| Population | 6,974,289 (July 2021 est.) note: does not include the population of Kosovo |
| Nationality | noun: Serb(s) adjective: Serbian |
| Ethnic groups | Serb 83.3%, Hungarian 3.5%, Romani 2.1%, Bosniak 2%, other 5.7%, undeclared or unknown 3.4% (2011 est.) note: most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Serbia's population |
| Languages | Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8%; note - Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census (2011 est.) major-language sample(s): Knjiga svetskih cinjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1.1%, other 0.8% (includes agnostics, other Christians, Eastern, Jewish), undeclared or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.) note: most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.07% (male 508,242/female 478,247) 15-24 years: 11.04% (male 399,435/female 374,718) 25-54 years: 41.19% (male 1,459,413/female 1,429,176) 55-64 years: 13.7% (male 464,881/female 495,663) 65 years and over: 20% (male 585,705/female 816,685) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 52.5 youth dependency ratio: 23.4 elderly dependency ratio: 29.1 potential support ratio: 3.4 (2020 est.) note: data include Kosovo |
| Median age | total: 43.4 years male: 41.7 years female: 45 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.48% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.74 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 13.49 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations |
| Urbanization | urban population: 56.7% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data include Kosovo |
| Major cities - population | 1.402 million BELGRADE (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.1 years (2019 est.) note: data do not cover Kosovo or Metohija |
| Maternal mortality rate | 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 5.67 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.69 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.56 years male: 73.67 years female: 79.64 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.47 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 62.3% (2019) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.4% of population rural: 99% of population total: 99.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population rural: 1% of population total: 0.8% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 8.5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.11 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 95.1% of population total: 97.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 4.9% of population total: 2.4% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 3,300 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21.5% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1% (2019) |
| Education expenditures | 3.6% of GDP (2018) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.3% male: 99.1% female: 97.5% (2016) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
