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Serbia: map and facts
Serbia is in Southern Europe. It has about 6.55 million people (2025), the 108th largest population. It covers 88,490 km², the 111th largest by area. That is about 74 people per km². Its highest point is Velika Rudoka, at 2,658 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 6,549,143 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 88,490 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Belgrade
- Highest point: Velika Rudoka, 2,658 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 39.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Serbia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Tisza: 966 km
- Sava: 945 km
- Timis: 359 km
- Drina: 346 km
- Lim: 220 km
- Nišava: 218 km
- Timok: 189 km
- West Morava: 184 km
- White Drin: 175 km
Also on the map: Sitnica and Morava.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Velika Rudoka: 2,658 m (its highest point)
- Gjeravica: 2,656 m
- Midzor: 2,169 m
Mountain ranges: Dinaric Alps.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Balkan Peninsula and Great Hungarian Plain.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 30.7%, deciduous broadleaf forest 22.2%, wooded savanna 18%, savanna 11.1%, farmland with natural plants 9.6%, grassland 4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 37%, hills 33.3%, plains 29%.
Forests covered 39.2% of its land in 2024, up from 32.9% in 2010 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Serbia shares land borders with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Romania on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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