Demographics of Montenegro
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 features of the population
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 of Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, including population density
Population density
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, ethnicity
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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Total population

The 2003 census was undertaken by Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

, which, together with Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, constituted Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

. The census population was 620,145 (including diaspora 672,656).


The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.5% (male 50,060/female 52,823)
15-64 years: 71% (male 244,057/female 225,620)
65 years and over: 13.5% (male 35,551/female 53,696) (2011 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.072 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)


Vital statistics

Average population (x 1000) Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000)
1947 372 10 800 4 300 6 500 29.0 11.6 17.5
1948 380 11 600 4 600 7 000 30.5 12.1 18.4
1949 389 12 600 4 700 7 900 32.4 12.1 20.3
1950 397 11 904 3 682 8 222 30.0 9.3 20.7
1951 407 12 898 4 416 8 482 31.7 10.9 20.8
1952 415 13 308 3 859 9 449 32.1 9.3 22.8
1953 422 13 880 4 775 9 105 32.9 11.3 21.6
1954 428 14 428 3 862 10 566 33.7 9.0 24.7
1955 435 13 550 3 935 9 615 31.1 9.0 22.1
1956 441 13 654 3 871 9 783 31.0 8.8 22.2
1957 447 13 751 4 172 9 579 30.8 9.3 21.4
1958 453 13 684 3 537 10 147 30.2 7.8 22.4
1959 460 12 614 3 469 9 145 27.4 7.5 19.9
1960 467 13 127 3 583 9 544 28.1 7.7 20.4
1961 474 12 994 3 335 9 659 27.4 7.0 20.4
1962 481 13 006 3 747 9 259 27.0 7.8 19.2
1963 487 12 982 3 454 9 528 26.7 7.1 19.6
1964 493 12 599 3 550 9 049 25.6 7.2 18.4
1965 499 12 333 3 431 8 902 24.7 6.9 17.8
1966 505 12 209 3 199 9 010 24.2 6.3 17.8
1967 510 11 486 3 385 8 101 22.5 6.6 15.9
1968 515 11 027 3 429 7 598 21.4 6.7 14.8
1969 520 11 259 3 325 7 934 21.7 6.4 15.3
1970 525 10 636 3 516 7 120 20.3 6.7 13.6
1971 531 10 866 3 264 7 602 20.5 6.1 14.3
1972 539 10 938 3 512 7 426 20.3 6.5 13.8
1973 546 10 665 3 304 7 361 19.5 6.1 13.5
1974 554 10 551 3 199 7 352 19.0 5.8 13.3
1975 561 10 557 3 279 7 278 18.8 5.8 13.0
1976 568 10 711 3 465 7 246 18.9 6.1 12.8
1977 575 10 738 3 559 7 179 18.7 6.2 12.5
1978 582 10 584 3 660 6 924 18.2 6.3 11.9
1979 585 10 365 3 826 6 539 17.7 6.5 11.2
1980 583 10 542 3 703 6 839 18.1 6.4 11.7
1981 586 10 335 3 680 6 655 17.6 6.3 11.4
1982 593 10 579 3 618 6 961 17.8 6.1 11.7
1983 599 10 657 4 194 6 463 17.8 7.0 10.8
1984 606 10 521 3 915 6 606 17.4 6.5 10.9
1985 613 10 724 3 926 6 798 17.5 6.4 11.1
1986 619 10 455 3 922 6 533 16.9 6.3 10.6
1987 626 10 567 3 990 6 577 16.9 6.4 10.5
1988 632 10 190 3 661 6 529 16.1 5.8 10.3
1989 638 9 634 3 833 5 801 15.1 6.0 9.1
1990 644 9 257 3 519 5 738 14.4 5.5 8.9
1991 592 9 606 3 970 5 636 16.2 6.7 9.5
1992 594 9 524 4 393 5 131 16.0 7.4 8.6
1993 596 8 922 4 471 4 451 15.0 7.5 7.5
1994 599 8 887 4 660 4 227 14.8 7.8 7.1
1995 601 9 492 4 931 4 561 15.8 8.2 7.6
1996 603 9 094 4 982 4 112 15.1 8.3 6.8
1997 606 8 758 5 153 3 605 14.5 8.5 5.9
1998 608 9 211 5 312 3 899 15.1 8.7 6.4
1999 610 8 828 5 393 3 435 14.5 8.8 5.6
2000 613 9 184 5 412 3 772 15.0 8.8 6.2
2001 615 8 839 5 431 3 408 14.4 8.8 5.5
2002 617 8 499 5 513 2 986 13.8 8.9 4.8
2003 618 8 344 5 704 2 640 13.5 9.2 4.3
2004 621 7 849 5 707 2 142 12.6 9.2 3.5
2005 624 7 352 5 839 1 513 11.8 9.4 2.4
2006 624 7 531 5 968 1 563 12.1 9.6 2.5
2007 626 7 834 5 979 1 855 12.5 9.5 3.0
2008 629 8 258 5 708 2 550 13.1 9.1 4.1
2009 631 8 642 5 862 2 780 13.7 9.3 4.4
2010 633 7 415 5 628 1 787 11.7 8.9 2.8

Population of Montenegro according to ethnic group 1948-20031

Ethnic
group
census 1948 census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 2003
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
Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

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
Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

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
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

1,559 0.3 10,943 2.1 31,243 5.3 26,159 4.3 1,860 0.3
Muslims
Muslims by nationality
Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

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
Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

48,184 7.8
Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

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
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
Macedonians
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

133 0.0 362 0.1 593 0.1 723 0.1 875 0.1 1,072 0.2 819 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 37,9992 6.1
Total 377,189 419,873 471,894 529,604 584,310 615,035 620,1453
1 Source: http://www.monstat.org/eng/index.php Statistical Office of Montenegro
2 including 415 Slovenes (0.07%), 362 Hungarians (0.06%), 240 Russians
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 (0.03%), 225 Egyptians (0.04%), 127 Italians (0.02%), 118 Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 (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
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

: 201,892 or 30.01%, Bosniaks
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

: 63,272 or 9.41%, Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

: 47,682 or 7.09%, Muslims
Muslims by nationality
Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

: 28,714 or 4.27%, Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

: 7,062 or 1.05%)

Ethnic structure



According to the 2003 census (November 2003 data)

Andrijevica
total 6.384
  • Montenegrins 1.475 or 23,10%
  • Muslims 8 or 0,13%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     4.155 or 65,08%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     2 or 0,03%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 2.852 or 6,31%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     11.218 or 24,81%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     5.450 or 12,05%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     268 or 0,59%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     1.026 or 2,27%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 2.994 or 7,32%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     16.939 or 41,43%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     41 or 0,10%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     50 or 0,12%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     8.994 or 22,00%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 9.816 or 17,18%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     20.743 or 36,31%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     35 or 0,06%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     49 or 0,09%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     14.409 or 25,22%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 205 or 1,27%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     6.510 or 40,45%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     60 or 0,37%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     177 or 1,10%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     22 or 0,14%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 21 or 0,11%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     865 or 4,61%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     46 or 0,25%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     47 or 0,25%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     5 or 0,03%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 53 or 0,32%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     4.177 or 25,47%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     8 or 0,05%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     42 or 0,26%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 218 or 0,64%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     17.818 or 52,45%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     25 or 0,07%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     831 or 2,45%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     89 or 0,26%
  • Roma 290 or 0,85%
  • other 1.350 or 3,97%
  • not declared 2.800 or 8,24%
  • no data 899 or 2,65%


Kolasin
total 9.975
  • Montenegrins 5.022 or 50,35%
  • Muslims 34 or 0,34%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     4.449 or 44,60%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     1 or 0,01%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     11 or 0,11%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     1 or 0,01%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 109 or 0,46%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     7.197 or 30,65%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     63 or 0,27%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     1.842 or 7,84%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     17 or 0,07%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 18 or 0,18%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     4.200 or 40,88%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     1 or 0,01%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     3 or 0,03%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

    9 or 0,09%
  • Roma 0 or 0,00%
  • other 53 or 0,52%
  • not declared 332 or 3,23%
  • no data 31 or 0,30%


Niksic
total 76.671
  • Montenegrins 47.923 or 62,50%
  • Muslims 733 or 0,96%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     20.433 or 26,65%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     32 or 0,04%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     139 or 0,18%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     177 or 0,23%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 1.249 or 5,78%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     2.731 or 12,64%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     5.673 or 26,26%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     4 or 0,02%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     10.960 or 50,73%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 3.088 or 8,36%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     21.972 or 59,52%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     11 or 0,03%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     17 or 0,05%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     2.023 or 5,48%
  • Roma 0 or 0,00%
  • other 148 or 0,40%
  • not declared 1.705 or 4,62%
  • no data 204 or 0,55%


Pluzine
total 4.294
  • Montenegrins 1.400 or 32,60%
  • Muslims 1 or 0,02%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     2.601 or 60,57%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     1 or 0,02%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 4.782 or 2,67%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     44.992 or 25,08%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     14.238 or 7,94%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     734 or 0,41%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     2.672 or 1,49%
  • Roma 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%


Rozaje
total 27.562
  • Montenegrins 453 or 1,64%
  • Muslims 1.670 or 6,06%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     916 or 3,32%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     1.190 or 4,32%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     8 or 0,03%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     22.512 or 81,68%
  • Roma 15 or 0,05%
  • other 405 or 1,47%
  • not declared 73 or 0,26%
  • no data 320 or 1,16%


Savnik
total 2.972
  • Montenegrins 1.386 or 46,64%
  • Muslims 5 or 0,17%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     1.416 or 47,64%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     3 or 0,10%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 165 or 1,18%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     4.911 or 35,10%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     144 or 1,03%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     2.761 or 19,73%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     56 or 0,40%
  • Roma 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%
  • Muslims 692 or 2,62%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     1.520 or 5,75%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     20.664 or 78,17%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     70 or 0,26%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     300 or 1,13%
  • Roma 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%


Zabljak
total 4.245
  • Montenegrins 1.819 or 42,85%
  • Muslims 1 or 0,02%
  • Serbs
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     2.129 or 50,15%
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     3 or 0,07%
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     0 or 0,00%
  • Roma 0 or 0,00%
  • other 15 or 0,35%
  • not declared 278 or 6,55%


This census witnessed the forming of the Bosniak
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

 nation; although there are still people who declare themselves as Muslims by nationality
Muslims by nationality
Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

. 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: Roma, Balkan Egyptians and Black Montenegrins whom are thought to be local Turks.

Linguistic structure

  • Serbian
    Serbian language
    Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....

    : 393,740 (63.49%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 197,684 (50.21%)
    • Montenegrins - 156,374 (39.71%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 8,696 (2.21%)
    • Bosniacs - 2,723 (0.69%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 2,529 (0.64%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 1,705 (0.43%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 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
    Montenegrin language
    Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

    : 136,208 (21.96%)
    • Montenegrins - 106,214 (78%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 13,627 (10%)
    • Bosniacs - 12,549 (9.21%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 1,375 (1.01%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 349 (0.26%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 330 (0.24%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 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
    Albanian language
    Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

    : 32,603 (5.26%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 30,382 (93.19%)
    • Montenegrins - 776 (2.38%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 414 (1.27%)
    • Romany - 288 (0.88%)
    • Bosniacs - 15 (0.05%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 8 (0.02%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 8 (0.02%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 3 (0.01%)
    • others - 361 (1.11%)
    • undeclared and undefined - 168 (0.51%)
    • regionally declared - 74 (0.23%)
    • unknown - 106 (0.32%)
  • Bosniac language
    Bosnian language
    Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    : 19,906 (3.2%)
    • Bosniacs - 18,662 (93.75%)
    • Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 1,094 (5.5%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 72 (0.36%)
    • Montenegrins - 37 (0.19%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 2 (0.01%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 2 (0.01%)
    • others - 15 (0.07%)
    • undeclared and undefined - 11 (0.05%)
    • regionally declared - 6 (0.03%)
    • unknown - 5 (0.02%)
  • Bosnian
    Bosnian language
    Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

    : 14,172 (2.29%)
    • Bosniacs - 13,718 (96.8%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 282 (1.99%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 38 (0.27%)
    • Montenegrins - 24 (0.17%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 6 (0.04%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 6 (0.04%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 1 (0.01%)
    • others - 15 (0.11%)
    • undeclared and undefined - 20 (0.14%)
    • regionally declared - 60 (0.42%)
    • unknown - 2 (0.01%)
  • Croatian
    Croatian language
    Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

    : 2,791 (0.45%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 2,438 (87.35%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 92 (3.3%)
    • Montenegrins - 82 (2.94%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 15 (0.54%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 11 (0.39%)
    • Bosniacs - 5 (0.18%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 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
    Macedonian language
    Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...

    : 507 (0.08%)
  • Hungarian
    Hungarian language
    Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

    : 255 (0.04%)
  • Slovene: 232 (0.04%)
  • German
    German language
    German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

    : 126 (0.02%)
  • other: 3,101 (0.5%)
  • nondeclared and unknown: 13,902 (2.2%)

Religious structure

See also: Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

, Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
The Montenegrin Orthodox Church is an Orthodox Christian organization acting in Montenegro and Montenegrin emigration circles - e.g. the village of Lovćenac and the Montenegrin emigration colony in Argentina...

, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Montenegro. It is centred in the city of Bar . It was erected as a diocese in the 9th century and elevated to an archdiocese in 1089...

, Islam in Montenegro
Islam in Montenegro
Muslims in Montenegro form the largest minority religion in the country. According to the 2011 census, Montenegro's 118,477 Muslims make up c. 19.1% of the total population. They are divided into these main groups: Slavic Muslims split among Bosnian-speaking Bosniaks, Slavic Muslims,...


  • Orthodox Christianity
    Eastern Orthodox Church
    The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...

     - 460,383 (74.24%)
    • Montenegrins - 241,728 (52.51%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 196,333 (42.65%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 1,286 (0.28%)
    • Romany - 250 (0.05%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 107 (0.02%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 71 (0.01%)
    • Bosniacs - 32 (0.01%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 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%)
  • Muslim
    Islam
    Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

     - 110,034 (17.74%)
    • Bosniacs - 47,852 (43.49%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 24,111 (21.91%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 22,834 (20.75%)
    • Montenegrins - 11,710 (10.64%)
    • Romany - 1,942 (1.77%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 38 (0.03%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 33 (0.03%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 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
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 8,126 (36.98%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 6,262 (28.5%)
    • Montenegrins - 5,000 (22.76%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 128 (0.58%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 114 (0.52%)
    • Romany - 11 (0.05%)
    • Bosniacs - 4 (0.02%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 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
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 51 (13.32%)
    • Romany - 18 (4.7%)
    • Bosniacs - 7 (1.83%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 7 (1.83%)
    • Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs
      Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

       - 4 (1.04%)
    • Albanians
      Albanians
      Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

       - 2 (0.52%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 1 (0.26%)
    • others - 103 (26.89%)
    • undeclared and undefined - 31 (8.09%)
    • regionally declared - 7 (1.83%)
    • unknown - 8 (2.09%)
  • occult
    Occult
    The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...

     - 58 (0.01%)
    • Montenegrins - 27 (46.55%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 2 (3.45%)
    • Bosniacs - 1 (1.72%)
    • Slavic Muslims
      Muslims by nationality
      Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

       - 1 (1.72%)
    • Croats
      Croats
      Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

       - 1 (1.72%)
    • others - 3 (5.17%)
    • undeclared and undefined - 2 (3.45%)
    • unknown - 1 (1.72%)
  • Jewish - 12
    • Montenegrins - 2 (16.67%)
    • Serbs
      Serbs
      The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

       - 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
    Serbs
    The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

     - 4,495
  • Roma - 3,105
  • Muslims
    Muslims by nationality
    Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

     - 1,823
  • Egyptians - 1,539
  • Albanians
    Albanians
    Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

     - 457
  • Bosniaks
    Bosniaks
    The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

     - 333
  • Gorani
    Gorani
    Gorani may refer to:In culture:* Gorani people, a Balkan ethnic groupIn geography:* Gorani, a village in Uda Commune, Argeş County, Romania* Gorani, a village in Odăile Commune, Buzău County, Romania...

     83
  • Ashkali
    Ashkali
    In the Balkans, the Ashkali and Egyptians are Albanian-speaking ethnic minorities of Kosovo and Albania. Observers consider them Albanized Romanies, but they do not self-identify as such...

     - 79
  • Yugoslavs
    Yugoslavs
    Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...

     - 72
  • Croats
    Croats
    Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

     - 27
  • Macedonians
    Macedonians (ethnic group)
    The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

     - 23
  • Slovenes 9
  • other - 53
  • nondeclared - 32
  • Total - 17,947
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