Serbs

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Serbs
Срби
Srbi
St Sava · Tsar Dušan · Karađorđe · V. Karadžić
N. Tesla · M. Pupin · N. Petrović · M. Milanković
Total population
over 13 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Serbia 6,212,386 + 140,000 (est.) in Kosovo
Western Balkans
(Former Yugoslavia) 8,600,000+
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian Serbs) 1,711,577 (2009) [2]
 Montenegro (Montenegrin Serbs) 252,550 (2009) [3]
 Croatia (Croatian Serbs) 201,631 (2001) [4]
 Slovenia (Slovenian Serbs) 38,964 (2002) [5]
 Macedonia (Macedonian Serbs) 35,939 (2002) [6]
rest of Europe 1,600,000+
 Austria (Austrian Serbs) 350,000 (2008) [7]
 Germany (German Serbs) 625,000 (2008) [8]
 Italy (Italian Serbs) 70,000 (2008) [9]
 France (French Serbs) 70,000-100,000 (2008) [10]
 Switzerland (Swiss Serbs) 186,000 (2008) [11]
 Sweden (Swedish Serbs) 120,000 (2008) [12]
 United Kingdom (British Serbs) 70,000 (2005) [13]
 Romania (Romanian Serbs) 22,518 (2002) [14]
 Belgium (Belgian Serbs) 19,857 (2008) [15]
 Greece (Greek Serbs) 10,000+ (2001) [16]
 Hungary (Hungarian Serbs) 7,350 (2002) [17]
 Luxembourg (Luxembourg Serbs) 7,581 (2008) [18]
 Spain (Spanish Serbs) 10,000 (2008) [19]
North America 500,000+
 United States (American Serbs) 172,874-300,000(est.) [20]
 Canada (Canadian Serbs) 105,517 (2007) [21]
Asia and Oceania 150,000+
 Australia (Australian Serbs) 95,364 (2009) [22]
 United Arab Emirates 15,000 [23]
Languages

Serbian

Religion
Predominately Serbian Orthodox
Related ethnic groups

South Slavs

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Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: Срби Serbian Latin: Srbi) are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in the Central Europe and the Balkans (Southeastern Europe), between the Balkan and Carpathian mountains in the east and the Adriatic sea in the west. They are located mainly in Serbia (also in Kosovo), Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. Serbs are also a significant minority in two other republics of the Former Yugoslavia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Serbs are an officially recognized minority in both Romania and Hungary, as well as Slovakia.[24] There is a large Serbian diaspora in Western Europe especially concentrated in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Austria. In North America, the United States and Canada have the largest Serbian population. In the German-speaking countries alone live more than a million people of Serbian origin:[25] Luxembourg (1% share in the overall population),[26] Austria (1,8%),[7] Switzerland (1%), and Germany (almost 1%).[27]