Irreligion in Montenegro
Irreligion in Montenegro refers in its narrowest sense to agnosticism, atheism, secular humanism, and general secularism. Increase of the number of irreligious people is usually interpreted by the modernization marked with tendency of secularization and the progress of science and technology that directly affect human society.[2]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Population in Montenegro: 620,029 Not religious or spiritual: 7,667 (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Podgorica, Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat | |
| Religions | |
| Irreligion (Including agnosticism, atheism, deism, skepticism, freethought/freethinker, secular humanism, ignosticism, apatheism, Nonbeliever, nontheism, rationalism) |
The majority of Montenegro's population, 98.69%, declares to belong to a religion,[1] though observance of their declared religion may vary widely.
On the census from 2011, atheists, those who declared no religion, comprised about 1.24% of the whole population, and agnostics 0.07%.[1]
Religiosity is lowest in the Bay of Kotor region and the capital city of Podgorica.[1]
Municipalities with highest share of atheists are Herceg Novi (2.43%), Kotor (2.03%), Podgorica (1.99%) and Tivat (1.7%). In contrast, Rožaje has the fewest atheists, who make up only 0.01% of its population.[1]
In some municipalities more than half of population are undeclared, however.
See also
References
- "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2011" (PDF). Monstat. pp. 14, 15. Retrieved July 12, 2011. For the purpose of the chart, the categories 'Islam' and 'Muslims' were merged; 'Buddhist' (.02) and Other Religions were merged; 'Atheist' (1.24) and 'Agnostic' (.07) were merged; and 'Adventist' (.14), 'Christians' (.24), 'Jehovah Witness' (.02), and 'Protestants' (.02) were merged under 'Other Christian'.
- "Ateisti CG: Vjerske organizacije manipulišu osjećanjima građana". Retrieved October 7, 2014.