Demographic history of North Macedonia

This article is about censuses since 1948 of the former Yugoslav and present independent North Macedonia. For a more detailed overview of current demographics from the 2002 census, see Demographics of North Macedonia. For the demographic history before World War II of the historical Macedonian region that crossed several present-day Balkan borders, see Demographic history of Macedonia.

This article presents the demographic history of North Macedonia through census results since 1948.

1948 census

• TOTAL = 1,152,986
• Macedonians = 789,603 (68.5%)
• Albanians = 197,603 (17.1%)
• Turks = 95,940 (8.3%)
• Serbs = 29,721 (2.6%)
• Romani = 19,500 (1.7%)
• Aromanians = 9,511 (0.8%)
• Montenegrins = 2,348 (0.2%)
• Croats = 2,090
• Muslims = 1,560
• Others = 5,324 (0.46%)

1953 census

• TOTAL = 1,394,514
• Macedonians = 860,699 (66%)
• Albanians = 162,000 (12.4%)
• Turks = 203,928 (15.6%)
• Romani = 20,462 (1.6%)
• Serbs = 35,112 (2.7%)
• Croats = 2,771
• Montenegrins = 2,526 (0.18%)
• Muslims = 1,591
• Others = 56,981 (1.07%)

1961 census

• TOTAL = 1,406,003
• Macedonians = 900,685 (71.2%)
• Albanians = 183,108 (13%)
• Turks = 131,481 (9.4%)
• Serbs = 42,728 (2.7%)
• Romani = 20,606 (1.5%)
• Croats = 3,801
• Montenegrins = 3,414 (0.24%)
• Yugoslavs = 1,260
• Muslims = 3,002
• Slovenes = 1,147
• Others = 90,549 (1.03%)

1971 census

• TOTAL = 1,647,308
• Macedonians = 1,142,375 (69.3%)
• Albanians = 279,871 (17%)
• Turks = 108,552 (6.6%)
• Romani = 24,505 (1.5%)
• Yugoslavs = 3,652 (0.24%)
• Serbs = 46,465 (2.85%)
• Aromanians = 7,000 (0.42%)
• Croats = 3,882
• Montenegrins = 3,246 (0.19%)
• Muslims = 1,248
• Others = 34,005 (1.55%)

1981 census

Ethnic map of North Macedonia, according to the 1981 census

• TOTAL = 1,909,146
• Macedonians = 1,279,323 (67%)
• Albanians = 377,208 (19.8%)
• Turks = 86,591 (4.5%)
• Romani = 43,125 (2.3%)
• Aromanians = 6,384 (0.3%)
• Serbs = 44,613 (2.3%)
• Muslims = 39,555 (2.2%)
• Yugoslavs = 14,240
• Croats = 3,349
• Montenegrins = 3,940 (0.21%)
• Others = 10,818 (0.56%)

1991 census

• TOTAL = 2,033,964
• Macedonians = 1,328,187 (65.3%)
• Albanians = 441,987 (21.73%)
• Turks = 77,080 (3.79%)
• Romani = 52,103 (2.56%)
• Aromanians = 7,764 (0.38%)
• Serbs = 42,755 (2.1%)
• Muslims = 31,356 (1.54%)
• Greeks = 474 (0.02%)
• Bulgarians = 1,370 (0.07%)
• Others = 50,888 (2.6%)

1994 census

• TOTAL = 1,936,877
• Macedonians = 1,288,330 (66.5%)
• Albanians = 441,104 (22.86%)
• Turks = 77,252 (4%)
• Romani = 43,732 (2.25%)
• Aromanians = 8,467(0.44%)
• Serbs = 39,620 (2.04%)
• Others = 34,960 (1.8%)

2002 census

Ethnic groups in North Macedonia, according to the 2002 census

• TOTAL = 2,022,547
• Macedonians: 1,297,981 (64.17%)
• Albanians: 509,083 (25.17%)
• Turks: 77,959 (3.85%)
• Romani: 53,879 (2.66%)
• Serbs: 35,939 (1.78%)
• Bosniaks 17,018 (0.84%)
• Aromanians: 9,695 (0.479%)
• Egyptians: 3,713 (0.184%)
• Croats: 2,686 (0.133%)
• Muslims: 2,553 (0.13%)
• Montenegrins: 2,003 (0.1%)
• Bulgarians: 1,418 (0.073%)
• Greeks: 422 (0.021%)
• Russians: 368 (0.018%)
• Slovenes: 365
• Poles: 162
• Ukrainians: 136
• Hungarians: 129
• Germans: 88
• Czechs: 60
• Slovaks: 60
• Jews: 53
• Italians: 46
• Austrians: 35
• Rusyns: 24
• Regionally affiliated: 829
• Non-declared: 404
• Others: 5,332 (0.264%)

2021 census

Ethnicity [1]	Number	%
Total	1836713	100
Macedonians	1073299	58.44
Albanians	446245	24.30
Turks	70961	3.86
Romani	46433	2.53
Serbs	23847	1.30
Bosniaks	16042	0.87
Aromanians	8714	0.47
Torbesh	4174	0.23
Bulgarians	3504	0.19
Egyptians	2406	0.13
Croats	2145	0.12
Muslims	1187	0.06
Montenegrins	1023	0.06
Macedonian Muslims	455	0.02
Unknown	472	0.03
Others	2987	0.16
Non-declared	450	0.02
Regionally affiliated	110	0.01
Persons for whom data were obtained from administrative sources	132 260	7.20

See also

• Demographics of North Macedonia
• Demographic history of Macedonia

References

1. "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2021 - first dataset" (PDF). State Statistical Office. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

• Nasevski, Boško; Angelova, Dora. Gerovska, Dragica (1995). Македонски Иселенички Алманах '95. Skopje: Матица на Иселениците на Македонија.
• Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia 2004 (CD version)
• 2002 Macedonian Census

External links

• State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia