Editing Serbian language (section)

==Geographic distribution==
Speakers by country:

* [[Serbia]]: 6,540,699 (official language)
* [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]: 1,086,027<ref>{{cite web|title=Maternji jezik 2013|website=Popis 2013|date=2016|url=http://www.statistika.ba/#link4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729230342/http://www.statistika.ba/#link4|archive-date=2016-07-29}}</ref> (co-official language)
* [[Germany]]: 568,240{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
* [[Austria]]: 350,000{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
* [[Montenegro]]: 269,307 (language in official use)
* [[Switzerland]]: 186,000
* [[United States]]: 172,874
* [[Sweden]]: 120,000
* [[Italy]]: 106,498<ref name="istat">{{cite web |url=http://www.dossierimmigrazione.it/docnews/file/2014_La%20collettività%20serba_Scheda.pdf |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |access-date=2014-10-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401190939/http://www.dossierimmigrazione.it/docnews/file/2014_La%20collettivit%C3%A0%20serba_Scheda.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-01 }}</ref>
*[[Kosovo]]: est. 70.000–100.000<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ramet|first1=Sabrina P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FpEwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA267|title=Ethnic Minorities and Politics in Post-Socialist Southeastern Europe|last2=Valenta|first2=Marko|date=2016-09-22|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-98277-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-07|title=Kosovo's Demographic Destiny Looks Eerily Familiar|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2019/11/07/kosovos-demographic-destiny-looks-eerily-familiar/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=Balkan Insight|language=en-US}}</ref> (co-official language)
* [[Canada]]: 72,690<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/ETO/Table1.cfm?Lang=E&T=501&GV=1&GID=0 |title=Ethno-Cultural Portrait of Canada, Table 1 |website=www12.statcan.ca |year=2001 |access-date=December 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409060848/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/ETO/Table1.cfm?Lang=E&T=501&GV=1&GID=0 |archive-date=April 9, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Australia]]: 55,114<ref name="Australia">{{Cite book|title=The People of Australia - Statistics from the 2011 Census|publisher=Department of Immigration and Border Protection|year=2014|isbn=978-1-920996-23-9|page=59|url=https://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/immigration-update/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf|quote=Ancestry|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131850/https://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/immigration-update/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf|archive-date=2014-07-14|access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/immigration-update/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf |title=Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection |website=Immi.gov.au |date=2013-04-21 |access-date=2015-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131850/https://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/immigration-update/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref>
* [[Croatia]]: 52,879<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011 | url = http://web.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/results/htm/E01_01_08/e01_01_08_RH.html | title = 5. Population by mother tongue, by towns/municipalities | access-date= July 8, 2013 }}</ref> (recognized minority language)
* [[Slovenia]]: 38,964 
* [[North Macedonia]]: 24,773 (recognized minority language)
* [[Romania]]: 22,518 (recognized minority language)

===Status in Montenegro===
Serbian was the official language of [[Montenegro]] until October 2007, when the new [[Constitution of Montenegro]] replaced the Constitution of 1992. Amid opposition from pro-Serbian parties,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/10/26/feature-02|title=''Pro-Serbian parties oppose Montenegro constitution''|website=setimes.com|access-date=27 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203139/http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/10/26/feature-02|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] was made the sole official language of the country, and Serbian was given the status of a language in official use along with [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Albanian language|Albanian]], and [[Croatian language|Croatian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snp.co.me/strana.asp?kat=1&id=1278|title=SNP CG|website=snp.co.me|access-date=27 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120000807/http://www.snp.co.me/strana.asp?kat=1&id=1278|archive-date=2018-01-20}}</ref>

In the 2023 Montenegrin census, 43.18% declared Serbian to be their native language, while Montenegrin was declared by 34.52% of the population.<ref name=Monstat>{{cite web|title=Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2023|url=https://monstat.org/uploads/files/popis%202021/saopstenja/SAOPSTENJE_Popis%20stanovnistva%202023%20II_cg.pdf|publisher=Monstat|access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>