Europe · Southern Europe
Montenegro
Montenegro covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²), the 161st largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Bahamas, at about 12,600 km².
- 13,700km²Area, main territory
- 617,000Population
- 0.45In Belgiums
50 km
- Montenegro
Facts
| Area, main territory | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.45 |
| Capital | Podgorica |
| Population | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 45 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N |
| In other languages | Monténégro Français · モンテネグロ 日本語 · 黑山 中文 · 몬테네그로 한국어 |
| Continent | Europe#37 of 50 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Montenegro
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 1,237× the size of Montenegro.
- At 45 people per km², Montenegro is the 121st most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large in area, so Montenegro looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Montenegro's main territory stretches about 189 km north to south and 157 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 km², to within 2%.
How Montenegro measures up
Montenegro holds 0.1% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Southern Europe it is the 11th largest of 17.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 13,700 km² | 160th of 239 |
| Population | 617,000 | 167th of 237 |
| Density | 45 per km² | 121st of 185 |
| Farthest north | 42.8°N | 43rd of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Montenegro is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.45× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.06× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.04× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.04× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 230 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 617 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 688 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,237 its size |
Where Montenegro sits
- Montenegro's centre lies at 42.8°N, 19.2°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 4,760 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 42°N to 44°N, about 190 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Montenegro had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Montenegro would have 17.2 million people. It has 617,000.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Montenegro would have 51,000 people. It has 617,000.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 993,000.
About the same size as
Largest in Europe
- Russia16,980,000 km²
- Ukraine572,000 km²
- France548,000 km²
- Spain499,000 km²
- Sweden446,000 km²
- Montenegro#37 · 13,700 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2022; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11