According to the results of the census held in December last year, the majority of Montenegrin residents declared themselves to be Orthodox - 71,10 percent (443.394). They are followed by members of the Islamic faith - 19,99 percent (124.668), while Catholics make up 3,27 percent of the population (20.408), the Statistics Administration (Monstat) announced.
2,29 percent of those listed (14.260) declared themselves atheists, while 2,10 percent (13.093) did not want to declare themselves atheists.
Other Christians are 0,44 percent (2.727), agnostics 0,40 percent (2.524), others 0,16 (989), Protestants (568) and other religions (536) 0,09 percent, Jehovah's Witnesses 0,04 percent ( 252), and Buddhist 0,03 percent (214).
According to data from the 2011 census, there were the most Orthodox believers - 72,07 percent (446.858), followed by Muslims - 19,11 percent (118.477), then Catholics - 3,44 percent (21.299), atheists - 1,24 .7.667 percent (0,24), Christians - 1460 percent (0,14), Adventists - 894 (XNUMX)...
Agnostics were 0,07 percent (451), and Jehovah's Witnesses (145), Protestants (143) and Buddhists (118) were 0,02 percent each.
1,02 percent of those enumerated (6.337) were placed in the category of others, while 2,61 percent (16.180) did not want to declare themselves.
The census in Montenegro was supposed to be held in 2021, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
That process was implemented from December 3 to 28 last year, after its beginning was prolonged several times due to the demands of the opposition and councils of less numerous peoples that certain conditions for its implementation be met beforehand.
The director of the Directorate for Statistics (Monstat), Miroslav Pejović, announced at a press conference that there are 623.633 inhabitants living in Montenegro with their usual place of residence in Montenegro, as well as 44.017 who have Montenegrin citizenship and are working, staying or studying abroad.
"A total of 667.650 persons were registered, excluding duplicates, as well as foreigners who do not intend to stay in Montenegro for more than a year," said Pejović.
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