(1996 est.)
Serbia: 0.39% (1996 est.)

Birth rate:
Montenegro: 11.86 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Serbia: 13.98 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate:
Montenegro: 7.76 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Serbia: 10.25 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Net migration rate:
Montenegro: -0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Serbia: 0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Sex ratio:
Montenegro - at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Montenegro - under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
Montenegro - 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
Montenegro - 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female
Montenegro - all ages: 0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Serbia - at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
Serbia - under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
Serbia - 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
Serbia - 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
Serbia - all ages: 0.98 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
Montenegro: 27.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Serbia: 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
Montenegro - total population: 74.88 years
Montenegro - male: 70.86 years
Montenegro - female: 79.11 years (1996 est.)
Serbia - total population: 71.98 years
Serbia - male: 68.97 years
Serbia - female: 75.22 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate:
Montenegro: 1.53 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Serbia: 2 children born/woman (1996 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: NA

Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Serbia and Montenegro
local long form: none
local short form: Srbija-Crna Gora
note: Serbia and Montenegro has self-proclaimed itself the "Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia," but the US view is that the Socialist
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of
the successor republics represents its continuation

Data code:
Serbia: SR
Montenegro: MW

Type of government: republic

Capital: Belgrade

Administrative divisions: 2 republics (pokajine, singular -
pokajina); and 2 nominally autonomous provinces*; Kosovo*,
Monteneg