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The demographic history of Croatia is marked by significant migrations, including | |||
:*the arrival of the Croats in the area, | |||
:*'''growth of Hungarian and German-speaking population since the union of Croatia and Hungary''', | |||
:*joining of the '''Habsburg Empire''', | |||
:*migrations set off by '''Ottoman conquests''', and | |||
:*'''growth of Italian speaking population in Istria and in Dalmatia during Venetian rule there. | |||
*After the '''collapse of Austria-Hungary''', the '''Hungarian population declined''', while the German-speaking population was forced or compelled to leave after World War II and similar fate was suffered by the Italian population. | |||
*Late 19th century and the 20th century were marked by large scale economic migrations abroad. | |||
*The 1940s and the 1950s in Yugoslavia were marked by '''internal migrations in Yugoslavia''', as well as by urbanisation. | |||
*The most recent significant migrations came as a result of the '''Croatian War of Independence''' when hundreds of thousands were displaced.<ref>"Demographics of Croatia", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Croatia, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Croatia<ref>"Croatian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_diaspora, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref>== | ==Emigration From Croatia<ref>"Croatian diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_diaspora, accessed 9 July 2021.</ref>== | ||
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