This article is about the demographic features of the population of Republic of Macedonia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populous, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Demographic statistics

Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise noted.

• Total: 2,022,547 (2002 census); 2,038,514 (2006 est. [1])

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 21.5% (male 231,078; female 213,906)
• 15-64 years: 67.8% (male 707,298; female 696,830)
• 65 years and over: 10.7% (male 97,437; female 124,661) (2004 est.)

Population growth rate

• 0.39% (2004 est.)
• Birth rate: 13.14 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Death rate: 7.83 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• There were 22,585 live births in 2006. [2]
• There were 18,630 deaths in 2006. [3]

Net migration rate

• -1.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

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History of the Republic of Macedonia

Chronological

ASNOM (1944)

S.R. Macedonia (1944–1991)

Skopje earthquake (1963)

Declaration of independence (1991)

Republic of Macedonia (since 1991)

Albanian Insurgency (2001)

Ohrid Agreement (2001)

Topical

Military history

Demographics

History of the Macedonian people

Other

Public Holidays

Naming Dispute

Also see terminology and history of the region of Macedonia.

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Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
• total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate

• total: 11.74 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 10.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
• male: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

• total population: 74.73 years
• male: 72.45 years
• female: 77.2 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS

• adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
• people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 100 (1999 est.)
• deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality

• noun: Macedonian
• adjective: Macedonian

Ethnic map of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the 1981 census

Ethnic map of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the 2002 census

Ethnic groups in the Republic of Macedonia, according to the 2002 census

Ethnic groups in the Republic of Macedonia, according to the 2002 census

Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia, according to the 2002 census

Ethnic groups (based on 2002 census) Totally 2,022,547

• Macedonians: 1,297,981 or 64.17%. (This also includes Macedonian Muslims 5.86%.)
• Albanians: 509,083 or 25.17%(or more)
• Turks: 77,959 or 3.85%
• Roma: 53,879 or 2.66%
• Serbs: 35,939 or 1.78%
• Bosniaks 17,018 or 0.84%
• Muslims by nationality: 2,553 or 0.13%
• Aromanians: 9695 or 0.479%
• Egyptians: 3,713 or 0.184%
• Croats: 2686 or 0.133%
• Montenegrins: 2003 or 0.1%
• Bulgarians: 1417 or 0.073%
• Greeks: 422 or 0.021%
• Russians: 368 or 0.018%
• Slovenes: 365 or 0.018%
• Poles: 162 or 0.008%
• Ukrainians: 136 or 0.007%
• Germans: 88 or 0.004%
• Czechs: 60 or 0.005%
• Slovaks: 60 or 0.005%
• Jews: 53 or 0.003%
• Italians: 46 or 0.002%
• Austrians: 35 or 0.002%
• Rusyns: 24 or 0.001%
• Regionally affiliated: 829 or 0.041%
• Non-declared: 404 or 0.02%
• Others: 5332 or 0.264%

Religions

• Eastern Orthodox (Macedonian Orthodox ): 66%
• Muslim: 33%
• other: 1%

Languages (2002 census)

• Macedonian: 66.5%
• Albanian: 25.1%
• Turkish: 3.5%
• Roma: 1.9%
• Serbian: 1.2%
• other: 1.8%

Literacy

• definition: NA
• total population: NA%
• male: NA%
• female: NA%

Trends

The process of industrialization and urbanization after the WWII that caused the population growth to decrease involved the Macedonians to a greater extent than the Muslims. Rates of increase are very high among rural Muslims: Turks and Torbesh are 2.5 times those of the Macedonian majority, while Albanians and Roma have 3 times as high. This has resulted in a significant demographic change as the Albanian population part has swelled from 8% after WWII to 25% in the 1990s. This has caused an increase in political tension and ultimately after a brief conflict forced the country to undertake reforms that decentralized the government. In 1994, Macedonian Slavs had a TFR of 2.07, while the TFR of others were - Albanian(4.10), Turkish(3.55), Roma(4.01), Serb(2.07), Vlax(1.88) and Others(3.05). The TFR by religions was - Christian (2.17,with 2.20 for Catholics and 2.06 for Orthodox), Islam (4.02) and others (2.16) [4].

Macedonians applying for Bulgarian citizenship

According to the 2002 census, 1,417 Macedonians claimed a Bulgarian ethnic identity. Paradoxically, during the last few years there has been around 60,000 Macedonians applying for Bulgarian citizenship and some 10,000 ethnic Macedonians have already obtained Bulgarian passports, amongst them Macedonia’s former PM Ljubco Georgievski. Bulgaria’s admission to the EU is evidently a powerful motivation factor. In order to obtain it they must sign a statement proving they are Bulgarian by origin.[5][6][7][8] [9].

See also

• Republic of Macedonia
• Demographic history of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

• Results of the 2002 census
• CIA's World Factbook entry on the Republic of Macedonia

References

• Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia 2004 (CD version)