Demographics of Serbia

Demographics of Serbia
Serbia population pyramid in 2026
Population 6,567,783 (2025)
Growth rate −5.5 per 1,000 inhabitants (2024)
Birth rate 9.2 per 1,000 pop. (2024)
Death rate 14.9 per 1,000 pop. (2024)
Life expectancy 75.4 years (2024)
 • male73.7 years
 • female78.3 years
Fertility rate 1.63 children born/woman (2024)
Infant mortality rate 4.6 deaths/1,000 infants (2024)
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 pop. (2024)
Age structure
0–14 years 14.4% (2024)
15–64 years 63% (2024)
65 and over 22.6% (2024)
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 (80.6%)
Minor ethnicHungarians (2.7%)
Bosniaks (2.3%)
Roma (2%)
Others (5.5%)
Undeclared/Unknown (6.9%)
Language
OfficialSerbian at national level;
Hungarian, Bosnian, Albanian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Montenegrin, at local level (where share of respective ethnic minority in total population of city/municipality is more than 15%).
SpokenSerbian (84.3%)
Hungarian (2.5%)
Bosnian (2.2%)
Romani (1.2%)
Albanian (1%)
Others (2.8%)
Undeclared/Unknown (5.9%)

Demographic features of the population of Serbia include vital statistics; marriages and divorces; age structure and life expectancy; urbanisation; ethnic, religious, and linguistic statistics; migrations; education level of population.

The demography of Serbia is monitored by the Statistical Institute of Serbia.