Hungary vs Serbia
Hungary vs Serbia: Fertility rate
Fertility rate in 2023: 1.49 births per woman in Hungary and 1.5 births per woman in Serbia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Serbia, by 0.01 births per woman, or 1.01 times that in Hungary.
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Hungary.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Hungary at 1.59 births per woman and Serbia at 1.6 births per woman in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Hungary | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.49 | 1.5 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 1.55 | 1.52 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 1.61 | 1.52 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 1.58 | 1.49 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 1.53 | 1.51 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 1.52 | 1.49 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 1.51 | 1.46 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 1.43 | 1.46 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 1.35 | 1.43 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 1.33 | 1.44 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 1.25 | 1.4 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 1.26 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 1.32 | 1.36 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 1.35 | 1.33 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 1.31 | 1.34 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 1.28 | 1.37 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 1.3 | 1.36 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 1.31 | 1.36 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 1.38 | 1.4 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 1.46 | 1.44 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 1.57 | 1.47 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 1.64 | 1.51 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 1.69 | 1.54 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 1.77 | 1.57 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 1.86 | 1.61 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 1.86 | 1.65 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 1.82 | 1.69 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 1.82 | 1.72 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 1.83 | 1.75 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 1.85 | 1.78 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 1.85 | 1.8 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 1.75 | 1.83 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 1.8 | 1.84 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 1.88 | 1.85 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 1.92 | 1.86 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 2.02 | 1.88 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 2.08 | 1.89 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 2.16 | 1.9 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 2.25 | 1.91 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 2.36 | 1.92 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 2.28 | 1.93 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 1.95 | 1.94 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 1.98 | 1.97 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 2.04 | 1.99 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 2.07 | 2.01 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 2.01 | 2.02 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 1.89 | 2.04 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 1.82 | 2.06 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 1.82 | 2.07 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 1.82 | 2.08 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 1.8 | 2.11 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 1.94 | 2.13 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 2.02 | 2.16 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 2.08 | 2.18 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 2.18 | 2.23 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 2.3 | 2.28 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 2.61 | 2.36 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 2.82 | 2.45 | 5 |
| 1954 | 2.96 | 2.55 | 5 |
| 1953 | 2.75 | 2.64 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 2.48 | 2.74 | 5 |
| 1951 | 2.54 | 2.82 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 2.62 | 2.93 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Hungary | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.491.33–1.64 | 1.51.32–1.69 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 1.51.3–1.68 | 1.51.3–1.72 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 1.51.3–1.71 | 1.511.28–1.74 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 1.51.27–1.74 | 1.511.26–1.75 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 1.511.26–1.75 | 1.511.23–1.77 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 1.511.24–1.78 | 1.511.21–1.79 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 1.511.23–1.79 | 1.521.19–1.82 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 1.511.21–1.8 | 1.521.19–1.82 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 1.521.22–1.83 | 1.521.17–1.83 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 1.521.19–1.85 | 1.531.18–1.86 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 1.521.18–1.85 | 1.531.17–1.86 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 1.531.16–1.87 | 1.531.16–1.88 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 1.531.17–1.87 | 1.541.15–1.9 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 1.531.15–1.88 | 1.541.14–1.9 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 1.531.13–1.9 | 1.541.15–1.92 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 1.531.14–1.89 | 1.541.14–1.93 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 1.541.14–1.91 | 1.541.14–1.93 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 1.541.13–1.92 | 1.541.13–1.95 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 1.541.12–1.93 | 1.551.1–1.96 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 1.541.13–1.93 | 1.551.12–1.97 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 1.541.12–1.96 | 1.551.12–1.98 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 1.541.1–1.94 | 1.551.11–1.99 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 1.551.11–1.95 | 1.561.1–1.99 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 1.551.1–1.95 | 1.561.09–2.01 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 1.551.11–1.97 | 1.561.09–2.01 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 1.551.1–1.98 | 1.561.09–2.01 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 1.551.1–1.98 | 1.561.09–2.01 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 1.561.1–1.97 | 1.561.06–2.04 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 1.561.09–1.99 | 1.561.08–2.04 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 1.561.1–1.98 | 1.571.08–2.05 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 1.561.1–1.99 | 1.571.07–2.05 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 1.561.08–2 | 1.571.06–2.05 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 1.561.07–2 | 1.571.06–2.05 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 1.561.06–2.02 | 1.571.04–2.05 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.561.06–2.02 | 1.571.04–2.05 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.571.05–2.03 | 1.571.04–2.06 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.571.05–2.03 | 1.571.05–2.08 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.571.04–2.04 | 1.581.03–2.07 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.571.04–2.04 | 1.581.04–2.08 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.571.04–2.05 | 1.581.06–2.09 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.571.03–2.05 | 1.581.05–2.1 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.571.03–2.06 | 1.581.04–2.1 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.571.04–2.05 | 1.581.05–2.1 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.581.04–2.06 | 1.581.04–2.11 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.581.04–2.05 | 1.581.04–2.09 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.581.03–2.05 | 1.581.05–2.1 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.581.02–2.07 | 1.591.05–2.12 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.581.03–2.07 | 1.591.02–2.12 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.581.02–2.09 | 1.591.03–2.13 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.581.02–2.09 | 1.591.02–2.13 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.591.03–2.09 | 1.591.01–2.14 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.591.02–2.09 | 1.591.04–2.13 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.591–2.09 | 1.591.04–2.13 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.590.99–2.11 | 1.591.02–2.13 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.590.98–2.11 | 1.591.02–2.15 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.591–2.12 | 1.591.01–2.15 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.591–2.14 | 1.591.01–2.14 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.590.97–2.11 | 1.591–2.15 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.590.98–2.12 | 1.591–2.16 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.590.98–2.13 | 1.590.99–2.16 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.590.96–2.13 | 1.590.99–2.17 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.590.98–2.14 | 1.590.97–2.16 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.590.97–2.13 | 1.590.96–2.18 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.590.98–2.12 | 1.590.95–2.19 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.590.96–2.12 | 1.590.94–2.2 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.590.97–2.12 | 1.590.95–2.2 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.60.99–2.14 | 1.590.94–2.19 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.61–2.13 | 1.590.95–2.19 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.590.99–2.13 | 1.590.96–2.18 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.590.97–2.12 | 1.590.96–2.19 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.590.97–2.13 | 1.590.95–2.19 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.590.98–2.13 | 1.590.94–2.19 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.590.97–2.15 | 1.590.93–2.2 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.60.97–2.14 | 1.60.94–2.2 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.590.95–2.13 | 1.590.94–2.17 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.590.95–2.12 | 1.60.93–2.21 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.590.96–2.12 | 1.60.93–2.21 | 1.84 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Hungary vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025