ПРАВОСЛАВНО СТАНОВНИШТВО ДАЛМАЦИЈЕ ПРЕМА ПОПИСИМА СРПСКЕ ПРАВОСЛАВНЕ ЦРКВЕ (1850–1860)
THE ORTHODOX POPULATION OF DALMATIA DUE TO SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CENSUSES 1850–1860

Summary/Abstract: Population data collected from old Schematismus of the Orthodox Dalmatian Eparchy were used to study demographics of the Serbian Orthodox population in the 1850–1860 period. The episcopal network was reconstructed taking into account multiple changes in parish jurisdiction and state administration. For comparative analysis, the administrative division in force during 1852–1853 was used as a basis. Results show sharp population decline in 1850–1855. Natural population increase was negative due to bad harvests, insufficient nutrition and illnesses which happened to be severe in both main Orthodox population clusters of Dalmatia (area of Zadar and Bukovica in the north and Boka Kotorska in the south of Dalmatia) and caused excess deaths (high mortality rates). In the 1855–1860 period the population recovered and finally surpassed the 1850 count sometime in 1858. Natural population increase was high due to decreased mortality and high birth rates. Population increase was not evenly distributed. The northern regions of Dalmatia gained population more quickly which caused notable shift in share in the overall Orthodox population in favor of the norther cluster.

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