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title: "Montenegro — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Montenegro: capital Podgorica, area 13,812 km², population 623,129 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/montenegro/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Montenegro

**Montenegro: Capital Podgorica**

13,812 km² · 623,129 people (2025) · Euro

Small and vertical: from the Adriatic to peaks over 2,500 m in about 40 km. The Bay of Kotor is a drowned river canyon often mistaken for a fjord, and the Tara canyon on the northern border is the deepest gorge in Europe at around 1,300 m.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Podgorica
- **Area:** 13,812 km² — 5,333 sq mi
- **Population:** 623,129 (2025)
- **Density:** 45.1 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Montenegrin
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +382
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** ME · MNE
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 158 of 200
- **By population:** 169 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timor-Leste | 14,874 | 1,418,517 |
| Bahamas | 13,880 | 403,033 |
| Montenegro ← | 13,812 | 623,129 |
| Vanuatu | 12,189 | 335,169 |
| Qatar | 11,586 | 2,972,215 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Montenegro?

Podgorica

### What currency does Montenegro use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Montenegro?

13,812 km², or 5,333 square miles — 158 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Montenegro drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Timor-Leste](https://atoneplace.net/country/timor-leste/)
- [Bahamas](https://atoneplace.net/country/bahamas/)
- [Vanuatu](https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/)
- [Qatar](https://atoneplace.net/country/qatar/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]