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title: "Serbia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Serbia: capital Belgrade, area 77,474 km², population 6,549,143 (2025), currency Serbian dinar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/serbia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Serbia

**Serbia: Capital Belgrade**

77,474 km² · 6,549,143 people (2025) · Serbian dinar

Landlocked, but the Danube runs 588 km across it, and at the Iron Gates gorge on the Romanian border the river narrows to about 150 m between cliffs — the largest gorge in Europe. Đerdap there is one of the biggest river dams on the continent.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Belgrade
- **Area:** 77,474 km² — 29,913 sq mi
- **Population:** 6,549,143 (2025)
- **Density:** 84.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Serbian dinar (RSD, дин.)
- **Official language:** Serbian
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +381
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** RS · SRB
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 116 of 200
- **By population:** 110 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 11,513,149 |
| Czechia | 78,867 | 10,886,878 |
| Serbia ← | 77,474 | 6,549,143 |
| Panama | 75,420 | 4,571,189 |
| Sierra Leone | 71,740 | 8,819,794 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Serbia?

Belgrade

### What currency does Serbia use?

The Serbian dinar (RSD).

### How big is Serbia?

77,474 km², or 29,913 square miles — 116 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Serbia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [United Arab Emirates](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-arab-emirates/)
- [Czechia](https://atoneplace.net/country/czechia/)
- [Panama](https://atoneplace.net/country/panama/)
- [Sierra Leone](https://atoneplace.net/country/sierra-leone/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]