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==Population== {{Historical populations | title = Historical population<br /> of Osijek | shading = off | source = Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, DZS, Zagreb, 2005 |1880 |25260 |1890 |27801 |1900 |33407 |1910 |40106 |1921 |42930 |1931 |51871 |1948 |58046 |1953 |66073 |1961 |84652 |1971 |109189 |1981 |123944 |1991 |129792 |2001 |114616 |2011 |108048 |2021 |96848 }} [[File:Osijek-Tvrdja DSC 0144 999.jpg|thumb|left|Osijek Old Town, [[Tvrđa]]]] [[File:St. Michael's Church, Osijek.jpg|thumb|left|[[Church of Saint Michael, Osijek|Church of Saint Michael]]]] [[File:Sjenjak Osijek.jpg|thumb|The modern urban settlement of Sjenjak]] [[File:Osijek mirno naselje.jpg|thumb|Suburban houses]] According to the 1910 census, the city had 31,388 inhabitants. The official Austrian census lists 12,625 as [[Croats]], 11,269 as [[Germans]] or [[Danube Swabians]], 3,729 as [[Hungarians]], 2,889 as [[Serbs]] and 876 others. According to religion, there were 24,976 [[Roman Catholics]], 2,943 [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]], 2,340 [[Jews]], 594 Reformed (Calvinists), 385 [[Evangelicals]], 122 [[Greek Catholics]] and 28 others.<ref>László Zentai and Pál Kósa (eds.) [http://www.talmakiado.hu/ Talma Kiadó Atlas and Gazetteer of Historic Hungary 1914] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114044438/http://www.talmakiado.hu/ |date=14 January 2017 }}, Talma Kiadó, 2001</ref><ref>[http://www.omm1910.hu/?/de/datenbank Statisztikai közlemények, 42. kötet (új sorozat), Budapest, 1912] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529164005/http://www.omm1910.hu/?%2Fde%2Fdatenbank |date=29 May 2013 }}</ref> After [[World War II]] a large part of the [[Danube Swabian]] population were expelled as a revenge for their presumed participation in [[German occupation of Yugoslavia]]. Their property has become publicly owned and redistributed to the World War II victims. According to the 1981 census, the total population of the city had reached 104,775, including 63,373 (60.48%) Croats, 13,716 (13.09%) [[Serbs]] and 1,521 (1.45%) [[Hungarians]].<ref>Stanovništvo prema nacionalnom sastavu i tipu naselja, popis 1981.</ref> Prior to the Croatian War of Independence, the 1991 census recorded a total population of 165,253, composed of 110,934 (67.1%) Croats, 33,146 (20.0%) Serbs, 3,156 (1.9%) [[Hungarians]], 276 (0.16%) [[Germans]], and 17,741 (10.7%) people categorised as Yugoslavs or 'others'.<ref>Popis stanovništva 1991, Republički zavod za statistiku – Zagreb</ref> According to the census of 2001, the total population of Osijek dropped to 114,616. Croats made up the majority of Osijek's citizens, comprising 86.58 per cent of the city's population. Other ethnicities include 8,767 (7.65%) Serbs, 1,154 (1.01%) Hungarians, 480 (0.42%) [[Albanians]], 211 (0.18%) [[Bosniaks]], 175 (0.15%) [[Montenegrins (ethnic group)|Montenegrins]], 178 (0.16%) [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|ethnic Macedonians]], 124 (0.11%) [[Romani people|Romani]], and others including 24 Jews.<ref name="Census 2001 ethnicity">{{Croatian Census 2001|E|14|access-date = 13 January 2008}}</ref> Osijek's population in 2001 included 96,600 (84.28%) [[Roman Catholics]], 78 (0.07%) [[Eastern Rite Catholic Churches|Eastern-rite Catholics]], 8,619 (7.52%) [[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox Christians]], and 966 (0.84%) [[Muslims]] and others.<ref name="Census 2001 religion">{{Croatian Census 2001|R|14|access-date = 13 January 2008}}</ref> In the census of 2011, the following [[Settlement (Croatia)|settlements]] were recorded:<ref name="census2011">{{Croatian Census 2011|S|14|3123}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Brijest]], population 1,187 * [[Briješće]], population 1,318 * [[Josipovac]], population 4,101 * [[Klisa, Osijek-Baranja County|Klisa]], population 324 * [[Nemetin]], population 139 * '''Osijek''', population 84,104 * [[Podravlje]], population 357 * [[Sarvaš]], population 1,884 * [[Tenja]], population 7,376 * [[Tvrđavica]], population 578 * [[Višnjevac, Osijek-Baranja County|Višnjevac]], population 6,680 {{div col end}} {{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=City of Osijek |p1857=20858 |p1869=24863 |p1880=25260 |p1890=27801 |p1900=33407 |p1910=40106 |p1921=42930 |p1931=51871 |p1948=58063 |p1953=66073 |p1961=84652 |p1971=109189 |p1981=123944 |p1991=129792 |p2001=114616 |p2011=108048 |p2021=96313}} The city's population is divided into the following units of local administration:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.osijek.hr/mjesna-samouprava/mjesni-odbori-i-gradske-cetvrti/ | language = hr | title = Mjesni odbori i gradske četvrti | publisher = City of Osijek | access-date = 8 October 2024 }}</ref> * Local board ({{lang|hr|mjesni odbor}}): ** [[Josipovac]] ** [[Višnjevac, Osijek-Baranja County|Višnjevac]] ** [[Cvjetno]] ** [[Brijest]] ** [[Osijek lijeva obala]] ** [[Tenja]] ** [[Klisa, Osijek-Baranja County|Klisa]] ** [[Sarvaš]] [[File:Saponia.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Saponia]]'' chemical industry is the largest factory in the Osijek area.]] * City neighbourhood ({{lang|hr|gradska četvrt}}): ** [[Retfala]] ** [[Gornji grad, Osijek|Gornji grad]] ** [[Industrijska četvrt]] ** [[Tvrđa]] ** [[Novi grad, Osijek|Novi grad]] ** [[Jug II]] ** [[Donji grad, Osijek|Donji grad]]
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