Gorno Sedlarce is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 37 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 4 widows.[1]
Gorno Sedlarce appears in 15th century Ottoman defters as a village in the nahiyah of Kalkandelen. Among its inhabitants, a certain Nikolla son of Arbanas is recorded as a household head.The name Arbanas, is a medieval rendering for Albanian, indicating an Albanian presence in the village.[2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gorno Sedlarce was inhabited by 85 Muslim Albanians.[3]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Sedlarce was inhabited by 539 Muslim Albanians.[4]
As of the 2021 census, Gorno Sedlarce had 1,521 residents with the following ethnic composition:[5]
- Albanians 1,482
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 36
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,776 inhabitants.[6] Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]