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The Montenegrins of Serbia are a national minority in the republic. Serbia's 2002 Census puts Serbia's Montenegrin population at 69,049. In Central Serbia, there are 33,536, and in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, there are 35,513. Though, over 267,000 Serbs in Serbia have Montenegrin citizenship.
[edit] Demographics
- 1948 Census: 74,860 (1.15%)
- Central Serbia: 16,221
- Kosovo: 28,050 (3.9%)
- Vojvodina: 30,589 (1.9%)
- 1953 Census: 86,061 (1.23%)
- Central Serbia: 24,202
- Kosovo: 31,343 (3.9%)
- Vojvodina: 30,516 (1.8%)
- 1961 Census: 104,753 (1.37%)
- Central Serbia: 32,383
- Kosovo: 37,588 (3.9%)
- Vojvodina: 34,782 (1.9%)
- 1971 Census: 125,260 (1.48%)
- Central Serbia: 57,289
- Kosovo: 31,555 (2.5%)
- Vojvodina: 36,416 (1.9%)
- 1981 Census: 147,466 (1.58%)
- Central Serbia: 77,134
- Kosovo: 27,028 (1.7%)
- Vojvodina: 43,304 (2.1%)
- 1991 Census: including Kosovo: 139,299 (1.42%); excluding Kosovo: 118,934 (1.52%)
- Central Serbia: 74,213
- Kosovo: 20,365 (1%)
- Vojvodina: 44,721 (2.2%)
- 2002 Census (excluding Kosovo): 69,049 (0.92%)
- Central Serbia: 33,536
- Vojvodina: 35,513 (1.75%)
[edit] Notable Serbian Montenegrins
- Marko Baša, Footbaler (by half)
- Matija Bećković, Poet (declares himself Serb)
- Rade Bulatović, BIA Chief
- Jovan Cvijić, Scientist (regarded himself as a Serb)
- Jovan Erdeljanović (Serb)
- Jelena Janković, Tennis player (by half, and declares herself Serb)
- Dragan Jočić, Interior Minister (Serb)
- Batrić Jovanović (Serb)
- Vuk Karadžić, Serbian language reformer (regarded himself as a Serb)
- Danilo Kiš, Writer (by half, Serb)
- Vojislav Koštunica, Prime Minister of Serbia and last President of Yugoslavia (by half and declares himself Serb)
- Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia (declared himself Yugoslav)
- Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, and his descendants (regarded himself as a Serb)
- Karađorđe Petrović, Leader of First Serbian Uprising, and his descendants, the Karađorđevići (regarded himself as a Serb)
- Željko Ražnatović-Arkan (by half and declares himself Serb)
- Boris Tadić, President of Serbia (half, declares himself Serb)
- Slobodan Vučetić, Constitution Court President
- Manojlo Vukotić, Editor-in-chief of Večernje Novosti
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