Serbia and Montenegro - Demographics

Demographics

Serbia and Montenegro had more demographic variety than most other European countries. The three largest named nationalities were Serbs (62.3%), Albanians (mostly Ghegs) (16.6%) and Montenegrins (5%) according to the 1991 census. The country also had significant populations of Hungarians, Roma, Bulgarians, Ethnic Macedonians, Romanians and other eastern Romance peoples (including Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and Vlachs), plus dozens of other Slavic peoples, namely Bosniaks, Croats, Bunjevci, Šokci, Goranci, Janjevci, Rusins, Slovaks, Muslims by nationality and Yugoslavs. Turkic subgroups still live in Kosovo (mostly Gagauz and Seljuks). There were a number of citizens who declared their nationality as Egyptian and Ashkali. These two were previously regarded as a part of Roma who are of the belief that they originated from present-day Egypt and Israel. Most of the ethnic diversity was situated in the provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina, where smaller numbers of other minority groups may have be found. The large Albanian population was chiefly concentrated in Kosovo, with smaller populations in the Preševo and Bujanovac municipalities in Central Serbia, and in the south-east of Montenegro (Ulcinj municipality). The large Bosniak and Montenegrin Muslim population lived in the Sandžak region on the border between Serbia and Montenegro (mainly Novi Pazar in Serbia, and Rožaje in Montenegro).

Total Serbia-Montenegro - 10,019,657

• Serbia (total): 9,396,411
  • Vojvodina: 2,116,725
  • Central Serbia: 5,479,686
  • Kosovo: 1,800,000
• Montenegro: 623,246

• Major cities (over 100,000 inhabitants) - 2002 data (2003 for Podgorica):
  • Beograd (Belgrade): 1,280,639 (1,574,050 metro)
  • Novi Sad: 215,600 (298,139 metro)
  • Pristina: 200,000 (2002 estimate)
  • Niš: 173,390 (234,863 metro)
  • Kragujevac: 145,890 (175,182 metro)
  • Podgorica: 139,500 (169,000 metro)
  • Prizren: 121,000 (2002 estimate)
  • Subotica: 99,471 (147,758 metro)

According to a 2004 estimate the State Union had 10,825,900 inhabitants.

According to a July 2006 estimate, the State Union had 10,832,545 inhabitants.