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Population during each mayor's tenure

Every mayor since 1991, ranked by how population changed from their first day in office, next to Montenegro over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#MayorCityIn officeTotalvs MontenegroPer yearChart
1 Migo Stijepović Podgorica 6 Oct 2014 – 20 Jul 2018 +4.6% 2014 → 2018+4.2 pts Montenegro +0.4%+1.1%/yr
2 Ivan Vuković Podgorica 20 Jul 2018 – 13 Apr 2023 +3.7% 2018 → 2022+4.1 pts Montenegro −0.5%+0.9%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Montenegro is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousands, mid-year · Statistical Office of Montenegro (MONSTAT), estimated population by municipality at mid-year, on today's boundaries (Tuzi and Zeta, which left the Capital City in 2018 and 2022, taken out of every year), from 2011, read from the workbook its population estimates' page links · city (the Capital City of Podgorica) data · as of Apr 2026.

Sources: Statistical Office of Montenegro (MONSTAT: labour force survey, Podgorica's population and the prices of new dwellings; national accounts and population via Eurostat; consumer prices via the IMF; employment rate via ILOSTAT), IMF (World Economic Outlook: government debt), World Bank (GDP before 2006, population before 2000), Eurostat, ILO, GISCO, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; prime ministers checked against the official lists, Podgorica's mayors against the city's list. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy