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Montenegro
 
Capital: Podgorica is the administrative capital and Cetinje the historical capital
Area size (Land only): 13812 sq. km A third of the size of Switzerland
Time zone: Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT+2
Currency: Euro
Area code: +381
Climate description: Long and dry summers and short and mild winters in the Mediterranean region, hot summers and cool winters in the central parts of the country.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Montenegrin and Serbian of the Ijekavain dialect
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2009 0.6 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 0.6 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 0.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 0.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 0.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 0.6 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 0.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 0.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 0.7 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.6 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Montenegrin 43 percent, Serb 32 percent, Bosnian 8 percent, Albanian 5 percent. There are also smaller Croat and Roma minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Orthodox Christian 74 percent, Muslim 18 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage of population under 15
19.6 percent (2005)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007


Average life expectancy
74 years (2000-2005)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Life expectancy - male
72 years (2005)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Life expectancy - female
76.4 years (2005)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Infant mortality
2007 9 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 9 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
No data available per 1,000 live births (2001)

Births attended by skilled personnel
92 percent (1997-2005)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2007 3 percent U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006 3 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008

Population with access to improved water
98 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Population with access to improved sanitation
91 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Landlines telephones
2008 569 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 569 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 569 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 559 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 460 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 No data available per 1,000 people
2002 No data available per 1,000 people
2001 No data available per 1,000 people
2000 No data available per 1,000 people

Cellular telephone subscribers
2008 1036 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 1036 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 1036 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 870 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 767 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 No data available per 1,000 people
2002 No data available per 1,000 people
2001 No data available per 1,000 people
2000 No data available per 1,000 people

Internet users
2008 468 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 468 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 443 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 398 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 258 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 No data available per 1,000 people
2002 No data available per 1,000 people
2001 No data available per 1,000 people
2000 No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
2008 85 (joint) Transparency International 2008
2007 84 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2007 5270 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 4400 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 3690 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 3070 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 2350 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 1840 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 No data available current US$
2000 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
2007 3.5 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 2.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 2.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 2.1 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 1.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 1.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 1.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 1.0 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth
2006 16.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 4.3  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 3.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 2.4  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 1.7  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 -0.2  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 3.1  percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2007 6.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 9.0 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 4.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 5.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 8.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 3.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 20.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 No data available percent

Physicians
206 per 100,000 people (2000-2004)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
No data available per 100,000 people (2002)

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2008 1283 UNHCR
2007 557 UNHCR
2006 135 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Number of refugees residing here
2008 24741 UNHCR
2007 8528 UNHCR
2006 6926 UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

Landmine casualties per year
2007 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2008

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (2007)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report


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