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The demographic history of Montenegro can be shown through census results and official documents which mention demographic composition.

Duklja, today's southern half of Montenegro, under Stefan Vojislav, was inhabited by Serbs. Various documents listed that the inhabitants of Medieval Doclea or Zeta were Serbs, but also minor populations of Latins, Albanians and Vlachs. The language in usage was primarily the Old Slavonic, while in the early stages Latin also had importance and Greek to an extent among the high class members of the society. Between the 15th and 17th century, Montenegro had little history on paper. During these years, hundreds of families from Montenegro moved to Rascia which Serbs left to sought refuge in Habsburg Monarchy.

Mariano Bolizza of Kotor was a public servant of the Republic of Venice. The main objective of his 1614 report and description of the Sanjak of Shkodra was to provide information on the land routes which could best be utilized by local couriers conveying official correspondence from Venice to Constantinople and back, and to survey the military potential of the territory. He provided a very detailed overview of towns and villages in Montenegro and northern Albania in the early 17th century. The report concluded a religious Orthodox majority, while an Albanian minority was present in the Shkodra region.

According to the census conducted in 1863 and 1864, the Principality of Montenegro had a total of 196.230 inhabitants, 99.889 male and 96.339 female. Bernard Schwartz estimated in 1882 that the Princedom of Montenegro had 160,000 inhabitants. Although, a more usual estimate is that it was around 230,000 inhabitants.

In 1905 there were 6,674 emigrants, mostly to the United States. In 1906 there were 4,346 emigrants, mostly to the United States. In 1907 it has been estimated that there were around 282,000 inhabitants in Montenegro this year.

The 1931 census was also taken by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia but was later processed in Communist Yugoslavia. Results within today's borders of Montenegro were:

In 1945, after the World War II, Communist Yugoslavia was formed, and Montenegro was proclaimed as one of its constituent republics. The 1948 and following censa were taken by the Republic of Montenegro.

This census witnesses the forming of the Yugoslav nation.

Montenegrins: 380,467 (61.86%)
ethnic Muslims: 89,614 (14.57%)
Serbs: 57,453 (9.34%)
Albanians: 40,415 (6.57%)
Yugoslavs: 26,159 (4.25%)
Croats: 6,244 (1.02%)
Roma: 3,282 (0.53%)
Macedonian: 1,072 (0.17%)
Slovenes: 369 (0.06%)
Hungarians: 205 (0.03%)
Germans: 124 (0.02%)
Russians: 118 (0.02%)
Italians: 58 (0.01%)
Other: 437 (0.07%)
No response: 1,944 (0.32%)
Regional affiliation: 998 (0.16%)
Unknown: 6,076 (0.99%)