Statistical Office of Montenegro continues with publishing the data from the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2011. In that sense, this release indicates that the methodology for the 2003 Census and the 2011 Census does not provide a complete comparability in the number of population, since the international definitions changed in relation with defining the population contingent. Due to this, Statistical Office of Montenegro has prepared a comparable review of number of population by municipalities, where the number of population from the 2003 Census is harmonised with the 2011 Census Methodology to a degree possible by the data collected in the 2003 Census.

The largest differences in applying the definitions were caused by the introduction of intention in the rule of presence of one year. The category of population causing the largest differences is students of Montenegro who study abroad. Namely, according to the methodology in 2003 this population category belonged to the population of Montenegro and can be identified through the questions collected by the census. Additional difference makes persons residing in Montenegro less than a year but with the intention to stay at least that long so that their stay is one year. This information was not collected by the 2003 Census, thus this category of population could not be identified and methodological harmonization could not be done.

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