Serbs facts for kids
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~12-13 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Former Yugoslavia | 8,200,000+ |
 Serbia (including Kosovo Serbs) |
~6,200,000 (2012) |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
~1,300,000 (2012) |
 Montenegro |
265,895 (Native Serbian speakers)(2011) |
 Croatia |
~200,000 (2011) |
 Slovenia |
~40,000 (2002) |
 Macedonia |
~40,000 (2002) |
| Europe | 2,000,000+ |
 Germany |
~800,000 (2012) |
 Austria |
~400,000 (2012) |
 Switzerland |
~200,000 |
 France |
~120,000 (2012) |
 Italy |
~55,000 (2004) |
 Sweden |
~120,000 (2008) |
 United Kingdom |
~70,000 (2005) |
 Romania |
~20,000 (2002) |
 Benelux |
~40,000 (2008) |
 Norway |
~12,000 (2006) |
 Denmark |
~60,000 (2008) |
 Greece |
~15,000 (2001) |
 Hungary |
~7,000 |
 Spain |
~5,000 (2008) |
| North America | 1,200,000+ |
 United States |
~1,000,000 |
 Canada |
80,320 (2011) |
| Other | unknown |
 Australia and  New Zealand |
~130,000 |
 United Arab Emirates |
~15,000 |
 Turkey |
~4,000 |
 Russia |
~4,000 (2002) |
| Languages | |
| Serbian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Serbian Orthodox Christian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Slavic peoples, especially South Slavs | |
Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and in Croatia, in Krajina region.
Images for kids
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Nemanjić dynasty members, the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages
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Kosovo Maiden (1919) by Uroš Predić.
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Christmas table is often made with roasted pork and Russian salad
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Novak Djokovic is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
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Stevan Mokranjac, composer and musical educator considered the "father of Serbian music."
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Paja Jovanović, Serbia's most acclaimed realist painter.
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Nadežda Petrović, impressionist and fauvist painter.
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Karl Malden, Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor.
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Vojin Bakić, a prominent sculptor
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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš is considered one of the best poets of Serbian literature.
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Ivo Andrić, a novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in 1961.
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Desanka Maksimović, the most notable Serbian and Yugoslav female poet of the 20th century
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Miloš Crnjanski, a poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism and writer.
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Borislav Pekić was a major writer and dramatist of the second half of the 20th century.
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Nikola Tesla, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist.
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Mihajlo Pupin, physicist and physical chemist and a founding member of NACA which later became NASA.
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Jovan Cvijić, geographer, geologist, human geographer and ethnologist.
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Three-finger salute
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Traditional Serbian costumes from Šumadija
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Old Silent dance from Glamoč.
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Slava, a family feast in honour of its patron saint.
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An Orthodox priest places the badnjak on a fire during Christmas Eve.
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The national instrument Gusle placed on Pirot carpet
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