1981
The 1981 census results:
Total: 584,310 inhabitants
:Montenegrins: 400,488 (68.54%)
:Muslims: 78,080 (13.36%)
:Albanians: 37,735 (6.46%)
:Yugoslavs: 33,146 (5.67%)
:Serbs: 19,407 (3.32%)
:Croats: 6,904 (1.81%)
1971The 1971 census results:
Total 529,604 inhabitants
:Montenegrins: 355,632 (67.15%)
:Muslims: 70,236 (13.26%)
:Serbs: 39,512 or (7.46%)
:Albanians: 35,671 (6.74%)
:Yugoslavs: 10,943 (2.07%)
:Croats: 9,192 (1.74%)
1961The 1961 census results:
Total: 471,894 inhabitants
:Montenegrins: 383,988 (81.37%)
:Muslims: 30,665 (6.5%)
:Albanians: 25,803 (5.47%)
:Serbs: 14,087 (2.99%)
:Croats: 10,664 (2.26%)
:Yugoslavs: 1,559 (0.33%)
1953The 1953 census results:
Total: 419,873 inhabitants
:Montenegrins: 363,686 (86.62%)
:Albanians: 23,460 (5.58%)
:Serbs: 13,864 (3.3%)
:Croats: 9,814 (2.34%)
:Yugoslavs: 6,424 (1.53%)
1948In 1945, after WWII, Communist Yugoslavia was formed, and Montenegro was proclaimed as one of its constituent republics. The 1948 and following censa were taken by the Republic of Montenegro.
Total: 377,189 inhabitants
:Montenegrins: 342,009 (90.67%)
:Albanians: 19,425 or (5.15%)
:Croats: 6,808 or (1.8%)
:Serbs: 6,707 or (1.78%)
1931The 1931 census was also taken by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia but was later processed in Communist Yugoslavia. Results within today's borders of Montenegro were:
Total: 360,044 inhabitants
:Orthodox: 272,702 (80.88%)
:Roman Catholics: 26,070 (7.24%)
:Muslims 61,038 (16.96%)
:Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian language: 339,955 (90.13%)
:Albanian language: 18,098 (5.03%)
1909The 1909 official census was undertaken by the authorities of the Principality of Montenegro. Ethnicity was decided according to the mother tongue, the official language then being the Serbian language:
Total: 317,856 inhabitants. By language:
By religion:
The total population was overestimated for political reasons .It was at about 220,000 inhabitants.
1900In 1900, according to international sources, the Principality of Montengro had 311,564 inhabitants. By religion:
By litteracy:
- 77% illiterate
- 71,528 (23%) literate
The Princedom had around 5,000 Albanians and a colony of 800 Romas.
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