Demographics of Serbia

Demographics of Serbia
Serbia population pyramid in 2020
PopulationDecrease 6,623,183[1]
Growth rateDecrease −10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants (2021)[2]
Birth rateDecrease 9.2 per 1,000 pop. (2023)[2]
Death rateNegative increase 14.7 per 1,000 pop. (2023)[2]
Life expectancyDecrease 72.7 years (2021)[2]
 • male73.1 years [3]
 • female78.4 years[3]
Fertility rateIncrease 1.63 children born/woman (2022)[2]
Infant mortality ratePositive decrease 4.8 deaths/1,000 infants (2019)[2]
Net migration rateDecrease –0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 pop. (2022)
Age structure
0–14 yearsSteady 14.3% (2021)[2]
15–64 yearsDecrease 64.4% (2021)[2]
65 and overNegative increase 21.3% (2021)[2]
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 Decrease (80.6%) / Increase (86.6%)
Minor ethnicHungarians Decrease (2.8%) / Decrease (3.0%)
Bosniaks Increase (2.31%) / Increase (2.5%)
Roma Decrease (2%) / Decrease (2.1%)
other minorities around 5.3% / (5.8%)
undeclared and unknown 6.9% Increase
Language
OfficialSerbian at national level;
Hungarian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovak, Albanian, Romanian, Montenegrin and Rusyn are in official use in Vojvodina. Minority languages are used in municipalities which harbor minorities.
SpokenSerbian Increase (84.36%)
Hungarian Decrease (2.5%)
Bosnian Increase (2.1%)
Romani Decrease (1.2%)
other minority languages less than 1%

Demographic features of the population of Serbia include vital statistics, ethnicity, religious affiliations, education level, health of the populace, and other aspects of the population.

  1. ^ "Final results of the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings, 2022". Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Population" (web). Stat.gov.rs. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Worldometers.info".