Serbia

44°N 21°E / 44°N 21°E / 44; 21

Republic of Serbia
Република Србија (Serbian Cyrillic) Republika Srbija (Serbian Latin)
Anthem: 
"Боже правде" / "Bože pravde"
(English: "God of Justice")
Location of Serbia in (green) and Europe in (dark grey).
Location of Serbia in (green) and Europe in (dark grey).
Capital
and largest city
Belgrade
44°48′N 20°28′E / 44.800°N 20.467°E / 44.800; 20.467
Official languagesSerbian
Official minority languages
Ethnic groups
(2011)
Demonym(s)Serbian
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary
constitutional republic
• President
Aleksandar Vučić
Miloš Vučević
LegislatureNational Assembly
Formation
late 8th century
1217/1346
1459–1556
1815
1878
1912–1918
• Independent republic
5 June 2006
Area
• Including Kosovo
88,361 km2 (34,116 sq mi) (111th)
• Excluding Kosovo
77,474 km2 (29,913 sq mi)[1]
Population
• 2017 estimate
7,040,272 (excluding Kosovo) Decrease[2] (104th)
• Density
91.1/km2 (235.9/sq mi) (121th)
GDP (PPP)2018 estimate
• Total
$112.475 billion[3] (78th)
• Per capita
$16,063 (excluding Kosovo)[3] (83rd)
GDP (nominal)2018 estimate
• Total
$42.378 billion[3] (86th)
• Per capita
$6,052 (excluding Kosovo)[3] (88th)
Gini (2013)29.6[4]
low
HDI (2015)Increase 0.776[5]
high · 66th
CurrencySerbian dinar (RSD)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Driving sideright
Calling code+381
ISO 3166 codeRS
Internet TLD
  1. From the fall of Smederevo until conquest of Belgrade, Mačva and Vojvodina

Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Србија / Srbija), is a country in Southeastern Europe, and a part of the Balkans. The capital city is Belgrade. To the north of Serbia is the country Hungary. To the east of Serbia are the countries Bulgaria and Romania. To the south of Serbia is the country North Macedonia and Kosovo. To the west of Serbia are the countries Montenegro (the country that was once united with Serbia), Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

  1. "The World Factbook: Serbia". Central Intelligence Agency. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. "PBC stats". stat.gov.rs. 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Serbia". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "Human Development Reports: Gini coefficient". hdr.undp.org. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

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