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Serbia Republic of Serbia
Capital Belgrade
Languages Serbian
Currency Serbian dinar
People 6.55 million (2025)
Neighbours 8 Greetings from
Serbia
4th highest smoking 39.7% · #4 of 166 · 2024 5th highest daily calories 3,879 kcal · #5 of 189 · 2023 7th highest height of women 168.3 cm · #7 of 196 · 2019 SRB COUNTRYDUEL EUROPE
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Picked for surprise among Serbia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Serbia among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Serbia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 88,490 km² 113th of 205 2024 Coastline 0 km 168th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 2,169 m 114th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 39.2% 78th of 207 2024 Farmland 38.1% 102nd of 205 2024 Population 6.55 million 109th of 210 2025 Population density 75 per km² 125th of 209 2025 Height of men 180.7 cm 13th of 196 2019 Height of women 168.3 cm 7th of 196 2019 Median age 43.9 years 21st of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.64 children per woman 128th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 23.1% 14th of 210 2025 Economy size (GDP) $100 billion 77th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$33,910 73rd of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 32.8 102nd of 155 2023 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 1.1% 76th of 142 2023 Unemployment 7.1% 61st of 186 2025 Health spending per person $984 66th of 193 2023 Military spending 2.8% 39th of 161 2025 Tax revenue (central government) 23.9% 22nd of 150 2022 Life expectancy 76 years 94th of 210 2024 Infant mortality 4.6 per 1,000 151st of 194 2024 Doctors 3.1 per 1,000 58th of 190 2022 Hospital beds 5.8 per 1,000 17th of 158 2022 Suicide rate 10.1 per 100k 91st of 185 2023 Adult obesity 25.6% 91st of 195 2024 Smoking 39.7% 4th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.69 31st of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 11.2 litres 22nd of 195 2023 Meat supply 84.2 kg 37th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,879 kcal 5th of 189 2023 Working hours 1,995 hours 60th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 11.6 years 49th of 193 2023 Internet users 88% 76th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 168 Mbps 92nd of 197 2026 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 63% 113th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 124 79th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 6.2 t 43rd of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 27.8% 105th of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 17.6 µg/m³ 95th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 1.3 per 100k 101st of 160 2023 Road deaths 11.5 per 100k 128th of 185 2023 Average temperature 12°C 140th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 782 mm 122nd of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0 79th of 160 2026 Railway network 3,348 km 49th of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 0.59 56th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.36 88th of 179 2024 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 45% 101st of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 5 68th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 28 60th of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Serbia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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