Ethnic characteristics of Vojvodina
Development of human populations on the territory of Vojvodina can be observed in all epochs, from distant prehistory to the modern times. Because of various historic and social processes, 22 distinct ethnic communities each with more than 2000 members, live in Vojvodina today. There are also numerous other, smaller ethnic communities, those with less than two thousand members each; the documentation about them is kept in the Statistical Institute (Republicki zavod za statistiku) of Serbia. Today's ethnic heterogeneity in the villages, towns and cities of Vojvodina is the consequence of spontaneous movements of the people, but also of planned systematic bringing of large numbers of colonists into, and out of, this province.