Romania vs Serbia
Romania vs Serbia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 91.3% in Romania and 87.7% in Serbia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Serbia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Serbia.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Romania | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 91.3 | 87.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 89.2 | 85.4 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 85.5 | 83.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | 83.6 | 81.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 73.7 | 77.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 70.7 | 73.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 63.8 | 70.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 59.5 | 67.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 55.8 | 65.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 54.1 | 62.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 49.8 | 53.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 45.9 | 48.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 40 | 42.2 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 39.9 | 40.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 36.6 | 38.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 32.4 | 35.6 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 28.3 | 33.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 24.7 | 27.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 21.5 | 26.3 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 15 | 23.5 | – |
| 2003 | 8.9 | – | – |
| 2002 | 6.6 | – | – |
| 2001 | 4.5 | – | – |
| 2000 | 3.6 | – | – |
| 1999 | 2.7 | – | – |
| 1998 | 2.2 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0.4 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Romania vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025