Serbia
Србија
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 23.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 1.5M
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 29.1%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 19.9 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 22.9%
- women 27.8%, men 16.8%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.8%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2011 census
Languages
14 languages, 2 of them endangered
- AromanianDefinitely endangered
- SlovakVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Bulgarian
- Carpathian Romani
- Gheg
- Hungarian
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Macedonian
- Romanian
- Serbisk
- Serbo-Croatian
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- Vlax Romani
- Yugoslav Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Naïve painting practices of Kovačica2024
- Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit – šljivovica2022
- Zlakusa pottery making, hand-wheel pottery making in the village of Zlakusa2020
- Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle2018
- Kolo, traditional folk dance2017
- Slava, celebration of family saint patron’s day2014
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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