History of Transylvania
Demographics and historical research

History of Transylvania

Section Title: Demographics and historical research
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Year	Total	Romanians	Hungarians	Germans	Székelys	Notes

1241	~66%	On the eve of the Mongol invasion. Estimation by Jean W. Sedlar

1300	~65%	Estimation by Șt. Pascu, C. Cihodaru, M.D. Matei, P.I. Panait

1301-1308	349,000	5.1%	88.8% (with Székelys)	6.0%	Estimation by Tamás Lajos based on the List of Papal Tithes from 1332-1337[need quotation to verify]

1356	>50%	Estimation by Ioan-Aurel Pop

1437	>50%	Estimation by Vlad Georgescu

1495	454,000	22%	55,2% (with Székelys)	22%	Estimation by Károly Kocsis & Eszter Kocsisné Hodosi

1500	24%	47%	16%	13%	Estimation by Elemér Mályusz (1898 - 1989)

1549-1551	>50%	Estimation by Ioan-Aurel Pop, Ioan Bolovan, and Sorina-Paula Bolovan, based on Antun Vrančić's (Anton Verantius) writings

>25%	<=25%	<=25%	<=25%	Estimation by Károly Nyárády R. based on Antun Vrančić's work

1571	955,000	29.3%	52.3%	9.4%	Estimation

1595	670,000	~28.4%	52,2%	18,8%	Estimation by Károly Kocsis & Eszter Kocsisné Hodosi

1600	~60%	Estimation by George W. White

1650	>33,33%	Estimation by Vasile Lupu

1700	~500,000	~50%	~30%	~20%	Estimation by Benedek Jancsó (1854 - 1930)

1700	~800,000–865,000	Recent[when?] estimates

1702	>50%	Estimation by Ioan and Sorina-Paula Bolovan, based on Andreas Freyberger's writings

1712-1713	~34%	~47%	~19%	An official estimate by the Verwaltungsgericht (Austrian administrative authority) from 1712-1713

1720	806,221	49,6%	37,2%	12,2%	Estimation by Károly Kocsis & Eszter Kocsisné Hodosi

1721	48,28%	36.09%	15.62%	Estimation by Ignác Acsády

1730	~725,000	57.9%	26.2%	15.1%	Austrian statistics

1765	~1,000,000	55.9%	26%	12%	Estimation by Bálint Hóman and Gyula Szekfü (1883 - 1955)

1773	1,066,017	63.5%	24.2%	12.3%

1784	1,440,986

1790	1,465,000	50.8%	30.4%

1835	62.3%	23.3%

1850	2,073,372	59.1%	25.9%	9.3%

1850	1,823,212	57.2%	26.7%	10.5%	1850/51. census

1869	4,224,436	59.0%	24.9%	11.9%	Austro-Hungarian population census

1880	4,032,851	57.0%	25.9%	12.5%	Austro-Hungarian population census (based on primary used language)

1890	4,429,564	56.0%	27.1%	12.5%	Austro-Hungarian population census (based on primary used language)

1900	4,840,722	55.2%	29.4%	11.9%	Austro-Hungarian population census (based on primary used language)

1910	5,262,495	53.8%	31.6%	10.7%	Austro-Hungarian population census (based on primary used language)

1919	5,259,918	57.1%	26.5%	9.8%	Romanian population census

1920	5,208,345	57.3%	25.5%	10.6%	Romanian population census

1930	5,114,214	58.3%	26.7%	9.7%	Romanian population census

1941	5,548,363	55.9%	29.5%	9.0%	Romanian population census

1948	5,761,127	65.1%	25.7%	5.8%	Romanian population census

1956	6,232,312	65.5%	25.9%	6.0%	Romanian population census

1966	6,736,046	68.0%	24.2%	5.6%	Romanian population census

1977	7,500,229	69.4%	22.6%	4.6%	Romanian population census

1992	7,723,313	75.3%	21.0%	1.2%	Romanian population census

2002	7,221,733	74.7%	19.6%	0.7%	Romanian population census

2011	6,789,250	70.6%	17.9%	0.4%	Romanian population census

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In Transylvania, between 1830 and 1840, 62.3 percent were Romanians and 23.3 percent Hungarians.

final_sentence: In Transylvania, between 1830 and 1840, 62.3 percent were Romanians and 23.3 percent Hungarians.