The latest officially reported population of Montenegro was 623,831 in 2024 vs 9,034,102 people in Switzerland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Montenegro's population is 618,209 people compared to 9,112,950 in Switzerland.
Population statistics:
- Switzerland's population is 14.7 times bigger than Montenegro's.
- Montenegro is ranked the 166th most populous country in the world, while Switzerland is the 100th.
- The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.007% for Montenegro vs 0.11% for Switzerland.
- For the last 10 years, Montenegro has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +1.01% in Switzerland.
- Since 2005, the population of Montenegro has increased from 614K people to 618K (0.64% growth), while Switzerland has grown from 7.44M to 9.11M (22.5% growth).
- Switzerland is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 9.46M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.
Montenegro vs Switzerland: live population counter
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| Current population |
618209
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9112950
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| Population rank | 166/197 | 100/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
1.21 days
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3.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.25 hours
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6.57 minutes
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| One death every |
1.39 hours
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7.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.2 hours
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13.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,686 | +40,099 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1 | +400 |
| Annual growth/decline | +302 | +146,009 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +1.64% |
| Population growth rate rank | 163/197 | 70/197 |
Montenegro and Switzerland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 480,579 | 5,327,827 | - | - |
| 1961 | 491,140 | 5,434,294 | 2.2% | 2% |
| 1962 | 502,558 | 5,573,815 | 2.32% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 513,409 | 5,694,247 | 2.16% | 2.16% |
| 1964 | 521,753 | 5,789,228 | 1.63% | 1.67% |
| 1965 | 526,327 | 5,856,472 | 0.88% | 1.16% |
| 1966 | 526,419 | 5,918,002 | 0.02% | 1.05% |
| 1967 | 522,796 | 5,991,785 | -0.69% | 1.25% |
| 1968 | 517,481 | 6,067,714 | -1.02% | 1.27% |
| 1969 | 513,340 | 6,136,387 | -0.8% | 1.13% |
| 1970 | 512,407 | 6,180,877 | -0.18% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 515,449 | 6,213,399 | 0.59% | 0.53% |
| 1972 | 521,785 | 6,260,956 | 1.23% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 530,220 | 6,307,347 | 1.62% | 0.74% |
| 1974 | 538,902 | 6,341,405 | 1.64% | 0.54% |
| 1975 | 546,487 | 6,338,632 | 1.41% | -0.04% |
| 1976 | 552,562 | 6,302,504 | 1.11% | -0.57% |
| 1977 | 557,576 | 6,281,174 | 0.91% | -0.34% |
| 1978 | 562,065 | 6,281,738 | 0.81% | 0.009% |
| 1979 | 566,888 | 6,294,365 | 0.86% | 0.2% |
| 1980 | 572,608 | 6,319,408 | 1.01% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 579,445 | 6,354,074 | 1.19% | 0.55% |
| 1982 | 587,001 | 6,391,309 | 1.3% | 0.59% |
| 1983 | 594,506 | 6,418,773 | 1.28% | 0.43% |
| 1984 | 600,884 | 6,441,865 | 1.07% | 0.36% |
| 1985 | 605,398 | 6,470,365 | 0.75% | 0.44% |
| 1986 | 607,711 | 6,504,124 | 0.38% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 608,144 | 6,545,106 | 0.07% | 0.63% |
| 1988 | 607,413 | 6,593,386 | -0.12% | 0.74% |
| 1989 | 606,571 | 6,646,912 | -0.14% | 0.81% |
| 1990 | 606,372 | 6,715,519 | -0.03% | 1.03% |
| 1991 | 607,105 | 6,799,978 | 0.12% | 1.26% |
| 1992 | 608,516 | 6,875,364 | 0.23% | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 610,170 | 6,938,265 | 0.27% | 0.91% |
| 1994 | 611,389 | 6,993,795 | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| 1995 | 611,712 | 7,040,687 | 0.05% | 0.67% |
| 1996 | 611,003 | 7,071,850 | -0.12% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 609,520 | 7,088,906 | -0.24% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 607,662 | 7,110,001 | -0.3% | 0.3% |
| 1999 | 606,001 | 7,143,991 | -0.27% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 604,950 | 7,184,250 | -0.17% | 0.56% |
| 2001 | 607,389 | 7,229,854 | 0.4% | 0.63% |
| 2002 | 609,828 | 7,284,753 | 0.4% | 0.76% |
| 2003 | 612,267 | 7,339,001 | 0.4% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 613,353 | 7,389,625 | 0.18% | 0.69% |
| 2005 | 614,261 | 7,437,115 | 0.15% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 615,025 | 7,483,934 | 0.12% | 0.63% |
| 2007 | 615,875 | 7,551,117 | 0.14% | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 616,969 | 7,647,675 | 0.18% | 1.28% |
| 2009 | 618,294 | 7,743,831 | 0.21% | 1.26% |
| 2010 | 619,428 | 7,824,909 | 0.18% | 1.05% |
| 2011 | 620,345 | 7,912,398 | 0.15% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 621,418 | 7,996,861 | 0.17% | 1.07% |
| 2013 | 622,587 | 8,089,346 | 0.19% | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 623,744 | 8,188,649 | 0.19% | 1.23% |
| 2015 | 624,651 | 8,282,396 | 0.15% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 625,353 | 8,373,338 | 0.11% | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 625,982 | 8,451,840 | 0.1% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 626,438 | 8,514,329 | 0.07% | 0.74% |
| 2019 | 626,753 | 8,575,280 | 0.05% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 626,590 | 8,638,167 | -0.03% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 625,053 | 8,704,546 | -0.25% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | 623,591 | 8,777,088 | -0.23% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | 623,529 | 8,888,093 | -0.01% | 1.26% |
| 2024 | 623,831 | 9,034,102 | 0.05% | 1.64% |
| 2025 | 618,209 | 9,080,106 | -0.9% | 0.51% |
| 2026 | 611,868 | 9,120,994 | -1.03% | 0.45% |
| 2027 | 608,570 | 9,157,559 | -0.54% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 605,281 | 9,190,572 | -0.54% | 0.36% |
| 2029 | 601,917 | 9,219,373 | -0.56% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 598,501 | 9,245,030 | -0.57% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 595,047 | 9,269,063 | -0.58% | 0.26% |
| 2032 | 591,507 | 9,289,991 | -0.59% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 587,900 | 9,307,909 | -0.61% | 0.19% |
| 2034 | 584,230 | 9,324,938 | -0.62% | 0.18% |
| 2035 | 580,502 | 9,340,145 | -0.64% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 576,713 | 9,352,822 | -0.65% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 572,889 | 9,364,126 | -0.66% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 569,027 | 9,373,988 | -0.67% | 0.11% |
| 2039 | 565,147 | 9,382,808 | -0.68% | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 561,254 | 9,392,748 | -0.69% | 0.11% |
| 2041 | 557,345 | 9,401,829 | -0.7% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 553,430 | 9,410,286 | -0.7% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 549,485 | 9,418,963 | -0.71% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 545,508 | 9,426,166 | -0.72% | 0.08% |
| 2045 | 541,510 | 9,432,561 | -0.73% | 0.07% |
| 2046 | 537,487 | 9,438,518 | -0.74% | 0.06% |
| 2047 | 533,411 | 9,445,091 | -0.76% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 529,311 | 9,452,109 | -0.77% | 0.07% |
| 2049 | 525,208 | 9,457,335 | -0.78% | 0.06% |
| 2050 | 521,056 | 9,459,997 | -0.79% | 0.03% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Montenegro lost -6,442 (a 1.03% decline), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).
Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2005 and is 166th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.
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 |
| Zurich | 449K |
| Geneva | 207K |
| Basel | 176K |
| Bern | 146K |
| Lausanne | 144K |
| Winterthur | 119K |
| Biel/Bienne | 55.9K |
| Thun | 43.9K |
| Bellinzona | 43.8K |
| Koniz | 43K |
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Population differences between Montenegro and Switzerland
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| Life expectancy | 77.4 years | 84.2 years |
| Average age | 40.3 years | 43.2 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 43.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.1:51.9 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.74 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 120.1 ppl/mi² | 592 ppl/mi² |
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