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Population in Serbia compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Serbia was 6,587,202 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Serbia's population is 6,541,064 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 7.46 times bigger than Serbia's.
  • Serbia is ranked the 110th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.67% of the world: 0.08% for Serbia vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Serbia has had an average growth rate of -0.76% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Serbia has decreased from 7.44M people to 6.54M (12.1% decline), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 32.5% of the population in Serbia and 21.4% in Spain.

Serbia vs Spain: live population counter

Serbia Spain
Current population
6541064
48786181
Population rank 110/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.08% 0.59%
One net population change
14.6 minutes
1.14 minutes
One birth every
8.63 minutes
1.62 minutes
One death every
5.4 minutes
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
1.08 hours
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change -8,132 +111,674
Daily growth/decline -99 +1,258
Annual growth/decline -35,981 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate -0.54% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 186/197 108/197

Serbia and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Serbia
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Serbia Spain Serbia Spain
1960 6,638,992 30,455,000 - -
1961 6,689,077 30,739,250 0.75% 0.93%
1962 6,740,264 31,023,366 0.77% 0.92%
1963 6,787,950 31,296,651 0.71% 0.88%
1964 6,832,855 31,609,195 0.66% 1%
1965 6,876,624 31,954,292 0.64% 1.09%
1966 6,927,969 32,283,194 0.75% 1.03%
1967 6,966,522 32,682,947 0.56% 1.24%
1968 7,007,586 33,113,134 0.59% 1.32%
1969 7,123,249 33,441,054 1.65% 0.99%
1970 7,164,993 33,814,531 0.59% 1.12%
1971 7,211,716 34,224,490 0.65% 1.21%
1972 7,252,012 34,604,469 0.56% 1.11%
1973 7,283,902 34,988,947 0.44% 1.11%
1974 7,326,043 35,373,335 0.58% 1.1%
1975 7,368,717 35,757,900 0.58% 1.09%
1976 7,418,973 36,137,812 0.68% 1.06%
1977 7,462,783 36,511,638 0.59% 1.03%
1978 7,504,017 36,864,898 0.55% 0.97%
1979 7,541,997 37,191,330 0.51% 0.89%
1980 7,709,544 37,491,165 2.22% 0.81%
1981 7,736,787 37,758,631 0.35% 0.71%
1982 7,763,335 37,986,012 0.34% 0.6%
1983 7,788,100 38,171,525 0.32% 0.49%
1984 7,813,549 38,330,364 0.33% 0.42%
1985 7,835,902 38,469,512 0.29% 0.36%
1986 7,853,824 38,584,624 0.23% 0.3%
1987 7,868,027 38,684,815 0.18% 0.26%
1988 7,884,218 38,766,939 0.21% 0.21%
1989 7,893,787 38,827,764 0.12% 0.16%
1990 7,897,937 38,867,322 0.05% 0.1%
1991 7,595,636 38,966,376 -3.83% 0.25%
1992 7,604,063 39,157,685 0.11% 0.49%
1993 7,614,328 39,361,262 0.13% 0.52%
1994 7,622,711 39,549,108 0.11% 0.48%
1995 7,628,264 39,724,050 0.07% 0.44%
1996 7,622,185 39,889,852 -0.08% 0.42%
1997 7,598,538 40,057,389 -0.31% 0.42%
1998 7,567,745 40,223,509 -0.41% 0.41%
1999 7,540,401 40,386,875 -0.36% 0.41%
2000 7,516,346 40,567,864 -0.32% 0.45%
2001 7,503,433 40,850,412 -0.17% 0.7%
2002 7,500,031 41,431,558 -0.05% 1.42%
2003 7,480,591 42,187,645 -0.26% 1.82%
2004 7,463,157 42,921,895 -0.23% 1.74%
2005 7,440,769 43,653,155 -0.3% 1.7%
2006 7,411,569 44,397,319 -0.39% 1.7%
2007 7,381,579 45,226,803 -0.4% 1.87%
2008 7,350,222 45,954,106 -0.42% 1.61%
2009 7,320,807 46,362,946 -0.4% 0.89%
2010 7,291,436 46,576,897 -0.4% 0.46%
2011 7,236,519 46,742,697 -0.75% 0.36%
2012 7,201,497 46,773,055 -0.48% 0.06%
2013 7,166,553 46,604,197 -0.49% -0.36%
2014 7,131,787 46,460,733 -0.49% -0.31%
2015 7,095,383 46,422,303 -0.51% -0.08%
2016 7,058,322 46,458,139 -0.52% 0.08%
2017 7,020,858 46,571,232 -0.53% 0.24%
2018 6,982,604 46,782,011 -0.54% 0.45%
2019 6,945,235 47,118,501 -0.54% 0.72%
2020 6,899,126 47,359,424 -0.66% 0.51%
2021 6,834,326 47,443,821 -0.94% 0.18%
2022 6,664,449 47,786,102 -2.49% 0.72%
2023 6,623,183 48,347,910 -0.62% 1.18%
2024 6,587,202 48,807,137 -0.54% 0.95%
2025 6,541,064 48,786,181 -0.7% -0.04%
2026 6,495,033 48,746,279 -0.7% -0.08%
2027 6,451,587 48,696,847 -0.67% -0.1%
2028 6,407,523 48,642,132 -0.68% -0.11%
2029 6,363,135 48,578,166 -0.69% -0.13%
2030 6,318,273 48,501,513 -0.71% -0.16%
2031 6,272,974 48,412,854 -0.72% -0.18%
2032 6,227,395 48,321,195 -0.73% -0.19%
2033 6,181,396 48,230,054 -0.74% -0.19%
2034 6,135,163 48,136,421 -0.75% -0.19%
2035 6,088,832 48,036,650 -0.76% -0.21%
2036 6,042,364 47,929,957 -0.76% -0.22%
2037 5,995,710 47,819,257 -0.77% -0.23%
2038 5,948,872 47,706,580 -0.78% -0.24%
2039 5,901,891 47,588,878 -0.79% -0.25%
2040 5,855,009 47,463,597 -0.79% -0.26%
2041 5,808,317 47,332,618 -0.8% -0.28%
2042 5,761,829 47,194,588 -0.8% -0.29%
2043 5,715,931 47,052,293 -0.8% -0.3%
2044 5,670,687 46,902,636 -0.79% -0.32%
2045 5,625,991 46,738,565 -0.79% -0.35%
2046 5,581,867 46,564,383 -0.78% -0.37%
2047 5,538,323 46,381,681 -0.78% -0.39%
2048 5,495,303 46,190,642 -0.78% -0.41%
2049 5,452,676 45,985,428 -0.78% -0.44%
2050 5,410,466 45,769,362 -0.77% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Serbia decreased by 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Serbia lost -554,319 (a 7.81% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Serbia was ranked 96th most populous country in 2005 and is 110th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Serbia's population will shrink by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people with a rank change from 110th to 125th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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