| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Serbia is projected at 8.70 million, down by 0.46% compared with 8.74 million in 2020. Serbia is ranked 101st in terms of population and 224th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 80.01 thousand births in Serbia in 2021. That is 219 per day, which is ranked 118th. The crude birth rate is 9.21 per 1000 people. There are 0.11 million deaths in Serbia in 2021. That is 315 per day, which is ranked 75th. The crude death rate is 13.24 per 1000 people.
4.91 million people are living in urban areas, which is 56.65% of Serbia population. Serbia is ranked 141st in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Serbia in 2021 is 95.98 males per 100 females. There are 4.26 million males and 4.44 million females in Serbia. The percentage of female population is 51.03% compare to 48.97% male population. Serbia has 0.18 million more females than males. Serbia is at 51st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 6,732,252 | - |
| 1955 | 7,234,917 | 1.14 |
| 1960 | 7,556,732 | 0.77 |
| 1965 | 7,835,085 | 0.7 |
| 1970 | 8,119,865 | 0.78 |
| 1975 | 8,497,172 | 0.96 |
| 1980 | 8,908,295 | 0.9 |
| 1985 | 9,253,396 | 0.66 |
| 1990 | 9,517,677 | 0.71 |
| 1995 | 9,884,145 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 9,487,612 | -0.97 |
| 2005 | 9,193,818 | -0.53 |
| 2010 | 8,991,258 | -0.36 |
| 2015 | 8,876,777 | -0.24 |
| 2016 | 8,853,963 | -0.26 |
| 2017 | 8,829,623 | -0.27 |
| 2018 | 8,802,741 | -0.3 |
| 2019 | 8,772,228 | -0.35 |
| 2020 | 8,737,370 | -0.4 |
| 2021 | 8,697,547 | -0.46 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 101,111 | 206,982 | 14.84 | 30.29 |
| 1955 | 89,878 | 170,876 | 12.48 | 23.75 |
| 1960 | 80,346 | 152,528 | 10.63 | 20.16 |
| 1965 | 75,011 | 148,623 | 9.57 | 18.96 |
| 1970 | 74,773 | 152,085 | 9.19 | 18.69 |
| 1975 | 78,876 | 160,113 | 9.28 | 18.83 |
| 1980 | 84,609 | 161,600 | 9.51 | 18.16 |
| 1985 | 89,536 | 155,138 | 9.69 | 16.79 |
| 1990 | 94,138 | 142,540 | 9.84 | 14.90 |
| 1995 | 100,305 | 129,250 | 10.29 | 13.26 |
| 2000 | 109,838 | 117,660 | 11.53 | 12.34 |
| 2005 | 115,900 | 104,985 | 12.59 | 11.41 |
| 2010 | 116,317 | 92,814 | 12.92 | 10.31 |
| 2015 | 116,316 | 85,381 | 13.11 | 9.63 |
| 2020 | 115,278 | 81,208 | 13.21 | 9.31 |
| 2021 | 114,970 | 80,014 | 13.24 | 9.21 |
| Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
| 1950 | 1,367,068 | 5,365,188 | - | 20.306 |
| 1955 | 1,766,738 | 5,468,184 | 4.86 | 24.420 |
| 1960 | 2,196,260 | 5,360,465 | 4.25 | 29.064 |
| 1965 | 2,679,749 | 5,155,333 | 3.93 | 34.202 |
| 1970 | 3,227,141 | 4,892,719 | 3.75 | 39.744 |
| 1975 | 3,664,637 | 4,832,533 | 2.38 | 43.128 |
| 1980 | 4,110,857 | 4,797,436 | 2.24 | 46.146 |
| 1985 | 4,473,184 | 4,780,221 | 1.52 | 48.341 |
| 1990 | 4,796,240 | 4,721,434 | 1.54 | 50.393 |
| 1995 | 5,105,295 | 4,778,852 | 0.66 | 51.651 |
| 2000 | 5,006,497 | 4,481,118 | -0.54 | 52.769 |
| 2005 | 4,965,292 | 4,249,694 | -0.06 | 53.883 |
| 2010 | 4,965,736 | 4,063,980 | 0.02 | 54.993 |
| 2015 | 4,929,837 | 3,921,443 | -0.17 | 55.696 |
| 2020 | 4,913,067 | 3,790,875 | -0.01 | 56.446 |
| 2021 | 4,913,534 | 3,759,825 | 0.01 | 56.651 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 216,862 | 202,608 | 419,470 | 4.82 | 107.035 |
| 05-09 | 221,705 | 207,206 | 428,911 | 4.93 | 106.997 |
| 10-14 | 246,713 | 230,517 | 477,230 | 5.49 | 107.026 |
| 15-19 | 262,270 | 245,502 | 507,772 | 5.84 | 106.830 |
| 20-24 | 269,419 | 252,564 | 521,983 | 6.00 | 106.674 |
| 25-29 | 289,122 | 271,814 | 560,936 | 6.45 | 106.368 |
| 30-34 | 315,473 | 297,119 | 612,592 | 7.04 | 106.177 |
| 35-39 | 303,054 | 294,237 | 597,291 | 6.87 | 102.997 |
| 40-44 | 308,558 | 307,529 | 616,087 | 7.08 | 100.335 |
| 45-49 | 302,983 | 308,319 | 611,302 | 7.03 | 98.269 |
| 50-54 | 281,826 | 291,970 | 573,796 | 6.60 | 96.526 |
| 55-59 | 265,019 | 283,140 | 548,159 | 6.30 | 93.600 |
| 60-64 | 252,259 | 281,845 | 534,104 | 6.14 | 89.503 |
| 65-69 | 266,138 | 316,647 | 582,785 | 6.70 | 84.049 |
| 70-74 | 213,039 | 270,064 | 483,103 | 5.55 | 78.885 |
| 75-79 | 116,594 | 162,386 | 278,980 | 3.21 | 71.801 |
| 80-84 | 75,819 | 120,650 | 196,469 | 2.26 | 62.842 |
| 85-89 | 40,125 | 69,324 | 109,449 | 1.26 | 57.880 |
| 90-94 | 11,344 | 21,810 | 33,154 | 0.38 | 52.013 |
| 95-99 | 1,122 | 2,732 | 3,854 | 0.04 | 41.069 |
| 100+ | 29 | 91 | 120 | 0.00 | 31.868 |
| Total | 4,259,473 | 4,438,074 | 8,697,547 | 95.976 | |