Montenegro: People & Society#
Population | 644,578 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Montenegrin(s) adjective: Montenegrin |
Ethnic groups | Montenegrin 45%, Serbian 28.7%, Bosniak 8.7%, Albanian 4.9%, Muslim 3.3%, Roma 1%, Croat 1%, other 2.6%, unspecified 4.9% (2011 est.) |
Languages | Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.) |
Religions | Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%, atheist 1.2%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.6% (2011 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.13% (male 47,983/female 49,527) 15-24 years: 9.92% (male 29,003/female 34,907) 25-54 years: 46.83% (male 163,055/female 138,792) 55-64 years: 13.37% (male 42,998/female 43,168) 65 years and over: 14.76% (male 38,014/female 57,131) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 47.7% youth dependency ratio: 27.6% elderly dependency ratio: 20.2% potential support ratio: 5% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 40.2 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.3 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | -0.35% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 10.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | highest population density is concentrated in the south, southwest; the extreme eastern border is the least populated area |
Urbanization | urban population: 64% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.34% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | PODGORICA (capital) 165,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.83 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.17 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.3 (2010 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 39.4% (2005/06) |
Health expenditures | 6.4% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 2.11 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
Hospital bed density | 4 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 99.2% of population total: 99.7% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0.8% of population total: 0.3% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 98% of population rural: 92.2% of population total: 95.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2% of population rural: 7.8% of population total: 4.1% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21.4% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1% (2013) |
Education expenditures | NA |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.5% female: 98% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2010) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 8,520 percentage: 10% (2005 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 41.1% male: 42.3% female: 39.7% (2012 est.) |