The Šumadija and Western Serbia (Serbian: 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). It was formed in 2010. As of 2022 census, the regions has a total of 1,819,318 inhabitants.^[2]

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Šumadija and Western Serbia Шумадија и западна Србија Šumadija i zapadna Srbija
Statistical region of Serbia
Location of Šumadija and Western Serbia (yellow) in Serbia
Country	Serbia
Founded	May 2010
Largest city	Kragujevac
Area [1]
• Total	26,493 km2 (10,229 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	1,819,318
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
	Preliminary results[2]
GDP [3]
• Total	RSD 1,306.248 billion €11.121 billion (2022)
• Per capita	RSD 716,000 €6,096 (2022)
Districts	8
Settlements	2,112
HDI (2019)	0.795[4] high · 3rd in Serbia

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In July 2009, the Serbian parliament adopted a new 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 (Serbian: Западни регион, romanized: Zapadni region) and Central Region (Serbian: Централни регион, romanized: Centralni region).

However, in May 2010, the law was modified and Western and Central region were merged into a single statistical region whose name is Šumadija and Western Serbia.^{[citation needed]}

The statistical region of Šumadija and Western Serbia is composed of 8 administrative districts:

The largest cities and towns of the region are: