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Montenegro
Montenegro is a country in Southeast Europe. Its capital city is Podgorica. About 631 thousand people live there, in an area of 13 812 square kilometres.
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Where is Montenegro?
Montenegro lies in Southeast Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 4 731 km from the equator.
It shares a border with 5 countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia.
How big is Montenegro?
Montenegro covers 13 812 square kilometres.
That is about 5.3 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 156th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 45.7 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Montenegro?
About 631 thousand people live in Montenegro.
That is the 162nd biggest population in the world.
People here speak Montenegrin.
They pay with the Euro (€).
The land of Montenegro
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Montenegro different?
Websites from here often end in .me.
Montenegro and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.1 live in Montenegro.
It takes up about 0.01 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 37th largest of 45 countries, and the 37th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Montenegro and its neighbours
Serbia, its largest neighbour, is about 6.4 times bigger.
Serbia has more people: 7 million against 631 thousand.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Montenegro?
The capital of Montenegro is Podgorica. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Montenegro?
About 631 thousand people live in Montenegro, which makes it the 162nd most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Montenegro?
Montenegro borders Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia — 5 neighbours in total.
How big is Montenegro?
Montenegro covers 13 812 square kilometres, making it the 156th largest country in the world. That is about 5.3 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Montenegro in?
Montenegro is in Europe, in the part called Southeast Europe.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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