Serb diaspora (Serbian: Српска дијаспора/Srpska dijaspora) refers to the diaspora communities of ethnic Serbs. It is not to be confused with the Serbian diaspora, which refers to migrants, regardless of ethnicity, from Serbia. Due to generalization in censuses outside former Yugoslavia to exclude ethnicity, the total number of the Serb diaspora population cannot be known by certainty. It is estimated that 2–3 million Serbs live outside former Yugoslavia.
There were several waves of Serb emigration:
Country | Estimation | Official data[a] | Notes |
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Germany | 500,000 (2014 government est.[5]); older estimations: 1,000,000 (2009,[6] 2012[7]); 1,000,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in Germany. |
Austria | 500,000 (2008,[9] 2010,[10] January 2012[8]) | N/A | See also Serbs in Austria. |
United States | 1,000,000 (January 2012)[8] | 189,671 (2013)[11][b] | See also Serbs in the United States. |
Switzerland | 150,000 (2000);[12] 200,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in Switzerland. |
Sweden | 110,000 (2011,[13] January 2012[8]); 120,000 (2015);[14] and 140,000 (2011).[15] | N/A | See also Serbs in Sweden. |
Canada | 100,000–125,000 (2008);[16] 250,000 (January 2012)[8][b] | 80,320 (2011) | See also Serbs in Canada. |
France | 62,740 (2018)[17] | N/A | See also Serbs in France. |
United Kingdom | 70,000 (2001, Serbian Embassy[18]); 80,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in the United Kingdom. |
Italy | 70,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in Italy. |
Australia | 130,000 (January 2012)[8] | 104,549 (2016) | See also Serbs in Australia. |
Benelux | 50,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in Luxembourg. |
Argentina | 7,000 (January 2012);[8] 30,000 (ancestry)[19] | N/A | See also Serbs in South America |
South Africa | 20,000 (2012);[20] 25,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in South Africa |
Romania | 23,000 (January 2012)[8] | 18,076 (2011)[21] | See also Serbs in Romania. |
Greece | 15,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in Greece. |
Hungary | 10,000 (January 2012)[8] | 7,210 (2011)[22] | See also Serbs in Hungary. |
Finland | 4,000 (2004)[23] | 8,737 (Born in Serbia, 2018)[24] | |
Spain | 7,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in Spain. |
Russia | 60,000 (January 2012)[8] | 3,510 (2015)[25] | See also Serbs in Russia. |
New Zealand | 7,000 (January 2012)[8] | 1,059 (2013)[26] | See also Serbs in New Zealand. |
Chile | 7,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in South America. |
Brazil | 6,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | See also Serbs in South America. |
Slovakia | 3,600 (2014)[27] | N/A | See also Serbs in Slovakia |
Venezuela | 2,000 (January 2012)[28] | N/A | See also Serbs in South America. |
Portugal | 1,000 (2013MoD est.) Serbian diaspora.[29] [30] | 274 (2021, foreigners only; for instance excludes 234 Luso-Serbs naturalised since 2008)[31][32] | See also Serbs in Portugal. |
Mexico | 1,000 (January 2012)[8] | N/A | |
Zambia | 24 families (May 2009)[33] | N/A | |
Kazakhstan | 213 (2016) |
The list include Serbs born abroad, people of full or partial Serbian descent and immigrants from Serbia or Serbian native communities who made significant career abroad.