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.) |