National name: Republika Srbija

President: Boris Tadic (2004)

Prime Minister: Vojislav Kostunica (2004)

Land and total area: 34,116 sq mi (88,361 sq km)

Population (2002): 9,396,411; fertility rate: 1.78/1000; life expectancy: 74; density per sq mi: 275

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Belgrade, 1,717,800 (metro. area), 1,285,200 (city proper)

Other large cities: Pristina, 204,500; Novi Sad, 191,300; Nis, 174,000

Monetary unit: Yugoslav new dinar. In Kosovo both the euro and the Yugoslav dinar are legal

Languages: Serbian (official); Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, and Croatian (all official in Vojvodina); Albanian (official in Kosovo)

Ethnicity/race: Serb 66%, Albanian 17%, Hungarian 3.5%, other 13.5% (1991)

Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Literacy rate: 96.4% (2002 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $41.15 billion; per capita $4,400. Real growth rate: 5.9% for Serbia alone (excluding Kosovo). Inflation: 15.5%. Unemployment: 31.6%; unemployment is approximately 50% in Kosovo. Arable land: n.a. Agriculture: wheat, maize, sugar beets, sunflower, beef, pork, milk. Labor force: 2.961 million; agriculture 30%, industry 46%, services 24% (excluding Kosovo and Montenegro) (2002). Industries: sugar, agricultural machinery, electrical and communication equipment, paper and pulp, lead, transportation equipment. Natural resources: oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land. Exports: $4.553 billion (excluding Kosovo and Montenegro) (2005 est.): manufactured goods, food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment. Imports: $10.58 billion (excluding Kosovo and Montenegro) (2005).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 2,685,400 (2004); mobile cellular: 4,729,600 (2004). Radio broadcast stations: 153 (2001). Internet users: 1.4 million (2006).

Transportation: Railways: total: 4,135 km (2004). Highways: total: 37,937 km; paved: 23,937 km, unpaved: 13,950 km (2002). Waterways: 587 km; primarily on Danube and Sava rivers (2005). Airports: 25 includes airports in Montenegro (2005).

International disputes: the final status of the Serbian province of Kosovo remains unresolved and several thousand peacekeepers from the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) have administered the region since 1999, with Kosovar Albanians overwhelmingly supporting and Serbian officials opposing Kosovo independence; the international community had agreed to begin a process to determine final status but contingency of solidifying multi-ethnic democracy in Kosovo has not been satisfied; ethnic Albanians in Kosovo refuse demarcation of the boundary with Macedonia in accordance with the 2000 Macedonia-Serbia and Montenegro delimitation agreement; Serbia and Montenegro delimited about half of the boundary with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but sections with Serbia along the Drina River remain in dispute.
 

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