Population and Demographics of Montenegro
An aging population · 17.83% aged 65 or older in 2024
Montenegro has 638.5 thousand residents in the 2024 estimate, while the working-age share is 64.04% and fertility is 1.8. That context matters for the outlook: the 2050 medium projection is 533.3 thousand, 16.5% lower than in 2024.
Population Over Time in Montenegro
A longer view puts Montenegro at 0.634M in 2000 and 0.638M in 2024. That works out to a 0.7% gain. The central 2050 projection is 0.533M, implying a -16.5% change from 2024 if that path is realized. The chart connects dated reference points only and should not be read as an annual interpolated series.
Age Structure and Sex Balance
Broad age shares place Montenegro in a maturing demographic position in 2024. Broad age shares are 18.13% under 15, 64.04% aged 15 to 64 and 17.83% aged 65 or older. The youngest and oldest broad age groups are relatively close in size.
Population by broad age group
Montenegro's 2024 population is 51.9% female and 48.1% male in the World Bank series. Females exceed males by 3.8 percentage points.
Female and male population share
Females made up 51.9% of the population in the World Bank's 2024 series, compared with 48.1% males.
What Is Shaping Population Change
Montenegro's +0.78% annual change in 2024 sits beside fertility of 1.8 children per woman, with age composition adding a 0.30-point gap between children and older adults.
From 2000 to 2024, Montenegro's population moved +0.7%, before a projected -16.5% shift to 2050 under the medium scenario; the page therefore distinguishes measured direction from unmeasured demographic drivers.
2024 estimate for Montenegro. The world comparison value is 2.25 children per woman.
Montenegro vs. World
In 2024, Montenegro's annual population change, fertility and median age do not all sit on the same side of the world benchmarks: they are respectively lower than, below and older than the global benchmarks.
| Indicator | Montenegro | World | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual population change | +0.78% | +0.87% | 2024 |
| Total fertility rate | 1.8 | 2.25 | 2024 |
| Median age | 40 | 30.6 | 2024 |
For comparability, the growth, fertility and median-age rows are kept to the same 2024 harmonized dataset, which cites UN World Population Prospects 2024 as its demographic source.
Key Takeaways
The 2024 total is 638,479 people. Annual change in the same harmonized table is +0.78%.
Broad age shares show 17.83% aged 65+ compared with 18.13% under 15; the 15 to 64 group accounts for 64.04%.
The 2024 female and male shares are 51.9% and 48.1% respectively.
By 2050, the medium projection is 0.533M, differing from 2024 by roughly 0.11 million people.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the population of Montenegro?
The 2024 harmonized population estimate for Montenegro is 638,479 people.
Is the population of Montenegro growing or declining?
In the 2024 estimate, Montenegro's population is growing, with annual change of +0.78%.
What percentage of the population of Montenegro is aged 65 or older?
People aged 65 or older account for 17.83% of Montenegro's 2024 population in the UN WPP-based broad age data.
What is the projected population of Montenegro in 2050?
The UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection puts Montenegro's 2050 population at 533,295.
What is the fertility rate in Montenegro?
The 2024 harmonized fertility estimate for Montenegro is 1.8 children per woman.
Sources & methodology
This profile uses United Nations World Population Prospects 2024 as the primary framework for globally comparable population, age, fertility and projection data. The World Bank is the primary source for the female population share. Some country values were accessed through secondary retrieval interfaces that republish or organize UN data; those interfaces are identified below as secondary and are not treated as the original statistical publishers.
View sources used for this page
Primary global framework for the population estimates and projections.
Harmonized 2024 country table based on UN World Population Prospects 2024.
Harmonized broad age shares based on UN World Population Prospects 2024.
Harmonized reference for the 2000 population point.
Harmonized 2050 country projection based on UN World Population Prospects 2024.
Used for the 2024 female share; the male share is calculated as the remainder to 100%.