Demographics & population — Montenegro
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Montenegro: 609,859
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Population overview
- Population
609,859
- Population Growth Rate
-0.56%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
PODGORICA (capital) 156,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
11
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
9.17
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
39.4%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
39.4%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
26.3
- Mother's mean age at first birth
26.3
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Montenegrin 43%, Serbian 32%, Bosniak 8%, Albanian 5%, other (Muslims, Croats, Roma) 12%
Education
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
8
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
2.03
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
4
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
9.3%
- Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk
intermediate
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
22.5%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
2.2%