Demographic indicators

Metadata
Period: Annual
Year: 2023

REFERENCE METADATA

02. Metadata update

03. Statistical presentation

04. Unit of measure

05. Reference Period

06. Institutional Mandate

07. Confidentiality

08. Release policy

09. Frequency of dissemination

10. Accessibility and clarity

11. Quality management

13. Accuracy and reliability

14. Timeliness and punctuality

15. Coherence and comparability

16. Cost and Burden

17. Data revision

18. Statistical processing

01. Contact	Top
01.1. Contact organisation
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
01.2. Contact organisation unit
Group for demographic analysis, estimates and projections
01.3. Contact name
Dragana Paunović Radulović
01.4. Contact person function
Head of Unit
01.5. Contact mail address
5 Milana Rakića, Belgrade
01.6. Contact email address
dragana.paunovic-radulovic@stat.gov.rs
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
3/10/2023
02.3. Metadata last update
28/8/2024

03. Statistical presentation	Top
03.1. Data description
The demographic indicators calculated on an annual basis are as follows: 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 the middle of the 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 indicator of population fertility, which shows the total number of live births per woman under fertility conditions by age in the year of observation. It is calculated as the sum of specific fertility rates by age, which actually represent the ratio of the number of live births to mothers of a certain age to the number of women of the same age.
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 1^st 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 indicator, the number of live births according to the age of the mother and the estimated number of women according to their completed years of age are used. Since population estimates are calculated on the basis of population census 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 description 3.1. within the Statistical presentation.
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 1998, 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
Data are disseminated in numbers and rates.

05. Reference Period	Top
Calendar year.

06. Institutional Mandate	Top
06.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
National legislation: Law on Official Statistics (“Official Gazette of RS”, no.104/09, 24/11); Program on Official Statistics from 2021 to 2025 (“Official Gazette of RS”, no. 24/21 from 27.3.2021.); Regulation on establishing the Plan on Official Statistics in 2024 (“Official Gazette of RS”, no.117/2023, from 25.12.2023.). * The above documents are available at SORS website.
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, 49). - Rulebook on statistical data protection in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia - Guidelines on measures of data and information protection in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
07.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Not applicable.

08. Release policy	Top
08.1. Release calendar
Calendar of releases is available at SORS website.
08.2. Release calendar access
Calendar of releases is available at SORS via link: https://www.stat.gov.rs/calendar/.
08.3. Release policy - user access
The users are informed that the data are published through press releases.

09. Frequency of dissemination	Top
The dynamics of publishing the results of demographic indicators is annual.

10. Accessibility and clarity	Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Estimates of population for the Republic of Serbia, press release
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Demography statistics (Republic of Serbia) Municipalities and regions of the Republic of Serbia Statistical Yearbook Estimates of population of the Republic of Serbia, by sex, age, and type of settlement 2008-2012 Estimates of population of the Republic of Serbia by sex, age, and type of settlement 2013-2017 All publications on demographic indicators are available on the SORS website.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
The data on demographic indicators are available on the SORS website. DevInfo
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Demography statistics (Republic of Serbia)
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 SORS website.
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
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.
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
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 SORS website.
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
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
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