Geography—note: controls one of the major land routes from
Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East; strategic location along
the Adriatic coast
People
Population: 11,206,847 (Serbia—10,526,478; Montenegro?680,369)
(July 1999 est.)
note: all data dealing with population is subject to considerable
error because of the dislocations caused by military action and
ethnic cleansing
Age structure:
0-14 years: Serbia—20% (male 1,102,109; female 1,025,069);
Montenegro—21% (male 75,633; female 70,464)
15-64 years: Serbia—67% (male 3,538,689; female 3,483,192);
Montenegro—68% (male 232,223; female 227,371)
65 years and over: Serbia—13% (male 595,200; female 782,219);
Montenegro—11% (male 30,829; female 43,849) (July 1999 est.)
Population growth rate: Serbia—0.02%; Montenegro?0.07% (1999 est.)
Birth rate: Serbia—12.54 births/1,000 population; Montenegro?
13.19 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Death rate: Serbia—9.68 deaths/1,000 population; Montenegro? 7.44
deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Net migration rate: Serbia—-2.65 migrants/1,000 population;
Montenegro—-5.09 migrants/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: Serbia—1.08 male(s)/female; Montenegro—1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: Serbia—1.08 male(s)/female; Montenegro—1.07
male(s)/female
15-64 years: Serbia—1.02 male(s)/female; Montenegro—1.02
male(s)/female
65 years and over: Serbia—0.76 male(s)/female; Montenegro—0.70
male(s)/female
total population: Serbia—0.99 male(s)/female; Montenegro—0.99
male(s)/female (1999 est.)
Infant mortality rate: Serbia—16.49 deaths/1,000 live births;
Montenegro—10.99 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)