Demographics of Serbia

Demographics of Serbia
Serbia population pyramid in 2024, excluding Kosovo
Population 6,623,183
Growth rate −10.9 per 1,000 inhabitants (2021)
Birth rate 9.2 per 1,000 pop. (2023)
Death rate 14.7 per 1,000 pop. (2023)
Life expectancy 72.7 years (2021)
  male73.1 years
  female78.4 years
Fertility rate 1.63 children born/woman (2022)
Infant mortality rate 4.8 deaths/1,000 infants (2019)
Net migration rate –0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 pop. (2022)
Age structure
0–14 years 14.3% (2021)
15–64 years 64.4% (2021)
65 and over 21.3% (2021)
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 (2.8%)
Bosniaks (2.31%)
Roma (2%)
Others (5.4%)
Undeclared and unknown (6.9%)
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 (84.36%)
Hungarian (2.5%)
Bosnian (2.1%)
Romani (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.