Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Montenegro

Urban population share in Montenegro in 2025 — 65.6%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 41 pp.

2025 65.6% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 105of 217
Period maximum 65.6%2025
Period minimum 24.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Montenegro, 1960–20252040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.6%1962: 26.8%1964: 28.6%1966: 30.2%1968: 31.8%1970: 33.5%1972: 35.5%1974: 38%1976: 40.7%1978: 43.1%1980: 44.9%1982: 46%1984: 46.7%1986: 47.2%1988: 47.8%1990: 48.5%1992: 49.7%1994: 51.7%1996: 54.1%1998: 56.7%2000: 59.1%2002: 61%2004: 62.2%2006: 63.1%2008: 63.8%2010: 64.3%2012: 64.5%2014: 64.7%2016: 64.9%2018: 65.1%2020: 65.2%2022: 65.4%2024: 65.5%2025: 65.6%
Change over the period: +41 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Montenegro

Montenegro 65.6%
World 57.8%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
Urban population share — Montenegro, by year Montenegro All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 65.6 +0.1 pp
2024 65.5 +0.1 pp
2023 65.5 +0.1 pp
2022 65.4 +0.1 pp
2021 65.3 +0.1 pp
2020 65.2 +0.1 pp
2019 65.2 +0.1 pp
2018 65.1 +0.1 pp
2017 65 +0.1 pp
2016 64.9 +0.1 pp
2015 64.8 +0.1 pp
2014 64.7 +0.1 pp
2013 64.6 +0.1 pp
2012 64.5 +0.1 pp
2011 64.4 +0.1 pp
2010 64.3 +0.2 pp
2009 64.1 +0.3 pp
2008 63.8 +0.3 pp
2007 63.5 +0.4 pp
2006 63.1 +0.4 pp
2005 62.7 +0.5 pp
2004 62.2 +0.5 pp
2003 61.7 +0.7 pp
2002 61 +0.9 pp
2001 60.1 +1 pp
2000 59.1 +1.2 pp
1999 57.9 +1.3 pp
1998 56.7 +1.3 pp
1997 55.4 +1.3 pp
1996 54.1 +1.3 pp
1995 52.8 +1.2 pp
1994 51.7 +1.1 pp
1993 50.6 +0.9 pp
1992 49.7 +0.7 pp
1991 49 +0.5 pp
1990 48.5 +0.4 pp
1989 48.1 +0.3 pp
1988 47.8 +0.3 pp
1987 47.5 +0.3 pp
1986 47.2 +0.3 pp
1985 47 +0.3 pp
1984 46.7 +0.3 pp
1983 46.4 +0.4 pp
1982 46 +0.5 pp
1981 45.5 +0.6 pp
1980 44.9 +0.8 pp
1979 44.1 +1 pp
1978 43.1 +1.2 pp
1977 41.9 +1.3 pp
1976 40.7 +1.3 pp
1975 39.4 +1.3 pp
1974 38 +1.3 pp
1973 36.8 +1.2 pp
1972 35.5 +1.1 pp
1971 34.5 +1 pp
1970 33.5 +0.9 pp
1969 32.6 +0.8 pp
1968 31.8 +0.8 pp
1967 31 +0.8 pp
1966 30.2 +0.8 pp
1965 29.4 +0.8 pp
1964 28.6 +0.9 pp
1963 27.7 +0.9 pp
1962 26.8 +1 pp
1961 25.8 +1.2 pp
1960 24.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.