Demographic history of Syrmia

[5] Around 1154, Al-Idrisi, a Muslim geographer, described Manđelos as a rich town, whose inhabitants pursued a rather "nomadic way of life".

By some opinions, Idrisi might have referred simply to stock-breeding that played an important role among the Hungarian inhabitants of the entire region of Syrmia[6] This fact was confirmed later by several Byzantine authors in the 12th century (Ioannes Kinnamos, Niketas Choniates, Patriarch Michael).

[6] In 1437, the largest part of Syrmia was populated by Serbs according to Serbian scholars.

[6] In 1495, the area of Syrmia had a mixed population of Croats, Hungarians and Serbs.

[8] According to the census from 1857, 59.4% of population of the part of Syrmia under civil administration and 63.2% of population of the part of Syrmia under military administration (Petrovaradin regiment) were ethnic Serbs.