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English: Map of the Serbian people around the world. (The map might include people with Serbian ancestry or citizenship) Serbia + 100,000 + 10,000 + 1,000. Date:
List of countries and territories by Serbian population Country Official data Estimates Notes Germany: 272,145 (2017) Serbian nationals and Serbian-born German citizens. [6] 580,000 (2007 MoD est.) Serbian diaspora. [7] See also Serbs in Germany. Austria: 263,034 (2022) Serbian nationals and Serbian-born Austrian citizens. [8] [9]
Serbia is the largest exporter of Slivovitz in the world, and second largest plum producer in the world. [ 205 ] [ 206 ] Winemaking tradition in modern-day Serbia dates back to the Roman times in the 3rd century, while Serbs have been involved in winemaking since the 8th century.
Ethnic map of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to 2013 census. More than 96% of population of Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to one of its three autochthonous constituent peoples (Serbo-Croatian: konstitutivni narodi / конститутивни народи): Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.
An estimated 209,000 Serbs or 16.9% of its Bosnia population were killed on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war. [70] In an interview on 4 November 2015, Bakir Izetbegović, Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, affirmed the persecutions of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia as genocide. [71]
The Yugoslav wars caused many Serbs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to leave their countries in the first half of the 1990s. The international economic sanctions imposed on Serbia caused economic collapse with an estimated 300,000 people leaving Serbia during that period, 20% of which had a higher education.
Serbia is one of the countries with the largest number of firearms in the civilian population in the world. [254] In 2024 the Serbian president approved the reintroduction of mandatory military service, which was abolished in 2011. If the Government adopts this decision, military service will last 75 days, starting with 2025. [255]
Yugoslav Sign Language is used with Croatian and Serbian variants. [citation needed] According to the results of the 2013 census, 52.86% of the population consider their mother tongue to be Bosnian, 30.76% Serbian, 14.6% Croatian and 1.57% another language, with 0.21% not giving an answer. [39]