Demographics of Montenegro

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Montenegro, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Total population

Population censuses in 1921–2011[1]

census date	population	population density (per km^2)
1921	311,341	22.5
1931	360,044	26.1
1948	377,189	27.3
1953	419,873	30.4
1961	471,894	34.2
1971	529,604	38.3
1981	584,310	42.3
1991	615,035	44.5
2003	620,145	44.9
2011	620,029	44.9

The 2003 census was undertaken by Montenegro, which, together with Serbia, constituted Serbia and Montenegro. The census population was 620,145 (including diaspora 672,656).

• According to a 2005 estimate made by the Statistical Office of Montenegro, Montenegro has about 623,000 inhabitants.
• According to a 2006 estimate made by the Statistical Office of Montenegro, Montenegro has about 624,000 inhabitants.
• According to a 2007 estimate made by the Statistical Office of Montenegro, Montenegro has about 625,000 inhabitants.
• According to a 2008 estimate made by the Statistical Office of Montenegro, Montenegro has 627,478 inhabitants.

Age structure

census date	0–14 years	15–64 years	65 years or older
1921	37.7%	56.3%	6.0%
1931	36.5%	57.2%	6.3%
1948	38.3%	54.4%	7.4%
1953	35.5%	57.1%	7.4%
1961	36.4%	56.5%	7.1%
1971	31.9%	60.4%	7.6%
1981	27.5%	64.3%	8.2%
1991	25.3%	66.5%	8.2%
2003	20.6%	67.5%	12.0%
2011	19.2%	68.1%	12.8%

Vital statistics[2][3]

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate	Female fertile population (15-49 years)
1950	397,001	11,904	3,682	8,222	30.0	9.3	20.7	4.25	96,666
1951	407,001	12,898	4,416	8,482	31.7	10.9	20.8	4.52	98,818
1952	415,998	13,308	3,859	9,449	32.0	9.3	22.7	4.55	100,970
1953	422,037	13,880	4,775	9,105	32.9	11.3	21.6	4.50	103,122
1954	428,001	14,428	3,862	10,566	33.7	9.0	24.7	4.48	106,325
1955	435,003	13,550	3,935	9,615	31.1	9.0	22.1	4.05	109,526
1956	440,998	13,654	3,871	9,783	31.0	8.8	22.2	3.90	112,728
1957	446,999	13,751	4,172	9,579	30.8	9.3	21.4	3.80	114,825
1958	453,001	13,684	3,537	10,147	30.2	7.8	22.4	3.68	116,170
1959	460,001	12,614	3,469	9,145	27.4	7.5	19.9	3.43	113,294
1960	467,002	13,127	3,583	9,544	28.1	7.7	20.4	3.58	112,441
1961	473,409	12,994	3,335	9,659	27.4	7.0	20.4	3.54	111,590
1962	482,758	13,006	3,747	9,259	26.9	7.8	19.2	3.33	116,271
1963	492,113	12,982	3,454	9,528	26.4	7.0	19.4	3.26	118,519
1964	501,379	12,599	3,550	9,049	25.1	7.1	18.0	3.15	121,230
1965	510,260	12,333	3,431	8,902	24.2	6.7	17.4	3.12	122,378
1966	520,000	12,209	3,199	9,010	23.5	6.2	17.3	3.06	125,718
1967	527,507	11,486	3,385	8,101	21.8	6.4	15.4	2.83	129,437
1968	534,792	11,027	3,429	7,598	20.6	6.4	14.2	2.65	134,670
1969	520,484	11,259	3,325	7,934	21.6	6.4	15.2	2.67	137,450
1970	525,002	10,636	3,516	7,120	20.3	6.7	13.6	2.47	140,852
1971	530,854	10,866	3,264	7,602	20.5	6.1	14.3	2.71	134,967
1972	538,997	10,938	3,512	7,426	20.3	6.5	13.8	2.61	139,772
1973	545,254	10,665	3,304	7,361	19.6	6.1	13.5	2.49	142,576
1974	551,996	10,551	3,199	7,352	19.1	5.8	13.3	2.40	145,104
1975	557,995	10,557	3,279	7,278	18.9	5.9	13.0	2.34	147,571
1976	567,996	10,711	3,465	7,246	18.9	6.1	12.8	2.30	150,832
1977	575,269	10,738	3,559	7,179	18.7	6.2	12.5	2.26	153,702
1978	581,958	10,584	3,660	6,924	18.2	6.3	11.9	2.18	155,604
1979	588,997	10,365	3,826	6,539	17.6	6.5	11.1	2.12	155,338
1980	579,382	10,542	3,703	6,839	18.2	6.4	11.8	2.15	155,072
1981	586,029	10,335	3,680	6,655	17.6	6.3	11.4	2.24	151,056
1982	592,900	10,579	3,618	6,961	17.8	6.1	11.7	2.23	153,072
1983	599,358	10,657	4,194	6,463	17.8	7.0	10.8	2.16	155,008
1984	605,924	10,521	3,915	6,606	17.4	6.5	10.9	2.10	155,795
1985	606,839	10,724	3,926	6,798	17.7	6.5	11.2	2.12	156,436
1986	607,711	10,455	3,922	6,533	17.2	6.5	10.8	2.04	158,026
1987	608,144	10,567	3,990	6,577	17.4	6.6	10.8	2.04	159,914
1988	605,000	10,190	3,661	6,529	16.8	6.1	10.8	1.95	163,892
1989	601,000	9,634	3,833	5,801	16.0	6.4	9.7	1.85	162,362
1990	597,000	9,380	3,936	5,444	15.7	6.6	9.1	1.79	164,450
1991	591,843	9,609	3,975	5,634	16.2	6.7	9.5	2.07	150,676
1992	594,000	9,524	4,393	5,131	16.0	7.4	8.6	2.07	150,859
1993	596,000	8,922	4,471	4,451	15.0	7.5	7.5	1.95	151,042
1994	599,000	8,887	4,660	4,227	14.8	7.8	7.1	1.96	151,226
1995	601,000	9,492	4,931	4,561	15.8	8.2	7.6	2.11	151,408
1996	604,464	9,094	4,982	4,112	15.0	8.2	6.8	2.04	151,592
1997	606,759	8,758	5,153	3,605	14.4	8.5	5.9	1.98	151,774
1998	609,054	9,211	5,312	3,899	15.1	8.7	6.4	2.10	151,958
1999	606,677	8,828	5,393	3,435	14.6	8.9	5.7	2.03	152,142
2000	604,950	9,184	5,412	3,772	15.2	8.9	6.2	2.13	152,325
2001	607,389	8,839	5,431	3,408	14.6	8.9	5.6	2.04	152,997
2002	609,828	8,499	5,513	2,986	13.9	9.0	4.9	1.95	153,623
2003	612,267	8,344	5,704	2,640	13.6	9.3	4.3	1.91	154,117
2004	613,353	7,849	5,707	2,142	12.8	9.3	3.5	1.80	154,048
2005	614,261	7,352	5,839	1,513	12.0	9.5	2.5	1.69	153,298
2006	615,025	7,531	5,968	1,563	12.2	9.7	2.5	1.73	152,881
2007	615,875	7,834	5,979	1,855	12.7	9.7	3.0	1.79	152,728
2008	616,969	8,258	5,708	2,550	13.4	9.3	4.1	1.88	152,163
2009	618,294	8,642	5,862	2,780	14.0	9.5	4.5	1.98	151,446
2010	619,428	7,418	5,633	1,785	12.0	9.1	2.9	1.70	150,802
2011	620,079	7,215	5,847	1,368	11.6	9.4	2.2	1.65	150,151
2012	620,601	7,459	5,922	1,537	12.0	9.5	2.5	1.72	149,382
2013	621,207	7,475	5,917	1,558	12.0	9.5	2.5	1.73	148,536
2014	621,810	7,529	6,014	1,515	12.1	9.7	2.4	1.75	147,669
2015	622,159	7,386	6,329	1,057	11.9	10.2	1.7	1.73	146,886
2016	622,303	7,569	6,464	1,105	12.2	10.4	1.8	1.79	146,207
2017	622,373	7,432	6,523	909	11.9	10.5	1.5	1.78	145,539
2018[4]	622,227	7,264	6,504	760	11.7	10.5	1.2	1.76	144,894
2019[5][6]	622,028	7.223	6.595	628	11.6	10.6	1.0	1.76	144,083
	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total fertility rate	Female fertile population (15-49 years)
Total 1950-2019		715,515	313,119	402,396	1276.4	558.6	717.8
Average 1950-2019	560,580	10,222	4,473	5,749	18.2	8.0	10.3	2.39	141,000

Current vital statistics[7]

Births

• from January - May 2019 = 2,734
• from January - May 2020 = 2,780
• Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 (January - May) = +46 (+1.68%)

Deaths

• from January - May 2019 = 2,869
• from January - May 2020 = 2,636
• Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 (January - May) = -233 (-8.12%)

Natural increase

• from January - May 2019 = -135
• from January - May 2020 = +144
• Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 (January - May) = +279

Marriages and divorces[8]

	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate (per 1000)	Crude divorce rate (per 1000)	Divorces per 1000 marriages
1950	397,001	3,185	284	8.0	0.7	89.2
1951	407,001	3,284	187	8.1	0.5	56.9
1952	415,998	3,585	187	8.6	0.4	52.2
1953	422,037	3,867	250	9.2	0.6	64.6
1954	428,001	3,855	252	9.0	0.6	65.4
1955	435,003	3,420	192	7.9	0.4	56.1
1956	440,998	3,524	281	8.0	0.6	79.7
1957	446,999	3,785	311	8.5	0.7	82.2
1958	453,001	3,627	359	8.0	0.8	99.0
1959	460,001	3,376	349	7.3	0.8	103.4
1960	467,002	3,387	399	7.3	0.9	117.8
1961	473,409	3,510	382	7.4	0.8	108.8
1962	482,758	3,735	327	7.7	0.7	87.6
1963	492,113	3,581	346	7.3	0.7	96.6
1964	501,379	3,694	275	7.4	0.5	74.4
1965	510,260	3,788	412	7.4	0.8	108.8
1966	520,000	3,619	402	7.0	0.8	111.1
1967	527,507	3,489	328	6.6	0.6	94.0
1968	534,792	3,643	336	6.8	0.6	92.2
1969	520,484	3,805	274	7.3	0.5	72.0
1970	525,002	4,101	313	7.8	0.6	76.3
1971	530,854	4,155	275	7.8	0.5	66.2
1972	538,997	4,034	245	7.5	0.5	60.7
1973	545,254	3,937	377	7.2	0.7	95.8
1974	551,996	4,040	296	7.3	0.5	73.3
1975	557,995	4,276	268	7.7	0.5	62.7
1976	567,996	4,156	207	7.3	0.4	49.8
1977	575,269	4,475	406	7.8	0.7	90.7
1978	581,958	4,328	234	7.4	0.4	54.1
1979	588,997	4,410	205	7.5	0.3	46.5
1980	579,382	4,429	259	7.6	0.4	58.5
1981	586,029	4,595	283	7.8	0.5	61.6
1982	592,900	4,804	312	8.1	0.5	64.9
1983	599,358	4,288	303	7.2	0.5	70.7
1984	605,924	4,379	356	7.2	0.6	81.3
1985	606,839	4,405	388	7.3	0.6	88.1
1986	607,711	4,193	373	6.9	0.6	89.0
1987	608,144	4,358	289	7.2	0.5	66.3
1988	605,000	4,081	380	6.7	0.6	93.1
1989	601,000	4,022	413	6.7	0.7	102.7
1990	597,000	3,853	324	6.5	0.5	84.1
1991	591,843	3,817	388	6.4	0.7	101.7
1992	594,000	4,041	369	6.8	0.6	91.3
1993	596,000	3,873	354	6.5	0.6	91.4
1994	599,000	3,753	348	6.3	0.6	92.7
1995	601,000	3,791	393	6.3	0.7	103.7
1996	604,464	3,770	477	6.2	0.8	126.5
1997	606,759	3,993	569	6.6	0.9	142.5
1998	609,054	3,628	569	6.0	0.9	156.8
1999	606,677	3,912	462	6.4	0.8	118.1
2000	604,950	3,866	435	6.4	0.7	112.5
2001	607,389	3,893	492	6.4	0.8	126.4
2002	609,828	3,794	506	6.2	0.8	133.4
2003	612,267	4,050	494	6.6	0.8	122.0
2004	613,353	3,440	505	5.6	0.8	146.8
2005	614,261	3,291	499	5.4	0.8	151.6
2006	615,025	3,462	470	5.6	0.8	135.8
2007	615,875	4,005	463	6.5	0.8	115.6
2008	616,969	3,445	460	5.6	0.7	133.5
2009	618,294	3,829	456	6.2	0.7	119.1
2010	619,428	3,675	520	5.9	0.8	141.5
2011	620,079	3,528	471	5.7	0.8	133.5
2012	620,601	3,305	515	5.3	0.8	155.8
2013	621,207	3,847	499	6.2	0.8	129.7
2014	621,810	3,527	584	5.7	0.9	165.6
2015	622,159	3,837	577	6.2	0.9	150.4
2016	622,303	3,178	703	5.1	1.1	221.2
2017	622,373	3,272	765	5.3	1.2	233.8
2018	622,227	3,321	849	5.3	1.4	255.6
2019[9]	622,028	3,523	841	5.7	1.4	238.7
	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate (per 1000)	Crude divorce rate (per 1000)	Divorces per 1000 marriages
Total 1950-2019		267,744	27,672
Average 1950-2019	560,580	3,825	395	6.8	0.7	103.4

Vital statistics, marriages and divorces by decade

Vital statistics by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019
Average population	430,604	502,970	556,432	599,229	600,580	612,821	621,422
Live births	13,367	12,302	10,661	10,420	9,171	8,233	7,397
Deaths	3,958	3,444	3,458	3,844	4,721	5,712	6,175
Natural change	9,409	8,858	7,203	6,576	4,450	2,521	1,222
Crude birth rate (per 1000)	31.0	24.5	19.2	17.4	15.3	13.4	11.9
Crude death rate (per 1000)	9.2	6.8	6.2	6.4	7.9	9.3	9.9
Natural change (per 1000)	21.9	17.6	12.9	11.0	7.4	4.1	2.0
Total fertility rate	4.10	3.10	2.38	2.08	2.01	1.89	1.74
Female fertile population (15-49 years)	107,244	122,970	146,632	157,063	152,713	152,963	147,415
Marriages and divorces by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019
Average population	430,604	502,970	556,432	599,229	600,580	612,821	621,422
Marriages	3,551	3,625	4,191	4,355	3,843	3,708	3,501
Divorces	265	348	283	336	425	478	632
Crude marriage rate (per 1000)	8.2	7.2	7.5	7.3	6.4	6.0	5.6
Crude divorce rate (per 1000)	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.0
Divorces per 1000 marriages	74.7	96.0	67.4	77.1	110.7	128.9	180.6

Births and fertility rates[10][11]

Live births by age of mother	Average 1950-2019	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Live births by age of mother
Live births total	10,222	11,904	12,898	13,308	13,880	14,428	13,550	13,654	13,751	13,684	12,614	13,127	12,994	13,006	12,982	12,599	12,333	12,209	11,486	11,027	11,259	10,636	10,866	10,938	10,665	10,551	10,557	10,711	10,738	10,584	10,365	10,542	10,335	10,579	10,657	10,521	10,724	10,455	10,567	10,190	9,634	9,380	9,609	9,524	8,922	8,887	9,492	9,094	8,758	9,211	8,828	9,184	8,839	8,499	8,344	7,849	7,352	7,531	7,834	8,258	8,642	7,418	7,215	7,459	7,475	7,529	7,386	7,569	7,432	7,264	7,223	Live births total
Under 15	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	3	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	5	10	5	5	0	3	3	2	3	2	0	2	Under 15
15-19	620	707	766	790	894	929	873	893	952	953	814	847	715	714	701	682	767	887	970	929	888	758	728	924	890	889	818	795	767	714	706	490	160	21	778	764	800	781	780	769	736	666	715	640	614	554	602	582	512	542	466	543	487	422	429	394	373	371	393	439	486	358	303	279	248	223	217	195	195	187	218	15-19
20-24	3,097	3,684	3,992	4,119	4,315	4,485	4,212	4,409	4,275	4,378	3,964	4,125	4,126	4,194	4,254	3,861	3,669	3,537	3,256	3,124	3,429	3,551	3,890	4,163	4,028	3,876	3,930	3,878	3,798	3,627	3,492	3,545	3,591	3,150	3,693	3,666	3,676	3,582	3,559	3,414	3,142	2,986	2,963	3,044	2,861	2,762	2,811	2,746	2,630	2,735	2,586	2,659	2,645	2,543	2,492	2,285	1,954	1,940	1,953	2,020	2,064	1,694	1,567	1,528	1,437	1,366	1,244	1,211	1,207	1,114	1,117	20-24
25-29	3,205	3,034	3,287	3,392	4,325	4,496	4,222	4,189	4,284	4,111	3,782	3,936	3,930	3,927	4,032	3,999	4,068	4,015	3,757	3,609	3,428	2,835	2,833	2,650	2,805	2,980	3,151	3,337	3,593	3,637	3,679	3,628	3,644	4,240	3,609	3,447	3,458	3,357	3,466	3,333	3,157	3,086	3,178	3,096	2,663	2,718	2,939	2,782	2,725	2,912	2,846	2,879	2,759	2,755	2,615	2,540	2,426	2,535	2,641	2,738	2,862	2,545	2,485	2,534	2,519	2,409	2,390	2,405	2,260	2,280	2,153	25-29
30-34	1,998	1,796	1,946	2,008	2,357	2,450	2,301	2,362	2,508	2,527	2,437	2,536	2,552	2,528	2,358	2,365	2,267	2,201	2,110	2,029	2,115	2,169	2,158	2,047	1,853	1,638	1,511	1,503	1,476	1,551	1,548	1,891	2,126	2,433	1,876	1,819	1,893	1,878	1,909	1,862	1,764	1,823	1,845	1,829	1,817	1,884	1,959	1,831	1,761	1,840	1,759	1,929	1,792	1,738	1,756	1,674	1,637	1,737	1,803	1,946	2,018	1,821	1,865	2,002	2,050	2,121	2,103	2,217	2,202	2,223	2,227	30-34
35-39	924	1,597	1,730	1,785	1,184	1,231	1,156	1,078	1,080	1,141	1,097	1,142	1,137	1,113	1,170	1,235	1,138	1,183	1,052	1,012	1,036	968	910	865	831	889	876	925	846	789	711	631	559	542	553	629	685	676	698	682	667	665	725	739	759	734	841	831	864	859	832	831	830	757	765	665	696	735	804	792	914	825	823	860	944	951	960	1,078	1,138	1,093	1,142	35-39
40-44	267	689	747	770	587	610	573	543	446	398	354	368	377	383	358	351	332	294	281	270	282	301	309	268	233	252	244	241	228	232	205	321	238	174	127	134	133	120	126	119	151	135	137	127	159	169	165	196	160	190	174	230	231	225	182	194	167	136	148	180	165	157	155	194	202	203	201	227	244	234	251	40-44
45-49	45	209	226	234	142	148	139	128	156	109	96	100	97	98	70	75	68	78	58	54	49	41	37	18	19	24	19	29	24	31	21	27	15	13	16	9	9	11	18	10	10	14	8	9	10	10	8	9	14	8	12	9	6	14	4	10	13	12	7	22	24	10	10	13	18	18	23	14	30	21	19	45-49
50 and over	9	70	76	78	47	49	46	25	21	8	18	19	35	23	12	15	3	13	0	0	1	7	1	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	0	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	8	3	3	2	6	5	2	2	3	1	1	6	50 and over
Unknown	55	117	127	131	28	29	27	25	29	59	50	52	22	21	25	16	21	1	2	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	3	1	2	2	2	7	0	4	1	51	69	50	9	1	7	3	35	37	33	56	165	115	92	123	147	104	89	42	100	83	81	65	82	108	96	0	0	43	49	233	244	216	153	111	88	Unknown
Female fertile population (15-49 years) by age group	Average 1950-2019	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Female fertile population (15-49 years) by age group
Total female 15-49 years	141,000	96,666	98,818	100,970	103,122	106,325	109,526	112,728	114,825	116,170	113,294	112,441	111,590	116,271	118,519	121,230	122,378	125,718	129,437	134,670	137,450	140,852	134,967	139,772	142,576	145,104	147,571	150,832	153,702	155,604	155,338	155,072	151,056	153,072	155,008	155,795	156,436	158,026	159,914	163,892	162,362	164,450	150,676	150,859	151,042	151,226	151,408	151,592	151,774	151,958	152,142	152,325	152,997	153,623	154,117	154,048	153,298	152,881	152,728	152,163	151,446	150,802	150,151	149,382	148,536	147,669	146,886	146,207	145,539	144,894	144,083	Total female 15-49 years
10-14	23,255	22,222	22,618	23,015	23,411	22,274	21,137	20,000	24,100	23,252	20,000	22,663	25,326	25,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	40,000	28,007	29,000	29,000	30,000	30,303	20,000	20,000	28,000	27,500	27,000	25,721	26,000	20,000	26,000	25,000	25,000	20,000	25,000	25,000	26,434	25,351	24,953	24,555	24,157	23,758	23,360	22,962	22,564	22,166	21,768	21,864	21,920	22,026	21,977	21,761	21,574	21,312	21,047	20,769	20,324	19,959	19,796	19,590	19,313	18,934	18,423	17,981	17,808	17,917	10-14
15-19	23,941	21,889	22,315	22,741	23,167	23,555	23,944	24,332	23,860	22,964	20,872	19,937	19,003	18,740	19,691	21,115	23,528	25,127	26,005	26,695	27,492	27,868	27,797	28,607	28,710	28,494	28,207	28,292	27,993	27,891	27,407	26,923	27,822	26,250	27,203	26,528	25,974	25,607	25,574	25,633	25,645	25,729	24,885	24,675	24,465	24,255	24,044	23,834	23,624	23,414	23,204	22,994	23,095	23,190	23,266	23,354	23,253	23,023	22,621	22,015	21,578	21,329	21,241	21,088	20,850	20,617	20,247	19,942	19,787	19,573	19,295	15-19
20-24	22,855	18,663	19,283	19,903	20,523	21,062	21,601	22,140	22,715	23,018	22,651	22,545	22,438	22,536	21,815	20,658	19,747	19,057	19,346	20,051	21,418	23,439	23,028	24,260	25,478	26,603	27,216	28,061	28,535	28,627	28,064	27,502	26,228	26,740	27,214	27,481	27,618	27,682	27,611	27,117	26,537	26,129	23,278	23,101	22,923	22,746	22,569	22,392	22,214	22,037	21,860	21,683	21,779	22,005	21,937	21,596	21,291	21,226	21,310	21,369	21,262	20,999	20,612	20,164	19,746	19,544	19,636	19,753	19,641	19,516	19,354	20-24
25-29	21,790	13,949	14,912	15,875	16,838	17,763	18,688	19,612	20,000	20,311	19,958	19,686	19,415	21,412	21,866	22,403	22,085	22,146	21,919	21,342	20,700	19,606	16,709	17,230	18,004	19,301	21,162	23,030	24,179	25,416	25,978	26,540	23,790	24,795	25,220	25,402	25,710	26,145	26,641	27,164	27,500	27,750	23,332	23,184	23,037	22,889	22,741	22,594	22,446	22,298	22,151	22,003	22,101	22,139	22,262	22,425	22,444	22,381	22,373	22,405	22,390	22,445	22,464	22,315	22,015	21,529	20,876	20,212	19,646	19,134	18,909	25-29
30-34	20,153	9,584	10,120	10,655	11,191	12,316	13,440	14,565	15,843	16,869	17,210	17,428	17,646	18,810	19,265	19,708	19,099	19,634	20,386	20,746	21,450	21,887	20,464	20,088	19,526	18,571	17,368	16,888	17,163	17,951	19,286	20,622	20,648	21,512	22,360	22,996	23,428	23,985	24,728	25,162	25,455	25,804	23,171	22,911	22,650	22,390	22,129	21,869	21,608	21,348	21,087	20,827	20,918	20,978	21,072	21,213	21,462	21,828	22,086	22,197	22,301	22,365	22,382	22,477	22,679	22,770	22,739	22,686	22,612	22,299	21,765	30-34
35-39	18,522	12,238	11,462	10,687	9,911	9,867	9,822	9,778	10,385	11,275	11,834	12,416	12,998	14,900	15,984	16,964	16,985	17,500	17,922	20,119	18,700	18,906	17,927	18,886	19,236	19,756	20,231	20,330	20,000	19,481	18,199	16,917	15,758	16,083	16,557	17,521	19,081	20,485	21,411	22,288	23,000	23,489	21,780	21,674	21,569	21,463	21,358	21,252	21,147	21,041	20,936	20,830	20,921	21,000	21,074	20,948	20,680	20,537	20,553	20,723	20,901	21,168	21,459	21,611	21,692	21,756	21,973	22,114	22,165	22,387	22,513	35-39
40-44	17,471	10,971	11,441	11,910	12,380	12,210	12,039	11,869	10,799	9,755	8,917	9,033	9,150	9,770	10,687	11,661	12,434	13,184	14,192	14,917	16,023	16,722	16,468	16,855	17,007	17,379	17,554	18,120	18,689	19,016	19,355	19,693	19,653	19,121	18,676	17,867	16,625	15,789	15,949	16,528	17,558	19,108	19,821	20,068	20,315	20,563	20,810	21,057	21,304	21,552	21,799	22,046	22,145	22,211	22,306	22,355	22,113	21,808	21,612	21,241	20,852	20,587	20,444	20,468	20,695	20,908	21,047	21,261	21,425	21,494	21,554	40-44
45-49	16,269	9,372	9,285	9,199	9,112	9,552	9,992	10,432	11,223	11,978	11,852	11,396	10,940	10,103	9,211	8,721	8,500	9,070	9,667	10,800	11,667	12,424	12,574	13,846	14,615	15,000	15,833	16,111	17,143	17,222	17,049	16,875	17,157	18,571	17,778	18,000	18,000	18,333	18,000	20,000	16,667	16,441	14,409	15,246	16,083	16,920	17,757	18,594	19,431	20,268	21,105	21,942	22,038	22,100	22,200	22,157	22,055	22,078	22,173	22,213	22,162	21,909	21,549	21,259	20,859	20,545	20,368	20,239	20,263	20,491	20,693	45-49
50-54	16,005	8,750	8,958	9,167	9,375	9,164	8,953	8,741	8,750	8,889	9,000	9,785	10,570	17,692	10,909	11,538	10,000	10,833	10,000	10,000	10,000	8,750	8,815	10,000	10,000	14,000	13,333	16,000	17,000	10,000	15,000	20,000	15,991	20,000	17,000	20,000	10,000	18,000	18,000	21,000	16,000	19,094	18,615	18,822	19,030	19,237	19,444	19,652	19,859	20,066	20,274	20,481	20,571	20,614	20,721	21,026	21,298	21,527	21,810	21,957	21,940	21,827	21,824	21,913	21,933	21,891	21,674	21,324	21,020	20,636	20,332	50-54
General,specific and total fertility rates	Average 1950-2019	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	General,specific and total fertility rates
General fertility rate	72.49	123.15	130.52	131.80	134.60	135.70	123.71	121.12	119.76	117.79	111.34	116.75	116.44	111.86	109.54	103.93	100.78	97.11	88.74	81.88	81.91	75.51	80.51	78.26	74.80	72.71	71.54	71.01	69.86	68.02	66.73	67.98	68.42	69.11	68.75	67.53	68.55	66.16	66.08	62.18	59.34	57.04	63.77	63.13	59.07	58.77	62.69	59.99	57.70	60.62	58.02	60.29	57.77	55.32	54.14	50.95	47.96	49.26	51.29	54.27	57.06	49.19	48.05	49.93	50.32	50.99	50.28	51.77	51.07	50.13	50.13	General fertility rate
Under 15	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.09	0.12	0.20	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.03	0.10	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.14	0.00	0.05	0.24	0.49	0.25	0.25	0.00	0.15	0.16	0.11	0.17	0.11	0.00	0.11	Under 15
15-19	26.03	32.30	34.67	35.08	38.67	39.52	36.53	36.70	39.90	41.50	39.00	42.65	37.69	38.10	35.60	32.30	32.60	35.30	37.30	34.80	32.30	27.20	26.19	32.30	31.00	31.20	29.00	28.10	27.40	25.60	25.76	18.20	5.75	0.80	28.60	28.80	30.80	30.50	30.50	30.00	28.70	25.89	28.84	26.04	25.19	22.99	25.48	24.73	21.90	23.46	20.42	23.89	21.30	18.29	18.66	17.05	16.22	16.25	17.56	20.21	22.78	16.78	14.26	13.31	11.97	11.16	11.08	10.07	10.06	9.70	11.44	15-19
20-24	136.25	197.40	209.08	209.01	210.68	213.37	195.38	199.14	188.20	190.20	175.00	183.70	184.20	186.10	195.00	186.90	185.80	185.60	168.30	155.80	160.10	151.50	168.92	171.60	158.10	145.70	144.40	138.20	133.10	126.70	124.45	128.90	136.91	117.80	135.70	133.40	133.10	129.40	128.90	125.90	118.40	114.32	127.75	132.28	125.27	122.20	126.76	124.21	119.65	125.79	120.30	124.04	122.69	116.14	114.98	106.94	92.80	92.19	92.62	95.78	98.17	80.67	76.03	76.22	73.26	72.13	65.52	63.11	62.74	57.97	58.43	20-24
25-29	147.86	217.50	222.61	215.79	257.38	253.62	226.38	213.59	214.20	202.40	189.50	200.73	202.76	183.40	184.40	178.50	184.20	181.30	171.40	169.10	165.60	144.60	169.55	153.80	155.80	154.40	148.90	144.90	148.60	143.10	141.65	136.70	153.17	171.00	143.10	135.70	134.50	128.40	130.10	122.70	114.80	111.24	136.71	134.06	116.03	119.50	131.52	124.71	122.69	132.36	130.66	132.34	126.11	125.06	118.89	114.48	109.30	114.25	119.29	123.82	129.26	113.39	110.62	114.22	115.18	115.47	118.40	122.48	117.45	121.01	115.27	25-29
30-34	99.68	187.40	194.21	190.33	211.04	199.33	171.54	162.17	158.30	149.80	141.60	146.09	144.87	134.40	122.40	120.00	118.70	112.10	103.50	97.80	98.60	99.10	105.45	101.90	94.90	88.20	87.00	89.00	86.00	86.40	80.28	91.70	102.96	113.10	83.90	79.10	80.80	78.30	77.20	74.00	69.30	70.67	79.92	80.14	80.52	84.68	90.09	84.80	82.36	87.36	84.83	93.68	86.54	83.26	84.34	79.76	77.13	80.27	82.50	88.83	91.51	81.42	83.33	89.59	90.99	96.13	95.64	100.59	99.43	101.24	103.58	30-34
35-39	50.15	130.50	152.43	168.69	119.70	125.02	117.93	110.25	104.00	101.20	92.70	92.34	87.62	74.70	73.20	72.80	67.00	67.60	58.70	50.30	55.40	51.20	50.76	45.80	43.20	45.00	43.30	45.50	42.30	40.50	39.08	37.30	35.47	33.70	33.40	35.90	35.90	33.00	32.60	30.60	29.00	28.32	33.41	34.23	35.32	34.41	40.07	39.60	41.29	41.38	40.41	40.35	40.08	36.23	36.74	32.08	34.03	36.10	39.53	38.72	44.22	38.97	38.35	40.03	43.81	45.11	45.18	50.18	52.42	49.58	51.35	35-39
40-44	15.38	62.80	65.94	65.29	47.51	50.06	47.69	45.75	41.30	40.80	39.70	40.90	41.27	39.20	33.50	30.10	26.70	22.30	19.80	18.10	17.60	18.00	18.76	15.90	13.70	14.50	13.90	13.30	12.20	12.20	10.59	16.30	12.11	9.10	6.80	7.50	8.00	7.60	7.90	7.20	8.60	7.07	6.94	6.35	7.86	8.27	8.07	9.43	7.59	8.94	8.12	10.55	10.54	10.18	8.26	8.77	7.64	6.29	6.92	8.59	8.00	7.63	7.58	9.53	9.83	10.02	9.88	10.99	11.63	11.06	11.79	40-44
45-49	2.77	22.30	24.58	25.69	15.62	15.53	13.94	12.27	13.90	9.10	8.10	8.81	8.88	9.70	7.60	8.60	8.00	8.60	6.00	5.00	4.20	3.30	2.94	1.30	1.30	1.60	1.20	1.80	1.40	1.80	1.23	1.60	0.87	0.70	0.90	0.50	0.50	0.60	1.00	0.50	0.60	0.85	0.56	0.59	0.62	0.59	0.46	0.49	0.73	0.40	0.58	0.41	0.28	0.64	0.18	0.46	0.60	0.55	0.32	1.00	1.10	0.46	0.46	0.62	0.87	0.90	1.17	0.71	1.51	1.04	0.93	45-49
50 and over	0.59	8.00	8.57	8.59	5.02	5.36	5.15	2.86	2.40	0.90	2.00	1.95	3.32	1.30	1.10	1.30	0.30	1.20	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.80	0.11	0.20	0.40	0.00	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.07	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.16	0.16	0.21	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.10	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.05	0.10	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.37	0.14	0.14	0.09	0.28	0.23	0.09	0.10	0.14	0.05	0.05	0.30	50 and over
Total fertility rate (15–49)	2.39	4.25	4.52	4.55	4.50	4.48	4.05	3.90	3.80	3.68	3.43	3.58	3.54	3.33	3.26	3.15	3.12	3.06	2.83	2.65	2.67	2.47	2.71	2.61	2.49	2.40	2.34	2.30	2.26	2.18	2.12	2.15	2.24	2.23	2.16	2.10	2.12	2.04	2.04	1.95	1.85	1.79	2.07	2.07	1.95	1.96	2.11	2.04	1.98	2.10	2.03	2.13	2.04	1.95	1.91	1.80	1.69	1.73	1.79	1.88	1.98	1.70	1.65	1.72	1.73	1.75	1.73	1.79	1.78	1.76	1.76	Total fertility rate (15–49)

Nationality/Ethnicity

Ethnic population 1948–2011¹

The vast majority (over 90%) of the population of Montenegro is of Slavic origin. Albanians make up 5 percent of the population (4.9% at the 2011 census), while there is also a small Romani and "Egxptians" minority (total 1,2% at the 2011 census). The Slavic population of Montenegro uses a large diversity in ethnic identities to describe their ethnicity. During the first decades after WW II most Slavic people identified themselves as Montenegrins, with less than 2% Serbs and less than 2% Croats in 1948. During the last decades of the existence of Yugoslavia up to 5% of the population declared themselves Yugoslavs (South-Slavs). During and after the Yugoslav Wars the ethnic identity of the Serbs (and in general the political influence of Serbia) became increasingly important in Montenegro and at the 2003 census almost one third of the population identified themselves as Serbs. The Serbs live mostly along the borders with Bosnia and Serbia, while the Montenegrins live in the center of the country. The Slavic population are in majority Eastern Orthodox Christians, but there is also a large Muslim minority, like in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although most of the Slavic Muslims in Montenegro initially also identified themselves as Montenegrins, gradually over time more and more Slavic Muslims started to use the term Muslim as an ethnic designation, thus opting for a distinctive ethno-religious identity. After the Yugoslav Wars this changed again and at the 2003 and 2011 census most ethnic Muslims declared themselves Bosniaks, mainly because they had some historical relations with Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina and mostly live in the northeast of Montenegro.

Ethnic group	census 1948		census 1953		census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census 2003		census 2011
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Montenegrins	342,009	90.7	363,686	86.6	383,988	81.4	355,632	67.2	400,488	68.5	380,647	61.9	267,669	43.2	278,865	45.0
Serbs	6,707	1.8	13,864	3.3	14,087	3.0	39,512	7.5	19,407	3.3	57,453	9.3	198,414	32.0	178,110	28.7
Croats	6,808	1.8	9,814	2.3	10,664	2.3	9,192	1.7	6,904	1.2	6,244	1.0	6,811	1.1	6,021	0.9
Yugoslavs					1,559	0.3	10,943	2.1	31,243	5.3	26,159	4.3	1,860	0.3	1,154	0.2
Muslims	387	0.1	6,424	1.5	30,665	6.5	70,236	13.3	78,080	13.4	89,614	14.6	24,625	4.0	20,537	3.3
Bosniaks													48,184	7.8	53,605	8.6
Albanians	19,425	5.1	23,460	5.6	25,803	5.5	35,671	6.7	37,735	6.5	40,415	6.6	31,163	5.0	30,439	4.9
Romani	162	0.0	230	0.1	183	0.0	396	0.1	1,471	0.3	3,282	0.5	2,601	0.4	6,251	1.0
Bulgarians	133	0.0	362	0.1	593	0.1	723	0.1	875	0.1	1,072	0.2	819	0.1	900	0.1
Others/undeclared	1,558	0.4	2,033	0.5	4,352	0.9	7,299	1.4	8,107	1.4	10,149	1.7	37,999^2	6.1	44,524^4	7.2
Total	377,189		419,873		471,894		529,604		584,310		615,035		620,145^3		620,029
^1 Source: Statistical Office of Montenegro ^2 including 415 Slovenes (0.07%), 362 Hungarians (0.06%), 240 Russians (0.03%), 225 Egyptians (0.04%), 127 Italians (0.02%), 118 Germans (0.02%), 2,180 others (0.31%), no response 26,906 (4.34%), Regional affiliation 1,258 (0.2%), Unknown 6,168 (0.99%) ^3 The total population including diaspora was 672,656 (Montenegrins 273,366 or 40.64%, Serbs: 201,892 or 30.01%, Bosniaks: 63,272 or 9.41%, Albanians: 47,682 or 7.09%, Muslims: 28,714 or 4.27%, Croats: 7,062 or 1.05%) ^4 including 354 Slovenes (0.05%), 337 Hungarians (0.05%), 946 Russians (0.15%), 2,054 Egyptians (0.33%), 135 Italians (0.02%), 131 Germans (0.02%), 197 Gorani (0.03%),104 Turkish (0.01%), 8,090 others (1,30%), Regional affiliation 1,202 (0.2%), Unknown 30,170 (4.8%)

Ethnic structure by region

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Share of Montenegrins in Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Share of Serbs in Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Share of ethnic Muslims in Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Share of Albanians in Montenegro by settlements 2003.

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

Ethnic structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

According to the 2003 census (November 2003 data)

Andrijevica total 6.384

• Montenegrins 1.475 or 23,10%
• Ethnic Muslims 8 or 0,13%
• Serbs 4.155 or 65,08%
• Albanians 0 or 0,00%
• Croats 2 or 0,03%
• Bosniaks 0 or 0,00%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 22 or 0,34%

not declared 234 or 3,67% no data 488 or 7,64%

Bar total 45.223

• Montenegrins 19.960 or 44,14%
• Ethnic Muslims 2.852 or 6,31%
• Serbs 11.218 or 24,81%
• Albanians 5.450 or 12,05%
• Croats 268 or 0,59%
• Bosniaks 1.026 or 2,27%
• Romani 50 or 0,11%
• other 722 or 1,60%
• not declared 1.771 or 3,92%
• no data 1.906 or 4,21%

Berane total 40.885

• Montenegrins 9282 or 22,70%
• Ethnic Muslims 2.994 or 7,32%
• Serbs 16.939 or 41,43%
• Albanians 41 or 0,10%
• Croats 50 or 0,12%
• Bosniaks 8.994 or 22,00%
• Romani 133 or 0,33%
• other 222 or 0,54%
• not declared 223 or 0,55%
• no data 837 or 2,05%

Bijelo Polje total 57.124

• Montenegrins 9.214 or 16,13%
• Ethnic Muslims 9.816 or 17,18%
• Serbs 20.743 or 36,31%
• Albanians 35 or 0,06%
• Croats 49 or 0,09%
• Bosniaks 14.409 or 25,22%
• Romani 146 or 0,26%

other 165 or 0,29% not declared 1.033 or 1,81% no data 1.514 or 2,65%

Budva total 16.095

• Montenegrins 7.333 or 45,56%
• Ethnic Muslims 205 or 1,27%
• Serbs 6.510 or 40,45%
• Albanians 60 or 0,37%
• Croats 177 or 1,10%
• Bosniaks 22 or 0,14%
• Romani 37 or 0,23%
• other 460 or 2,86%
• not declared 1.153 or 7,16%
• no data 138 or 0,86%

Cetinje total 18.749

• Montenegrins 16.927 or 90,28%
• Ethnic Muslims 21 or 0,11%
• Serbs 865 or 4,61%
• Albanians 46 or 0,25%
• Croats 47 or 0,25%
• Bosniaks 5 or 0,03%
• Romani 131 or 0,70%
• other 170 or 0,91%
• not declared 303 or 1,62%
• no data 234 or 1,25%

Danilovgrad total 16.400

• Montenegrins 11.141 or 67,93%
• Ethnic Muslims 53 or 0,32%
• Serbs 4.177 or 25,47%
• Albanians 8 or 0,05%
• Croats 42 or 0,26%
• Bosniaks 0 or 0,00%
• Romani 11 or 0,07%
• other 127 or 0,77%
• not declared 428 or 2,61%
• no data 413 or 2,52%

Herceg Novi total 33971

• Montenegrins 9.651 or 28,41%
• Ethnic Muslims 218 or 0,64%
• Serbs 17.818 or 52,45%
• Albanians 25 or 0,07%
• Croats 831 or 2,45%
• Bosniaks 89 or 0,26%
• Romani 290 or 0,85%
• other 1.350 or 3,97%
• not declared 2.800 or 8,24%
• no data 899 or 2,65%

Kolašin total 9.975

• Montenegrins 5.022 or 50,35%
• Ethnic Muslims 34 or 0,34%
• Serbs 4.449 or 44,60%
• Albanians 1 or 0,01%
• Croats 11 or 0,11%
• Bosniaks 1 or 0,01%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 74 or 0,74%
• not declared 337 or 3,38%
• no data 46 or 0,46%

Kotor total 23.481

• Montenegrins 11.002 or 46,85%
• Ethnic Muslims 109 or 0,46%
• Serbs 7.197 or 30,65%
• Albanians 63 or 0,27%
• Croats 1.842 or 7,84%
• Bosniaks 17 or 0,07%
• Romani 36 or 0,15%
• other 746 or 3,18%
• not declared 2.255 or 9,60%
• no data 214

Mojkovac total 10.274

• Montenegrins 5.627 or 54,77%
• Ethnic Muslims 18 or 0,18%
• Serbs 4.200 or 40,88%
• Albanians 1 or 0,01%
• Croats 3 or 0,03%
• Bosniaks9 or 0,09%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 53 or 0,52%
• not declared 332 or 3,23%
• no data 31 or 0,30%

Nikšić total 76.671

• Montenegrins 47.923 or 62,50%
• Ethnic Muslims 733 or 0,96%
• Serbs 20.433 or 26,65%
• Albanians 32 or 0,04%
• Croats 139 or 0,18%
• Bosniaks 177 or 0,23%
• Romani 346 or 0,45%
• other 743 or 0,97%
• not declared 5.483 or 7,15%
• no data 662 or 0,86%

Plav total 21.604

• Montenegrins 790 or 3,66%
• Ethnic Muslims 1.249 or 5,78%
• Serbs 2.731 or 12,64%
• Albanians 5.673 or 26,26%
• Croats 4 or 0,02%
• Bosniaks 10.960 or 50,73%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 78 or 0,36%
• not declared 73 or 0,34%
• no data 46 or 0,21%

Pljevlja total 36.918

• Montenegrins 7.750 or 20,99%
• Ethnic Muslims 3.088 or 8,36%
• Serbs 21.972 or 59,52%
• Albanians 11 or 0,03%
• Croats 17 or 0,05%
• Bosniaks 2.023 or 5,48%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 148 or 0,40%
• not declared 1.705 or 4,62%
• no data 204 or 0,55%

Plužine total 4.294

• Montenegrins 1.400 or 32,60%
• Ethnic Muslims 1 or 0,02%
• Serbs 2.601 or 60,57%
• Albanians 0 or 0,00%
• Croats 1 or 0,02%
• Bosniaks 0 or 0,00%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 12 or 0,28%
• not declared 260 or 6,05%
• no data 19 or 0,44%

Podgorica total 179.403

• Montenegrins 98.562 or 54,94%
• Ethnic Muslims 4.782 or 2,67%
• Serbs 44.992 or 25,08%
• Albanians 14.238 or 7,94%
• Croats 734 or 0,41%
• Bosniaks 2.672 or 1,49%
• Romani 1.542 or 0,86%
• other 2.184 or 1,22%
• not declared 7.506 or 4,18%
• no data 2.191 or 1,22%

Rožaje total 27.562

• Montenegrins 453 or 1,64%
• Ethnic Muslims 1.670 or 6,06%
• Serbs 916 or 3,32%
• Albanians 1.190 or 4,32%
• Croats 8 or 0,03%
• Bosniaks 22.512 or 81,68%
• Romani 15 or 0,05%
• other 405 or 1,47%
• not declared 73 or 0,26%
• no data 320 or 1,16%

Šavnik total 2.972

• Montenegrins 1.386 or 46,64%
• Ethnic Muslims 5 or 0,17%
• Serbs 1.416 or 47,64%
• Albanians 0 or 0,00%
• Croats 3 or 0,10%
• Bosniaks 0 or 0,00%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 25 or 0,84%
• not declared 130 or 4,37%
• no data 7 or 0,24%

Tivat total 13.991

• Montenegrins 4.126 or 29,49%
• Ethnic Muslims 165 or 1,18%
• Serbs 4.911 or 35,10%
• Albanians 144 or 1,03%
• Croats 2.761 or 19,73%
• Bosniaks 56 or 0,40%
• Romani 20 or 0,14%
• other 470 or 3,36%
• not declared 1.122 or 8,02%
• no data 216 or 1,54%

Ulcinj total 26.435

• Montenegrins 2.523 or 9,54%
• Ethnic Muslims 692 or 2,62%
• Serbs 1.520 or 5,75%
• Albanians 20.664 or 78,17%
• Croats 70 or 0,26%
• Bosniaks 300 or 1,13%
• Romani 118 or 0,45%
• Black Montenegrins 185 or 0,70%
• other 185 or 0,70%
• not declared 216 or 0,82%
• no data 147 or 0,56%

Žabljak total 4.245

• Montenegrins 1.819 or 42,85%
• Ethnic Muslims 1 or 0,02%
• Serbs 2.129 or 50,15%
• Albanians 0 or 0,00%
• Croats 3 or 0,07%
• Bosniaks 0 or 0,00%
• Romani 0 or 0,00%
• other 15 or 0,35%
• not declared 278 or 6,55%

This census witnessed the emerging of ethnic Bosniaks; although there are still people who declare themselves as ethnic Muslims. Also, there are very few people left who consider themselves Yugoslavs. Also a noticeable difference compared to 1991 census is the reemerging in the number of Serbs, from nearly 60,000 to 200,000 in a decade (compared to 1931s 90% strong Serb community).

Others include small ethnic groups of perceived non-European/Slavic origins: Romani, Balkan Egyptians and Black Montenegrins who are thought to be local Turks.

Linguistic structure

Linguistic map of the Republic of Montenegro according to the 2003 census.

Linguistic structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

Linguistic structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

• Serbian: 393,740 (63.49%)
  • Serbs - 197,684 (50.21%)
  • Montenegrins - 156,374 (39.71%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 8,696 (2.21%)
  • Bosniaks - 2,723 (0.69%)
  • Croats - 2,529 (0.64%)
  • Yugoslavs - 1,705 (0.43%)
  • Albanians - 306 (0.08%)
  • Romany - 157 (0.04%)
  • others - 1,847 (0.47%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 18,610 (4.73%)
  • regional affiliation - 891 (0.23%)
  • unknown - 2,218 (0.56%)
• Montenegrin: 136,208 (21.96%)
  • Montenegrins - 106,214 (78%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 13,627 (10%)
  • Bosniaks - 12,549 (9.21%)
  • Croats - 1,375 (1.01%)
  • Serbs - 349 (0.26%)
  • Albanians - 330 (0.24%)
  • Yugoslavs - 33 (0.02%)
  • Romany - 8 (0.01%)
  • others - 349 (0.26%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 1,106 (0.81%)
  • regionally declared - 80 (0.06%)
  • unknown - 188 (0.14%)
• Albanian: 32,603 (5.26%)
  • Albanians - 30,382 (93.19%)
  • Montenegrins - 776 (2.38%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 414 (1.27%)
  • Romany - 288 (0.88%)
  • Bosniaks - 15 (0.05%)
  • Serbs - 8 (0.02%)
  • Yugoslavs - 8 (0.02%)
  • Croats - 3 (0.01%)
  • others - 361 (1.11%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 168 (0.51%)
  • regionally declared - 74 (0.23%)
  • unknown - 106 (0.32%)
• Bosniak language: 19,906 (3.2%)
  • Bosniaks - 18,662 (93.75%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 1,094 (5.5%)
  • Albanians - 72 (0.36%)
  • Montenegrins - 37 (0.19%)
  • Croats - 2 (0.01%)
  • Yugoslavs - 2 (0.01%)
  • others - 15 (0.07%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 11 (0.05%)
  • regionally declared - 6 (0.03%)
  • unknown - 5 (0.02%)
• Bosnian: 14,172 (2.29%)
  • Bosniaks - 13,718 (96.8%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 282 (1.99%)
  • Albanians - 38 (0.27%)
  • Montenegrins - 24 (0.17%)
  • Serbs - 6 (0.04%)
  • Croats - 6 (0.04%)
  • Yugoslavs - 1 (0.01%)
  • others - 15 (0.11%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 20 (0.14%)
  • regionally declared - 60 (0.42%)
  • unknown - 2 (0.01%)
• Croatian: 2,791 (0.45%)
  • Croats - 2,438 (87.35%)
  • Serbs - 92 (3.3%)
  • Montenegrins - 82 (2.94%)
  • Yugoslavs - 15 (0.54%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 11 (0.39%)
  • Bosniaks - 5 (0.18%)
  • Albanians - 4 (0.14%)
  • others - 36 (1.29%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 84 (3.01%)
  • regionally declared - 14 (0.5%)
  • unknown - 10 (0.36%)
• Roma: 2,602 (0.42%)
• Macedonian: 507 (0.08%)
• Hungarian: 255 (0.04%)
• Slovene: 232 (0.04%)
• German: 126 (0.02%)
• other: 3,101 (0.5%)
• nondeclared and unknown: 13,902 (2.2%)

Religious structure

Religion map of the Republic of Montenegro according to the 2003 census.

Religious structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

Religious structure of Montenegro by municipalities 2003.

Main article: Religion in Montenegro

From 2003:

• Orthodox Christianity - 460,383 (74.24%)
  • Montenegrins - 241,728 (52.51%)
  • Serbs - 196,333 (42.65%)
  • Yugoslavs - 1,286 (0.28%)
  • Romany - 250 (0.05%)
  • Croats - 107 (0.02%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 71 (0.01%)
  • Bosniaks - 32 (0.01%)
  • Albanians - 27 (0.01%)
  • others - 2,191 (0.48%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 15,853 (3.44%)
  • regionally declared - 651 (0.14%)
  • unknown - 1,854 (0.4%)
• Islam - 110,034 (17.74%)
  • Bosniaks - 47,852 (43.49%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 24,111 (21.91%)
  • Albanians - 22,834 (20.75%)
  • Montenegrins - 11,710 (10.64%)
  • Romany - 1,942 (1.77%)
  • Yugoslavs - 38 (0.03%)
  • Serbs - 33 (0.03%)
  • Croats - 6 (0.01%)
  • others - 486 (0.44%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 766 (0.7%)
  • regionally declared - 75 (0.07%)
  • unknown - 181 (0.16%)
• Roman Catholic - 21,972 (3.54%)
  • Albanians - 8,126 (36.98%)
  • Croats - 6,262 (28.5%)
  • Montenegrins - 5,000 (22.76%)
  • Yugoslavs - 128 (0.58%)
  • Serbs - 114 (0.52%)
  • Romany - 11 (0.05%)
  • Bosniaks - 4 (0.02%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 4 (0.02%)
  • others - 1,112 (5.06%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 689 (3.14%)
  • regionally declared - 370 (1.68%)
  • unknown - 152 (0.69%)
• Protestant - 383 (0.06%)
  • Montenegrins - 144 (37.6%)
  • Serbs - 51 (13.32%)
  • Romany - 18 (4.7%)
  • Bosniaks - 7 (1.83%)
  • Croats - 7 (1.83%)
  • Yugoslavs - 4 (1.04%)
  • Albanians - 2 (0.52%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 1 (0.26%)
  • others - 103 (26.89%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 31 (8.09%)
  • regionally declared - 7 (1.83%)
  • unknown - 8 (2.09%)
• occult - 58 (0.01%)
  • Montenegrins - 27 (46.55%)
  • Serbs - 2 (3.45%)
  • Bosniaks - 1 (1.72%)
  • Ethnic Muslims - 1 (1.72%)
  • Croats - 1 (1.72%)
  • others - 3 (5.17%)
  • undeclared and undefined - 2 (3.45%)
  • unknown - 1 (1.72%)
• Judaism - 12
  • Montenegrins - 2 (16.67%)
  • Serbs - 2 (16.67%)
  • others - 8 (66.66%)
• agnostics - 2,424 (0.39%)
• nondeclared - 13,867 (2.24%)
• none - 6,003 (0.97%)
• unknown - 5,009 (0.8%)

Refugees from Kosovo

• Montenegrins - 5,817
• Serbs - 4,495
• Romani - 3,105
• Ethnic Muslims - 1,823
• Egyptians - 1,539
• Albanians - 457
• Bosniaks - 333
• Gorani 83
• Ashkali - 79
• Yugoslavs - 72
• Croats - 27
• Macedonians - 23
• Slovenes 9
• other - 53
• nondeclared - 32
• Total - 17,947

See also

• Demographic history of Montenegro
• Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Yugoslavia § Demographics
• Demographics of Serbia and Montenegro
• Demographics of Albania
• Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Demographics of Croatia
• Demographics of Kosovo
• Demographics of Serbia

References

1. Statistical yearbook 2011
2. MONSTAT
3. "Eurostat database".
4. "Statistical yearbook 2019" (PDF).
5. "Vital statistics in Montenegro 2019" (PDF).
6. "The estimate of number of population and demographic indicators 2019" (PDF).
7. "Monthly statistical review".
8. "Marriages and divorces".
9. "Marriages and divorces in Montenegro in 2019" (PDF).
10. "Population estimations - Data".
11. "Live births by age of mother".

• Montenegrin Census' from 1909 to 2003
• The Ethnic Structure of the Population in Montenegro