Indicator	Value
Total population	6,590,000–6,740,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 6,736,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 6,586,000 people
Median age	44.1 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	76–76.8 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 75.97 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 76.77 years
Ethnic groups	Serb 83.3%, Hungarian 3.5%, Romani 2.1%, Bosniak 2%, other 5.7%, undeclared or unknown 3.4% (2011 est.); note: most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Serbia's populationCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8% (2011 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Serbian Orthodox 81.1%, unknown 5.3%, Islam 4.2%, Catholic 3.9%, no response 2.5%, atheist 1.1%; less than 1%: other Christians, Protestant, agnostic (2022)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	57.1% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	-0.556 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	9.2 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	14.9 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	62.4 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Aromanian / Balkan Romani / Bulgarian / Central Romani / Gheg Albanian / Hungarian / Ladino / Macedonian / Romanian / Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian / Sinte-Manus Romani / Slovak / Vlax Romani / Yugoslavian Sign LanguageGlottolog [2026]