Serbia: People & Society#
| Population | 7,143,921 note: does not include the population of Kosovo (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Serb(s) adjective: Serbian |
| Ethnic groups | Serb 83.3%, Hungarian 3.5%, Romany 2.1%, Bosniak 2%, other 5.7%, undeclared or unknown 3.4% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romany 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8% note: Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Rusyn are official in Vojvodina (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Serbian Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1.1%, other 0.8%, undeclared or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.64% (male 539,189/female 506,727) 15-24 years: 11.34% (male 417,692/female 392,379) 25-54 years: 41.41% (male 1,492,799/female 1,465,270) 55-64 years: 14.58% (male 502,172/female 539,349) 65 years and over: 18.03% (male 530,827/female 757,517) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.1% youth dependency ratio: 24.5% elderly dependency ratio: 25.6% potential support ratio: 3.9% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42.3 years male: 40.7 years female: 44 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.46% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 13.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations |
| Urbanization | urban population: 55.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.34% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | BELGRADE (capital) 1.182 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 27.8 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.5 years male: 72.6 years female: 78.5 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.43 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 60.8% (2010) |
| Health expenditures | 10.4% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.11 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
| Hospital bed density | 5.4 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.4% of population rural: 98.9% of population total: 99.2% of population unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population rural: 1.1% of population total: 0.8% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 98.2% of population rural: 94.2% of population total: 96.4% of population unimproved: urban: 1.8% of population rural: 5.8% of population total: 3.6% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.05% (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 3,000 (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 100 (2013 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21.1% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.8% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.2% of GDP (2014) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 99.1% female: 97.2% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2014) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 36,141 percentage: 4% (2005 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 49.4% male: N/A female: N/A (2013 est.) |