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Serbia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Serbia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.57%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -175.6% since 1961
Population growth for Serbia was -0.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.20% in 1980. The lowest was -3.90% in 1991 (about 6.9× the latest value).
Serbia ranks 203 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Serbia sits below it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 126% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.57%
First (1961)
0.75%
Change
-175.6%
Highest
2.20%
in 1980
Lowest
-3.90%
in 1991
Average
-0.02%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.57% |
| 2024 | -0.56% |
| 2023 | -0.62% |
| 2022 | -2.52% |
| 2021 | -0.94% |
| 2020 | -0.67% |
| 2019 | -0.54% |
| 2018 | -0.55% |
| 2017 | -0.53% |
| 2016 | -0.52% |
| 2015 | -0.51% |
| 2014 | -0.49% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.