and the Near East; strategic location along the Adriatic coast

@Serbia and Montenegro, People

Population:
total:
10,759,897 (July 1994 est.)
Montenegro:
666,583 (July 1994 est.)
Serbia:
10,093,314 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
Montenegro:
0.79% (1994 est.)
Serbia:
0.54% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
Montenegro:
13.72 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Serbia:
14.35 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
Montenegro:
5.84 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Serbia:
8.94 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
Montenegro:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Serbia:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
Montenegro:
10.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Serbia:
21.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Montenegro:
*** No data for this item ***
total population:
79.44 years
male:
76.57 years
female:
82.5 years (1994 est.)
Serbia:
*** No data for this item ***
total population:
73.39 years
male:
70.9 years
female:
76.07 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
Montenegro:
1.74 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Serbia:
2.06 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Serb(s) and Montenegrin(s)
adjective:
Serbian and Montenegrin
Ethnic divisions:
Serbs 63%, Albanians 14%, Montenegrins 6%, Hungarians 4%, other 13%
Religions:
Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%
Languages:
Serbo-Croatian 95%, Albanian 5%
Literacy:
total population:
NA%
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
Labor force:
2,640,909
by occupation:
industry, mining 40%, agriculture 5% (1990)

@Serbia and Montenegro, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Serbia and Montenegro
local long form:
none
local short form:
Srbija-Crna Gora
Digraph:
Serbia:
SR
Montenegro:
MW
Type:
republic
Capital:
Belgrade
Administrative divisions:
2 republics (pokajine, singular - pokajina); and 2 autonomous
provinces*; Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina*
Independence:
11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed as
self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia - SFRY)
National holiday:
NA
Constitution:
27 April 1992
Legal system:
based on civil law system
Suffrage:
16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
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