Serbien - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 44 50 N, 20 30 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: the Serbian "Beograd" means "white fortress" or "white city" and dates back to the 9th century; the name derives from the white fortress wall that once enclosed the city
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Serbia
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 3 years
land: 77,474 sq km
water: 0 sq km
arable land: 37.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 3.4% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 16.8% (2018 est.)
forest: 31.6% (2018 est.)
other: 10.5% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 65.81% (male 2,216,701/female 2,188,267)
65 years and over: 19.74% (2023 est.) (male 547,344/female 773,676)
major-language sample(s):
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
male: 72.5 years
female: 77.9 years
male: 42.2 years
female: 45.2 years
note: data does not cover Kosovo or Metohija
rate of urbanization: 0.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: data include Kosovo
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2021)
9.01% (2020 est.)
10.39% (2019 est.)
73.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
1.58% (2020 est.)
1.85% (2019 est.)
$25.5 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$26.127 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$30.177 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$31.286 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 81% (2021 est.)
paved: 28,000 km (2016) (16,162 km state roads, out of which 741 km highways)
unpaved: 16,248 km (2016)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 124 (2021 est.)
Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina: Serbia delimited about half of the boundary with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute
Serbia-Bulgaria: none identified
Serbia-Croatia: Serbia and Croatia dispute their border along the Danube; Serbia claims the border is the median between the current Danube shorelines, with the land to the eastern side of the median belonging to Serbia; Croatia contends that the boundary is demarcated according to historic maps, despite the river having meandered since then
Serbia-Hungary: none identified
Serbia-Kosovo: Serbia with several other states protested the US and other states' recognition of Kosovo's declaration of its status as a sovereign and independent state in February 2008; ethnic Serbian municipalities along Kosovo's northern border challenge final status of Kosovo-Serbia boundary; since 1999, NATO-led Kosovo Force peacekeepers under UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) authority have continued to keep the peace within Kosovo between the ethnic Albanian majority and the Serb minority; in October 2021, NATO-led KFOR increased patrols along the border with Serbia to deescalate hostilities caused by a dispute over license plates
Serbia-Montenegro: the former republic boundary serves as the boundary until a line is formally delimited and demarcated
Serbia-North Macedonia: none identified
Serbia-Romania: none identified