Demographics of Montenegro

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Montenegro is projected at 628.05 thousand, up by 0% compared with 628.06 thousand in 2020. Montenegro is ranked 169th in terms of population and 200th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 7.21 thousand births in Montenegro in 2021. That is 20 per day, which is ranked 174th. The crude birth rate is 11.48 per 1000 people. There are 6.79 thousand deaths in Montenegro in 2021. That is 19 per day, which is ranked 160th. The crude death rate is 10.82 per 1000 people.

426.85 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 67.83% of Montenegro population. Montenegro is ranked 108th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Montenegro in 2021 is 97.84 males per 100 females. There are 310.59 thousand males and 317.46 thousand females in Montenegro. The percentage of female population is 50.55% compare to 49.45% male population. Montenegro has 6.87 thousand more females than males. Montenegro is at 80th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Montenegro population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950394,739-
1955443,7962.46
1960487,4161.95
1965533,8210.88
1970519,702-0.18
1975554,2591.41
1980580,7571.01
1985614,0110.75
1990615,004-0.03
1995620,4190.06
2000613,558-0.18
2005616,3880.2
2010624,2790.22
2015626,9570.05
2016627,2710.05
2017627,5630.05
2018627,8030.04
2019627,9880.03
2020628,0620.01
2021628,0510
  • Total
  • Crude

Montenegro death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19505,64012,82414.0532.02
19555,36213,92812.1031.44
19604,85314,4929.9029.55
19654,32813,2268.2925.36
19703,90311,4377.3521.52
19753,76410,7416.8319.51
19803,93310,8746.7418.62
19854,20310,9276.9117.98
19904,42010,1837.1616.49
19955,1639,1818.3614.86
20005,9998,4259.7513.69
20056,3098,22810.2213.33
20106,3627,79810.2112.51
20156,5037,42210.3711.84
20206,7787,27510.8011.59
20216,7947,21110.8211.48
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Montenegro

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195050,223344,516-12.723
195568,854374,9416.5515.515
196091,576395,8375.8718.788
1965120,459413,3554.5622.566
1970139,552380,1443.2726.853
1975175,266378,9964.6831.622
1980213,791366,9634.0336.813
1985259,884354,1323.4942.325
1990295,431319,5712.4248.037
1995331,085289,3292.0653.365
2000359,202254,3581.6058.544
2005385,027231,3610.7562.465
2010400,419223,8660.7564.140
2015413,376214,8020.5965.806
2020424,767204,6300.5167.488
2021426,850202,4830.4967.826
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Montenegro population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 19,266 17,907 37,173 5.92 107.589
05-09 19,046 17,633 36,679 5.84 108.013
10-14 20,434 18,608 39,042 6.22 109.813
15-19 20,439 18,545 38,984 6.21 110.213
20-24 21,173 19,494 40,667 6.48 108.613
25-29 22,232 20,445 42,677 6.80 108.741
30-34 21,721 20,511 42,232 6.72 105.899
35-39 22,991 22,411 45,402 7.23 102.588
40-44 21,550 21,835 43,385 6.91 98.695
45-49 20,057 21,328 41,385 6.59 94.041
50-54 18,595 19,338 37,933 6.04 96.158
55-59 20,335 20,941 41,276 6.57 97.106
60-64 19,227 20,459 39,686 6.32 93.978
65-69 17,762 19,835 37,597 5.99 89.549
70-74 11,459 14,680 26,139 4.16 78.059
75-79 6,261 9,846 16,107 2.56 63.589
80-84 4,831 7,845 12,676 2.02 61.581
85-89 2,458 4,292 6,750 1.07 57.269
90-94 671 1,319 1,990 0.32 50.872
95-99 80 179 259 0.04 44.693
100+ 3 9 12 0.00 33.333
Total 310,591 317,460 628,051 97.836