The latest officially reported population of Serbia was 6,587,202 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Serbia's population is 6,541,064 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 13.1 times bigger than Serbia's.
- Serbia is ranked the 110th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.12% of the world: 0.08% for Serbia vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Serbia has had an average growth rate of -0.76% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of Serbia has decreased from 7.44M people to 6.54M (12.1% decline), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
- Turkey is projected to reach its peak in 2047 at 89.4M people, while Serbia's population already peaked in 1990 at 7.9M people and is projected to decrease to 3.62M people by 2100.
Serbia vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
6541064
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85914550
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| Population rank | 110/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
14.6 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.63 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
5.4 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.08 hours
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -8,132 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | -99 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | -35,981 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.54% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 186/197 | 153/197 |
Serbia and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 6,638,992 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 6,689,077 | 29,119,238 | 0.75% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 6,740,264 | 29,916,147 | 0.77% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 6,787,950 | 30,726,841 | 0.71% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 6,832,855 | 31,543,072 | 0.66% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 6,876,624 | 32,345,220 | 0.64% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 6,927,969 | 33,177,672 | 0.75% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 6,966,522 | 34,050,421 | 0.56% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 7,007,586 | 34,921,684 | 0.59% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 7,123,249 | 35,787,774 | 1.65% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 7,164,993 | 36,638,465 | 0.59% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 7,211,716 | 37,518,611 | 0.65% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 7,252,012 | 38,430,221 | 0.56% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 7,283,902 | 39,329,533 | 0.44% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 7,326,043 | 40,210,234 | 0.58% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 7,368,717 | 41,053,126 | 0.58% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 7,418,973 | 41,899,984 | 0.68% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 7,462,783 | 42,773,298 | 0.59% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 7,504,017 | 43,645,306 | 0.55% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 7,541,997 | 44,510,429 | 0.51% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 7,709,544 | 45,408,815 | 2.22% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 7,736,787 | 46,321,190 | 0.35% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 7,763,335 | 47,322,096 | 0.34% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 7,788,100 | 48,447,410 | 0.32% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 7,813,549 | 49,574,069 | 0.33% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 7,835,902 | 50,687,115 | 0.29% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 7,853,824 | 51,777,772 | 0.23% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 7,868,027 | 52,843,670 | 0.18% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 7,884,218 | 53,909,626 | 0.21% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 7,893,787 | 54,976,723 | 0.12% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 7,897,937 | 56,015,628 | 0.05% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 7,595,636 | 57,009,887 | -3.83% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 7,604,063 | 57,990,118 | 0.11% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 7,614,328 | 58,999,167 | 0.13% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 7,622,711 | 60,033,836 | 0.11% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 7,628,264 | 61,024,503 | 0.07% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 7,622,185 | 61,951,134 | -0.08% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 7,598,538 | 62,852,966 | -0.31% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 7,567,745 | 63,734,383 | -0.41% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 7,540,401 | 64,591,923 | -0.36% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 7,516,346 | 65,425,961 | -0.32% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 7,503,433 | 66,245,128 | -0.17% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 7,500,031 | 67,048,795 | -0.05% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 7,480,591 | 67,831,730 | -0.26% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 7,463,157 | 68,592,617 | -0.23% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 7,440,769 | 69,329,557 | -0.3% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 7,411,569 | 70,045,349 | -0.39% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 7,381,579 | 70,158,112 | -0.4% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 7,350,222 | 71,051,678 | -0.42% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 7,320,807 | 72,039,206 | -0.4% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 7,291,436 | 73,142,150 | -0.4% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 7,236,519 | 74,223,629 | -0.75% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 7,201,497 | 75,175,827 | -0.48% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 7,166,553 | 76,147,624 | -0.49% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 7,131,787 | 77,181,884 | -0.49% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 7,095,383 | 78,218,479 | -0.51% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 7,058,322 | 79,277,962 | -0.52% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 7,020,858 | 80,312,698 | -0.53% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 6,982,604 | 81,407,204 | -0.54% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 6,945,235 | 82,579,440 | -0.54% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 6,899,126 | 83,384,680 | -0.66% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 6,834,326 | 84,147,318 | -0.94% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 6,664,449 | 84,979,913 | -2.49% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 6,623,183 | 85,325,965 | -0.62% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 6,587,202 | 85,518,661 | -0.54% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 6,541,064 | 85,725,557 | -0.7% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 6,495,033 | 85,960,835 | -0.7% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 6,451,587 | 86,227,115 | -0.67% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 6,407,523 | 86,502,744 | -0.68% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 6,363,135 | 86,771,652 | -0.69% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 6,318,273 | 87,037,680 | -0.71% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 6,272,974 | 87,297,191 | -0.72% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 6,227,395 | 87,537,075 | -0.73% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 6,181,396 | 87,762,403 | -0.74% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 6,135,163 | 87,974,138 | -0.75% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 6,088,832 | 88,172,739 | -0.76% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 6,042,364 | 88,364,318 | -0.76% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 5,995,710 | 88,545,669 | -0.77% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 5,948,872 | 88,707,268 | -0.78% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 5,901,891 | 88,849,956 | -0.79% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 5,855,009 | 88,975,510 | -0.79% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 5,808,317 | 89,083,304 | -0.8% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 5,761,829 | 89,177,769 | -0.8% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 5,715,931 | 89,254,147 | -0.8% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 5,670,687 | 89,311,458 | -0.79% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 5,625,991 | 89,349,806 | -0.79% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 5,581,867 | 89,375,429 | -0.78% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 5,538,323 | 89,383,765 | -0.78% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 5,495,303 | 89,361,174 | -0.78% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 5,452,676 | 89,306,566 | -0.78% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 5,410,466 | 89,218,346 | -0.77% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Serbia decreased by 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Serbia lost -554,319 (a 7.81% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
Serbia was ranked 96th most populous country in 2005 and is 110th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between Serbia and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 77.1 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.4:52.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.61 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.9 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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