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Serbia

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Capital:	Belgrade
Area size (Land only):	88361 sq. km Slightly bigger than Austria
Time zone:	GMT +1
Currency:	New Dinar
Area code:	(+) 381
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Cold winters with frequent snow, summers rainy and warm, warmer towards the south.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Serb of the ekavian dialect

Population

2009	9.9 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	9.9 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	9.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	9.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	9.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	9.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	10.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	10.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	10.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
9.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Serbs constitute the majority of the population. Minorities include Hungarian Albanians, Bosnians, Roma, Croatians, Slovenians and others.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Predominantly Christian Orthodox, with smaller Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	52.6 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	52.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	52.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	52.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	51.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	51.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	51.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	51.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1946
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
97 (2006)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	No data available percent
2004	18.6 percent	UNDP 2006
2003	18.9 percent	UNDP 2005
2002	19.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Average life expectancy

2005	No data available years
2004	73.5 years	UNDP 2006
2003	73.3 years	UNDP 2005
2002	73.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available years
2000	No data available years

Life expectancy - male

2005	No data available years
2004	71.1 years	UNDP 2006
2003	No data available years
2002	No data available years
2001	No data available years
2000	No data available years

Life expectancy - female

2005	No data available years
2004	75.8 years	UNDP 2006
2003	No data available years
2002	No data available years
2001	No data available years
2000	No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	7 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	7 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	No data available per 1,000 live births
2004	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	17 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	8 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	8 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	No data available per 1,000 live births
2004	15 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	19 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	93 percent	UNDP 2006
1995-2003	98 percent	UNDP 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	No data available per 100,000 live births
2000	11 per 100,000 live births	UNDP 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	2 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	2 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	2 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	No data available percent
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	9 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	10 percent	FAO 2006
1999-2001average	No data available percent
1998-2000average	No data available percent

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	99 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	93 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	92 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	87 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	96.4 percent	UNDP 2006
2003	96.4 percent	UNDP 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male

2004	98.9 percent	UNDP 2006
2003	98.9 percent	UNDP 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	94.1 percent	UNDP 2006
2003	94.1 percent	UNDP 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2007	304 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	259 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	857 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	633 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Internet users

2007	152 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	133 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	85 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	79 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	90 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	97 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	97 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	106 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	4540 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	3890 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	3510 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2930 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	2110 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1580 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	1470 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	40.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	30.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	26.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	24.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	20.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	15.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	11.8 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	9.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	6.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	8.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	2.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	4.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	15.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	15.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	12.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	12.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	24.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	88.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	81.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	206 per 100,000 people	UNDP 2006
1990-2003	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002	No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	No data available per 100,000 people
2006	No data available per 100,000 people
2005	No data available per 100,000 people
2004	No data available per 100,000 people
2003	No data available per 100,000 people
2002	No data available per 100,000 people
2001	No data available per 100,000 people
2000	No data available per 100,000 people

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2007	165572	UNHCR
2006	174027	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	189850	UNHCR
2004	236999	UNHCR
2003	296632	UNHCR
2002	327587	UNHCR
2001	144231	UNHCR
2000	146748	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2007	97995	UNHCR
2006	98997	UNHCR
2005	148264	UNHCR
2004	276683	UNHCR
2003	291403	UNHCR
2002	354402	UNHCR
2001	400304	UNHCR
2000	484391	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2007	247000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2006	228000	IDMC 2006
2005	247400	IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2007	2	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	2	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	4	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (2003)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004	No data available percent
2000-2002	3.3 percent	UNDP 2005
1999-2001	No data available percent
1998-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	No data available percent
2003-2004	7.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	5.8 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

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