Population  7.24 million (estimate at July 2013)    [note: figure does not include the former Serbian province of Kosovo]
Life expectancy at birth: 71.94 years (male), 77.82 years female (2013 data)

Ethnic groups – Serb 83.3%, Hungarian 3.5%, Roma 2.1%, Bosniak 2%, other 5.7%, unknown 3.4%  (2011 data).

Languages – Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romany 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared 1.8%    (data estimated in 2011)
Note: in the Vojvodina province Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Rusyn are all official languages.

Religion – Serbian Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, other 1.9%, undeclared 4.5%   (data estimated in 2011)

Education expenditure – 4.7% of GDP (2010)

Population issues
Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) – 46.1% (2010)
Population below poverty line – 9.2% (2010 estimate)