On Regional Aspects of Vertical Distribution of Montenegrin Population

Municipalities and regions	Census years		Absolute growth 1961–2003	Index 2003/1961
Municipalities and regions	1961	2003	Absolute growth 1961–2003	Index 2003/1961
1. Andrijevica	9,812	5,785	−4,027	0.59
2. Berane	34,260	35,068	808	1.02
3. B. Polje	46,651	50,284	3,633	1.08
4. Žabljak	6,564	4,204	−2,360	0.64
5. Kolašin	14,882	9,949	−4,933	0.67
6. Mojkovac	8,832	10,066	1,234	1.14
7. Plav	18,913	13,805	−5,108	0.73
8. Plužine	9,164	4,272	−4,892	0.47
9. Pljevlja	46,677	35,806	−10,871	0.77
10. Rožaje	14,700	22,693	7,993	1.54
11. Šavnik	7,533	2,947	−4,586	0.39
Northern region	217,988	194,879	−23,109	0.89
1. Danilovgrad	17,378	16,523	−855	0.95
2. Nikšić	57,399	75,282	17,883	1.31
3. Podgorica	72,219	169,132	96,913	2.34
4. Cetinje	23,503	18,482	−5,021	0.79
Middle region	170,499	279,419	108,920	1.64
1. Bar	24,587	40,037	15,450	1.63
2. Budva	4,838	15,909	11,071	3.29
3. Kotor	16,642	22,947	6,305	1.38
4. Tivat	5,974	13,630	7,656	2.28
5. Ulcinj	16,213	20,290	4,077	1.25
6. H. Novi	15,157	33,034	17,877	2.18
Coast	83,411	145,847	62,436	1.75
Montenegro	471,898	620,145	148,247	1.31

Hypsometry zones (m)	1948		1981		2003		2011

	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

Up to 200	97,737	25.9	237,379	40.6	408,300	65.8	409,600	67.1
200–500	27,346	7.3	18,436	3.2	10,202	1.6	12,521	2.1
500–1,000	199,137	52.8	282,984	48.4	178,456	28.8	175,334	27.9
1,000–1,500	52,576	13.9	45,260	7.7	23,137	3.7	22,874	2.9
Over 1,500	393	0.1	251	0.1	50	0.008	0,0	0.0

Total	377,189	100.0	584,310	100.0	620,145	100	620,029	100.0

Municipality centres	Census years		Absolute growth	Index 2011/1961	Over the sea level
Municipality centres	1961	2011	Absolute growth	Index 2011/1961	Over the sea level
1. Andrijevica	894	1,073	179	1.20	760
2. Bar	2,148	13,709	11,561	6.38	10
3. Berane	3,701	11,776	8,075	3.18	670
4. B. Polje	3,547	15,883	12,336	4.48	580
5. Budva	1,349	10,918	9,569	8.09	10
6. Danilovgrad	1,467	5,208	3,741	3.55	55
7. Žabljak	83	1,937	1,854	23.34	1450
8. Kolašin	1,152	2,989	1,837	2.59	960
9. Kotor	4,764	1,331	−3,433	0.28	15
10. Mojkovac	597	4,120	3,523	6.90	800
11. Nikšić	20,166	58,212	38,046	2.89	650
12. Plav	1,850	3,615	1,765	1.95	900
13. Plužine	260	1,494	1,234	5.75	670
14. Pljevlja	6,005	21,377	15,372	3.56	770
15. Podgorica	30,657	136,473	105,816	4.45	50
16. Rožaje	1,464	9,121	7,657	6.23	965
17. Tivat	3,368	9,467	6,099	2.81	15
18. Ulcinj	5,705	10,828	5,123	1.90	10
19. H. Novi	3,797	12,739	8,942	3.36	15
20. Cetinje	9,359	15,137	5,778	1.62	650
21. Šavnik	335	570	235	1.70	700
Total	146,164	347,977	201,813	2.38