How many babies are born in Serbia each year?

An estimated 57.1 thousand babies are born in Serbia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 156 a day and 0.04% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Serbia?

Serbia has an estimated 8.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.50 children per woman.

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How many babies are born in Serbia?

57.1 thousand babies born in Serbia in 2026 — 0.04% of all births worldwide, and the 129th largest of any country. UN projection

156births per day
7per hour
0per minute
8.6births per 1,000 people
1.50children per woman
6.64 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Serbia through history

Estimated annual births in Serbia, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

Every figure refers to the area inside Serbia's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year	Estimated births	Population	Per 1,000	Evidence
1800	~88.4K	~2.15M	41.2	Historical reconstruction
1900	~98.1K	~2.31M	42.4	Historical reconstruction
1950	153K	6.01M	25.5	UN estimate
2000	71.6K	7.69M	9.3	UN estimate
2024	59K	6.74M	8.8	UN projection
2026	57.1K	6.64M	8.6	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Serbia are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1949, at about ~155K.

At 1.50 children per woman, fertility in Serbia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.