Source Date Population Notes
Romania Serbia
Jozu Rill 1864 30,000–35,000
Hungarian statistics 1880 18,298
Hungarian statistics 1900 19,944
Hungarian statistics 1910 13,536 "evidently underestimated"[9]
Various authors second half
of the 19th century
22,000–26,000 "sometimes including the Krashovani"[9]
Romanian census 1930 10,012 Romanian Banat only
Dimo Kazasov 1936 3,200 Serbian Banat only; estimated
Romanian census 1939 9,951 Romanian Banat only
Karol Telbizov 1940 12,000 Romanian Banat only; estimated
Mihail Georgiev 1942 up to 4,500 Serbian Banat only; estimated[12]
Romanian census 1956 12,040 Romania only[13]
Yugoslav census 1971 3,745 Serbian Banat only[14]
Romanian census 1977 9,267 Romania only[13]
Romanian census 2002 6,486 Romania only[1]
Serbian census 2002 1,658 Serbia only[15]