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Beograd (Belgrade): population

Beograd (Belgrade), Serbia: 1.12 million people in 2025, by the UN estimate.

Rank among the cities of the country: 1 of 13.

In 1975 it had 821,000 people.

In 2000 it had 1.02 million people, so it has grown by 10% since then.

For 2050 the UN projects 1.03 million people.

A city here is a dense area of at least 1,500 people per km² with at least 50,000 people, drawn on a population grid by the UN degree of urbanisation. It can differ from the city’s administrative borders and from national statistics. Years from 2026 on are projections.

Population, 1975 to 2050Projected from 20260200K400K600K800K1M1.2M19801990200020102020203020402050
2025 Beograd (Belgrade): 1.1M

Largest cities: Serbia

City20252050, projected
Beograd (Belgrade)1,121,4101,028,781
Novi Sad262,324237,492
Niš199,431179,080
Kragujevac130,084118,785
Novi Pazar79,24970,626
Subotica77,04364,988
Borca70,13959,444
Kraljevo66,01758,895
Čačak63,18257,338
Pančevo61,47653,254

Serbia: population and ages

Sources: World Urbanization Prospects 2025, UN DESA Population Division (CC BY 3.0 IGO).

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