Median age of the population in Serbia
The median age in Serbia was 45.4 years on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Serbia, 2025
45.4
Change from 2024
+0.4%
European Union, 2025
44.9 yearsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
10th of 40
Median age of the population in Serbia over time
View
Serbia
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Serbia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.4 years | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 45.2 years | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 45.0 yearsb (break in time series) | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 44.1 years | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | 44.0 years | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 43.9 years | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 43.7 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 43.5 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 43.3 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 43.2 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 43.0 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 42.9 years | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 42.7 years | – |
| 2012 | 42.6 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 42.5 yearsb (break in time series) | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 41.4 years | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 41.3 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 41.1 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 41.0 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 40.9 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 40.8 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 40.8 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 40.6 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 40.5 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 40.3 years | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4% from 45.2 years in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 43.0 years, the figure has changed by +5.6%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Serbia has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 44.9 years.
More for Serbia
All statistics for Serbia
Population aged 65 and over
22.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
36.2 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
6,567,783 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
6,567,783 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
14.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat