbs.
Netherlands	2,116 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	20,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	53,845 (2005) Serbian immigrants.[28] Serbs in the Netherlands
Hungary	4,894 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	10,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	The census records a "Serbian (ethnic) minority", 7,210 (2011),[29] which does not include Serbian nationals in Hungary.
Greece	25,835 (2014) non-resident Serbian nationals (incl. Kosovo).[30] 5,200 Serbian-born Greek citizens (2001).	15,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	15,000 (est.) Serbs in Greece
Russia	29,499 (2015) Serbian nationals, temporary residents.[31]	30,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	3,510 Russian nationals of Serb ethnicity (2010 census).[32] See also Serbs in Russia.
Turkey	N/A	15,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	The 1965 census registered over 65,000 Serbian speakers.[33] See also Serbs in Turkey.
Finland	14,059 (2018) 1st and 2nd generation Serbian immigrants.[34]	4,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	462 (2015) Serbian speakers.[35]
Denmark	1,786 (2017)[a]	7,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]
Luxembourg	7,000 (2015)[36]	3,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	See also Serbs in Luxembourg.
Belgium	6,937 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	5,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]
Norway	6,396 (2017) Serbian (post-2006) immigrants and Norwegian-born descendants.[37]	2,500 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	See also Serbs in Norway.
Spain	3,456 (2017) Serbian citizens, residents.[38] 1,010 (2017) Spanish citizens.[38]	1,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7] 7,000 (January 2012 est.).[39]	3,173 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17] See also Serbs in Spain.
Czech Republic	2,253 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	3,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]
Cyprus	712 (2011)[40]	5,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]
Ireland	343 (2016)[41]	2,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	Higher estimate of ethnic Serbs.
Poland	252 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	1,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	The number can reach up to 7,000.
Slovakia	716 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	500 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	11,000 (December 2017).[42] See also Serbs of Slovakia.
Ukraine	104 (2001) ethnic Serb Serbian nationals[43]	15,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	623 ethnic Serbs, out of whom 219 had Serbian citizenship, 104 Ukrainian, 218 Russian, and 68 others. See also Serbs in Ukraine.
Bulgaria	645 (2013) Serbian citizens, residents.[17]	2,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	See also Serbs of Bulgaria.
Malta	541 (2011) Serbian-born.[44]
Iceland	732 (2016)[b]
Liechtenstein	267 (2014)[45]
Portugal	274 (2021, foreigners only; for instance excludes 234 Luso-Serbs naturalised since 2008)[46][47]	1,000 (2013MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7] [48]	See also Serbs in Portugal.
Belarus	83 (1989)[49]	500 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[7]	See also Serbs in Belarus.
Latvia	40 (2015) Serbian nationals[50]
Estonia	20 (2011) Serbian nationals.[51]
Moldova	21 (2014)[52]
Lithuania	10 (2011)[53]

Germany

Main article: Serbs in Germany

The first Serbs who settled in Germany were Serbian craftsmen and seasonal workers, who started arriving at the beginning of the 20th century . At the end of the Second World War , the German population, as well as a part of the Serbian monarchists and Croatian nationalists, fled from Yugoslavia to Germany due to the retaliation of the communist government. More mass immigration of labor migrants, the so-called guest workers ( German: Gastarbeiter ) took place after 1968 and the signing of the employment agreement between the SFRY and FR Germany. After that, a new wave of immigration occurred due to the disintegration and wars in the territory of the former Yugoslavia in the 90s of the 20th century.

Most Serbs living in Germany came here in the 1960s and 1970s as job-seeking immigrants or guest workers from Yugoslavia. Other Serbs - or Serbian citizens - came to Germany as refugees during the Yugoslavian wars (from 1991 to 2001) or as asylum seekers from the Roma community .

Austria

Main article: Serbs in Austria

Flying ace Raoul Stojsavljevic in 1917

Serbs have very long historical presence on the territory of modern Austria. By the end of the Middle Ages, migration of ethnic Serbs towards Austrian lands was caused by expansion of the Ottoman Empire. Exiled members of Serbian noble families were welcomed by Habsburg rulers, who granted them new possessions. In 1479, emperor Friedrich III granted castle Weitensfeld in Carinthia to exiled members of Branković dynasty of Serbia.^[54]

During the period of Ottoman–Habsburg wars (from 16th to 18th century), Austrian policy towards Serbs was marked by special interests, related to complex political situation in various regions of the expanding Habsburg monarchy. Emperor Leopold I issued several charters (1690, 1691, 1695) to Eastern Orthodox Serbs, who sided with Habsburgs during the Vienna War (1683-1699), granting them religious freedom in the Monarchy. Serbian Orthodox patriarch Arsenije III visited Austrian capital (Vienna) on several occasions, and died there in 1706.^[55]

Serbian Orthodox metropolitan Isaija Đaković, who visited Austrian capital on several occasions since 1690, also died in Vienna, in 1708.^[56] During the 18th and 19th century, new communities of ethnic Serbs were developing in major Austrian cities, consisted mainly of merchants, officers and students, who were under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Karlovci.^[57]

The Österreichisch Serbische Gesellschaft (Austrian Serbian Society) was founded in 1936 as "Österreichisch-Jugoslawischen Gesellschaft".

In 2011, the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Austria and Switzerland was created, centered in Vienna.^[58]

They are the second largest ethnic minority group in Austria, after Germans. The first wave of Serbs to Austria began in the early 19th century, while the largest wave was during the migrant worker program of the 1960s and 1970s. Serb immigration to Austria is still active today due to economic and familial factors. Like in most Western European countries, the Serb community in Austria consists mainly of Serbs from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Switzerland

Main article: Serbs in Switzerland

Swiss Serbs refers to ethnic Serbs or people of Serbian ancestry that are citizens of Switzerland. There are 185 303 people of Serbian origin living in Switzerland, making the 4th largest ethnic group. They are located mostly in the regions of Geneva, Lausanne, Basel and Zurich. Most Serbs moved to Switzerland during the 1960's and 1970's, some also came as refugees during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990's. The first migration of Serbs to Switzerland began in the middle of the 19th century. Before and during the First World War, some Serbs studied at the University of Zurich , including some who later held important offices in their homeland. Zurich was considered an important educational center for young Serbs. From 1863 to 1914, a total of 160 Serbian students studied in Zurich, including numerous women. [4] This was a result of the good economic, cultural, diplomatic and political relations between Switzerland and Serbia at the time.

The second wave of Serb migration occurred after the coup d'état by Alexander I. On January 6, 1929, he suspended the 1921 constitution, dissolved parliament and proclaimed the royal dictatorship . In the interwar period, many Serbs, as well as Croats and Slovenes who were oppressed or in an economically hopeless situation, fled to the West.

In the second half of the 20th century, large numbers of Serbs went to Western Europe (especially Austria , Germany and Switzerland ), North America or Australia as guest workers, largely due to difficult economic conditions . The Serbs played a disproportionately strong role in Yugoslav guest worker migration to Switzerland. Following recruitment agreements, Switzerland concluded a corresponding agreement with Yugoslavia in 1961. In addition, there were some emigrants who left Yugoslavia for political reasons. This migration enabled the then communist Yugoslavia to reduce unemployment and at the same time generated enormous foreign currency earnings through the money the emigrants sent to their families . Initially, it was not intended that the workers would stay in Switzerland permanently. Women and children have since followed suit, and some Serbs are already in the third or fourth generation living here.

The last wave of emigration came with the collapse of Yugoslavia (1991–1995), when Serbs left the country because of the renewed ethnic conflicts, the civil war, but also because of the catastrophic economic situation.

France

Main article: Serbs in France

There are about 120,000 Serbs in France today. They are located mainly in the regions of Paris , Lyon , Grenoble , Belfort , Mulhouse , Montbéliard and Strasbourg . The first wave of Serbs in France came together with other southern Europeans ( Italians , Spaniards , Portuguese , Greeks ). The majority of Serbs, however, came during the 1960s and 1970s , some also came later as refugees from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s . A smaller part of Serbs in France are descendants of immigrants from the period after the First World War .

There were Serbs in Paris in the 19th century who were educated at the universities there. There were so many of them in 1886 that they founded the "Serbian Reading Room" in Paris. The reading room was arranged at the address: Paris, 128. Rue St. Germain, and its Board consisted of: prof. David Savić, Tihomilj Jovanović lawyer and Spiro B. Poznanović is a journalist. [2] That reading room made good progress, and it received several Serbian newspapers and magazines for free. It moved its headquarters to a new address: Paris, Rue Dolomien 3. The Serbian reading room is written about (but as a newly founded one!?) in February 1899, at the address: Salle de lecture Serbe s Rue Jean de Beauvais, Paris. [3]

Lawyer Janićije Drobnjak, professor at the Faculty of Law in Paris, died there in 1899. He is remembered for the drama in five acts "The Last Despot", which was once played in the Belgrade National Theater. He also published in newspapers, such as "Gimnazialac" - the first work called "Pustinjak". [4]

Among the Serbs in Paris is Živko Vlahović , who is engaged in translating literary works from Serbian to French and in Slavic studies. [5]

According to Delfa Ivanić , at the time of the First World War, there were 7 small Serbian taverns in Nice , where mostly Serbian people ate. Then a Serbian women's association "L komite de dam Serb" was founded, whose president was Mrs. Stana Lozanić (wife of Sima Lozanić ), and Mar Marko Trifković (wife of Marko Trifković ) and Delfa Ivanić as vice presidents. The goal of the association was to help poor Serbian refugees who found themselves abroad without enough money. They sold dolls dressed in Serbian folk costumes in Nice and Lyon, and sent some to Paris and America. They also organized an exhibition of paintings by Paško Vučetić and others. Their office was in one room of the consulate. At the time, there was also a boarding school for Serbian girls in Nice. [6]

Delfa Ivanić and Stana Lozanić are in the house of Svetolik Radovanović in Paris in 1916 . founded a society with the name "Committee of Serbian Women in Paris". The goal was to help Serbian refugees and send packages to prisoners. There were two presidents: Đurđina Pašić and Blanša Vesnić . Then there was also the society "La Nation Serbe eu France". Some prominent Frenchmen were also members of the society: Victor Berard , Emil Oman , Stéphane Jean-Marie Pichon ... La Patrie Serbe was a magazine of Serbs in Paris that was published from October 1916 to December 1918 in French. The editor was Dragomir Ikonić . In the period between 1915 and in 1918 . In France, there were between five and six thousand Serbian students in more than 150 schools.

Already in May 1916, the Serbian University Battalion was formed in Josier, which included 300 high school students and students, 150 of whom had just passed the matriculation exam with excellent results.

Sweden

Main article: Swedish Serbs

Serbs constituted a low percentage of the Swedish population prior to the 1960s. Some came after World War II, mostly seeking political asylum. The greatest proportion of Serbs came together with Greeks, Italians and Turks under the visa agreements in times of severe labour shortages or when particular skills were deficient within Sweden, as migrant workers (called arbetskraftsinvandring, see gastarbeiter).^[59] During the 1960s and 1970s, agreements were signed with the government of Yugoslavia to help Sweden overcome its severe labour shortage.^[60]

Bosnian and Croatian Serbs migrated in another wave during and after the Yugoslav wars. A third wave, of Kosovo Serbs, came during the Kosovo war in 1999.

Elsewhere

List of countries and territories by Serbian population

Country	Official data	Estimates	Notes
United States		750,000–1,000,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]	191,400 Serbian Americans (2015).[61] It is highly likely that among the citizens who declared Yugoslavian ethnicity (328,547 in 2010; 310,682 in 2012 estimation), are siblings to or offshoots of American Serbs.[62]
Canada		200,000–250,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]	80,320 of "Serbian descent" (2011)[63]
Australia		130,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]	69,544 (2011) Serbian ancestry.[64][65] 55,114 (0.3%) English and Serbian speakers (2011 census[64]); 9,857 only Serbian speakers;[64] the 2011 census recorded 69,544 people of Serbian ancestry from which 20,267 were born in Serbia.[64] See also Serbian Australians
Argentina	5,000 (2010) Serbian nationals.[66]	5,000–7,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora in Argentina.[3]	30,000 Argentines of Serb descent.[67]
United Arab Emirates		6,500 (2012 est.)[68]
Brazil	3,107 (2012) Serbian immigrant residents.	6,000–8,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]
Venezuela		1,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]	2,000 Venezuelans of Serb descent[69]
New Zealand	N/A	5,000–7,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]	1,059 (2013) "Serbian ethnic group", residents[70] See also Serbian New Zealanders
Libya	N/A	2,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]
Syria	N/A		200 Serbians prior to 2012 evacuation.[71]
South Africa	153 (2013) Serbian immigrants (excl. Kosovo)[72]	20,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]	c. 30,000 ethnic Serbs (including by ancestry)[73]
Mexico	98 (2009) Serbian residents[74]	1,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora[3]
Botswana	N/A	c. >1,000[75]	The main community of Serbs in Botswana is centered around Gaborone
Kazakhstan	183 (1989)[76]
Georgia	46 (1989)[77]
Uzbekistan	26 (1989)[78]
Kyrgyzstan	10 (1989)[79]
Armenia	8 (1989)[80]
Turkmenistan	8 (1989)[81]
Azerbaijan	6 (1989)[82]		See also Serbs in Azerbaijan.
Tajikistan	4 (1989)[83]
Zambia	24		24 Serbian Orthodox families (May 2009).[84]
Philippines	200

Serbian diaspora by cities

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

• Chicago 300,000
• Vienna 163,483 (2017)^[85][86]
• Los Angeles 50,000 (2018)^[87]
• Toronto (Greater, i.e. Census Metropolitan Area) 33,055 (2016)^[88]
• Sydney 28,307 (2001)
• Berlin 27,536 (2014)^[89]
• Paris 27,373 (2011)
• Munich 26,976 (2017)
• Prague 25,255 (2015)^[90]
• Vancouver 12,895 (2016)^[91]
• Hamburg 9,539 (2016)^[92]
• Frankfurt 9,404 (2019)
• Brisbane 7,218 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census)(2011)^[93]
• Timișoara 6,311 (2002)^[94]
• Trieste 4,501 (2017)^[95]
• London 4,316 (2011)^[96]
• Helsinki 2,840 (2017)^[97]
• Vicenza 2,609 (2017)^[95]
• Linz 2,012 (2017)^[98]
• Budapest 1,861 (2011)^[99]
• Graz 1,641 (2017)^[100]
• Niagara Falls 1,500 (2016)^[101]
• Innsbruck 1,552 (2017)
• Moscow 1,195 (2010)^[102]
• Vantaa 923 (2017)^[97]
• Rome 731 (2017)^[95]
• Naples 646 (2017)^[95]
• Espoo 645 (2017)^[97]
• Arzignano 504 (2017)^[95]
• Milan 493 (2017)^[95]
• Turku 432 (2017)^[97]
• Turin 216 (2017)^[95]

See also

• Serb diaspora
• List of diplomatic missions of Serbia

Annotations

1. ^
   The 2017 Danish census listed 279 Danish citizens with Serbia as 'country of origin', 1,507 residents with Serbia as 'country of origin', 255 Danish citizens with Serbia and Montenegro as 'country of origin', 632 residents with Serbia and Montenegro as 'country of origin', 766 Danish citizens with FR Yugoslavia as 'country of origin', 1,070 residents with FR Yugoslavia as 'country of origin', 8,679 Danish citizens with Yugoslavia as 'country of origin', 6,411 residents with Yugoslavia as 'country of origin'.^[103]
2. ^
   309 (2016) Serbian-born (excl. Kosovo) immigrants,^[104] 61 (2016) Serbian citizens,^[105] 362 (2006–15) former Serbian, Icelandic citizens.^[106] Not including data for Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia.

References

1. IOM 2008, p. 25.
2. IOM 2008, p. 15.
3. IOM 2008, p. 23.
4. IOM 2008, pp. 23–24.
5. Republic of Serbia, Commissariat for Refugees and Migration 2015, p. 36.
6. "Publikationen im Bereich Migration". Destatis. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012.
7. IOM 2008, p. 24.
8. "Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geburtsland".
9. "Srbi u Austriji traže status nacionalne manjine". Blic. 2 October 2010. "Srba u Austriji ima oko 1.500.000, po brojnosti su drugi odmah iza Austrijanaca i više ih je od Slovenaca, Mađara i Gradištanskih Hrvata zajedno, koji po državnom ugovoru iz 1955. godine imaju status nacionalne manjine u Austriji", navodi se u saopštenju.
10. "Serben-Demo eskaliert in Wien". 20 Minuten Online. 2008.
11. http://www.dijaspora-info.ch/home/?p=5453 ^{[dead link]}
12. https://www.wien.gv.at/statistik/pdf/menschen2017.pdf Archived 31 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL PDF]}
13. statistique, Office fédéral de la. "Population". Bfs.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
14. Boskovska (2000), p. 2648
15. "Erstmals über eine Million EU- und EFTA Angehörige in der Schweiz". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 14 October 2008.
16. "Foreign-born persons in Sweden by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000–2016". Statistikdatabasen. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
17. Republic of Serbia, Commissariat for Refugees and Migration 2015, p. 33.
18. Gunnar Sörbring (26 September 2003). "Serber oroliga för nyväckt avsky". DN.SE. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
19. "Répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance en 2012" (XLS). Insee.fr. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
20. "Répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance en 2012" (XLS). Insee.fr. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
21. "Foreign Citizens. Resident Population by sex and Demographic Balance on 31st December 2016 Italy". ISTAT. 2017.
22. "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (PDF). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
23. "Serbi in Italia – statistiche e distribuzione per regione". Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
24. "Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia - Migration, Slovenia, 1 January 2011 – final data". www.stat.si. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014.
25. "2011 Census: Quick Statistics for England and Wales on National Identity, Passports Held and Country of Birth" (XLS). Ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
26. "So, just how many Serbs live in Britain? Britić figures defy census figures of 2001". Ebritic.com. 3 June 2011. There have been various attempts to estimate the population of Serbs living in the UK. The simplest answer was the 2001 national census which stated that there are 31,244 UK residents born in Serbian and Montenegro. A further 6,992 were born in Croatia. However, the obvious problems are that many Serbs were born in the UK (maybe even most British Serbs). Moreover, in 2001 there were still a large number of Kosovan Albanians in Britain who of course would have been registered as being born in Serbia and Montenegro. The Serbian Embassy made their own estimate ten years ago and arrived at a figure of 70,000.
27. "Tab11. Populaţia stabilă după etnie şi limba maternă, pe categorii de localităţi". Rezultate Definitive_RPL_2011. Institutul Naţional de Statistică. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
28. IOM 2008, p. 16.
29. "2011. ÉVI NÉPSZÁMLÁLÁS" (PDF). Központi Statisztikai Hivatal. 2013. p. 21. 1.6.1. tábla nemzetiségi népesség száma, aránya, 2011 [...] Szerb
30. "Arrivals of non-residents from abroad by country of residence: January-March 2014" (PDF). Statistics.gr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
31. "1. НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ СОСТАВ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ" (PDF). Gks.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
32. 1. НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ СОСТАВ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ (PDF) (Report). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
33. Kloss, Heinz; McConnel, Grant (1984). Linguistic composition of the nations of the world. Vol. 5: Europe and USSR. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval. ISBN 2-7637-7044-4.
34. "Väestö 31.12. Muuttujina Maakunta, Taustamaa, Sukupuoli, Ikä, Syntyperä, Vuosi ja Tiedot".
35. "Table: Population 31.12. by Region, Language and Year (1990–2015)". PX-Web Statfin. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
36. Deliso, Chris. "Serbia's Relations with Belgium and Luxembourg: Interview with Ambassador Vesna Arsic." Balkananalysis.com. Balkan Analysis, 12 June 2015. Web. 19 Dec. 2016.
37. "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". SSB.no. Statistics Norway. 2017.
38. "Estadística del Padrón Continuo. Datos provisionales a 1 de enero de 2017". Ine.es. Instituto Nacional de Estadística [National Statistics Institute]. 2017.
39. "Политика Online". Politika.rs. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
40. "Population". www.mof.gov.cy. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
41. "Population Usually Resident and Present in the State 2011 to 2016". Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
42. "Serbs in Slovakia". Slovak Spectator. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
43. "Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001 | Результати | Національний склад населення, мовні ознаки, громадянство | Розподіл населення за національністю та рідною мовою | Результат вибору". 2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
44. "Total population by country of birth, district and sex" (PDF). Nso.gov.mt. National Statistics Office, Malta. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
45. "Bevölkerungsstatistik" (PDF). Llv.li. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
46. "Sefstat" (PDF).
47. "Acquisition of citizenship statistics". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
48. "Дијаспора може да промени Србију".
49. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
50. "Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības" (PDF). Pmlpgov.lv. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
51. "Ethnic nationality. Mother tongue and command of foreign languages. Dialects". Pub.stat.ee. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
52. "Table: Distribution of immigrants by nationality and purpose of arrival, 1993–2013". Statbank.statistica.md. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
53. "GYVENTOJAI PAGAL TAUTYBĘ, GIMTĄJĄ KALBĄ IR TIKYBĄ Lietuvos Respublikos 2011 metų visuotinio gyventojų ir būstų surašymo rezultatai" (PDF). Osp.stat.gov.lt. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
54. Jireček 1918, p. 245.
55. Ćirković 2004, p. 143-150.
56. Ćirković 2004, p. 143, 150.
57. Stiegnitz & Kosinski 1990, p. 22-23.
58. Diözese von Österreich und der Schweiz
59. (in Swedish) Serbia Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Government Offices of Sweden.
60. (in Swedish) "Historik" (History), Migrationsverket.
61. "S0201: SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American FactFinder. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
62. Powell 2005, pp. 266–267.
63. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". 2.statcan.gc.ca. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
64. The People of Australia – Statistics from the 2011 Census (PDF). Department of Immigration and Border Protection. 2014. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-920996-23-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015. Ancestry
65. "Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection" (PDF). Immi.gov.au. 21 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
66. "Migration Profile of the Republic of Serbia for 2010" (PDF). Kirs.gov.rs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
67. Stefanovic-Banovic, Milesa; Pantovic, Branislav (2013). "'Our' diaspora in Argentina: Historical overview and preliminary research". Glasnik Etnografskog instituta. 61 (1): 119–131. doi:10.2298/gei1301119s. hdl:21.15107/rcub_dais_8229. |-
68. "Putovanja – Destinacije – Dubai – grad raskoši, zlata i dijamanata – B92 Putovanja". B92.net. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
69. "Inmigrantes Serbios en America Latina". Serbios Unidos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
70. "Ethnic group". 2013 Census. Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Includes all people who stated each ethnic group, whether as their only ethnic group or as one of several. Where a person reported more than one ethnic group, they were counted in each applicable group.
71. V. Mijatović. "Stigli evakuisani Srbi iz Sirije". Reportaže. Novosti. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
72. "Statistical Release P0351.4" (PDF). Cormsa.org.za. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
73. "Afrika i Srbija na vezi". Blic. 26 December 2012. Od oko 20 000 Srba
74. "Extrajeros Residentes En Mexico" (PDF). Inm.gob.mx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
75. "History of Serbs in Botswana." Saint Sava Botswana, Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Gaborone, Botswana, www.saintsavabotswana.org/history-of-serbs-in-botswana.
76. "Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope. Демоскоп. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
77. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
78. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
79. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
80. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
81. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
82. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
83. "Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". Demoscope.ru. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
84. "First pastoral visit to Serbs in Zambia". SPC. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
85. "Bevölkerung am 1.1.2017 nach detaillierter Staatsangehörigkeit und Bundesland" (PDF). Statistik.at.
86. "Bevölkerung am 1.1.2017 nach detailliertem Geburtsland und Bundesland" (PDF). Statistik.at.
87. "Consulate of the Republic of Serbia headed by Honorary Consul established in Los Angeles". washington.mfa.gov.rs. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
88. "Census Profile, 2016 Census; Toronto, City [Census subdivision], Ontario and Toronto [Census metropolitan area], Ontario".
89. "Statistischer Bericht" (PDF). Statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
90. "Kölner Statistische Nachrichten – 2/2016 Seite 19 Statistisches Jahrbuch 2016, 93. Jahrgang" (PDF). Stadt-koeln.de. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
91. "Census Profile, 2016 Census; Vancouver [Census metropolitan area], British Columbia and British Columbia [Province]".
92. "Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund in den Hamburger : Stadtteilen Ende 2016 : Ein Drittel aller Hamburgerinnen und Hamburger hat einen Migrationshintergrund" (PDF). Statistik-nord.de. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
93. "Greater Brisbane Serbian Population". profile.id.com. 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
94. "Structura Etno-demografică a României". Edrc.ro. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
95. "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". Demo.istat.it. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
96. "Répartition des immigrés par pays de naissance en 2012" (XLS). Ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
97. "Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Alue, Kansalaisuus, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat". Pxnet2.stat.fi. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
98. Stadtforschung, Magistrat Linz. "Linz – Politik/Verwaltung – Linz Zahlen – AusländerInnen". Linz.at. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
99. "Population by country of citizenship and sex" (XLS). Ksh.hu. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
100. Anwesende Bevölkerung in Graz 01.01.2017
101. "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
102. Perepis 2010 Moskva
103. "FOLK2: Population 1. January by sex, age, ancestry, country of origin and citizenship". StatBank Denmark.
104. "Population by country of birth, sex and age 1 January 1998–2015". PX-Web. Statistics Iceland. 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
105. "Population >> Immigrants >> Citizenship >> Population by country of citizenship, sex and age 1 January 1998–2016". PX-Web. Statistics Iceland. 2016.
106. "Population >> Immigrants >> Changes of citizenship >> Foreign citizens gaining Icelandic citizenship by former citizenship, sex and age 1991–2015". PX-Web. Statistics Iceland. 2016.

Sources

• Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
• "Migration in Serbia: A Country Profile 2008" (PDF). IOM. International Organisation for Migration. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
• "Migration Profile of the Republic of Serbia for 2010" (PDF). IOM Belgrade. Republic of Serbia. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
• "Migration profile of the Republic of Serbia for 2014" (PDF). Republic of Serbia, Commissariat for Refugees and Migration. 2015.
• Jireček, Constantin (1918). Geschichte der Serben. Vol. 2. Gotha: Perthes.
• Powell, John (2005), "Serbian Immigration", Encyclopedia of North American Immigration, Infobase Publishing, ISBN 0-8160-4658-1
• Rasevic, Mirjana (2016). "Migration and Development in Serbia" (PDF). Republic of Serbia.
• Stiegnitz, Peter; Kosinski, Danuta (1990). Religions in Austria. Vienna: Federal Press Service.
• Vuković, Sava (1998). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. Kragujevac: Kalenić.

External links

Serbian diaspora organizations

• Serbian World Congress
• Serbian Unity Congress
• Serbian National Defense Council of America
• Serbian Council of Great Britain
• Serbian Cultural Association Oplenac, Toronto Canada

Other

• USA SERBS, Serbian-American Network
• Srbi u svetu Jedinstvena baza podataka o Srbima i srpskim organizacijama širom sveta
• Serb World USA
• Serbs in South America
• Serbs in Arizona
• Serbs in Los Angeles
• Serbs in the Netherlands