Montenegro issued 40,567 permits for temporary residence and work in 2025, new and renewed together, twice the 20,580 of 2021; 11,826 went to company directors outside the quota. That is 113.2 for every 1,000 residents aged 20 to 64, the highest rate among its Western Balkan peers on their own counts (Albania 9.9). From January to June 2026 it issued 20,267, 8.3 percent fewer than a year before. Citizens of Serbia, Türkiye and Russia hold over half, and those of Türkiye and Russia need a visa from 1 November 2026. We expect about 37,200 permits in 2026. For 2027 and 2031 the range is too wide for a yearly number, and the direction is flat: the central line, a stated assumption, holds 37,200; the visa line, a stated assumption without Türkiye and Russia, gives 24,800 a year.
Observed
Permits for temporary residence and work in 2025, up 6.7 percent on 2024
40,567
Our estimate
Permits in 2026, between 23,000 and 56,400
37,200
Our estimate
Permits a year in 2031, the direction: the range is too wide for a yearly number; held at 37,200, a stated assumption
Flat
Projection of the source
Fewer people aged 15 to 64 in 2041 than in 2026
47,400
Workforce Migration Report 2026, Montenegro3
622,902 people, an economy growing faster than the EU's
Montenegro has 622,902 people, 803 more than in 2015. Since 2023 births have again outnumbered deaths, and on Eurostat's estimate, in every year since 2019 except 2023 more people left than arrived. The economy grew 2.7 percent in 2025, against 1.4 percent across the EU, yet output per head is 31 percent of the EU average. The World Bank projects 47,400 fewer people aged 15 to 64 by 2041.
People living in Montenegro on 1 January 2026
622,902
0.1 percent more than in 2015. People aged 65 and over were 17.2 percent of the population in 2025.
GDP in 2025, billion euro at current prices
8.2
At current prices and exchange rates.
GDP per head in 2025
13,110euro
31 percent of the EU average of 41,700 euro in 2025. Counting lower prices at home, 54 percent, up from 42 percent in 2015.
Real growth in 2025
2.7%
Against 1.4 percent across the EU. Over 2021 to 2025 the economy grew 37.4 percent in all, the EU 13.7 percent (our estimate from the yearly rates).
People aged 15 and over in work, 2025
50.1%
Against 58.1 percent across the world. ILO estimate.
The quota and the visa rules
30 December 2025The quota of 28,988 permits for 2026 is published.
1 November 2026Citizens of Türkiye, Russia and Belarus, among others, need a visa.
Sources: Eurostat, demo_gind (population, updated 21 July 2026), nama_10_gdp and nama_10_pc (GDP, updated 21 September 2026), tec00114 (price adjusted GDP per head), tec00115 (growth), lfsi_emp_a (employment), demo_pjanbroad (age); World Bank, SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS (ILO estimate of people aged 15 and over in work, world). All retrieved 27 September 2026. Figures for 2025 GDP, GDP per head and growth are provisional. Key dates: Official Gazette of Montenegro 161/2025 and 108/2026; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2026.
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A steady population today, older and smaller ahead
Since 2023 births outnumber deaths again; on Eurostat's estimate, more people left than arrived in every year except 2023
In 2025, 6,413 people died and 6,925 were born. Net migration took away 937, so the population fell by 425.
Births minus deathsNet migration
Source: Eurostat, demo_gind (updated 21 July 2026), migr_imm1ctz and migr_emi1ctz (moves of a year or more), retrieved 27 September 2026. Net migration includes Eurostat's statistical adjustment. Not published: moves in for 2021 and 2025, and moves out for any year. Outside 2023 and 2024 net migration stays close to minus 937 each year, which looks like an estimate by Eurostat rather than a measured balance.
0.57 million people by 2041 on the World Bank's rate of fall
Eurostat to 2026, then the World Bank's projected rate of fall applied to that level, in the lighter line.
Sources: Eurostat, demo_gind (observed, 1 January); World Bank projection (UN World Population Prospects 2024, middle of the year), its rate of fall applied to the Eurostat level of 2026, as its own count for 2026 is lower (619,886); retrieved 27 September 2026. Werklist calculation.
The share aged 65 and over rises to 23%
0 to 1415 to 6465 and over
Source: Eurostat, demo_pjanbroad (2025); World Bank, population estimates and projections (2041), retrieved 27 September 2026.
8.2 billion euro in 2025, and the IMF forecast to 2031
Billion euro at current prices of 2025IMF forecast
Real growth under each year: observed to 2025 (Eurostat, tec00115), the IMF forecast after. Sources: Eurostat, nama_10_gdp (2025 provisional); IMF, World Economic Outlook April 2026; Werklist calculation; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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Fast growth to 2023, a dip in 2024, a new high in 2025
40,567 permits for temporary residence and work in 2025, against 38,019 in 2024 and 20,580 in 2021.
Source: Government of Montenegro information on the single permit for residence and work (Ministry of Internal Affairs data), as reported by B92 on 25 July 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026. No full year count was found for 2019 and 2020.
A permit in this count is a permit for temporary residence and work, the single permit the Ministry of Internal Affairs issues under the Law on Foreigners. Renewals and seasonal permits are counted too, so the same holder can appear twice in one year.
What the national count counts
Permits for temporary residence and work (dozvola za privremeni boravak i rad) issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to foreign citizens in the calendar year, a single document covering employment, seasonal employment and posted work; issues and re-issues together.
The count includes seasonal permits (valid up to six months), every re-issue of a one year permit and permits for company directors (11,826 in 2025), so one foreign citizen can hold more than one permit in a year and the figure runs well above a count of first residence permits for work.
Source: Government of Montenegro information on the single permit for residence and work (Ministry of Internal Affairs data), as reported by B92 on 25 July 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
The national count, 2025 and the first half of 2026; Eurostat has none
Permits issued, 2025
40,567
Permits issued, January to June 2026
20,267
The first half of 2026 is 8.3 percent below the same months of 2025. Outside the quota, mostly company directors, 4,322 permits were issued in those six months, against 12,878 in all of 2025.
Sources: Ministry of Internal Affairs data published by the Employment Agency of Montenegro, relayed by Investitor on 21 February 2026; Ministry of Internal Affairs to Bankar, relayed by Volim Podgoricu on 27 September 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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Montenegro at 113.2 per 1,000 with renewals, Albania at 9.9
Permits for temporary residence and work per 1,000 people aged 20 to 64
The permits for temporary residence and work Montenegro issues in a year, renewals included, divided by its residents aged 20 to 64 in the middle of the year. Albania's line is its own national count on the same base, and the EU's is Eurostat's first residence permits for work, so both are a reference; the table sets each peer beside its own count.
Sources: Government of Montenegro information on the introduction of a single residence and work permit (Ministry of Internal Affairs data), as relayed by B92 / Investitor on 25 July 2026 (the national count); for Albania, National Agency for Employment and Skills (2021 and 2022), Ministry of the Interior of Albania (2023 and 2024) and Balkanweb, reporting the employment agency (2025, provisional); World Bank, population estimates and projections (residents aged 20 to 64, mid year); Eurostat, migr_resfirst and demo_pjangroup for the EU; retrieved 27 September 2026. Werklist calculation.
Permits or approvals for every 1,000 residents aged 20 to 64, 2025, on each country's count
Count
Per 1,000
Montenegro, residence and work, with renewals
40,567
113.2
Albania, first work permits (press, provisional)
14,000
9.9
North Macedonia, approvals
8,806
8.2
Serbia, first residence permits for work
23,847
6.3
Kosovo, residence permits for work
5,087
5.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina, work permits
6,702
3.6
EU, first residence permits for work
1,295,687
4.9
Sources: the national counts as printed in the Werklist reports on each country (Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina); Eurostat, migr_resfirst and demo_pjangroup (Serbia, the EU); World Bank, residents aged 20 to 64 (the countries outside the EU); retrieved 27 September 2026. Werklist calculation.
Montenegro issued 113.2 permits for temporary residence and work for every 1,000 residents aged 20 to 64 in 2025, renewals and company directors included; without the directors its rate is 80.2. Its Western Balkan peers issue fewer on their own counts, which differ in what they include: Albania 9.9, North Macedonia 8.2, Serbia 6.3, Kosovo 5.3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.6. Albania's count changed in 2023 and 2025, so its rise from 3.3 in 2021 is not like for like. The outlook on pages 10 and 11 divides by people aged 15 to 64, the base of our estimate, so its rates are lower: Montenegro 102, Albania 9.06.
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Türkiye, Serbia and Russia hold over half of the permits
Citizens of Türkiye received 10,346 permits in 2025, Serbia 8,148 and Russia 7,429: 63.9 percent together. In the first half of 2026 Serbia led with 24.1 percent and the share of Türkiye fell to 17.8 percent. Four of the seven sourcing centres, Nepal, India, the Philippines and Indonesia, received 724 permits together in 2025; Bangladesh, Vietnam and Uzbekistan are not reported.
Citizenship
Permits 2025
Jan to Jun 2026
Share 2025
Share 2026
Serbia
8,148
4,881
20.1%
24.1%
Türkiye
10,346
3,607
25.5%
17.8%
Russia
7,429
3,166
18.3%
15.6%
Albania
2,098
1,514
5.2%
7.5%
Azerbaijan
2,513
1,200
6.2%
5.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,902
1,019
4.7%
5.0%
Other origins
8,131
4,880
20.0%
24.1%
All origins
40,567
20,267
100.0%
100.0%
Sources: Ministry of Internal Affairs data published by the Employment Agency of Montenegro, relayed by Investitor on 21 February 2026 (2025); Ministry of Internal Affairs to Bankar, relayed by Volim Podgoricu on 27 September 2026 (1 January to 30 June 2026, a part year, six citizenships named); retrieved 27 September 2026.
Türkiye alone received 25.5% of the permits issued in 2025
The seven largest origins and four of the seven sourcing centres; no count for Ukraine or Belarus.
Türkiye
25.5%
Serbia
20.1%
Russia
18.3%
Azerbaijan
6.2%
Albania
5.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.7%
Kosovo
3.8%
India
0.9%
The Philippines
0.3%
Indonesia
0.3%
Nepal
0.3%
Other origins
14.5%
Four of the seven sourcing centres received 724 permits together, 1.8 percent of 40,567; Bangladesh, Vietnam and Uzbekistan are not reported. The peers' counts of the centres are not set beside these: each peer publishes other centres, on another measure.
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs data published by the Employment Agency of Montenegro, relayed by Investitor on 21 February 2026, reference year 2025, retrieved 27 September 2026.
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Serbia overtook Türkiye in the first half of 2026
Permits by citizenship, 2025 and January to June 2026
Citizens of Türkiye received 10,346 permits in 2025, Serbia 8,148 and Russia 7,429. In the first half of 2026 Serbia led with 24.1 percent and the share of Türkiye fell to 17.8 percent, a part year against a full one.
The sourcing centres of WerklistOther origins1 January to 30 June 2026, a part year
Sources: Ministry of Internal Affairs data published by the Employment Agency of Montenegro, relayed by Investitor on 21 February 2026 (2025); Ministry of Internal Affairs to Bankar, relayed by Volim Podgoricu on 27 September 2026 (1 January to 30 June 2026); retrieved 27 September 2026.
Of the seven sourcing centres, Nepal received 108 permits in 2025, India 364, the Philippines 138 and Indonesia 114, 1.8 percent of the count together; Bangladesh, Vietnam and Uzbekistan are not reported.
Citizenship
2025
2026to 30 June
Share 2026to 30 June
Türkiye
10,346
3,607
17.8%
Serbia
8,148
4,881
24.1%
Russia
7,429
3,166
15.6%
Azerbaijan
2,513
1,200
5.9%
Albania
2,098
1,514
7.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,902
1,019
5.0%
Kosovo
1,543
not reported
India
364
not reported
The Philippines
138
not reported
Indonesia
114
not reported
Nepal
108
not reported
Other origins
5,864
4,880
24.1%
All origins
40,567
20,267
100.0%
Sources: Ministry of Internal Affairs data published by the Employment Agency of Montenegro, relayed by Investitor on 21 February 2026 (2025); Ministry of Internal Affairs to Bankar, relayed by Volim Podgoricu on 27 September 2026 (1 January to 30 June 2026); retrieved 27 September 2026.
Workforce Migration Report 2026, Montenegro9
A 28,988 quota, 47,400 fewer people aged 15 to 64
The rules as they stand on 27 September 2026
28,988
The 2026 quota is 28,988 permits: 21,668 for employment, 2,320 seasonal, 5,000 held back. 15,945 were used by 30 June.
6,150
The quota lists the sectors open to foreign hires: hotels and restaurants 6,150 places, construction 6,000, other services 5,268.
15 days
The Ministry of Internal Affairs decides within 15 days, on a written job offer, proof of education and qualification, a health certificate, housing and insurance.
600 euro
The net minimum wage is 600 euro a month for jobs up to qualification level V and 800 euro for level VI and above.
Visas
Citizens of Türkiye, Russia and Belarus, among others, need a visa from 1 November 2026. Türkiye and Russia held a third of the permits of January to June 2026.
Sources: Official Gazette of Montenegro 161/2025 and 108/2026; Law on Foreigners, article 76; Government single contact point; Labour Law, article 101 (gov.me); Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2026; Ministry of Internal Affairs to Bankar, relayed by Volim Podgoricu on 27 September 2026. All retrieved 27 September 2026.
About 47,400 fewer people aged 15 to 64 by 2041
The World Bank projects 394,075 in 2026 and 346,714 in 2041, a fall of 12.0 percent.
Source: World Bank, population estimates and projections (SP.POP.1564.TO, based on UN World Population Prospects 2024), retrieved 27 September 2026.
Citizens of Montenegro given a first EU residence permit in 2025, for any reason
3,133
About 5 for every 1,000 residents, for work, study and family reasons together.
Eurostat, migr_resfirst, retrieved 27 September 2026
Unemployment in 2025, against 4.8 percent across the world
13.6%
Jobseekers at home are many; the quota is set only after the Employment Agency gives its opinion.
World Bank, SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (ILO modelled estimate), retrieved 27 September 2026
Foreigners with temporary residence, 2025, as reported
67,807
Up from 25,029 in 2016; work is one ground among several.
State Audit Institution audit via rtnk.me, retrieved 27 September 2026
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About 37,200 permits in 2026, between 23,000 and 56,400
We expect about 37,200 permits in 2026, from the 20,267 of January to June. For 2027 the range is too wide for a yearly number; the direction is flat. The Ministry of Internal Affairs counted 8.3 percent fewer in the first half than a year before, so the central line, a stated assumption, holds 37,200. The visa line, 24,800 from 2027, takes out Türkiye and Russia, who need a visa from 1 November 2026.
Permits in 2026, our estimate
37,200
between 23,000 and 56,400
Permits a year in 2031, our estimate
Flat
Too wide for a yearly number; the central line held at 37,200 and the visa line 24,800, each a stated assumption
Direction of the rules and of the count
The rulesHolding
The count, 2025Rising
The visa rule of 1 November 2026 adds a step for Türkiye and Russia and closes no route. Permits in 2027: flat
The central line holds at 37,200; the visa line is a third lower
Permits issued to 2025, then our estimate with its range for 2026; for 2027 the range is too wide for a yearly number and the direction is flat. From 2027 two lines on stated assumptions, their spread shaded. The central line holds the 2026 level. The visa line takes out Türkiye and Russia from 2027, as if the visa rule of 1 November 2026 (Official Gazette 108/2026) stopped all their permits: a bound, not a sized effect. No peers' line is drawn: Montenegro already issues 102 permits a year per 1,000 people aged 15 to 64 (the base of the estimate; page 6 divides by people aged 20 to 64), renewals and company directors included, above 5.81, the median of its peers (Albania 9.06, North Macedonia 7.45, Serbia 5.81, Kosovo 4.64 and Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.32).
ObservedOur estimate, 2026Its rangeLines on stated assumptionsSpread of the lines
Source: Werklist estimate from the permits of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (2021 to 2025) and the 20,267 of January to June 2026, divided by 0.545, their share of the year in 2025; the range of 2026 is borrowed from our test on EU first residence permits for work. Lines, each a stated assumption: central, the 2026 level held, because the count of January to June 2026 fell 8.3 percent against the same months of 2025 and no growth is carried; visa line, the central line less 33.4 percent from 2027, the share of Türkiye and Russia in January to June 2026. Retrieved 27 September 2026. Values rounded to three significant figures; the table gives the lines in 2031, 2036 and 2041 only, each line in a row of its own; Low and High give the range of 2026.
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3,133 first EU residence permits for Montenegrins in 2025
Montenegrins given a first EU residence permit, on our estimate
Observed: 3,133 in 2025. Our estimate for 2026: about 2,910 (between 2,320 and 3,640); we publish no estimate for the years after. After accession citizens of Montenegro would no longer need EU residence permits, so this series ends with membership.
Observed, 2025Our estimate
Source: Werklist estimate built on Eurostat migr_resfirst (first EU residence permits for citizens of Montenegro, all reasons, reference years to 2025), retrieved 27 September 2026.
The drivers of the estimate
The register of 2026 sets the start of the lines and keeps the central line from rising.
People aged 15 to 643,160 fewer a year
394,000 in 2026, 347,000 in 2041. It enters no line: the count includes re-issues.
The count's own trendnot carried
The count fell 8.3 percent in the first half of 2026, so the rise of 2021 to 2025 is not carried.
Economic growth, real2.8 percent in 2026
The IMF's projection of real GDP growth for the year the estimate starts.
Permits a year per 1,000 people aged 15 to 64102 in 2025
Renewals and company directors included; peers' median 5.81, the EU 4.53. Page 6 divides by people aged 20 to 64: 113.2.
The register of 2026down 8.3 percent
20,267 to 30 June 2026 against about 22,100 a year before (Ministry of Internal Affairs).
Sources: World Bank population projections (UN World Population Prospects 2024); IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026; Ministry of Internal Affairs to Bankar, relayed by Volim Podgoricu on 27 September 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
What could change this
The visa rule is drawn as the lower line and left out of the central line. The quota and EU accession lie outside the estimate.
Visas for Türkiye and Russia
Official Gazette 108/2026 requires a visa of citizens of Türkiye and Russia, among others, from 1 November 2026; they held 33.4 percent of the permits of January to June 2026. The central line leaves it out, as no source sizes its effect; the visa line gives 24,800 a year from 2027 against 37,200. None of the countries named is a sourcing centre.
The 2027 quota
The law has the Government set next year's quota by 30 November. Of the 2026 quota of 28,988, 15,945 places were used by 30 June, about the pace that fills it; permits outside the quota, mostly for company directors, are not limited by it. A smaller 2027 quota would lower the count.
EU accession
Montenegro has closed 18 of 33 negotiating chapters, chapter 2 on the free movement of workers on 15 June 2026, and aims at membership in 2028. Membership would bring EU rules on hiring from outside the EU.
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How to read this report
What the national count is
Permits for temporary residence and work (dozvola za privremeni boravak i rad), the single permit the Ministry of Internal Affairs issues under the Law on Foreigners: for employment, seasonal and posted work and company directors. Renewals are included, so the count is larger than one of first permits.
What the range and the lines mean
Our estimate gives a yearly number with a low and a high end for 2026 only; for 2027 the range is too wide, so we give its direction. After that we give two lines, each on a stated assumption, and their spread. Observed numbers are solid lines, estimates dashed ones.
How the estimate is made
The 20,267 permits of January to June 2026, divided by 0.545, their share of the year in 2025, give about 37,200. That half year is 8.3 percent under the same months of 2025, so the growth of 2021 to 2025 is not carried and the central line holds 37,200. The visa line takes out Türkiye and Russia from 2027.
Numbers, dates and words
Past counts are printed exactly; estimates are rounded to three significant figures. The comparisons on page 6 are our arithmetic on national, World Bank and Eurostat data. Permits are counted, not people; people appear only where we speak of the population.
Sources
Every source retrieved 27 September 2026.
B92, relaying the Government of Montenegro, Government information on the single permit for residence and work, permits issued 2021 to 2025, 25 July 2026. b92.net
Eurostat, demo_gind, demo_pjangroup and demo_pjanbroad, population, births, deaths and age. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser
World Bank, population estimates and projections, based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. data.worldbank.org
Eurostat, migr_imm1ctz and migr_emi1ctz, immigration and emigration by citizenship. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser
Eurostat, nama_10_gdp, nama_10_pc, tec00114 and tec00115, GDP, GDP per head and growth. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser
Eurostat, lfsi_emp_a and une_rt_a, employment and unemployment. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, April 2026, real GDP growth. imf.org/external/datamapper
Official Gazette of Montenegro, quota decision for 2026 (161/2025); visa decree amendments (108/2026); Law on Foreigners amendments (3/2026 and 33/2026). sluzbenilist.me
Government of Montenegro, 108th session, 18 December 2025; single contact point, permit for temporary residence and work; Labour Law, consolidated text. gov.me, psc.gov.me
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, visa policy aligned with the EU, 27 July 2026. gov.me
State Audit Institution, via Radio Television Nikšić, audit of migration management 2021 to 2025, reported 22 September 2026. rtnk.me
Investitor, relaying the Employment Agency of Montenegro, permits issued in 2025 by citizenship, 21 February 2026. investitor.me
Volim Podgoricu, relaying the Ministry of Internal Affairs, permits issued 1 January to 30 June 2026, by citizenship and sector, 27 September 2026. volimpodgoricu.me
Council of the EU; European Western Balkans, Montenegro accession conference, chapters closed, 15 June 2026. consilium.europa.eu, europeanwesternbalkans.com
Photographs and flags
Pexels: the Bay of Kotor at night, Fatjon Kapllanaj (cover); Perast, Marcheus (page 3); port cranes, Enes Beydilli; Kotor at dusk, Esma Nur Buyukguclu; tower cranes, Airam Dato-on; Our Lady of the Rocks, Zekai Zhu (back cover). Flags: circle-flags by HatScripts, MIT licence.
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What this report answers
How many permits for temporary residence and work has Montenegro issued each year since 2019?
40,567 permits for temporary residence and work in 2025, new and renewed together, 6.7% more than in 2024 and twice the 20,580 of 2021; 11,826 went to company directors outside the quota. No full year count was found for 2019 and 2020.
Which countries do the new hires come from, and which are growing?
Citizens of Türkiye received 10,346 permits in 2025, Serbia 8,148 and Russia 7,429: 63.9% together. In the first half of 2026 Serbia led with 24.1% and the share of Türkiye fell to 17.8%.
How does Montenegro compare with its neighbours per resident?
113.2 permits for every 1,000 residents aged 20 to 64 in 2025, renewals and company directors included, or 80.2 without the directors. Its Western Balkan peers issue fewer on their own counts: Albania 9.9, North Macedonia 8.2, Serbia 6.3. The EU issued 4.9 first residence permits for work.
Which rules apply to employers who hire from abroad?
A yearly quota, 28,988 permits for 2026, by sector. The ministry decides within 15 days on a written job offer, proof of qualification, a health certificate, housing and insurance; the net minimum wage is 600 euro a month. Citizens of Türkiye and Russia need a visa from 1 November 2026.
How is the working age population changing?
The World Bank projects 394,075 people aged 15 to 64 in 2026 and 346,714 in 2041: about 47,400 fewer, a fall of 12.0 percent.
How many permits for temporary residence and work do we expect Montenegro to issue in 2026, and what comes after?
About 37,200 in 2026, between 23,000 and 56,400. For 2027 and 2031 the range is too wide for a yearly number; the direction is flat. The central line, a stated assumption, holds 37,200; the visa line, without Türkiye and Russia, gives 24,800 a year.
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Photographs: The Bay of Kotor at night by Fatjon Kapllanaj (Pexels); Perast by Marcheus (Pexels); Port cranes by Enes Beydilli (Pexels); Kotor at dusk by Esma Nur Buyukguclu (Pexels); Tower cranes by Airam Dato-on (Pexels); Roofs of Perast by Marcheus (Pexels).
Serbia
Türkiye
Russia
Albania
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
India
The Philippines
Indonesia
Nepal