Montenegro: Facts & Stats

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Also Known As	Crna Gora
Head Of Government	Prime Minister: Milojko Spajić
Capital	Podgorica; Cetinje is the Old Royal Capital
Population	(2024 est.) 615,200
Head Of State	President: Jakov Milatović
Form Of Government	multiparty republic with one legislative house (Parliament [81¹])
Official Language	Montenegrin²
Official Religion	none
Official Name	Crna Gora (Montenegro)
Total Area (Sq Km)	13,883
Total Area (Sq Mi)	5,360
Monetary Unit	euro (€)³
Population Rank	(2023) 173
Population Projection 2030	622,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2024) 114.8
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2024) 44.3
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 68.8% • Rural: (2024) 31.2%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2022) 73.7 years • Female: (2022) 78.8 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate	Male: (2021) 99% • Female: (2021) 99%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2023) 7,089
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2023) 11,500
¹All seats are directly elected; the rule reserving five seats for Albanians was abolished in September 2011.²Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian can also be used as official languages per article 13 of the constitution.³Montenegro uses the euro as its official currency, even though it is not a member of the European Union.