Polity · 1918 CE – 1918 CE
Serbia
Србија · Republika Srbija · Srbija
Also recorded as Republic of Serbia
- Peak recorded area
- 90,640 km²
- 1913 CE
- Rulers on record
- 6
- from 1884 CE
- Data series
- 25
- 1918 CE–1918 CE
Overview
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeast and Central Europe. Located in the Balkans, it borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia to the northwest, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest. Serbia also claims to share a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia has about 6.6 million inhabitants, excluding Kosovo.
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Territory
4 dated territorial extents on record from CShapes 2.0. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. Cliopatria holds 1 further extent, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1918 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| City Pop Belgrade8 obs · 1721 CE–1900 CE | 69Kpersons1900 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Prizren6 obs · 1800 CE–1910 CE | 30.3Kpersons1910 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Subotica6 obs · 1800 CE–1900 CE | 81Kpersons1900 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Population6 obs · 1800 CE–1910 CE | 2,912thousands1910 CE · Clio-Infra |
| City Pop Skopje4 obs · 1800 CE–1859 CE | 27Kpersons1859 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Height Men4 obs · 1850 CE–1890 CE | 168.1cm1890 CE · Clio-Infra |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP219 obs · 1700 CE–1918 CE | 3,397int'l $ (inflation adj.)1918 CE · Gapminder |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count | 1battles1912 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Scale Avg | 4Lehmann-Zhukov 1-51912 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Wins | 1battles won1912 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Rule Of Law Index114 obs · 1804 CE–1918 CE | 0.272index (0-1)1918 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity287 obs · 1830 CE–1918 CE | 5index (-10 to 10)1918 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Electoral Democracy Index85 obs · 1834 CE–1918 CE | 0.147index (0-1)1918 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index85 obs · 1834 CE–1918 CE | 0.101index (0-1)1918 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index85 obs · 1834 CE–1918 CE | 0.069index (0-1)1918 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type19 obs · 1900 CE–1918 CE | 0RoW index (0-3)1918 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index85 obs · 1834 CE–1918 CE | 0.271index (0-1)1918 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Radios36 obs · 1878 CE–1913 CE | 0count1913 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km33 obs · 1880 CE–1912 CE | 976km1912 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Mail Items27 obs · 1886 CE–1912 CE | 76items1912 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Telegraph24 obs · 1887 CE–1911 CE | 1.46count1911 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Passenger Km17 obs · 1890 CE–1906 CE | 78passenger-km1906 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Rulers
6 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Milutin GarašaninPrime Minister of Serbia1884 CE – 1887 CE
- Kosta ProtićPrime Minister of Serbia1889 CE
- Nikola PašićPrime Minister of Serbia1891 CE – 1892 CE
- Lazar DokićPrime Minister of Serbia1893 CE
- Vladan ĐorđevićPrime Minister of Serbia1897 CE – 1900 CE
- Marko TrifkovićPrime Minister of Serbia1912 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Serbian
- Currency
- Serbian dinars (RSD)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
CShapes 2.02.0
Schvitz, G. et al. (2022). Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(1).
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0