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Last reviewed: 22-07-2009
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BASIC FACTS
Capital
Belgrade
Language
Serb of the ekavian dialect
Area size
88361 sq. km
Area comparison
Slightly bigger than Austria
Population
| 2009 | 9.9 million | U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009) |
| 2007 | 9.9 million | U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006) |
| 2006 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2005 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2004 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2003 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2002 | 10.0 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2001 | 10.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2000 | 10.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
Future population estimates
9.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)
PEOPLE
Language
Serb of the ekavian dialect
Population
Future population estimates
9.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)
Ethnic groups
Serbs constitute the majority of the population. Minorities include Hungarian Albanians, Bosnians, Roma, Croatians, Slovenians and others.
Source: NI World Guide
Religion
Predominantly Christian Orthodox, with smaller Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide
Percentage urban population
Year women granted right to vote
1946
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.
Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
95 (2007)
Source: UNESCO
Percentage of population under 15
Serb of the ekavian dialect
Population
| 2009 | 9.9 million | U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009) |
| 2007 | 9.9 million | U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006) |
| 2006 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2005 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2004 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2003 | 9.9 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2002 | 10.0 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2001 | 10.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
| 2000 | 10.1 million | U.N. DESA (2006) |
Future population estimates
9.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)
Ethnic groups
Serbs constitute the majority of the population. Minorities include Hungarian Albanians, Bosnians, Roma, Croatians, Slovenians and others.
Source: NI World Guide
Religion
Predominantly Christian Orthodox, with smaller Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide
Percentage urban population
| 2007 | 52.6 percent | U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005 |
| 2006 | 52.4 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2005 | 52.2 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2004 | 52.1 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2003 | 51.9 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2002 | 51.8 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2001 | 51.7 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
| 2000 | 51.6 percent | U.N. DESA (2005) |
Year women granted right to vote
1946
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.
Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
95 (2007)
Source: UNESCO
Percentage of population under 15
| 2005 | No data available percent | |
| 2004 | 18.6 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 18.9 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2002 | 19.3 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
USEFUL INFORMATION
Time zone
GMT +1
Climate description
Cold winters with frequent snow, summers rainy and warm, warmer towards the south.
Currency
New Dinar
Telephone dialling code
(+) 381
Driving (left/right)
Right
GMT +1
Climate description
Cold winters with frequent snow, summers rainy and warm, warmer towards the south.
Currency
New Dinar
Telephone dialling code
(+) 381
Driving (left/right)
Right
STANDARD OF LIVING
Average life expectancy
Life expectancy - male
Life expectancy - female
Infant mortality
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
Births attended by skilled personnel
Maternal mortality
Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
Percentage of undernourished population
Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
Population with access to improved sanitation
Literacy - average
Literacy - male
Literacy - female
Landlines telephones
Cellular telephone subscribers
Internet users
Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
| 2005 | No data available years | |
| 2004 | 73.5 years | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 73.3 years | UNDP 2005 |
| 2002 | 73.1 years | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | No data available years | |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Life expectancy - male
| 2005 | No data available years | |
| 2004 | 71.1 years | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available years | |
| 2002 | No data available years | |
| 2001 | No data available years | |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Life expectancy - female
| 2005 | No data available years | |
| 2004 | 75.8 years | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available years | |
| 2002 | No data available years | |
| 2001 | No data available years | |
| 2000 | No data available years |
Infant mortality
| 2007 | 7 per 1,000 live births | U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009 |
| 2006 | 7 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008 |
| 2005 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2004 | 13 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2002 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2001 | 17 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 live births |
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
| 2007 | 8 per 1,000 live births | U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009 |
| 2006 | 8 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008 |
| 2005 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2004 | 15 per 1,000 live births | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 2003 | No data available per 1,000 live births | |
| 2002 | 19 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2004 |
| 2001 | 19 per 1,000 live births | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 live births |
Births attended by skilled personnel
| 1997-2005 | No data available percent | |
| 1996-2004 | 93 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 1995-2003 | 98 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 1995-2002 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2001 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2000 | No data available percent |
Maternal mortality
| 2005 | No data available per 100,000 live births | |
| 2000 | 11 per 100,000 live births | UNDP 2006 |
Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)
Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
| 2000-2007 | 2 percent | U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009 |
| 2000-2006 | 2 percent | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008 |
| 1996-2005 | No data available percent | |
| 1996-2004 | 2 percent | UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006 |
| 1995-2003 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2002 | No data available percent | |
| 1995-2001 | 2 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2003 |
| 1995-2000 | No data available percent |
Percentage of undernourished population
| 2003-2005 | <5 percent | U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008 |
| 2002-2004average | 9 percent | U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006 |
| 2001-2003average | 10 percent | FAO 2006 |
| 1999-2001average | No data available percent | |
| 1998-2000average | No data available percent |
Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.
Population with access to improved water
| 2006 | 99 percent | UNICEF and WHO 2008 |
| 2004 | 93 percent | UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006 |
| 2002 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Population with access to improved sanitation
| 2006 | 92 percent | UNICEF and WHO 2008 |
| 2004 | 87 percent | UNICEF and WHO 2006 |
| 2002 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Literacy - average
| 2004 | 96.4 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 96.4 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2002 | No data available percent | |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Literacy - male
| 2004 | 98.9 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 98.9 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2002 | No data available percent | |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Literacy - female
| 2004 | 94.1 percent | UNDP 2006 |
| 2003 | 94.1 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2002 | No data available percent | |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
Landlines telephones
| 2008 | 314 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2007 | 305 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2006 | 277 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2005 | 256 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2004 | 271 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2003 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2002 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2001 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 people |
Cellular telephone subscribers
| 2008 | 978 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2007 | 860 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2006 | 676 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2005 | 559 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2004 | 478 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2003 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2002 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2001 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 people |
Internet users
| 2008 | 239 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2007 | 152 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2006 | 133 per 1,000 people | ITU 2009 |
| 2005 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2004 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2003 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2002 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2001 | No data available per 1,000 people | |
| 2000 | No data available per 1,000 people |
Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
| 2008 | 85 (joint) | Transparency International 2008 |
| 2007 | 79 (joint) | Transparency International 2007 |
| 2006 | 90 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2005 | 97 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2004 | 97 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2003 | 106 (joint) | Transparency International |
| 2002 | Not ranked | |
| 2001 | Not ranked | |
| 2000 | Not ranked |
Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report
ECONOMY & AID
Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
Annual GDP growth
Annual inflation
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
| 2007 | 4540 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2006 | 3890 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2005 | 3510 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2004 | 2930 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2003 | 2110 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2002 | 1580 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2001 | 1440 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2000 | 1470 current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
| 2007 | 40.1 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2006 | 30.5 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2005 | 26.2 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2004 | 24.5 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2003 | 20.3 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2002 | 15.8 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2001 | 11.8 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2000 | 9.0 current US$ billions | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
Annual GDP growth
| 2006 | 5.7 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2005 | 6.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2004 | 8.4 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2003 | 2.5 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2002 | 4.2 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2001 | 4.8 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2000 | 4.5 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
Annual inflation
| 2007 | 6.8 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2006 | 10.6 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2005 | 15.0 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2004 | 12.7 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2003 | 12.1 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2002 | 24.9 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2001 | 88.0 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
| 2000 | 81.0 percent | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009 |
Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available
Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available
HEALTH
Physicians
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO
TB cases
| 2000-2004 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 1990-2004 | 206 per 100,000 people | UNDP 2006 |
| 1990-2003 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 1990-2002 | No data available per 100,000 people |
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
| 2007 | 0.1 percent | U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008 |
| 2006 | 0.1 percent | U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008 |
| 2005 | 0.1 percent | U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008 |
| 2004 | 0.1 percent | U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008 |
| 2003 | 0.1 percent | U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008 |
Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO
TB cases
| 2007 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2006 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2005 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2004 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2003 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2002 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2001 | No data available per 100,000 people | |
| 2000 | No data available per 100,000 people |
CONFLICT & MIGRATION
Number of refugees originating here
Number of refugees residing here
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
Landmine casualties per year
Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (2003)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report
Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent
Percentage of GDP spent on education
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 2008 | 185432 | UNHCR |
| 2007 | 165572 | UNHCR |
| 2006 | 174027 | Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| 2005 | 189850 | UNHCR |
| 2004 | 236999 | UNHCR |
| 2003 | 296632 | UNHCR |
| 2002 | 327587 | UNHCR |
| 2001 | 144231 | UNHCR |
| 2000 | 146748 | UNHCR |
Number of refugees residing here
| 2008 | 96739 | UNHCR |
| 2007 | 97995 | UNHCR |
| 2006 | 98997 | UNHCR |
| 2005 | 148264 | UNHCR |
| 2004 | 276683 | UNHCR |
| 2003 | 291403 | UNHCR |
| 2002 | 354402 | UNHCR |
| 2001 | 400304 | UNHCR |
| 2000 | 484391 | UNHCR |
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
| 2007 | 247000 | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008 | |
| 2006 | 228000 | IDMC 2006 | |
| 2005 | 247400 | IDMC 2006 | |
Landmine casualties per year
| 2007 | 2 | Landmine Monitor Report 2008 |
| 2006 | 0 | Landmine Monitor Report 2008 |
| 2004 | 2 | Landmine Monitor Report 2005 |
| 2003 | 4 | Landmine Monitor Report 2004 |
Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (2003)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report
Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent
Percentage of GDP spent on education
| 2002-2005 | No data available percent | |
| 2002-2004 | No data available percent | |
| 2000-2002 | 3.3 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 1999-2001 | No data available percent | |
| 1998-2000 | No data available percent |
Percentage of GDP spent on health
| 2004 | No data available percent | |
| 2003-2004 | 7.2 percent | UNDP - Human Development Report 2006 |
| 2002 | 5.8 percent | UNDP 2005 |
| 2001 | No data available percent | |
| 2000 | No data available percent |
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