Since the 19th century Serbia saw many border changes, first amidst the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary, then subsequent formation and later disintegration of Yugoslavia and, finally, 2008 partially recognized independence of Kosovo which affected territorial scope in which all these censuses have been conducted. 

Serbia’s population at the start of the 21st century is around 2.5 million & saw good growth in the first half of the century. Population peaked to 8 million in the 1990s and after that its on downward trends since then. Population decline can be attributed to the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s & the death rate that has continuously exceeded its birth rate. It is estimated that 300,000 people left Serbia during the 1990s. Serbia subsequently has one of the oldest populations in the world, with an average age of 42.9 years, and its population is shrinking at one of the fastest rates in the world.

Let’s have a look at the population of Serbia from the year 1895 to 2020