Zastava



BASIC STATISTICAL DATA ON SERBIA

(according to the census from 1991)






  1. Territory: 88,361 square kilometers

  2. Location: between 41°52' and 46°11' of North latitude and 18°06' and 23°01' of East longitude

  3. Population: 9,778,991

  4. Ethnic composition of the population:
    • the Serbs 6,446,595 (65.9%);
    • Albanians 1,674,353 (17.1%);
    • Hungarians 343,942 (3.5%);
    • Muslims 246,411 (2.5%);
    • Romanies 140,237 (1.5%);
    • Montenegrins 139,299 (1.4%);
    • Croats 105,406 (1.1%);
    • Slovaks 66,798 (0.7%);
    • Macedonians 46,046 (0.5%);
    • Rumanians 42,331 (0.4%);
    • Bulgarians 26,878 (0.3%);
    • Bunians 21,434 (0.2%);
    • Ruthenians 18,073 (0.2%);
    • Valachs 17,807 (0.2%);
    • Turks 11,235 (0.1%).

    There are 42,338 (0.4%) people of other nationalities;
    323,625 (3.3%) who declared themselves as the Yugoslavs;
    10,906 (0.1%) did not declare themselves;
    4,912 (0.1%) declared themselves regionally;
    50,367 (0.5%) are unknown.

  5. There are 705,667 refugees from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina living in Serbia.

  6. Largest cities (over 100,000 inhabitants):
    • Belgrade 1,602,226;
    • Novi Sad 179,626;
    • Nis 175,391;
    • Kragujevac 147,305;
    • Pristina 108,083;
    • Subotica 100,386.

  7. Longest rivers:
    • the Danube 588 km (total length 2783 km);
    • Zapadna Morava 308 km (308 km);
    • Juzna Morava 295 km (295 km);
    • Ibar 272 km (272 km);
    • Drina 220 km (346 km);
    • Sava 206 km (945 km);
    • Timok 202 km (202 km);
    • Velika Morava 185 km (185 km);
    • Tisa 168 km (966 km);
    • Nisava 151 km (218 km);
    • Tamis 118 km (359 km);
    • Begej 75 km (244 km).

  8. Highest mountain peaks (over 2,400 m):
    • the Deravica 2.656 m (Prokletije mountain);
    • Crni vrh 2.585 m;
    • (Sar-planina);
    • Gusam 2.539 m (Prokletije);
    • Bogdas 2.533 m (Prokletije);
    • Zuti kamen 2.522 m (Prokletije);
    • Ljuboten 2.498 m (Sar-planina);
    • Veternik 2.461 m (Koprivnik);
    • Crni krs 2.426 m (Prokletije);
    • Hajla 2.403 m (Hajla).

  9. Total length of railway network: 3,619 km.

  10. Total length of roads: 42,692 km (asphalt and concrete 24,860 km).

  11. Agricultural land: 5.718.599 ha, out of which:
    • 4.674.622 ha is arable land,
    • 1.006.473 ha pastures,
    • while 37.504 ha are fish-ponds,


    Under

    • cereals 2.453.374 ha,
    • reed-marshes and ponds forage 494.598 ha,
    • industrial herbs 348.641 ha,
    • vegetables 300.484 ha,
    • orchards 256.887 ha,
    • vineyards 85.763 ha,
    • nursery-gardens 2.164 ha.
    • not cultivated 64.722 ha.
    • meadows 666.702 ha,
    • forests 86.866 ha.