| Šumadija and Western Serbia | |
| Settlement Type: | Statistical region of Serbia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Serbia |
| Seat Type: | Largest city |
| Seat: | Kragujevac |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 2010 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Rank: | 1st |
| Area Total Km2: | 26,493 |
| Population Rank: | 1st |
| Population Total: | 1819318 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | RSD 1,306.248 billion €11.121 billion (2022) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | RSD 716,000 €6,096 (2022) |
| Blank Name Sec1: | HDI[4] |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0.795 (2019) · 3rd in Serbia |
The Šumadija and Western Serbia (sr|Шумадија и западна Србија|Šumadija i zapadna Srbija) is one of the five statistical regions of Serbia. It is also a Level-2 statistical region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS).
In 2009, the National Assembly adopted a law in which Serbia was divided into seven statistical regions.[5] According to the law, territory of present-day Šumadija and Western Serbia was divided into two statistical regions – Western Region (sr|Западни регион|Zapadni region) and Central Region (sr|Централни регион|Centralni region).
However, in 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central regions were merged into a single statistical region named Šumadija and Western Serbia.
The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia is composed of 8 administrative districts:
| District | Area (km2) | Population (2022) | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,264 | 265,377 | Šabac | |
| 2,474 | 154,497 | Valjevo | |
| 3,016 | 189,281 | Čačak | |
| 6,142 | 254,659 | Užice | |
| 2,387 | 269,728 | Kragujevac | |
| 2,614 | 182,047 | Jagodina | |
| 3,922 | 296,532 | Kraljevo | |
| 2,664 | 207,197 | Kruševac | |
The following list include cities and towns with over 20,000 inhabitants.
| City or town | Population (2022)[6] | |
|---|---|---|
| 146,315 | ||
| 71,462 | ||
| 69,598 | ||
| 57,432 | ||
| 56,059 | ||
| 53,746 | ||
| 51,163 | ||
| 48,539 | ||
| 34,892 | ||
| 23,109 | ||
| 22,881 | ||
| 22,349 |
| Serbs | 1,547,121 | 85.04% | |
| Bosniaks | 151,374 | 8.32% | |
| Romani people | 17,167 | 0.94% | |
| Muslims (ethnic group) | 7,559 | 0.41% | |
| Undeclared | 15,234 | 0.84% | |
| Unknown | 66,955 | 3.68% |