THE ALBANIAN POPULATION IN THE KINGDOM OF YUGOSLAVIA: DEMOGRAPHIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The paper analyzes the size and structure of the Albanian population in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The population censuses of 1921 and 1931 are the main source for the research. The statistical and census materials are compared to a number of studies from the fields of historiography, ethnography and anthropogeography. A number of papers raising doubts about how objective the census results are in regard to the number of Albanians in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia are also critically addressed.

Keywords

• albanians
• kingdom of yugoslavia
• minorities
• migrations
• population censuses of 1921 and 1931