During the first two decades after the Second World War, Ljubljana experienced drastic economic and social changes. The main objective of the socialist revolutionary social transformation was the abolition of social classes and inequality, which enabled the improvement in the living standard and a gradual elimination of lower social strata. The social and socio-economic composition of the population, on the other hand, was accompanied by demographic changes. According to the population census, Ljubljana had 59,765 inhabitants in 1931, 79,050 in 1939, 88,695
on the occupation in 1941, and 96,865 at the end of the war, i.e., on 15 July 1945. The city had 115,095 permanent residents in the population census of 15 March 1948. As evident from the census of 1953, Ljubljana’s population grew to 138,981. In 1961, the number of inhabitants in the area of present-day City of Ljubljana rose to 170,505 and surpassed the 200,000 mark in the population census of 1971.