According to the results of the census held in December last year, the most citizens of Montenegro declared themselves as Montenegrins - 41,12 percent (256.436). They are followed by Serbs with 32,93 percent (205.370), while 9,45 percent of citizens (58.956) declared themselves Bosniaks.
4,97 percent of citizens declared themselves as Albanians (30.978), 2,06 percent (12.824) as Russians, and 1,63 percent (10.162) as Muslims.
2,88 percent of citizens, or 17.907, did not want to express their opinion.
This was announced at the press conference of the Statistics Authority (Monstat).
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.
According to the 2011 census, Montenegrins were also at most 44,97 percent (278.865), Serbs 28,72 percent (178.110), Bosniaks 8,64 percent (53.605), Albanians 4,9 percent (30.439), Muslims 3,31 percent (20.537), Roma one percent (6.251), and Croats 0,97 percent (6.021).
In that census, 0,33 percent of citizens declared themselves as Serbs-Montenegrins (2.103), as Egyptians also 0,33 percent (2.054), and as Montenegrins-Serbs 0,29 percent (1.833).
0,19 percent of citizens (1.202) registered regional affiliation on that list.
In 2011, 0,18 percent (1.154) declared themselves as Yugoslavs, as Russians 0,15 percent (946), as Macedonians 0,14 percent (900), as Bosnians 0,06 percent (427), as Slovenians 0,05, 354 percent (0,05), as Hungarians also 337 percent (0,04), and as Muslim-Montenegrins 257 percent (0,031772707), while 197 percent of citizens declared themselves as Gorani (XNUMX).
In 2011, 0,02 percent of citizens declared themselves as Muslims-Bosniacs (183), as Bosniaks-Muslims also 0,02 percent (181), as Montenegrins-Muslims 0,02 percent (175), Italians 0,02 percent (135 ), Germans 0,02 percent (131), and as Turks 0,01 percent (104).
In 2011, 0,54 percent of citizens (3.358) were classified as others.
Fewer Montenegrins and Muslims, more Serbs, Bosniaks, Albanians and Russians
When comparing the results of the census held last year and the one held in 2011, it can be seen that there are 22.429 fewer Montenegrins and 27.260 more Serbs.
The comparison also shows that the number of Bosniaks increased by 5.351, Albanians by 539, and Russians by 946 to as many as 12.824.
The number of those who nationally declared themselves as Muslims has halved, that is, it is less by 10.375.
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