Serbia

Information

Capital Belgrade
Currency Serbian dinar (RSD)
Government Parliamentary Republic
Area/ Size 77,474 sq km
Population 7,111,024
Language Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8%
Religion Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1.1%, other 0.8% (includes agnostics, other Christians, Eastern religionists, Jewish), undeclared or unknown 4.5%
Climate In the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well-distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns)
Industry Industries: automobiles, base metals, furniture, food processing, machinery, chemicals, sugar, tires, clothes, pharmaceuticals

Industrial production growth rate: 3.3% (2017 est.)

Exports – commodities: automobiles, iron and steel, rubber, clothes, wheat, fruit and vegetables, nonferrous metals, electric appliances, metal products, weapons and ammunition

Exports – partners: Italy 13.5%, Germany 12.8%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.2%, Russia 6%, Romania 4.9% (2017)

Transport Airports: 26 (2013)

Railways: total: 3,809 km

Roadways: total: 44,248 km; paved: 28,000 km

Waterways: 587 km

Economy GDP (PPP): $113 billion (2018 est.)

GDP – composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 9.8%

industry: 41.1%

services: 49.1% (2017 est.)

Other Facts Electricity – from fossil fuels: 59% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)

Electricity – from hydroelectric plants: 38.8% of total installed capacity (2016 est.)

Internet users: total: 4,790,488; percent of population: 67.1% (July 2016 est.)