The latest officially reported population of Montenegro was 623,831 in 2024 vs 5,338,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Montenegro's population is 618,209 people compared to 5,406,623 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- New Zealand's population is 8.75 times bigger than Montenegro's.
- Montenegro is ranked the 166th most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.007% for Montenegro vs 0.07% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, Montenegro has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +1.69% in New Zealand.
- Since 2005, the population of Montenegro has increased from 614K people to 618K (0.64% growth), while New Zealand has grown from 4.13M to 5.41M (30.8% growth).
- New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 6.01M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.
Montenegro vs New Zealand: live population counter
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| Current population |
618209
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5406623
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| Population rank | 166/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.21 days
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5.62 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.25 hours
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9.23 minutes
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| One death every |
1.39 hours
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13.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.2 hours
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,686 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1 | +256 |
| Annual growth/decline | +302 | +93,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +1.78% |
| Population growth rate rank | 163/197 | 63/197 |
Montenegro and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 480,579 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 491,140 | 2,419,700 | 2.2% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 502,558 | 2,482,000 | 2.32% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 513,409 | 2,531,800 | 2.16% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 521,753 | 2,585,400 | 1.63% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 526,327 | 2,628,400 | 0.88% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 526,419 | 2,675,900 | 0.02% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 522,796 | 2,724,100 | -0.69% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 517,481 | 2,748,100 | -1.02% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 513,340 | 2,772,800 | -0.8% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 512,407 | 2,810,700 | -0.18% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 515,449 | 2,853,000 | 0.59% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 521,785 | 2,903,900 | 1.23% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 530,220 | 2,961,300 | 1.62% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 538,902 | 3,023,700 | 1.64% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 546,487 | 3,083,100 | 1.41% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 552,562 | 3,110,500 | 1.11% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 557,576 | 3,120,200 | 0.91% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 562,065 | 3,121,200 | 0.81% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 566,888 | 3,109,000 | 0.86% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 572,608 | 3,112,900 | 1.01% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 579,445 | 3,124,900 | 1.19% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 587,001 | 3,156,100 | 1.3% | 1% |
| 1983 | 594,506 | 3,199,300 | 1.28% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 600,884 | 3,227,100 | 1.07% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 605,398 | 3,247,100 | 0.75% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 607,711 | 3,246,300 | 0.38% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 608,144 | 3,274,400 | 0.07% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 607,413 | 3,283,400 | -0.12% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 606,571 | 3,299,200 | -0.14% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 606,372 | 3,329,800 | -0.03% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 607,105 | 3,495,100 | 0.12% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 608,516 | 3,531,700 | 0.23% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 610,170 | 3,572,200 | 0.27% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 611,389 | 3,620,000 | 0.2% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 611,712 | 3,673,400 | 0.05% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 611,003 | 3,732,000 | -0.12% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 609,520 | 3,781,300 | -0.24% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 607,662 | 3,815,000 | -0.3% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 606,001 | 3,835,100 | -0.27% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 604,950 | 3,857,700 | -0.17% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 607,389 | 3,880,500 | 0.4% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 609,828 | 3,948,500 | 0.4% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 612,267 | 4,027,200 | 0.4% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 613,353 | 4,087,500 | 0.18% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 614,261 | 4,133,900 | 0.15% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 615,025 | 4,184,600 | 0.12% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 615,875 | 4,223,800 | 0.14% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 616,969 | 4,259,800 | 0.18% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 618,294 | 4,302,600 | 0.21% | 1% |
| 2010 | 619,428 | 4,350,700 | 0.18% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 620,345 | 4,384,000 | 0.15% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 621,418 | 4,408,100 | 0.17% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 622,587 | 4,442,100 | 0.19% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 623,744 | 4,516,500 | 0.19% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 624,651 | 4,609,400 | 0.15% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 625,353 | 4,714,100 | 0.11% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 625,982 | 4,813,600 | 0.1% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 626,438 | 4,900,600 | 0.07% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 626,753 | 4,979,200 | 0.05% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 626,590 | 5,090,200 | -0.03% | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 625,053 | 5,111,300 | -0.25% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 623,591 | 5,117,100 | -0.23% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 623,529 | 5,245,000 | -0.01% | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 623,831 | 5,338,500 | 0.05% | 1.78% |
| 2025 | 618,209 | 5,377,360 | -0.9% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 611,868 | 5,413,790 | -1.03% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 608,570 | 5,447,979 | -0.54% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 605,281 | 5,479,675 | -0.54% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 601,917 | 5,509,133 | -0.56% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 598,501 | 5,536,522 | -0.57% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 595,047 | 5,562,256 | -0.58% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 591,507 | 5,586,456 | -0.59% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 587,900 | 5,609,501 | -0.61% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 584,230 | 5,631,457 | -0.62% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 580,502 | 5,652,480 | -0.64% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 576,713 | 5,673,146 | -0.65% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 572,889 | 5,693,185 | -0.66% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 569,027 | 5,713,185 | -0.67% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 565,147 | 5,732,750 | -0.68% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 561,254 | 5,751,482 | -0.69% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 557,345 | 5,770,413 | -0.7% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 553,430 | 5,789,187 | -0.7% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 549,485 | 5,806,468 | -0.71% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 545,508 | 5,822,166 | -0.72% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 541,510 | 5,836,730 | -0.73% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 537,487 | 5,849,932 | -0.74% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 533,411 | 5,861,661 | -0.76% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 529,311 | 5,872,796 | -0.77% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 525,208 | 5,882,711 | -0.78% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 521,056 | 5,892,766 | -0.79% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Montenegro lost -6,442 (a 1.03% decline), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).
Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2005 and is 166th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Montenegro's population will shrink by 15.7% to 521,056 people with a rank change from 166th to 170th. The population of New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Podgorica | 151K |
| Ulcinj | 19.9K |
| Cetinje | 14K |
| Plav | 13.8K |
| Bar | 13.7K |
| Budva | 13.3K |
| Berane | 11.1K |
| Mojkovac | 3.59K |
| Kotor | 961 |
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| City | Population |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between Montenegro and New Zealand
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| Life expectancy | 77.4 years | 82.4 years |
| Average age | 40.3 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.1:51.9 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.74 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 120.1 ppl/mi² | 52.5 ppl/mi² |
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