Historical population of Banja Luka

This article presents information about the historical population of Banja Luka.
Population growth.
Note: The population figures for 1969 and onwards are for the entire Banja Luka metropolitan area.
Percentage breakdown.
City of Banja Luka
"Bosnian Muslim (from 1994 Bosniaks)"
"Orthodox" (from 1948 "Serbs")
"Catholics" (from 1948 "Croats")
"Yugoslavs"
Municipality of Banja Luka
"Bosnian Muslim (from 1994 Bosniaks)"
"Orthodox Serbs"
"Catholics (from 1948 Croats)"
"Yugoslavs"
Analysis.
Banja Luka is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which traces permanent human settlement back to the Neolithic age. The city primarily consists of those who are either Bosnian, Serbian, or Croatian. Generally speaking, the population of those of the Bosnian nationality has fluctuated over the years. There was a sharp decline in the population of the Bosnian in Banja Luka from 1879 to 1991, while there was a sharp and consistent increase in the Serbian population in the city in that time frame. Meanwhile, the population of those who were Croatian remained relatively the same in Banja Luka over the years, with a gradual decline starting after WII.
On the municipal level numbers tend to stay relatively the same. It is noted that the Serbian population has declined due to some of the rural parts that were included in the city, and the in-migration that occurred after the 1969 earthquake. There was a sharp drop in the Bosniak population on the municipal level in 1910, which can be attributed to massive emigration (partly due to Agrarian Reform), and the fact that many Bosnian peoples had to declare themselves as Croats, Serbs or undecided Muslims until 1971 when their national identity was created.