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Serbia is a country in the south east corner of Europe.

Serbia is surrounded by 8 other countries. Only Germany, in Europe, has more land borders. Serbia has no coastline.

The land is varied. In the north there are flat plains while in the east there are low limestone hills. In the south east there are higher mountains.

The geographical coordinates for the centre of Serbia, also known as lines of latitude and longitude, are:-
Latitude - 44 00N
Longitude - 21 00E

The capital of Serbia is Belgrade.

Serbia is a parliamentary republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of the government.

In elections everyone over the age of 18 can vote. People over 16 can vote if they are employed.

The currency in Serbia is the Serbian dinar. Serbia is not a member of the European Union, but has been given candidate status. Negotiatians are going on now. One problem is that Serbia does not recognise Kosovo which does have links with the EU.

Serbian is the official language.

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The Serbian flag is 3 equal horizontal stripes of red, blue and white with the coast of arms of Serbia, slightly to the left hand, flag pole, side. The main part of the shield displays a white two-headed eagle. A smaller shield on the eagle is divided into four quarters by a white cross. A royal crown is on the top.

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These are the words to the Serbian National Anthem called God of Justice. It was written in 1872 was officially adopted in 2006. This is a translation of the words. There are four verses but usually only this first verse is sung

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God of Justice; Thou who saved us
When in deepest bondage cast,
Hear Thy Serbian children’s voices,
Be our help as in the past.

With Thy mighty hand sustain us,
Still our rugged pathway trace;
God, our hope; protect and cherish
Serbian country and Serbian race!
God, our hope; protect and cherish
Serbian country and Serbian race!

The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media

The total land area of Serbia is 77,474 sq kms which is the 19th largest in Europe.

Serbia has very few lakes, rivers and canals.

Serbia has boundaries with 8 countries

• Romania 531 kms
• Kosovo 366 kms
• Bosnia 345 kms
• Bulgaria 344 kms
• Croatia 314 kms
• Hungary 164 kms
• Montenegro 157 kms
• North Macedonia 101 kms

Serbia has no coast.

The highest point in Serbia is Midzor at 2,169 metres.

The pie chart below shows how the land is split between agricultural land (crops and pastures), forests and other, which can be towns, villages, desert or frozen waste called tundra.

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The total population of Serbia is 7.14 million people, making it the 20th largest country in Europe by population.

Of this number 3.66 million are females and 3.48 million are males.

A person from Serbia is called a Serbian.

To be a citizen of Serbia, one of your parents must be a citizen of Serbia. It is not sufficient to be born in Serbia. You have to live in Serbia for 3 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.

The largest five cities in Serbia, by population are:-

• Belgrade 1,273,651 people
• Nis 250,000
• Novi Sad 215,400
• Zemun 155,591
• Kraqujevac 147,473

For each country we will give you a diagram showing the population density. This is the average number of people for each square kilometre. Each little Owlbut is 1 person and the big yellow rectangle is 1 sq km. After a while you can compare countries and see which ones are the most crowded. Remember it is only an average as more people live closer together in towns and cities than in villages out in the country.



55.6% of the people live in cities or towns.

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The birth rate in Serbia is 9.5 births per 1,000 of population

The death rate in Serbia is 13.6 deaths per 1,000 people.

Check this against the birth rate. If the death rate is higher than the birth rate then the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.

There are 5.0 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 6.8 deaths of boys.

The median age for females is 44.0 and for males is 40.7 The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number of people above the median age as below it.

The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 27.5.

The elderly dependency ratio is 24.3. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).

The potential support ratio is 4.1. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.

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Serbia spends 10.4% of its total income on health care.

There are 2.11 doctors per 1,000 people.

There are 5.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people.

21.5% of the population are estimated as obese.

99.4% of the urban population and 98.9% of the rural population have have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or protected rainwater collection facility.

98.2% of the urban population and 94.2% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer, a pit latrine (that is a permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.

Serbia releases 46.0 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. This puts it as the 19th highest in Europe.

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Serbia spends 4.2% of its total income on education.

Children usually start school at age 7 in Serbia. Primary education is for eight years until age 15. Secondary education is not compulsory but can last for 3 or 4 years. This may be followed by further education at a university or college.

Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts in the first week of September and finishes in the middle of June. There is usually a 2 week break at Christmas and a week at Easter.

98.2% of females and 99.5% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.

34.9% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 39.5% are unemployed while with males 32.3% can't find work.

The total number of people available for work in Serbia is 2.90 million.

They work in the following sectors.

• Agriculture includes farming, fishing and forestry work
• Industry includes mining, manufacturing, construction and energy workers
• Services is everything else

19.3% of the workforce are unemployed.

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There are 10 paved airports in Serbia, which is the 29th highest number in Europe.


There are 3,808 kilometres of railways in Serbia, which is the 18th longest in Europe.


There are 44,248 kilometres of roads in Serbia, which means Serbia is in 26th place for the most kilometres of roads in Europe.

There are 5 major national newspapers in Serbia.

There are 9.16 million mobile phone users.

39% of the people have a fixed landline.



4.69 million people have access to the internet at home via any device (computer or mobile).

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