page_title: Lika-Senj County
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Lika-Senj County / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Hrvatski: Dobno-spolna piramida Ličko-senjske županije. Inačica na engleskom. Podatci iz popisa stanovništva 2011. godine; podatci dostupni ovdje: https://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/results/htm/E01_01_01/e01_01_01_zup09.html English: Population pyramid of Lika-Senj County. Version in English. Data from 2011 Census; available at: https://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/results/htm/E01_01_01/e01_01_01_zup09.html
context_page_description: Lika-Senj County is a county of Croatia. It includes most of the Lika region and some coastline on the Adriatic. It also includes the northern part of the Pag island. The seat of the county is Gospić.
  The county is the least populated and one of the poorest. It is the largest Croatian county by area. It includes the Plitvice Lakes National Park and Sjeverni Velebit National Park. These are some of Croatia's major tourist attractions. The county has a total area of 5353 km².
context_section_description: Since the early 20th century, the county's population has been shrinking. As of the 2011 census, the county had 50,927 residents. The population density is 9.5/km².
  The Croatian State Bureau of Statistics estimated the population of the county to be 45,493 in 2017, and 45,184 in 2018.
  Ethnic Croats are the majority. They are 84.15% of the population. Serbs are 13.65%. Serbs are the majority in the municipalities of Vrhovine, Donji Lapac, and Udbina.
  In 1991, before the Croatian War of Independence started, Croats were 59.7% of the population and Serbs were 37%. The eastern part of the county was a majority Serbian area.
caption: Population pyramid of Lika-Senj County per 2011 Census.
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