Serbia
Urban population in Serbia
Urban population in Serbia: 20.3% in 1950 and 62.6% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 62.6%
- Since 1950
- +42.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 125 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 76.3%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 76.3% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Serbia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.6 |
| 2024 | 62.4 |
| 2023 | 62.1 |
| 2022 | 61.9 |
| 2021 | 61.4 |
| 2020 | 61.2 |
| 2019 | 61.1 |
| 2018 | 60.8 |
| 2017 | 60.6 |
| 2016 | 60.4 |
| 2015 | 60.1 |
| 2014 | 59.9 |
| 2013 | 59.6 |
| 2012 | 59.4 |
| 2011 | 59.4 |
| 2010 | 59.4 |
| 2009 | 59.2 |
| 2008 | 58.9 |
| 2007 | 58.6 |
| 2006 | 58.2 |
| 2005 | 57.8 |
| 2004 | 57.3 |
| 2003 | 56.9 |
| 2002 | 56.5 |
| 2001 | 56.1 |
| 2000 | 55.6 |
| 1999 | 55.1 |
| 1998 | 54.6 |
| 1997 | 54 |
| 1996 | 53.5 |
| 1995 | 52.9 |
| 1994 | 52.4 |
| 1993 | 51.8 |
| 1992 | 51.3 |
| 1991 | 50.8 |
| 1990 | 50.4 |
| 1989 | 50 |
| 1988 | 49.6 |
| 1987 | 49.2 |
| 1986 | 48.8 |
| 1985 | 48.4 |
| 1984 | 48 |
| 1983 | 47.6 |
| 1982 | 47.2 |
| 1981 | 46.7 |
| 1980 | 46.2 |
| 1979 | 45.7 |
| 1978 | 45.2 |
| 1977 | 44.7 |
| 1976 | 44.1 |
| 1975 | 43.5 |
| 1974 | 42.9 |
| 1973 | 42.2 |
| 1972 | 41.5 |
| 1971 | 40.8 |
| 1970 | 40 |
| 1969 | 39.1 |
| 1968 | 38 |
| 1967 | 36.9 |
| 1966 | 35.8 |
| 1965 | 34.6 |
| 1964 | 33.4 |
| 1963 | 32.2 |
| 1962 | 31.1 |
| 1961 | 30.1 |
| 1960 | 29.1 |
| 1959 | 28.1 |
| 1958 | 27.2 |
| 1957 | 26.2 |
| 1956 | 25.3 |
| 1955 | 24.4 |
| 1954 | 23.6 |
| 1953 | 22.7 |
| 1952 | 21.9 |
| 1951 | 21.1 |
| 1950 | 20.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Serbia |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 62.9 |
| 2027 | 63.2 |
| 2028 | 63.5 |
| 2029 | 63.9 |
| 2030 | 64.2 |
| 2031 | 64.6 |
| 2032 | 65 |
| 2033 | 65.4 |
| 2034 | 65.9 |
| 2035 | 66.3 |
| 2036 | 66.8 |
| 2037 | 67.3 |
| 2038 | 67.9 |
| 2039 | 68.4 |
| 2040 | 69 |
| 2041 | 69.6 |
| 2042 | 70.3 |
| 2043 | 70.9 |
| 2044 | 71.6 |
| 2045 | 72.3 |
| 2046 | 73.1 |
| 2047 | 73.8 |
| 2048 | 74.6 |
| 2049 | 75.4 |
| 2050 | 76.3 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per person$414 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel32,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports39 million TIV in 2025
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