Serbia People - 2021

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 činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

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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 urban areas - 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.)

Current Health Expenditure

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 est.>

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

3,300 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children

HIV/AIDS - deaths

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)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 27.5%

male: 26.1%

female: 29.9% (2019 est.)