 According to the 1910 Imperial Austrian census (which recorded inhabitants by language), the Bukovina Germans represented an ethnic minority accounting for approximately 21.2% of the multi-ethnic population of the Duchy of Bukovina ().Of those 21.2%, a large proportion was represented by German-speaking Jews.By excluding the Jews however, the Germans in Bukovina constituted a minority of circa 73,000 people (or 9.2%).