Pancevo: population and official figures

Population estimate (30 June)

115,120

2023

In depth

Economy, jobs and prices in Pancevo: Employees in Pančevo took home RSD 109,437 a month on average in 2025 (net), against RSD 109,462 for Serbia as a whole: 3rd highest of 13 major cities.
Health in Pancevo: There was one physician in the health service for every 330 people in Pančevo in 2023 (349 doctors in all); the Serbian figure was 310, and the ratio ranks 4th highest of 13 major cities.
Education in Pancevo: Pančevo had 30 preschool institutions attended by 3,596 children in 2022/23; 66.6% of them were in full-day programmes of 9 to 12 hours (Serbia: 69.2%), 7th highest of 13 major cities.
Poverty and living standards in Pancevo: 466 adults were convicted in 2023 of criminal offences committed in Pančevo, a rate of 405 per 100,000 people (7th highest of 13 major cities; Serbia: 406).
Government budget and revenue in Pancevo: The budgets of the City of Pančevo took in RSD 8.1 billion in 2023, RSD 70,369 per resident against RSD 71,938 for all local governments in Serbia; 4th highest of 13 major cities.
Government and politics in Pancevo: Turnout in the latest elections to the city assembly in Pančevo, as recorded by the Statistical Office at 31 December 2023, was 47.0%: 51,218 of 109,072 registered voters (Serbia: 50.7%); 7th highest of 13 major cities.

What is the population of Pančevo?

Pančevo had an estimated 115,120 residents on 30 June 2023, 1.7% of Serbia's population (excluding Kosovo and Metohija), on 756 km² with 10 settlements.

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia · saved copy

Is the population of Pančevo growing or shrinking?

The population estimate for Pančevo went from 120,871 in 2016 to 115,120 in 2023, a change of -4.8% (Serbia: -6.2%; 6th highest of 13 major cities by change).

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia · saved copy

What is the ethnic makeup of Pančevo?

Of the 115,454 people counted in Pančevo at the 2022 Census, 79.3% declared themselves Serbs, 2.6% Macedonians and 2.1% Hungarians.

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia · saved copy

Who runs Pancevo?

In Serbia, cities and towns are run by municipalities: Assembly directly elected every four years (party lists); assembly elects the mayor (gradonačelnik) or municipal president. Local services, utilities, local roads, kindergartens, planning; cities can have municipal police.

How local power works in Serbia

Cities of a similar size in Serbia

Beograd 1,197,714
Novi Sad 260,438
Niš 178,976
Kragujevac 146,315
Subotica 88,752
Novi Pazar 71,462
Čačak 69,598
Zrenjanin 67,129
Kraljevo 57,432
Leskovac 54,091
Kruševac 53,746
Šabac 51,163

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Sources

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia: Municipalities and regions of the Republic of Serbia, 2024: table 18.1 (medical doctors, dentists and pharmacists in the health service, 2023; Institute of Public Health of Serbia data), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a782476fc6e5…)
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia: Statistical release: Average salaries and wages per employee, December 2025 (table 4: by region, area, city and municipality; January-December 2025), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fe859eb0709b…)

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