Serbs

Not to be confused with Sorbs.
"Serbians" and "Serbian people" redirect here. For information on the population of Serbia, see Serbians (demonym).

Serbs
Срби
Srbi
Total population
c. 10 million*
Regions with significant populations
 Serbia 5,400,000 (2022 census)
 Montenegro 270 000 (2023)[1]
 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1,086,733 (2013)[2]
Other regions
Southern Europe
 Croatia123,892 (2021)[3]
 Kosovo95,962 (2016 est.)[4]
 Italy46,958[5]
 Slovenia38,964 (2002)[6]
 North Macedonia23,847 (2021)[7]
 Malta5,000[8]
Northern Europe
 Swedenc. 110–120,000 (est.)
 United Kingdomc. 70,000 (2001 est.)
 Norwayc. 15,000 (est.)[9]
Eastern Europe
 Romania18,076 (2011)[10]
 Hungary11,127 (2016)[11]
 Slovakia1,876 (2021)[12][13]
Western Europe
 Germanyc. 313,198 (people with full or partial ancestry)[14][15]
 Austriac. 300,000 (people with full or partial ancestry)[16]
 Francec. 200,000 (2022 est.)[17][18]
  Switzerlandc. 150,000 (2000 est.)[19]
Americas
 United States193,844 (2021)[20]
 Canada96,530 (2016)[21]
 Argentina30,000 (ancestry)[22]
 Brazil21,000[23]
Oceania
 Australia69,544 (2011)[24]
Asia and Africa
 United Arab Emiratesc. 15,000 (est.)[25]
 South Africac. 20,000 (est.)[26]
Languages
Serbian
Religion
Predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy
(Serbian Orthodox Church)[27]
Related ethnic groups
South Slavs
* The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations.
**Some 265,895 (or 42.88% of Montenegro's total population) declared Serbian language as their mother tongue.[28]
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The Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: Срби, romanized: Srbi, pronounced [sr̩̂bi]) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history, and language.[29][30][31][32] They primarily live in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro as well as in North Macedonia, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania.[33][34]

The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro.

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  22. ^ Stefanovic-Banovic, Milesa; Pantovic, Branislav (2013). "'Our' diaspora in Argentina: Historical overview and preliminary research" (PDF). Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta. 61: 119–131. doi:10.2298/GEI1301119S. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2020. На територији Републике Аргентине данас живи око 30 0002 људи српског и црногорског порекла, већим делом са простора данашње Црне Горе и Хрватске, а мањим делом из Србије и Босне и Херцеговине.
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