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Montenegro

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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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