Serbia's population fell from 7.62M in 1996 to 6.55M in 2025.
Serbia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Serbia's population growth fell from -0.1 % in 1996 to -0.6 % in 2025.
Serbia's population density fell from 84.7 in 2006 to 78.8 in 2023.
Serbia's population, female (% of total) rose from 52.3 % in 1996 to 52.6 % in 2025.
Serbia's urbanisation rose from 53.5 % in 1996 to 62.6 % in 2025.
Serbia's urban population rose from 4.08M in 1996 to 4.1M in 2025.
Serbia's rural population fell from 3.55M in 1996 to 2.45M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +1.2 %131st of 217
- Birth rate, crudeunchanged +0.0 %169th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.4 %3rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.1 %77th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs20th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts193rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.3 pts140th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts14th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts78th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts13th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −60.9 %160th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts80th of 216
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- Life expectancydown −0.2 yrs100th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaledown −0.2 yrs107th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maledown −0.1 yrs90th of 217
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- Refugees hostedNo data