Population of this region is grouped in 9 municipalities – Andrijevica, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Gusinje, Kolasin, Mojkovac, Plav, Petnjica and Rozaje. Gusinje and Petnjica have recently obtained status of municipality, previously they have been parts of Plav and Berane municipalities.
Each of the mentioned municipalities has almost equally serious problem of migration, due to bad economic situation in the region. Unemployment rate in north of Montenegro in 2013. has been 21,9%, compared to unemployment rate of 11,7% in coastal area and 13,1% in central region.
Total number of inhabitants in the region according to 2011 Census is 138.166.
By each municiplaity population figures look like this:
POPULATION
TOTAL MALE FEMALE TOTAL 138166 69926 68240
Andrijevica 5071 2614 2457 Berane 33970 17087 16883 Bijelo Polje 46051 23204 22847 Kolašin 8380 4229 4151 Mojkovac 8622 4352 4270 Plav 13108 6664 6444 Rožaje 22964 11776 11188
Another feature of this region is ethnic diversity.
Acoording to 2011. Census, ethnic structure of the region looks like this:
NATIONALITY NUMBER % TOTAL POPULATION 138166 Bosniaks 44693 32,35% Serbs 43265 31.31% Montenegrins 30424 22.02% Muslims 9742 7,05% Albanians 3761 2,72% Does not want to declare 3229 2,34%
Roma 881 0,64% Other 492 0,36% Serbs-Montenegrins 449 0,32% Egyptians 244 0,18% Montenegrins-Serbs 165 0,12% Bosniaks -Muslims 125 0,09% Muslims-Bosniaks 125 0,09% Hrvati 105 0,08% Yugoslavs 103 0,07% Gorani 56 0,04% Muslims-Montenegrins 53 0,04% Macedonians 51 0,04% Russians 36 0,03% Bosnians 36 0,03% Montenegrins-Muslims 34 0,02% Turkish 31 0,02% Regional qualification 22 0,02% Germans 18 0,01% Slovenians 15 0,01% Hungarians 7 0,01% Italians 4 0,00%
