National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Demographics for Serbia include Kosovo.
Total Population
8,762,027 1
Urban
56.10% 1
Rural
43.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
9.1% 2
Homicides
1.37 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
72 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
48 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.58 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.70% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
97.96% 5
Internet Users
54% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$5,820 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.1% 5
Catholic Demographics
These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.
Baptized Catholics
383,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
5.53
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
1,963
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
190
First Communions per Year
1,476
Confirmations per Year
2,068
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
19
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
3
Church Marriages per Year
637
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
552
Priests
193
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
106
Catholics per Priest
1,983
Parishes
220
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
3