The book "Age and Sex" contains the final results of the 2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in on the population of the Republic of Serbia by age and sex, by five-year age groups, up to the level of settlement. In addition to these data, the book also contains data on the adult population (population aged 18 and over), as well as data on average age of the population.

	Population number			Average age
	total	male	female	total	male	female
Republic of Serbia	6647003	3231978	3415025	43,85	42,43	45,19
Beogradski region	1681405	794413	886992	42,73	41,03	44,25
Region Vojvodine	1740230	845739	894491	43,64	42,03	45,16
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije	1819318	895840	923478	44,31	43,09	45,49
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije	1406050	695986	710064	44,86	43,67	46,02
Region Kosovo i Metohija	...	...	...	...	...	...

* The 2022 Census was not conducted on the territory of AP Kosovo and Metohija.

The average age of the population of the Republic of Serbia is 43.8 years, with women being on average three years older than men (the average age of women is 45.2 years, and of men 42.4 years). Compared to 2011 Census, the average age increased by about one and a half years. 

2. Population by large age groups, by regions

	Total		0–14 years		15–64 years		65 years and over
	total	%	total	%	total	%	total	%
Republic of Serbia	6647003	100	955452	14,37	4222696	63,53	1468855	22,10
Beogradski region	1681405	100	254270	15,12	1086113	64,60	341022	20,28
Region Vojvodine	1740230	100	254971	14,65	1108342	63,69	376917	21,66
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije	1819318	100	258234	14,19	1143283	62,84	417801	22,96
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije	1406050	100	187977	13,37	884958	62,98	333115	23,69
Region Kosovo i Metohija	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

In the period between the two censuses, there was no significant change in the share of people under the age of 15 in total population - 14.3% (Census 2011), versus 14.4% (Census 2022), but there was a noticeable decrease in the share of persons aged 15– 64 years - from 68.3% (2011) to 63.5% (2022), i.e. by about 5 percent, while the share of persons aged 65 and over increased from 17.4% (2011) to 22.1% (2022). The most unfavourable demographic situation is in the Region Južne i Istočne Srbije, where almost every fourth person (23.7%) is over 64 years old.

 

Book 2. Age and Sex

Table 1. Population by age and sex

Table 2. Average age of the population by sex