Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Montenegro
Demographic history

Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Montenegro

Section Title: Demographic history
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Year	Total	Serbs	%	Montenegrins	%	Area	Note

1909	317,856	~95%	Principality of Montenegro	According exclusively to language.

1921	199,227	181,989	91.3%	Andrijevica, Bar, Kolasin, Niksic, Podgorica and Cetinje counties of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (which are categorized in official statistics as Montenegro)	According to language: Serbo-Croatian

1948	377,189	6,707	1.78	342,009	90.67	People's Republic of Montenegro (part of FPR Yugoslavia)	First census in Yugoslavia

1953	419,873	13,864	3.3	363,686	86.61	People's Republic of Montenegro (part of FPR Yugoslavia)

1961	471,894	14,087	2.99	383,988	81.37	People's Republic of Montenegro (part of FPR Yugoslavia)

1971	529,604	39,512	7.46	355,632	67.15	Socialist Republic of Montenegro (part of SFR Yugoslavia)

1981	584,310	19,407	3.32	400,488	68.54	Socialist Republic of Montenegro (part of SFR Yugoslavia)

1991	615,035	54,453	9.34	380,467	61.86	Socialist Republic of Montenegro (part of SFR Yugoslavia)	Last census in Yugoslavia

2003	620,145	198,414	31.99	267,669	43.16	Montenegro as part of Serbia and Montenegro	First census after breakup of Yugoslavia.

2011	620,029	178,110	28.73	278,865	44.98	Independent Montenegro	First census as independent state.

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According to the 2011 data, 44.98% identify as ethnic Montenegrins, while 28.73% declare as ethnic Serbs.

final_sentence: According to the 2011 data, 44.98% identify as ethnic Montenegrins, while 28.73% declare as ethnic Serbs.