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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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State’s strategic response to demographic challenges

Belgrade, 30 December 2025

Prime Minister Professor Đuro Macut, MD, DSc, chaired today the first session of the Council for Family and Demography, which discussed the development of the Draft Strategy for the Demographic Development of Serbia for the period 2026–2036, with projections until 2050, among other matters.

Macut emphasised that the formation of this Council and the development of the Draft Strategy for the Demographic Development of Serbia represent the Government’s institutional and intersectoral response to the negative demographic trends that Serbia is facing.

He also noted that the development of this strategy represents the state’s strategic response to long-term demographic challenges and the basis for systemic and sustainable planning of public policies in the field of family and demography.

The Prime Minister stated that the strategy plays a key role in defining clear goals and measures aimed at strengthening the family, supporting parenthood and improving demographic development, adding that one of the main issues is the creation of conditions for young people to remain in the country and start families in Serbia.

Minister for Family Care and Demography Jelena Žarić Kovačević stated that the number of Serbian residents in the period between the two censuses, from 2011 to 2022, decreased by approximately 586,000, or 8.1%.

The Ministry for Family Care and Demography has formed, with the support of the UN Population Fund, a multidisciplinary consulting team, she stated, adding that a working group will soon be formed whose main task will be to draft this strategic document.