| Official Name: | Melinovac |
| Native Name: | [1] |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 44.7408°N 15.8994°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Croatia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Donji Lapac |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 21.0 |
| Elevation M: | 430 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 0 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 53251 Nebljusi |
| Area Code: | +385 (53) |
Melinovac (Serbian: Мелиновац)[1] is a village in Croatia.
During World War II, as part of their genocide targeting ethnic Serbs, the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime killed about 890 Serbs from Melinovac as well as the nearby village of Ličko Petrovo Selo between June and August 1941. The victims were thrown into a pit.[3]
According to the 2011 census, Melinovac had 9 inhabitants.
| Population[4] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 170 | 260 | 313 | 337 | 326 | 337 | 331 | 324 | 191 | 229 | 162 | 121 | 66 | 43 | 4 | 9 |
According to the 1991 census, settlement of Melinovac had 43 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as this:
According to the 1910 census, settlement of Melinovac had 337 inhabitants which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:
| Population by language | Croatian or Serbian | |
|---|---|---|
| Melinovac | 337 | |
| Total | 337 (100%) |
| Population by religion | Eastern Orthodox | Roman Catholics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melinovac | 330 | 7 | |
| Total | 330 (97.92%) | 7 (2.07%) |