Serbia: Capital, Population, Currency and Facts

Key facts

Capital: Belgrade
Region: Europe, Southeast Europe
Population: 6,549,143 (2025)
Area: 88,361 km²
Currency: Serbian dinar (RSD)
Languages: Serbian, Hungarian, Bosnian, Romany
Calling code: +381
Internet domain: .rs, .срб
ISO codes: RS, SRB, 688
Time zone: UTC+1:00
United Nations: Member state
Postal code pattern: ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Serbia covers about 88,361 square kilometres. By area it ranks 115th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than French Guiana and a little larger than Azerbaijan. It shares a land border with 8 neighbours: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Kosovo. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 44° north, 21° east, in the northern hemisphere.

Neighbours

People

About 6.55 million people live in Serbia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 110th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 74 people to each square kilometre. About 63 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 76 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Serbian, Hungarian, Bosnian, Romany. A person from Serbia is called Serbian.

Money and economy

The currency is the Serbian dinar (code RSD, symbol дин.). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 100 billion (2025), which is about US$ 15,262 for each person (2025).

Time

Serbia uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Belgrade). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City	People
Belgrade	1,273,651
Niš	250,000
Novi Sad	215,400
Novi Beograd	209,763
Zemun	155,591
Kragujevac	147,473

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Southeast Europe

Albania. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.