Irrigated land: NA sq km
Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes
Environment-current issues: pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor; air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities; water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava which flows into the Danube
Environment-international agreements: party to: none of the selected agreements signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography-note: controls one of the major land routes from Western
Europe to Turkey and the Near East; strategic location along the
Adriatic coast
@Serbia and Montenegro:People
Population: 11,206,039 (July 1998 est.) (Montenegro-679,904;
Serbia-10,526,135)
Age structure: 0-14 years: Montenegro-22% (male 76,764; female 71,647); Serbia- 20% (male 1,121,483; female 1,043,535) 15-64 years: Montenegro-67% (male 231,849; female 227,268); Serbia- 67% (male 3,539,198; female 3,487,318) 65 years and over: Montenegro-11% (male 29,837; female 42,539); Serbia- 13% (male 575,697; female 758,904) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: Montenegro-0.07%; Serbia—0.02% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: Montenegro-13.55 births/1,000 population; Serbia-12.62 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)