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Table 14. Ethnic structure of the population on the present territory of Transylvania (1880-1992)

Year
Total
population
Rumanians
Hungarians
Germans
Ethnic Jews
Gypsies
Ruthenians,
Ukrainians
Serbs
Slovaks
Others

number
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
1880 4,005,467 2,294,120 57.3 1,045,098 26.1 501,656 12.5 .. .. .. .. 15,781 0.4 64,521 1.6 25,950 0.6 58,341 1.5
1910 5,221,458 2,819,467 54.0 1,658,045 31.7 550,964 10.5 .. .. .. .. 18,805 0.3 51,077 0.9 31,560 0.6 91,540 2.0
1920 5,063,224 2,930,813 57.9 1,305,753 25.8 534,427 10.5 181,340 3.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 110,891 2.2
1930 5,548,363 3,233,216 58.2 1,480,712 26.7 540,793 9.8 111,257 2.0 43,653 0.8 24,217 0.4 42,359 0.8 40,630 0.7 31,526 0.6
1941 5,916,791 3,343,772 56.5 1,711,851 28.9 537,556 9.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 323,612 5.5
1948 5,761,127 3,752,269 65.1 1,481,903 25.7 332,066 5.8 30,039 0.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 164,850 2.9
1956 6,232,312 4,081,080 65.5 1,616,199 25.9 372,806 6.0 9,744 0.1 38,188 0.6 30,462 0.5 42,078 0.7 18,804 0.3 22,951 0.4
1966 6,719,555 4,569,546 68.0 1,625,702 24.2 373,933 5.6 1,118 0.0 32,022 0.5 36,208 0.5 41,336 0.7 19,558 0.3 20,132 0.2
1977 7,500,229 5,203,849 69.4 1,691,048 22.5 347,896 4.5 7,830 0.1 123,028 1.6 42,760 0.7 32,140 0.5 20,268 0.2 31,410 0.7
1986 7,947,636 5,400,000 68.0 2,000,000 25.1 253,000 3.2 7,000 0.1 130,000 1.6 46,000 0.6 30,000 0.4 20,000 0.3 61,636 0.7
1992 7,723,313 5,684,142 73.6 1,604,266 20.8 109,014 1.4 2,687 0.0 202,665 2.6 50,365 0.7 27,163 0.3 19,446 0.3 23,565 0.3

Sources: 1880,1910: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1920, 1977, 1992: Rumanian census data (ethnicity), 1930, 1948, 1956, 1966: Rumanian census data (mother/native tongue), 1941: combined Hungarian and Rumanian census data. 1986: estimations by K.Kocsis (mother tongue), partly after Joó R. (ed.) (1988).

Remarks: Rumanians with Aromunians and Macedorumanians; Hungarians with Székelys and Csángós; Germans with Saxons and Swabians.

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