Demographics of Serbia and Montenegro

Estimates in 2000 placed Serbia's population growth rate at 0.739% and Montenegro's at -12.22%.

Ethnic groups in the region were represented as follows: Serb 62.6%, Albanian 16.5%, Montenegrin 5%, Yugoslav 3.4%, Hungarian 3.3%, other 9.2% (as of 2001).

In terms of religion, 65% of inhabitants were Eastern Orthodox, 19% Muslim, 4% Roman Catholic, 1% Protestant 1%, and 11% other.

The main languages spoken in Serbia and Montenegro are Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Bosnian and Hungarian.

This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook.

Ethnic map of Serbia in 2002
Ethnic map of Montenegro
Demographics of Serbia and Montenegro, Data of FAO , year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.