The current population of Serbia is 6,494,317 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 6,586,476 in 2024.
Population facts:
- The UN estimates that Serbia's population is going to decline by -16.7% to 5.41M people by 2050.
- Since 2006, population has decreased from 7.41M people to 6.49M (-12.4% decline in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Serbia has had an average decline rate of -0.62% per year.
- Serbia accounts for 0.08% of the world's population.
- Serbia is ranked 110/197 by population and was ranked 97th in 2006.
- Serbia's population peaked in 1990 at 7.9M people and has been in decline since.
Serbia population clock
Serbia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6494317
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 110/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | N/A |
| One net population change |
14.3 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
8.63 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.4 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -101 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | -36,707 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.55% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 189/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.08 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -8,132 | N/A |
Serbia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6,638,992 | - |
| 1961 | 6,689,077 | 0.75% |
| 1962 | 6,740,264 | 0.77% |
| 1963 | 6,787,950 | 0.71% |
| 1964 | 6,832,855 | 0.66% |
| 1965 | 6,876,624 | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 6,927,969 | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 6,966,522 | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 7,007,586 | 0.59% |
| 1969 | 7,123,249 | 1.65% |
| 1970 | 7,164,993 | 0.59% |
| 1971 | 7,211,716 | 0.65% |
| 1972 | 7,252,012 | 0.56% |
| 1973 | 7,283,902 | 0.44% |
| 1974 | 7,326,043 | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 7,368,717 | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 7,418,973 | 0.68% |
| 1977 | 7,462,783 | 0.59% |
| 1978 | 7,504,017 | 0.55% |
| 1979 | 7,541,997 | 0.51% |
| 1980 | 7,709,544 | 2.22% |
| 1981 | 7,736,787 | 0.35% |
| 1982 | 7,763,335 | 0.34% |
| 1983 | 7,788,100 | 0.32% |
| 1984 | 7,813,549 | 0.33% |
| 1985 | 7,835,902 | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 7,853,824 | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 7,868,027 | 0.18% |
| 1988 | 7,884,218 | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 7,893,787 | 0.12% |
| 1990 | 7,897,937 | 0.05% |
| 1991 | 7,595,636 | -3.83% |
| 1992 | 7,604,063 | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 7,614,328 | 0.13% |
| 1994 | 7,622,711 | 0.11% |
| 1995 | 7,628,264 | 0.07% |
| 1996 | 7,622,185 | -0.08% |
| 1997 | 7,598,538 | -0.31% |
| 1998 | 7,567,745 | -0.41% |
| 1999 | 7,540,401 | -0.36% |
| 2000 | 7,516,346 | -0.32% |
| 2001 | 7,503,433 | -0.17% |
| 2002 | 7,500,031 | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 7,480,591 | -0.26% |
| 2004 | 7,463,157 | -0.23% |
| 2005 | 7,440,769 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,411,569 | -0.39% |
| 2007 | 7,381,579 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 7,350,222 | -0.42% |
| 2009 | 7,320,807 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,291,436 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 7,236,519 | -0.75% |
| 2012 | 7,201,497 | -0.48% |
| 2013 | 7,166,553 | -0.49% |
| 2014 | 7,131,787 | -0.49% |
| 2015 | 7,095,383 | -0.51% |
| 2016 | 7,058,322 | -0.52% |
| 2017 | 7,020,858 | -0.53% |
| 2018 | 6,982,604 | -0.54% |
| 2019 | 6,945,235 | -0.54% |
| 2020 | 6,899,126 | -0.66% |
| 2021 | 6,834,326 | -0.94% |
| 2022 | 6,664,449 | -2.49% |
| 2023 | 6,623,183 | -0.62% |
| 2024 | 6,586,476 | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 6,540,343 | -0.7% |
| 2026 | 6,494,317 | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 6,450,876 | -0.67% |
| 2028 | 6,406,817 | -0.68% |
| 2029 | 6,362,434 | -0.69% |
| 2030 | 6,317,577 | -0.71% |
| 2031 | 6,272,283 | -0.72% |
| 2032 | 6,226,709 | -0.73% |
| 2033 | 6,180,715 | -0.74% |
| 2034 | 6,134,487 | -0.75% |
| 2035 | 6,088,161 | -0.76% |
| 2036 | 6,041,698 | -0.76% |
| 2037 | 5,995,050 | -0.77% |
| 2038 | 5,948,216 | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 5,901,240 | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 5,854,364 | -0.79% |
| 2041 | 5,807,677 | -0.8% |
| 2042 | 5,761,194 | -0.8% |
| 2043 | 5,715,301 | -0.8% |
| 2044 | 5,670,062 | -0.79% |
| 2045 | 5,625,371 | -0.79% |
| 2046 | 5,581,251 | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 5,537,712 | -0.78% |
| 2048 | 5,494,697 | -0.78% |
| 2049 | 5,452,075 | -0.78% |
| 2050 | 5,409,870 | -0.77% |
Serbia has a population of 6.49M as of 2026, compared to 7.06M in 2016, 7.41M in 2006, and 7.62M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.8% per year. Serbia is ranked 189th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Serbia will have 5,581,251 people (-14.1% decline) with a rank change from 110th to 123rd.
By the year 2100, Serbia's population is projected to decline by 44.3% to 3.62M people.
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Serbia population statistics
|
Serbia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.4:52.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.61 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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