Demographic indicatorsMetadataPeriod: AnnualYear: 2019 |
01. Contact | Top |
01.1. Contact organisation | |
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | |
01.2. Contact organisation unit | |
Unit for calculation population estimates, projections and other demographic indicators | |
01.3. Contact name | |
Dragana Paunovic Radulovic | |
01.4. Contact person function | |
Statistician methodologist | |
01.5. Contact mail address | |
5 Milana Rakića, Belgrade | |
01.6. Contact email address | |
01.7. Contact phone number | |
+381 11 2412922 ext. 264 | |
01.8. Contact fax number | |
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02. Metadata update | Top |
02.1. Metadata last certified | |
11/06/2018 | |
02.2. Metadata last posted | |
21/7/2020 | |
02.3. Metadata last update | |
21/7/2020 |
03. Statistical presentation | Top |
03.1. Data description | |
The demographic indicators calculated on an annual basis are the following: The crude rate of population change is the ratio of the population change during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1 000 persons. The aging index of population is taken to be the ratio of the population aged 60 and over to the population aged 0-19 years, estimated in mid-reference year. The average age of the population is the mean age of its members (arithmetic mean). The total dependency ratio of the population is the ratio of the population aged 0-14 and 65 and over to the population aged 15-64, estimated in mid-reference year. The young-age dependency ratio of the population is the ratio of the total number of young people aged 0-14 to the number of persons of working age (from 15 to 64). The old-age dependency ratio is the ratio of the total number of elderly people at an age when they are generally economically inactive (aged 65 and over) to the number of working age persons (from 15 to 64). The Total Fertility Rate is the most common period indicator of fertility, measuring the average number of live births a woman would ever deliver if she were to experience the fertility rate of a given period. It is computed as the sum of specific fertility rates by age, in their turn presenting the ratio of the number of live births to women of a given age to the number of women of the same age.
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03.2. Classification system | |
Regulation on the Nomenclature of Statistical Territorial Units ("Official Gazette of RS", No.109/09 and 46/10) | |
03.3. Coverage - sector | |
Demography | |
03.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |
To calculate the indicator “crude rate of total population change”, the estimated population as of January 1st of year T and T-1 is used. The indicators such as aging index, average age and dependency ratios are calculated based on mid-year population estimates. To calculate the total fertility rate, the number of live births by mother’s age and the estimated number of female population by completed mother’s age. Since population estimates are calculated on the basis of population censuses and annual data on natural and mechanical movements, the concept of the "usual population" used in the census is retained in the definition of population estimates. Data collection is aligned with the definition of “usual population”. | |
03.5. Statistical unit | |
See data and indicators. | |
03.6. Statistical population | |
The statistical population is the total population. | |
03.7. Reference area | |
Data are available at the level of the Republic of Serbia and its regions, as well as areas and municipalities. Since 1999, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has no information on the AP Kosovo and Metohija, so they are not included in the coverage of the Republic of Serbia data (total). | |
03.8. Coverage - Time | |
Data are available from the year 2011. | |
03.9. Base period | |
Not applicable. |
04. Unit of measure | Top |
04. Unit of measure | |
Data are disseminated as rates. |
05. Reference Period | Top |
05. Reference Period | |
Calendar year. |
06. Institutional Mandate | Top |
06.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |
National legislation:
- Official Statistics Law
- Resolution on the Programme of official statistics
- Regulation on the Plan of official statistics for the current year
* The above documents are available at SORS website: www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/o-nama/dokumenti
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06.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |
Not applicable. |
07. Confidentiality | Top |
07.1. Confidentiality - policy | |
Data confidentiality is stipulated by: - Official Statistics Law (Official Gazette of RS, number 104/2009), Articles 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49. (www.stat.gov.rs/media/2322/zakon_o_statisticie.pdf) - Rulebook on statistical data protection in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (www.stat.gov.rs/media/2343/rulebook-on-statistical-data-protection-in-sors.doc ) - Guidelines on measures of data and information protection in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (www.stat.gov.rs/media/2341/guidelines-on-measures-of-data-and-information-protection-in-the-sors.doc ) | |
07.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |
Not applicable. |
08. Release policy | Top |
08.1. Release calendar | |
Calendar of releases is available at SORS website on the 1st day of December every year for the forthcoming year (http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/calendar).
All SORS releases are launched at 12.00.
Any divergence from the defined time schedule are announced in advance and explained in the Calendar.
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08.2. Release calendar access | |
Calendar of releases is available at SORS website: | |
08.3. Release policy - user access | |
The data obtained through statistical surveys are released at the internet presentation (http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/),
in the database (http://data.stat.gov.rs/?caller=SDDB&languageCode=en-US),
in statistical releases and publications (http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/publikacije/).
The results of official statistics are available at the same time to all users on impartial basis; any privileged access by external users before their release is not allowed.
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09. Frequency of dissemination | Top |
09. Frequency of dissemination | |
Annual |
10. Accessibility and clarity | Top |
10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |
Not applicable. | |
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |
Demographic yearbook (Republic of Serbia) | |
10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |
On request, the access to anonymized microdata is ensured to scientific and research institutions.
The request can be placed by email at stat@stat.gov.rs, or by regular mail addressed at
5 Milana Rakića St, Belgrade.
For more information, please see http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/korisnicka-podrska/micropodaci.
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |
Not applicable. | |
10.6. Documentation on methodology | |
Demographic yearbook (Republic of Serbia) http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/publikacije/?d=14 | |
10.7. Quality management - documentation | |
Not applicable. |
11. Quality management | Top |
11.1. Quality assurance | |
The SORS quality management system is relied on the Serbian official statistics mission and vision, as well as on the European Statistics Code of Practice – CoP and the Total Quality Management – TQM principles, which together make the common quality framework of the European Statistical System (ESS).
For more information, please see the documents at http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/o-nama/sistem-upravljanja-kvalitetom.
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |
Not applicable. |
12. Relevance | Top |
12.1. User needs | |
Population statistics are widely used to plan activities, monitor and evaluate plans and programs in the process of policy-making in social and economic areas, such as: - Analysis of aging of the population and its effects on sustainability and well-being - Evaluation of fertility as a background of family policies - Evaluation of the economic impact of demographic changes - Calculation of 'per capita' indicators | |
12.2. User satisfaction | |
On biennial basis (once in two years), by the means of web interview, implemented is the User Satisfaction Survey. The survey results are available at SORS website: http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/o-nama/sistem-upravljanja-kvalitetom. | |
12.3. Completeness | |
The data are complete. |
13. Accuracy and reliability | Top |
13.1. Overall accuracy | |
Not applicable. | |
13.2. Sampling error | |
Not applicable. | |
13.3. Non-sampling error | |
Not applicable. |
14. Timeliness and punctuality | Top |
14.1. Timeliness | |
Data for year T-1 are published on December 31 of year T and are available in the Database of the SORS website mid-year T. | |
14.2. Punctuality | |
The data are published according to the release calendar. |
15. Coherence and comparability | Top |
15.1. Comparability - geographical | |
The data are comparable. | |
15.2. Comparability - over time | |
The data are comparable. | |
15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |
Not applicable. | |
15.4. Coherence - internal | |
Not applicable. |
16. Cost and Burden | Top |
16. Cost and Burden | |
Not applicable. |
17. Data revision | Top |
17.1. Data revision - policy | |
The SORS general revision policy constitutes the global frame ensuring that each statistical domain shall define its own revision policy in compliance with its specific nature.
The general SORS revision policy determines:
- general rules of revisions of the published data,
- forms of informing users as regards the possible causes of revisions,
- categories of revisions, and
- documents covering all aspects of revisions.
The general SORS revision policy is available at http://www.stat.gov.rs/media/2332/general-revision-policy.docx.
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |
Not applicable. |
18. Statistical processing | Top |
18.1. Source data | |
Administrative data sources, survey data on births and deaths and estimated population. | |
18.2. Frequency of data collection | |
Annual
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18.3. Data collection | |
Not applicable. | |
18.4. Data validation | |
Not applicable. | |
18.5. Data compilation | |
Not applicable. | |
18.6. Adjustment | |
Not applicable. |
19. Comment | Top |
19. Comment | |
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