Capital: Belgrade
Population
Total Population:
7,381,579
Annual growth rate:
-0.4%
Density:
84 inhabitant/km²
Urban population:
%
Population of main cities including suburbs:
Belgrade (1,580,000); Novi Sad (190,000); Nis (250,000); Kragujevac (150,000); Subotica (100,000).
Ethnic Origins:
Serbs 82.9%, Hungarians 3.9%, Romanians 1.4%, Bosniaks 1.8%, Montenegrins 0.9%, Others 9%.
Official Language:
Serbian
Other languages spoken:
Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Croat in Vojvodina and Albanian in Kosovo.
Business language:
Mainly Serbian and English.
Religion:
Orthodox (Serbian Church) 85%, Catholics 5.5%, Muslims 3%, Protestants 1%, Others 5.5%.
Local time:
It is %T:%M %A in Belgrade
Exchange rate on
:
National currency: Serbian Dinar (CSD)
Country overview
Type of State:
Republic, based on a unicameral parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy:
Upper-middle-income economy, Transition country.
HDI*:
0,821/1
HDI (world rank):
65th/177
Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.
Telecommunication
Telephone code:
To call from Serbia, dial 99
To call in Serbia, dial +381
Internet suffix:
.rs
Computers:
24.4 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines:
31.4 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users:
24.0 per 100 inhabitants
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Last updates: November 2009