Republic of Serbia Република Србија
Republika Srbija |
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Location of Serbia (green) and the disputed territory of Kosovo (light green)
in Europe (dark grey). |
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Capital and largest city |
Belgrade 44°48′N 20°28′E / 44.800°N 20.467°E |
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Official languages | Serbian | ||||
Ethnic groups (2011) |
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Demonym | Serbian | ||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |
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Tomislav Nikolić | |||||
Aleksandar Vučić | |||||
Maja Gojković | |||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||
Formation | |||||
late 8th century | |||||
1217/1346 | |||||
• Fall of the Serbian Despotatea
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1459 (1537 de jure) | ||||
1815 | |||||
1878 | |||||
1912–18 | |||||
• Independent republic
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2006 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Including Kosovo
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88,361 km2 (34,116 sq mi) (113th) | ||||
• Excluding Kosovo
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77,474 km2 (29,913 sq mi) | ||||
Population | |||||
• 2016 estimate
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7,041,599 | ||||
• Density
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92.8/km2 (240.4/sq mi) (112th) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$112.888 billion (78th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$15,828 (excluding Kosovo) (83rd) | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||
• Total
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$42.139 billion (86th) | ||||
• Per capita
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$5,908 (excluding Kosovo) (88th) | ||||
Gini (2013) | 38 medium · 72nd |
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HDI (2014) |
0.771 high · 66th |
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Currency | Serbian dinar (RSD) | ||||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
• Summer (DST)
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CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
Drives on the | right | ||||
Calling code | +381 | ||||
ISO 3166 code | RS | ||||
Internet TLD | |||||
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Coordinates: 44°N 21°E / 44°N 21°E
Serbia (i/ˈsɜːrbiə/, Serbian: Србија / Srbija, IPA: [sř̩bija]), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija), is a sovereign state situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans. Relative to its small territory, it is a diverse country distinguished by a transitional character, situated along cultural, geographic, climatic and other boundaries. Serbia is landlocked and borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southwest; it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia numbers around 7 million residents, and its capital, Belgrade, ranks among the largest cities in Southeast Europe.