Total fertility rate in Serbia
The total fertility rate in Serbia was 1.64 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Serbia, 2024
1.64
Change from 2023
+1.2%
European Union, 2024
1.34 births per womanep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
5th of 38
Total fertility rate in Serbia over time
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Live births per woman. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Serbia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.64 births per woman | 1.34 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 1.62 births per womanb (break in time series) | 1.38 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 1.59 births per womanb (break in time series) | 1.46 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.53 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 1.48 births per woman | 1.51 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 1.52 births per woman | 1.53 births per womanbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1.49 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 1.49 births per woman | 1.56 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2014 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 1.43 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.45 births per woman | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 1.40 births per womanb (break in time series) | 1.54 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 1.40 births per woman | 1.57 births per womanb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 1.44 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.40 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.38 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.43 births per woman | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.45 births per woman | 1.47 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.57 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.59 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.57 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.58 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.48 births per woman | – |
Flags: b break in time series; ep estimated, provisional; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2% from 1.62 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.46 births per woman, the figure has changed by +12.3%. 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 38 countries with data for 2024, Serbia has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1.34 births per woman.
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Fertility rate
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Population on 1 January
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Population aged 65 and over
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