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In this statistical release, presented are the preliminary data on live births and deaths after the facts of births and deaths are entered into the register books. The data are presented by the months of registration, i.e. entering the data into the Registers in 2022 and 2023.

Number of live births in the Republic of Serbia in the period January-October 2023 amounted to 50 964. Compared with the same period of the previous year, when the number of live births was 51 401, noted was the decrease in live births by 437, i.e. 0.9%.

Number of deaths in the Republic of Serbia in the period January-October 2023 amounted to 80 308, and if related to the same period 2022, when it was 94 196, it recorded decrease by 13 888, or 14.7%.

Table 1 Live births in the Republic of Serbia by month of registration in 2022 and 2023

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2022	4829	4767	5242	4326	5007	5163	5055	5855	5695	5462	5406	5443
2023	5401	4682	4843	4304	4970	5003	5282	5891	5175	5413
Index 2023/2022	111.8	98.2	92.4	99.5	99.3	96.9	104.5	100.6	90.9	99.1

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Table 2 Deaths in the Republic of Serbia by month of registration in 2022 and 2023

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2022	11392	13094	11250	8479	8387	7744	7848	9158	8390	8454	7930	8713
2023	9372	8665	8648	7488	8156	7289	7710	7622	6931	8427
Index 2023/2022	82.3	66.2	76.9	88.3	97.2	94.1	98.2	83.2	82.6	99.7

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Table 3 Live births in the Republic of Serbia by month of registration, by region

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	Janury - current month
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
2022	4829	4767	5242	4326	5007	5163	5055	5855	5695	5462	51401
2023	5401	4682	4843	4304	4970	5003	5282	5891	5175	5413	50964
Index 2023/2022	111.8	98.2	92.4	99.5	99.3	96.9	104.5	100.6	90.9	99.1	99.1
Beogradski region
2022	1569	1570	1723	1475	1717	1655	1584	1906	1941	1766	16906
2023	1740	1530	1600	1430	1697	1680	1750	1904	1667	1807	16805
Index 2023/2022	110.9	97.5	92.9	96.9	98.8	101.5	110.5	99.9	85.9	102.3	99.4
Region Vojvodine
2022	1206	1175	1259	1040	1162	1273	1339	1494	1325	1314	12587
2023	1328	1140	1160	1047	1171	1216	1336	1401	1231	1303	12333
Index 2023/2022	110.1	97.0	92.1	100.7	100.8	95.5	99.8	93.8	92.9	99.2	98.0
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije
2022	1540	1554	1667	1379	1597	1653	1584	1840	1775	1785	16374
2023	1735	1504	1573	1371	1563	1603	1662	1956	1712	1726	16405
Index 2023/2022	112.7	96.8	94.4	99.4	97.9	97.0	104.9	106.3	96.5	96.7	100.2
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije
2022	514	468	593	432	531	582	548	615	654	597	5534
2023	598	508	510	456	539	504	534	630	565	577	5421
Index 2023/2022	116.3	108.5	86.0	105.6	101.5	86.6	97.4	102.4	86.4	96.6	98.0

Table 4 Deaths in the Republic of Serbia by month of registration, by region

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	Janury - current month
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
2022	11392	13094	11250	8479	8387	7744	7848	9158	8390	8454	94196
2023	9372	8665	8648	7488	8156	7289	7710	7622	6931	8427	80308
Index 2023/2022	82.3	66.2	76.9	88.3	97.2	94.1	98.2	83.2	82.6	99.7	85.3
Beogradski region
2022	2699	2844	2414	2003	1891	1656	1963	2214	2003	2016	21703
2023	2218	2006	1973	1812	1977	1706	1804	1804	1656	2022	18978
Index 2023/2022	82.2	70.5	81.7	90.5	104.5	103.0	91.9	81.5	82.7	100.3	87.4
Region Vojvodine
2022	3031	3336	2847	2323	2292	2012	2089	2497	2264	2270	24961
2023	2521	2392	2276	2008	2163	1880	2111	2101	1805	2360	21617
Index 2023/2022	83.2	71.7	79.9	86.4	94.4	93.4	101.1	84.1	79.7	104.0	86.6
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije
2022	4058	4888	4281	2862	2972	2939	2726	3193	2942	3051	33912
2023	3378	3044	3133	2674	2817	2635	2661	2661	2467	2875	28345
Index 2023/2022	83.2	62.3	73.2	93.4	94.8	89.7	97.6	83.3	83.9	94.2	83.6
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije
2022	1604	2026	1708	1291	1232	1137	1070	1254	1181	1117	13620
2023	1255	1223	1266	994	1199	1068	1134	1056	1003	1170	11368
Index 2023/2022	78.2	60.4	74.1	77.0	97.3	93.9	106.0	84.2	84.9	104.7	83.5

Metodological explanations

The presented data on live births and deaths are collected by the monthly report of vital statistics (form Dem-5). The report is completed based of the data on live births and deaths after the facts of births and deaths are entered into the register books by the place where it happened.

Starting from 1998 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohia and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).

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Live births and deaths, January-October 2023

In the Republic of Serbia, in the period January-October 2023, noted was the decrease in live births by 437, i.e. 0.9%., and the decrease in deaths by 13 888, or 14.7%.,compared with the same period of the previous year.

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