Demographics & population — Serbia
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Serbia: 7,012,165
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Population overview
- Population
7,012,165
- Population - note
note: does not include the population of Kosovo
- Population Growth Rate
-0.46%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
BELGRADE (capital) 1.135 million
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
9
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
13.77
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
1.41
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
60.8%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
60.8%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
27.2
- Mother's mean age at first birth
27.2
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Serb 62.6%, Albanian 16.5%, Montenegrin 5%, Hungarian 3.3%, other 12.6%
- Nationality Noun
Serb(s); Montenegrin(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
96.4%
- Literacy - male
98.9%
- Literacy - female
94.1%
- Literacy Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
4.8%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
12
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
2.11
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
5.4
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
10.4%
- Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk
intermediate
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
24.8%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
1.6%