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Demographics of {{{place}}}
PopulationDecrease 6,926,705 (1 January 2020)[1]
Growth rateDecrease −5.4 per 1,000 inhabitants (2019)[1]
Birth rateIncrease 9.3 per 1,000 pop. (2019)[1]
Death ratePositive decrease 14.6 per 1,000 pop. (2019)[1]
Life expectancyIncrease 75.7 years (2019)[2]
 • male73.1 years [3]
 • female78.4 years[3]
Fertility rateIncrease 1.52 children born/woman (2019) [1]
Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 4.8 deaths/1,000 infants (2019)[1]
Net migration rateDecrease -1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 pop. (2011)
Age structure
0–14 yearsIncrease 14.3% (2019)[4]
15–64 yearsDecrease 65.0% (2019)[1]
65 and overIncrease 20.7% (2019)[1]
Sex ratio
At birth1.06 male(s)/female
Under 151.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years1.00 male(s)/female
65 and over0.75 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationalitynoun: Serbian(s) adjective: Serbian
Major ethnicSerbs Increase (83.3%)
Minor ethnicHungarians Decrease (3.5%)
Roma Increase (2.1%)
Bosniaks Increase (2%)
other minorities less than 1% respectively
Language
OfficialSerbian at national level;
Hungarian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovakian, Albanian, Romanian, Montenegrin and Rusyn are in official use in individual municipalities
SpokenSerbian Steady (88%)
Hungarian Decrease (3.4%)
Bosnian Increase (1.9%)
Romani Increase (1.4%)
other minority languages less than 1% respectively

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Serbia; including vital statistics, ethnicity, religious affiliations, education level, health of the populace, and other aspects of the population.

History

Main article: Demographic history of Serbia

Censuses in Serbia ordinarily take place every 10 years, organized by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. The Principality of Serbia had conducted the first population census in 1834; the subsequent censuses were conducted in 1841, 1843, 1846, 1850, 1854, 1859, 1863 and 1866 and 1874. During the era Kingdom of Serbia, six censuses were conducted in 1884, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905 and the last one being in 1910. During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, censuses were conducted in 1931 and 1921; the census in 1941 was never conducted due to the outbreak of World War II. Socialist Yugoslavia conducted censuses in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, and 1991. The two most recent censuses were held in 2002 and 2011.

The years since the first 1834 Census saw frequent border changes of Serbia, first amidst the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary, then subsequent formation and later disintegration of Yugoslavia and, finally, 2008 independence of Kosovo which affected territorial scope in which all these censuses have been conducted.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1834678,192—    
1841828,895+22.2%
1843859,545+3.7%
1846915,080+6.5%
1850956,893+4.6%
1854998,919+4.4%
18591,078,281+7.9%
18631,108,668+2.8%
18661,216,219+9.7%
18741,669,337+37.3%
18841,901,336+13.9%
18952,493,770+31.2%
19102,922,858+17.2%
19214,781,446+63.6%
19315,675,567+18.7%
19485,794,966+2.1%
19536,163,154+6.4%
19616,678,227+8.4%
19717,202,591+7.9%
19817,729,676+7.3%
19917,822,915+1.2%
20027,498,001−4.2%
20117,253,862−3.3%
20196,963,764−4.0%

Total fertility rate 1860-1949

The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.[5]

Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870[5]
Total fertility rate 5.51 5.47 5.43 5.7 5.96 5.97 5.98 5.98 5.99 6 6
Year 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880[5]
Total fertility rate 5.95 5.89 5.84 5.78 5.73 5.67 5.62 5.56 5.51 5.45
Year 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890[5]
Total fertility rate 5.45 5.44 5.44 5.43 5.43 5.42 5.42 5.41 5.41 5.4
Year 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900[5]
Total fertility rate 5.43 5.46 5.48 5.51 5.54 5.57 5.6 5.63 5.65 5.68
Year 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910[5]
Total fertility rate 5.54 5.41 5.48 5.27 5.13 5 5.04 5.13 5.18 5.23
Year 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920[5]
Total fertility rate 5.18 5.14 5.1 5.05 5.01 4.96 4.92 4.88 4.83 4.79
Year 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930[5]
Total fertility rate 4.75 4.7 4.76 4.62 4.57 4.53 4.49 4.44 4.4 4.36
Year 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940[5]
Total fertility rate 4.31 4.27 4.22 4.18 4.14 4.09 4.05 4.01 3.96 3.92
Year 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949[5]
Total fertility rate 3.88 3.83 3.79 3.75 3.7 3.66 3.61 3.57 3.53

Vital statistics[6][7][8][9]

Data for Serbia excluding Kosovo.

Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate Female fertile population (15–49 years)
1950 5,969,977 163,297 76,851 86,446 27.4 12.9 14.5 3.11 1,667,489
1951 6,045,982 145,197 80,034 65,163 24.0 13.2 10.8 2.70 1,679,515
1952 6,106,976 161,306 67,870 93,436 26.4 11.1 15.3 2.94 1,691,530
1953 6,186,015 151,672 68,168 83,504 24.5 11.0 13.5 2.69 1,703,548
1954 6,271,014 152,569 62,610 89,959 24.3 10.0 14.3 2.66 1,714,614
1955 6,369,436 140,396 65,179 75,217 22.0 10.2 11.8 2.42 1,725,685
1956 6,422,999 132,078 67,105 64,973 20.6 10.4 10.1 2.26 1,736,751
1957 6,481,984 118,535 61,885 56,650 18.3 9.5 8.7 2.03 1,739,485
1958 6,535,020 118,425 55,564 62,861 18.1 8.5 9.6 2.05 1,742,115
1959 6,587,014 114,872 60,850 54,022 17.4 9.2 8.2 2.02 1,739,287
1960 6,638,992 119,298 61,872 57,426 18.0 9.3 8.6 2.12 1,733,296
1961 6,689,077 115,222 57,990 57,232 17.2 8.7 8.6 2.08 1,727,303
1962 6,740,264 110,008 62,830 47,178 16.3 9.3 7.0 2.03 1,735,235
1963 6,787,950 108,324 57,778 50,546 16.0 8.5 7.4 2.02 1,750,899
1964 6,832,855 103,847 62,100 41,747 15.2 9.1 6.1 1.96 1,769,796
1965 6,876,624 106,699 58,856 47,843 15.5 8.6 7.0 2.02 1,807,362
1966 6,927,969 103,775 55,471 48,304 15.0 8.0 7.0 1.98 1,843,693
1967 6,966,522 103,491 62,915 40,576 14.9 9.0 5.8 1.96 1,887,344
1968 7,007,586 103,621 60,932 42,689 14.8 8.7 6.1 1.95 1,945,878
1969 7,123,249 105,478 68,152 37,326 14.8 9.6 5.2 1.93 1,972,004
1970 7,164,993 102,453 67,211 35,242 14.3 9.4 4.9 1.81 2,012,702
1971 7,211,716 104,070 65,872 38,198 14.4 9.1 5.3 1.83 2,020,324
1972 7,267,030 106,859 70,822 36,037 14.7 9.7 5.0 1.83 2,019,717
1973 7,322,344 108,361 67,152 41,209 14.8 9.2 5.6 1.84 2,036,056
1974 7,377,659 110,458 66,457 44,001 15.0 9.0 6.0 1.86 2,020,513
1975 7,432,973 112,945 69,590 43,355 15.2 9.4 5.8 1.88 2,010,021
1976 7,488,287 114,035 68,565 45,470 15.2 9.2 6.1 1.89 2,002,713
1977 7,543,601 111,510 68,924 42,586 14.8 9.1 5.6 1.86 1,994,191
1978 7,598,916 110,622 71,986 38,636 14.6 9.5 5.1 1.86 1,974,022
1979 7,654,230 109,953 72,306 37,647 14.4 9.4 4.9 1.87 1,986,006
1980 7,709,544 109,597 76,180 33,417 14.2 9.9 4.3 1.86 1,997,988
1981 7,736,787 103,407 78,086 25,321 13.4 10.1 3.3 1.76 1,977,061
1982 7,763,335 106,575 78,473 28,102 13.7 10.1 3.6 1.84 1,947,609
1983 7,788,100 108,003 83,506 24,497 13.9 10.7 3.1 1.89 1,914,434
1984 7,813,549 107,036 82,742 24,294 13.7 10.6 3.1 1.90 1,921,422
1985 7,835,902 101,938 81,836 20,102 13.0 10.4 2.6 1.84 1,920,627
1986 7,853,824 99,419 83,977 15,442 12.7 10.7 2.0 1.82 1,911,361
1987 7,868,027 98,279 83,426 14,853 12.5 10.6 1.9 1.82 1,919,612
1988 7,884,218 97,471 83,616 13,855 12.4 10.6 1.8 1.82 1,899,146
1989 7,893,787 91,270 85,256 6,014 11.6 10.8 0.8 1.72 1,895,541
1990 7,897,937 90,467 85,515 4,952 11.5 10.8 0.6 1.72 1,899,883
1991 7,824,589 90,378 89,072 1,306 11.6 11.4 0.2 1.82 1,813,520
1992 7,787,897 86,877 93,475 -6,598 11.2 12.0 -0.8 1.76 1,821,688
1993 7,751,205 87,931 95,121 -7,190 11.3 12.3 -0.9 1.78 1,833,456
1994 7,714,513 85,292 93,011 -7,719 11.1 12.1 -1.0 1.72 1,846,610
1995 7,677,821 86,236 93,933 -7,697 11.2 12.2 -1.0 1.74 1,860,970
1996 7,641,129 82,548 98,370 -15,822 10.8 12.9 -2.1 1.66 1,868,882
1997 7,604,437 79,716 98,068 -18,352 10.5 12.9 -2.4 1.61 1,864,628
1998 7,567,745 76,330 99,376 -23,046 10.1 13.1 -3.0 1.54 1,855,228
1999 7,540,401 72,222 101,444 -29,222 9.6 13.5 -3.9 1.46 1,844,875
2000 7,516,346 73,764 104,042 -30,278 9.8 13.8 -4.0 1.48 1,831,994
2001 7,503,433 78,435 99,008 -20,573 10.5 13.2 -2.7 1.58 1,821,493
2002 7,500,031 78,101 102,785 -24,684 10.4 13.7 -3.3 1.57 1,810,526
2003 7,480,591 79,025 103,946 -24,921 10.6 13.9 -3.3 1.59 1,789,668
2004[10] 7,463,157 78,186 104,320 -26,134 10.5 14.0 -3.5 1.57 1,770,053
2005 7,440,769 72,180 106,771 -34,591 9.7 14.3 -4.6 1.45 1,750,845
2006 7,411,569 70,997 102,884 -31,887 9.6 13.9 -4.3 1.43 1,733,316
2007 7,381,579 68,102 102,805 -34,703 9.2 13.9 -4.7 1.38 1,718,428
2008 7,350,222 69,083 102,711 -33,628 9.4 14.0 -4.6 1.41 1,704,735
2009 7,320,807 70,299 104,000 -33,701 9.6 14.2 -4.6 1.44 1,691,363
2010[11] 7,291,436 68,304 103,211 -34,907 9.4 14.2 -4.8 1.41 1,677,562
2011 7,236,519 65,598 102,935 -37,337 9.1 14.2 -5.2 1.40 1,632,708
2012 7,201,497 67,257 102,400 -35,143 9.3 14.2 -4.9 1.45 1,615,898
2013 7,166,552 65,554 100,300 -34,746 9.1 14.0 -4.8 1.43 1,599,129
2014 7,131,787 66,461 101,247 -34,786 9.3 14.2 -4.9 1.47 1,582,643
2015 7,095,383 65,657 103,678 -38,021 9.3 14.6 -5.4 1.46 1,566,064
2016 7,058,322 64,734 100,834 -36,100 9.2 14.3 -5.1 1.46 1,550,651
2017 7,020,858 64,894 103,722 -38,828 9.2 14.8 -5.5 1.48 1,537,044
2018[12] 6,982,604 63,975 101,655 -37,680 9.2 14.6 -5.4 1.48 1,523,675
2019[13][14] 6,945,235 64,399 101,458 -37,059 9.3 14.6 -5.3 1.52 1,510,363
Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Total fertility rate Female fertile population (15–49 years)
Total 1950-2018 6,760,974 5,681,634 1,079,340 934.3 785.1 149.1
Average 1950-2018 7,236,775 97,985 82,343 15,643 13.5 11.4 2.2 1.86 1,813,209

Current vital statistics[15][16]

Births

  • from January - June 2019 = 29,666
  • from January - June 2020 = 29,314
  • Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 (January - June) = Decrease -352 (-1.19%)

Deaths

  • from January - June 2019 = 52,309
  • from January - June 2020 = 51,569
  • Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 (January - June) = Positive decrease -740 (-1.41%)

Natural increase

  • from January - June 2019 = -22,643
  • from January - June 2020 = -22,255
  • Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 (January - June) = Increase +388

Birth statistics by districts

2017 data[17]
District Population Live births Crude birth rate (‰)
City of Belgrade 1,687,132 18,000 10.7‰
Kolubara District 165,273 1,334 8.1‰
Mačva District 283,007 2,441 8.6‰
Moravica District 202,026 1,753 8.7‰
Pomoravlje District 202,025 1,435 7.1‰
Rasina District 226,808 1,772 7.8‰
Raška District 305,954 3,260 10.7‰
Šumadija District 284,957 2,390 8.4‰
Zlatibor District 271,080 2,358 8.7‰
Bor District 114,816 846 7.4‰
Braničevo District 170,207 1,284 7.5‰
Jablanica District 203,254 1,655 8.1‰
Nišava District 364,157 3,290 9.0‰
Pčinja District 198,671 1,980 10.0‰
Pirot District 85,964 645 7.5‰
Podunavlje District 189,091 1,469 7.8‰
Toplica District 85,287 758 8.9‰
Zaječar District 109,634 660 6.0‰
Central Banat District 177,308 1,561 8.8‰
North Bačka District 180,349 1,709 9.5‰
North Banat District 138,371 1,158 8.4‰
South Bačka District 617,949 6,529 10.6‰
South Banat District 281,203 2,500 8.9‰
Srem District 300,988 2,715 9.0‰
West Bačka District 175,347 1,392 7.9‰
Total 7,020,858 64,894 9.2‰

Birth rate by municipalities 1961–2017

Birth rates between 1961 and 2017 by municipalities (‰)[18]
Municipality 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2017
Novi Pazar 32.5 24.2 22.5 21.5 16.9 15.1 14.6
Tutin 36.3 32.3 27.0 21.5 18.8 17.4 14.5
Sjenica 34.2 26.8 18.3 20.0 12.7 11.9 12.9
Preševo 36.2 33.8 25.6 32.5 22.2 11.2 12.7
Savski venac 12.7 12.5 13.6 9.8 8.8 10.3 11.9
City of Novi Sad 18.4 15.1 15.5 11.9 10.8 12.2 11.7
Trgovište 28.0 19.0 11.4 14.6 8.7 6.1 11.5
Bujanovac 30.6 28.0 20.2 24.8 15.6 11.4 11.3
Zvezdara 15.9 17.6 15.4 10.3 10.8 11.4 11.2
Bojnik 18.0 15.4 11.1 12.7 11.7 9.9 11.1
Voždovac 17.4 17.2 13.6 10.3 8.8 10.5 10.9
Zemun 18.7 18.0 16.8 11.2 11.8 11.2 10.8
City of Belgrade 15.8 15.3 14.7 10.6 9.8 10.7 10.7
Čukarica 28.8 25.2 17.2 10.8 10.2 10.9 10.4
Žabalj 18.7 13.7 13.4 13.8 12.6 9.5 10.4
Vračar 10.6 10.8 12.2 8.5 8.7 10.8 10.3
City of Niš 17.1 15.3 13.7 11.8 10.1 9.5 9.7
City of Vranje 23.7 18.2 15.0 13.8 12.4 10.3 9.6
Bački Petrovac 16.9 10.5 12.1 10.9 9.2 9.6 9.6
Žitište 14.2 9.6 9.6 10.8 8.5 8.0 9.6
Grocka 16.1 14.6 16.9 11.7 10.3 10.5 9.5
Prijepolje 29.9 22.3 15.6 15.6 10.3 9.9 9.4
Loznica 23.6 17.2 15.1 12.0 10.3 8.0 9.4
Titel 17.8 13.1 12.1 12.5 9.6 10.0 9.3
Alibunar 15.7 12.0 10.7 10.6 8.1 6.8 9.3
City of Požarevac 14.5 13.4 12.4 12.5 12.1 9.7 9.3
Vrbas 20.4 16.5 16.8 12.6 10.5 10.0 9.2
Čačak 16.5 13.3 14.2 10.3 9.7 8.5 9.2
Arilje 16.5 12.6 11.4 11.9 10.8 9.5 9.2
Bor 15.1 16.1 12.9 12.1 10.3 8.6 9.2
Bela Palanka 13.5 10.1 9.8 9.6 7.2 7.3 9.2
Inđija 12.3 13.3 14.3 12.1 8.8 7.7 9.2
Šabac 17.4 14.2 15.5 12.4 10.4 8.7 9.0
Bačka Palanka 16.0 15.2 14.4 10.1 9.6 8.5 9.0
Ada 15.5 13.4 11.6 10.2 9.8 7.3 9.0
Čajetina 19.0 14.9 9.9 11.0 8.6 6.3 8.9
Bač 19.6 13.6 13.4 11.4 9.3 6.9 8.7
Valjevo 17.7 13.2 11.5 11.0 9.3 8.1 8.7
Krupanj 22.6 16.9 14.5 13.6 9.0 7.0 8.6
Zrenjanin 16.1 13.6 13.4 10.6 9.4 8.8 8.5
Beočin 21.5 15.2 14.0 15.2 11.5 9.0 8.4
City of Užice 20.0 17.0 13.9 12.0 9.3 8.5 8.4
Bečej 16.8 13.1 13.4 11.0 11.3 8.6 8.4
Žitorađa 15.7 16.0 9.6 11.2 10.5 8.4 8.4
Bajina Bašta 13.6 11.7 12.3 8.8 9.5 9.1 8.4
Vršac 17.7 12.0 13.6 12.6 10.3 8.9 8.3
Šid 10.9 12.5 13.2 12.3 8.4 8.4 8.3
Leskovac 21.0 15.7 13.0 12.2 10.9 8.3 8.2
Ub 17.8 11.7 11.2 11.0 9.4 6.9 8.2
Brus 19.6 15.4 12.7 9.9 7.9 7.1 8.1
Temerin 19.3 11.7 14.8 12.1 9.6 9.1 8.1
Ivanjica 18.3 14.6 12.2 11.9 9.9 7.2 8.1
Sombor 15.5 12.5 12.6 11.6 8.5 7.1 8.1
Irig 15.0 12.1 12.6 9.8 8.9 7.1 8.1
Bačka Topola 15.0 11.3 12.4 11.0 9.9 7.3 8.1
Blace 14.9 11.4 7.1 7.9 8.4 5.1 8.1
Gornji Milanovac 14.0 12.8 13.0 10.2 8.2 7.7 8.1
Ljubovija 26.0 16.6 13.7 12.5 10.2 8.3 8.0
Doljevac 18.9 14.2 11.9 12.4 9.6 6.9 8.0
Apatin 18.2 14.2 13.7 10.1 9.0 7.3 7.9
Požega 15.4 13.7 11.0 10.1 8.5 6.3 7.9
Vladičin Han 19.8 12.8 13.3 12.3 8.9 7.0 7.8
Bajina Bašta 20.5 15.8 12.2 10.5 9.4 7.0 7.7
Raška 17.3 15.8 13.6 10.1 10.5 7.4 7.6
Kraljevo 16.1 15.4 12.3 11.6 10.9 8.4 7.6
Kanjiža 15.8 12.4 12.7 9.7 8.3 8.5 7.6
Bogatić 15.7 12.9 12.3 10.7 9.1 7.4 7.6
Aleksinac 13.3 11.6 10.6 9.6 9.1 7.1 7.6
Aleksandrovac 18.5 14.2 11.9 10.1 9.3 6.8 7.5
Koceljeva 17.7 11.4 14.1 12.4 10.6 7.1 7.5
Mali Zvornik 23.7 16.6 16.6 12.9 9.2 7.7 7.4
Jagodina 16.0 14.3 11.4 11.3 11.1 9.5 7.4
Priboj 32.7 20.1 16.0 14.8 8.8 6.4 7.3
Bela Crkva 17.1 15.4 13.8 9.3 9.2 9.2 7.3
Batočina 14.5 9.2 12.4 11.6 10.6 7.1 7.3
Aranđelovac 16.0 14.5 12.5 12.0 9.2 8.8 7.2
Velika Plana 14.8 13.5 11.1 10.9 9.2 7.2 7.2
Vlasotince 21.2 15.4 11.8 12.9 9.9 7.1 7.1
Vrnjačka Banja 13.7 11.8 14.2 11.0 9.6 7.4 7.1
Nova Varoš 25.3 16.1 14.3 12.9 8.0 5.4 7.0
Čoka 16.6 11.4 10.7 11.6 9.3 6.0 7.0
Trstenik 14.2 11.4 12.5 10.3 8.2 6.4 6.9
Ćuprija 14.8 12.3 12.4 11.3 9.7 6.2 6.9
Ćićevac 13.0 10.7 13.0 9.4 9.8 5.2 6.9
Bosilegrad 18.9 14.7 11.5 9.7 8.2 5.3 6.7
Žabari 11.0 10.7 7.7 8.8 7.7 6.0 6.7
Žagubica 13.2 11.7 7.8 10.0 8.3 6.3 6.5
Vladimirci 17.6 11.2 11.2 11.8 7.9 7.0 6.3
Varvarin 13.4 12.1 1.6 9.3 9.1 7.0 6.3
Veliko Gradište 11.7 12.9 8.6 10.5 8.7 6.9 6.3
Topola 13.0 9.9 10.5 9.4 8.1 6.4 6.2
Babušnica 18.5 11.3 8.5 6.2 5.3 5.9 6.1
Golubac 13.5 12.3 8.6 9.8 9.3 5.9 6.1
Dimitrovgrad 13.0 9.3 9.0 7.2 7.1 4.7 6.0
Boljevac 13.4 9.0 8.3 9.9 8.1 5.0 5.8
Zaječar 11.8 11.5 11.2 10.0 8.2 7.2 5.8
Despotovac 15.9 12.3 10.6 9.4 8.9 7.2 5.6
Crna Trava 24.2 12.4 9.0 6.1 4.4 4.8 5.5
Gadžin Han 16.7 9.5 6.7 5.6 4.7 3.7 5.4
Total 17.2 14.4 13.4 11.5 10.5 9.0 9.2

Marriages and divorces

Data for Serbia excluding Kosovo.

Vital statistics, marriages and divorces by decade

Births and fertility rates


Ethnic groups

Ethnic map (2011 census)

Situated in the middle of the Balkans, Serbia is home to many different ethnic groups. According to the 2011 census, Serbs are the largest ethnic group in the country and constitute 83.3% of population. Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority in Serbia, concentrated predominately in northern Vojvodina and representing 3.5% of the country's population (13% in Vojvodina). Roma people constitute 2% of the total population but unofficial estimates put their actual number to be twice or three as high.[19] Bosniaks are third largest ethnic minority mainly inhabiting Raška region in southwestern part of the country. Other minority groups include Croats (0.9%), Slovaks (0.8%), Albanians, Montenegrins (0.5%), Romanians (0.4%), Macedonians (0.3%), and Bulgarians (0.3%). The Chinese[20][21] and Arabs, are the only two significant immigrant minorities.

Serbia (excluding Kosovo) in 2011
Serbs
 
 83.3%
Hungarians
 
 3.5%
Roma
 
 2.1%
Bosniaks
 
 2%
Croats
 
 0.8%
Slovaks
 
 0.7%
other
 
 5.3%
unspecified
 
 2.2%
By statistical regions
Belgrade region
Serbs
 
 90.7%
Roma
 
 1.6%
other/unspecified
 
 7.6%
Vojvodina
Serbs
 
 66.7%
Hungarians
 
 13%
Slovaks
 
 2.6%
Croats
 
 2.4%
Roma
 
 2.2%
Romanians
 
 1.3%
Montenegrins
 
 1.1%
other/unspecified
 
 9.7%
Šumadija and Western Serbia
Serbs
 
 88.5%
Bosniaks
 
 7%
Roma
 
 1%
other/unspecified
 
 3.5%
Southern and Eastern Serbia
Serbs
 
 89.1%
Roma
 
 3.6%
Vlachs
 
 2.1%
Bulgarians
 
 1%
other/unspecified
 
 4.2%
Ethnic
group 		census 1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2002[22] census 2011[23]
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Serbs 4,651,819 80.2 4,963,070 80.4 5,477,670 82.0 5,788,547 80.4 5,972,661 77.3 6,252,405 79.9 6,212,838 82.9 5,988,150 83.3
Hungarians 433,618 7.5 441,748 7.2 449,377 6.7 430,145 6.0 390,321 5.0 343,800 4.4 293,299 3.9 253,899 3.5
Roma 40,951 0.7 46,896 0.8 6,624 0.1 35,301 0.5 76,833 1.0 94,492 1.2 108,193 1.4 147,604 2.1
Muslims 7,636 0.1 74,840 1.2 85,441 1.3 127,973 1.8 156,604 2.0 180,222 2.3 19,503 0.3 22,301 0.3
Bosniaks 136,087 1.8 145,278 2.0
Croats 164,574 2.8 167,045 2.7 189,158 2.8 176,649 2.5 140,650 1.8 97,344 1.2 70,602 0.9 57,900 0.8
Slovaks 73,138 1.3 75,006 1.2 77,816 1.2 76,707 1.1 73,170 0.9 66,772 0.9 59,021 0.8 52,750 0.7
Albanians 33,769 0.6 40,954 0.7 53,167 0.8 68,593 1.0 76,296 1.0 78,281 1.0 61,647 0.8 5,809 0.1
Montenegrins 46,810 0.8 54,718 0.9 67,165 1.0 93,705 1.3 120,438 1.6 118,934 1.5 69,049 0.9 38,527 0.5
Vlachs 93,440 1.6 28,047 0.5 1,367 0.0 14,719 0.2 25,592 0.3 17,804 0.2 40,054 0.5 35,330 0.5
Romanians 63,112 1.1 59,689 1.0 59,492 0.9 57,399 0.8 53,676 0.7 42,316 0.5 34,576 0.5 29,332 0.4
Yugoslavs 14,873 0.2 122,904 1.7 439,265 5.7 320,168 4.1 80,721 1.1 23,303 0.3
Macedonians 17,391 0.3 26,305 0.4 35,146 0.5 41,627 0.6 47,930 0.6 45,068 0.6 25,847 0.3 22,755 0.3
Bulgarians 59,395 1.0 60,146 1.0 58,243 0.9 53,536 0.7 33,294 0.4 26,698 0.3 20,497 0.3 18,543 0.3
Others[24]/unspecified 114,493 2.0 132,549 2.1 102,700 1.5 115,093 1.6 122,506 1.6 138,491 1.8 266,067 3.5 345,381 4.8
Total 5,800,146 6,171,013 6,678,239 7,202,898 7,729,236 7,822,795 7,498,001 7,186,862

Religion

Religion map (2002 census)
Main article: Religion in Serbia
Serbia (excluding Kosovo) in 2011
Eastern Orthodox
 
 84.5%
Roman Catholic
 
 5%
Islam
 
 3%
Protestant
 
 1%
Other
 
 0.1%
Atheists/Agnostics
 
 1.1%
Unspecified
 
 4.4%

Serbia is largely a homogeneous Eastern Orthodox nation, with Catholic and Muslim minorities, among other smaller confessions.[25]

Orthodox Christians number 6,079,396 or 84.5% of country's population. The Serbian Orthodox Church is the largest and traditional church of the country, adherents of which are overwhelmingly Serbs. Other Orthodox Christian communities in Serbia include Montenegrins, Romanians, Vlachs, Macedonians and Bulgarians.

There are 356,957 Roman Catholics in Serbia, roughly 5% of the population, mostly in Vojvodina (especially its northern part) which is home to minority ethnic groups such as Hungarians, Croats, Bunjevci, Albanians, as well as to some Slovaks and Czechs.[25] Protestantism accounts for about 1% of the country's population, chiefly among Slovaks in Vojvodina as well as among Reformist Hungarians.

Muslims, with 222,282 or 3% of population, form third largest religious group. Islam has a strong historic following in the southern regions of Serbia, primarily in southern Raška. Bosniaks are the largest Islamic community in Serbia; estimates are that some third of country's Roma people are Muslim.

Languages

Linguistic map (2002 census)
Main articles: Languages of Serbia and Serbian language
Serbia (excluding Kosovo) in 2011
Serbian
 
 88%
Hungarian
 
 3.4%
Bosnian
 
 1.9%
Romani
 
 1%
Other/unspecified
 
 5.2%

The official language is Serbian, member of the South Slavic group of languages, and is native to 6,330,919 or 88% of the population.[26] Recognized minority languages are: Hungarian (mother tongue to 243,146 people or 3.4% of population), Slovak, Romanian, Bulgarian and Rusyn as well as Bosnian and Croatian which are completely mutual intelligible with Serbian. All these languages are in official use in municipalities or cities where more than a 15% of population consists of national minority.[27] In Vojvodina, provincial administration uses, besides Serbian, five other languages (Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian and Rusyn).

Largest cities

Name Population (2011)
Belgrade 1,233,796
Novi Sad 277,522
Niš 187,544
Kragujevac 150,835
Subotica 105,681

Migration

Emigration

See also: Serbian diaspora

Immigration

See also: Immigration to Serbia

Foreign citizens in Serbia in 2016.[28]

Temporary residence Permanent residence
# Country Population Country Population
1 China China 3,280 China China 1,232
2 Russia Russia 2,677 Romania Romania 1,162
3 Libya Libya 1,656 Russia Russia 620
4 North Macedonia North Macedonia 1,386 North Macedonia North Macedonia 516
5 Ukraine Ukraine 1,031 Ukraine Ukraine 340
Total 19,929 Total 6,684

Other demographic data

Data that follows has been derived from the Ministry of Demography and Population Policy of Serbia Official website[29]

Median age of the population
Total: 43.16 years (2018)
Male: 41.73 years
Female: 44.53 years
Mother's mean age at first birth
28.4 years (2018)
Number of marriages per 1000 inhabitants
5.2 marriages/1,000 population (2018)
Median age of the groom at the time of marriage
34.2 years (2018)
Median age of the bride at the time of marriage
31.1 years (2018)
Number of divorces per 1000 marriages
275.2 divorces/1,000 marriages (2018)

Education

Further information: Education in Serbia

According to 2011 census, literacy in Serbia stands at 98% of population while computer literacy is at 49% (complete computer literacy is at 34.2%).[30] Same census showed the following levels of education: 16.2% of inhabitants have higher education (10.6% have bachelors or master's degrees, 5.6% have an associate degree), 49% have a secondary education, 20.7% have an elementary education, and 13.7% have not completed elementary education.[31]

Health

Further information: Health in Serbia

The life expectancy in Serbia at birth is 74.8 years, 71.9 for males and 77.7 for females.[32] Serbia has a comparatively old overall population (among the 10 oldest in the world), with the average age of 42.9 years.[33]

Period Life expectancy in
Years[34]
1950–1955 59.12
1955–1960 Increase 61.60
1960–1965 Increase 64.26
1965–1970 Increase 66.72
1970–1975 Increase 68.53
1975–1980 Increase 69.53
1980–1985 Increase 70.20
1985–1990 Increase 71.14
1990–1995 Increase 71.74
1995–2000 Increase 71.91
2000–2005 Increase 72.36
2005–2010 Increase 73.33
2010–2015 Increase 74.65

See also

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