This article is about the demographic features of the population of Serbia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Serbia is populated mostly by Serbs. Significant minorities include Albanians (who are a majority in Kosovo), Hungarians, Bosniaks, Roma, Croats, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Romanians, etc. Serbia consists of three territories: the province of Kosovo, the province of Vojvodina and Central Serbia. The two provinces are ethnically diverse, which is a result of the division of the country between the Muslim Ottoman Empire in the south and Catholic Austro-Hungarian Empire in the north.

The northern province of Vojvodina is the most developed part of the country in terms of economic strength. Together with the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vojvodina was under the administration of Austria-Hungary before the First World War. Vojvodina is one of the most ethnically diverse territories in Europe, with more than 25 different national communities.

[edit] Ethnic composition of Serbia (2002 census)

Ethnic map of Serbia, based on municipality data

Ethnic map of Serbia, based on settlement data

[edit] Ethnic composition of Central Serbia and Vojvodina (2002 census)

The ethnic composition of Central Serbia and Vojvodina, according to the 2002 census^[1]:

[edit] Demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Population

10,159,046 (2008 est.)

[edit] Median age

• total: 37.5 years
  • male: 36.1 years
  • female: 39 years

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

• total population: 75.3 years
  • male: 72.7 years
  • female: 78 years (2008 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

1.69 children born/woman (2008 est.)

[edit] Nationality

• noun: Serb(s)
• adjective: Serbian

[edit] Religions

(2002 census)

• Eastern Orthodox — 84.1%
• Muslim — 4.82%
• Roman Catholic — 6.24%
• Protestant — 1.44%

[edit] Languages

• Official: Serbian (official nationwide)
• Vojvodina: Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Rusyn, and Croatian
• Kosovo: Albanian

[edit] Literacy

(includes data for Montenegro)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

• total population: 96.4%
  • male: 98.9%
  • female: 94.1% (2002 est.)

[edit] See also

• Demographic history of Serbia
• Demographic history of Vojvodina
• Demographic history of Kosovo
• Ethnic groups of Vojvodina
• Jews in Serbia

[edit] References

1. ^ (Serbian) Official Results of Serbian Census 2003–PopulationPDF (441 KiB), pp. 12-13

• "Final results of the Census 2002" (PDF). Communication (Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia) 295. 2002-12-24. ISSN 0353-9555. http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/zip/esn31.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 
• Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (2003) (in Serbian) (PDF). Србија у бројкама 2003.. Belgrade: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/Pod/srb2003s.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 

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