The latest officially reported population of Serbia was 6,586,476 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Serbia's population is 6,494,317 people compared to 39,535,850 in Ukraine.
Population statistics:
- Ukraine's population is 6.09 times bigger than Serbia's.
- Serbia is ranked the 110th most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
- The countries together account for 0.56% of the world: 0.08% for Serbia vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
- For the last 10 years, Serbia has had an average growth rate of -0.76% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
- Since 2006, the population of Serbia has decreased from 7.41M people to 6.49M (12.4% decline), while Ukraine has declined from 47.3M to 39.5M (16.4% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 32.6% of the population in Serbia and 43.2% in Ukraine.
Serbia vs Ukraine: live population counter
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| Current population |
6494317
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39535850
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| Population rank | 110/197 | 40/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.48% |
| One net population change |
14.3 minutes
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4.13 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.63 minutes
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2.48 minutes
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| One death every |
5.4 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.08 hours
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27.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -8,132 | +1,146,012 |
| Daily growth/decline | -101 | +349 |
| Annual growth/decline | -36,707 | +127,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.55% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 189/197 | 147/197 |
Serbia and Ukraine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 6,638,992 | 42,824,093 | - | - |
| 1961 | 6,689,077 | 43,399,766 | 0.75% | 1.34% |
| 1962 | 6,740,264 | 43,943,674 | 0.77% | 1.25% |
| 1963 | 6,787,950 | 44,462,372 | 0.71% | 1.18% |
| 1964 | 6,832,855 | 44,951,156 | 0.66% | 1.1% |
| 1965 | 6,876,624 | 45,386,892 | 0.64% | 0.97% |
| 1966 | 6,927,969 | 45,802,519 | 0.75% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 6,966,522 | 46,215,988 | 0.56% | 0.9% |
| 1968 | 7,007,586 | 46,614,325 | 0.59% | 0.86% |
| 1969 | 7,123,249 | 46,976,256 | 1.65% | 0.78% |
| 1970 | 7,164,993 | 47,261,306 | 0.59% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 7,211,716 | 47,573,287 | 0.65% | 0.66% |
| 1972 | 7,252,012 | 47,946,893 | 0.56% | 0.79% |
| 1973 | 7,283,902 | 48,277,121 | 0.44% | 0.69% |
| 1974 | 7,326,043 | 48,576,570 | 0.58% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 7,368,717 | 48,865,229 | 0.58% | 0.59% |
| 1976 | 7,418,973 | 49,120,842 | 0.68% | 0.52% |
| 1977 | 7,462,783 | 49,336,481 | 0.59% | 0.44% |
| 1978 | 7,504,017 | 49,521,243 | 0.55% | 0.37% |
| 1979 | 7,541,997 | 49,721,381 | 0.51% | 0.4% |
| 1980 | 7,709,544 | 49,955,152 | 2.22% | 0.47% |
| 1981 | 7,736,787 | 50,189,281 | 0.35% | 0.47% |
| 1982 | 7,763,335 | 50,402,724 | 0.34% | 0.43% |
| 1983 | 7,788,100 | 50,637,029 | 0.32% | 0.46% |
| 1984 | 7,813,549 | 50,887,599 | 0.33% | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 7,835,902 | 51,108,770 | 0.29% | 0.43% |
| 1986 | 7,853,824 | 51,318,745 | 0.23% | 0.41% |
| 1987 | 7,868,027 | 51,515,732 | 0.18% | 0.38% |
| 1988 | 7,884,218 | 51,724,853 | 0.21% | 0.41% |
| 1989 | 7,893,787 | 51,917,817 | 0.12% | 0.37% |
| 1990 | 7,897,937 | 52,054,092 | 0.05% | 0.26% |
| 1991 | 7,595,636 | 52,170,961 | -3.83% | 0.22% |
| 1992 | 7,604,063 | 52,323,671 | 0.11% | 0.29% |
| 1993 | 7,614,328 | 52,350,126 | 0.13% | 0.05% |
| 1994 | 7,622,711 | 52,075,998 | 0.11% | -0.52% |
| 1995 | 7,628,264 | 51,665,539 | 0.07% | -0.79% |
| 1996 | 7,622,185 | 51,226,109 | -0.08% | -0.85% |
| 1997 | 7,598,538 | 50,786,885 | -0.31% | -0.86% |
| 1998 | 7,567,745 | 50,379,731 | -0.41% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 7,540,401 | 49,976,446 | -0.36% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 7,516,346 | 49,556,660 | -0.32% | -0.84% |
| 2001 | 7,503,433 | 49,106,855 | -0.17% | -0.91% |
| 2002 | 7,500,031 | 48,677,281 | -0.05% | -0.87% |
| 2003 | 7,480,591 | 48,315,136 | -0.26% | -0.74% |
| 2004 | 7,463,157 | 47,979,507 | -0.23% | -0.69% |
| 2005 | 7,440,769 | 47,585,556 | -0.3% | -0.82% |
| 2006 | 7,411,569 | 47,278,694 | -0.39% | -0.64% |
| 2007 | 7,381,579 | 47,062,798 | -0.4% | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 7,350,222 | 46,819,175 | -0.42% | -0.52% |
| 2009 | 7,320,807 | 46,623,731 | -0.4% | -0.42% |
| 2010 | 7,291,436 | 46,456,003 | -0.4% | -0.36% |
| 2011 | 7,236,519 | 46,307,853 | -0.75% | -0.32% |
| 2012 | 7,201,497 | 46,210,056 | -0.48% | -0.21% |
| 2013 | 7,166,553 | 46,126,770 | -0.49% | -0.18% |
| 2014 | 7,131,787 | 45,972,380 | -0.49% | -0.33% |
| 2015 | 7,095,383 | 45,784,896 | -0.51% | -0.41% |
| 2016 | 7,058,322 | 45,616,832 | -0.52% | -0.37% |
| 2017 | 7,020,858 | 45,436,041 | -0.53% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 6,982,604 | 45,208,907 | -0.54% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 6,945,235 | 44,957,458 | -0.54% | -0.56% |
| 2020 | 6,899,126 | 44,680,014 | -0.66% | -0.62% |
| 2021 | 6,834,326 | 44,298,640 | -0.94% | -0.85% |
| 2022 | 6,664,449 | 41,048,766 | -2.49% | -7.34% |
| 2023 | 6,623,183 | 37,732,836 | -0.62% | -8.08% |
| 2024 | 6,586,476 | 37,860,221 | -0.55% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 6,540,343 | 38,980,379 | -0.7% | 2.96% |
| 2026 | 6,494,317 | 39,535,850 | -0.7% | 1.43% |
| 2027 | 6,450,876 | 39,245,208 | -0.67% | -0.74% |
| 2028 | 6,406,817 | 38,952,086 | -0.68% | -0.75% |
| 2029 | 6,362,434 | 38,654,416 | -0.69% | -0.76% |
| 2030 | 6,317,577 | 38,353,848 | -0.71% | -0.78% |
| 2031 | 6,272,283 | 38,050,624 | -0.72% | -0.79% |
| 2032 | 6,226,709 | 37,746,688 | -0.73% | -0.8% |
| 2033 | 6,180,715 | 37,442,088 | -0.74% | -0.81% |
| 2034 | 6,134,487 | 37,135,839 | -0.75% | -0.82% |
| 2035 | 6,088,161 | 36,828,149 | -0.76% | -0.83% |
| 2036 | 6,041,698 | 36,519,767 | -0.76% | -0.84% |
| 2037 | 5,995,050 | 36,209,679 | -0.77% | -0.85% |
| 2038 | 5,948,216 | 35,897,705 | -0.78% | -0.86% |
| 2039 | 5,901,240 | 35,584,263 | -0.79% | -0.87% |
| 2040 | 5,854,364 | 35,270,911 | -0.79% | -0.88% |
| 2041 | 5,807,677 | 34,957,580 | -0.8% | -0.89% |
| 2042 | 5,761,194 | 34,641,778 | -0.8% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 5,715,301 | 34,324,132 | -0.8% | -0.92% |
| 2044 | 5,670,062 | 34,004,074 | -0.79% | -0.93% |
| 2045 | 5,625,371 | 33,680,448 | -0.79% | -0.95% |
| 2046 | 5,581,251 | 33,351,499 | -0.78% | -0.98% |
| 2047 | 5,537,712 | 33,017,828 | -0.78% | -1% |
| 2048 | 5,494,697 | 32,680,968 | -0.78% | -1.02% |
| 2049 | 5,452,075 | 32,338,515 | -0.78% | -1.05% |
| 2050 | 5,409,870 | 31,990,136 | -0.77% | -1.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Serbia decreased by 353,247 people (a 4.77% decline), while Ukraine lost 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Serbia lost -564,005 (a 7.99% decline), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline).
Serbia was ranked 97th most populous country in 2006 and is 110th in 2026. Ukraine was ranked 27th in 2006 and ranked 40th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Serbia's population will shrink by 16.7% to 5,409,870 people with a rank change from 110th to 125th. The population of Ukraine will decrease by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.
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Population differences between Serbia and Ukraine
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| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 75 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 43.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.4:52.6 | 46.5:53.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.61 births per woman | 0.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 202.9 ppl/mi² | 169.2 ppl/mi² |
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