Demographic features of the population of North Macedonia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Demographics of North Macedonia | |
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Population | 1,836,713 (2021) [1] |
Growth rate | -0.32% (2020) [1] |
Birth rate | 9.2 per 1,000 (2020) [1] |
Death rate | 12.4 per 1,000 (2020) [1] |
Life expectancy | 76.40 years (2020) |
• male | 74.45 years (2020) |
• female | 78.41 years (2020) |
Fertility rate | 1.59 live births per woman (2020) [2] [1] |
Infant mortality rate | 6.7 per 1,000 (2020) [1] |
Net migration rate | −766 (2020) [2] |
Age structure | |
0–14 years | 17.1% (2012) |
15–64 years | 71.0% (2011) |
65 and over | 11.9% (2012) |
Sex ratio | |
At birth | 1.08 male(s)/female (2012) |
Under 15 | 1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
15–64 years | 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
65 and over | 0.78 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
Nationality | |
Nationality | noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian |
Major ethnic | Macedonians (58.44%) (2021) |
Minor ethnic | Albanians (24.3%) (2021) Administrative source (7.2%) (2021) [3] Turks 3.86% (2021) Romani 2.53% (2021) Serbs 1.30% (2021) Bosniaks 0.87% (2021) Aromanians 0.47% (2021) |
Language | |
Official | Macedonian, Albanian |
Spoken | Macedonian (61.38%) (2021) [4] Administrative sources (7.2%) (2021) [6] Turkish (3.41%) (2021) Romani (1.73%) (2021) Bosnian (0.85%) (2021) Serbian (0.61%) (2021) Aromanian (0.17%) (2021) Other (0.15%) (2021) |
Year | Resident population | Growth rate | Population density per km2 |
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1921 | 808,724 | - | 31.5 |
1931 | 949,958 | +17.46% | 36.9 |
1948 | 1,152,986 | +21.37% | 44.8 |
1953 | 1,304,514 | +13.14% | 50.7 |
1961 | 1,406,003 | +7.78% | 54.7 |
1971 | 1,647,308 | +17.16% | 64.1 |
1981 | 1,909,136 | +15.89% | 74.2 |
1991 | 2,033,964 | +6.54% | 79.1 |
1994 | 1,945,932 | -4.33% | 75.7 |
2002 | 2,022,547 | +3.94% | 78.7 |
2021 | 1,836,713 | -9.19% | 71.4 |
Source: State Statistical Office, North Macedonia [7] |
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According to statistics from the European Union, the actual population has been reduced by at least 230,000 people who emigrated into European Union member states between 1998 and 2011. [8] Further Albanian news sources estimated at October 2012 that the real population is closer to the sum of 1,744,237 people who are accounted within all of the health funds of the country. [9] [10] According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, the Bulgarian authorities have granted 87,000 to many of those emigrants a Bulgarian passport, as of 2012, which requires that they declare to be ethnic Bulgarians. [11] [12] Since Bulgaria's entry into the European Union, and under pressure from fellow European Union members, Bulgaria imposed more stringent rules and measures for the acquisition of a Bulgarian citizenship and passport.
The provisions of the Ohrid agreement to elevate any minority language if the minority in question is above 20% of the population of any municipality into a co-official language for that municipality has created friction within the government, and between officials of different political and ethnic interests, resulting in the indefinite postponement of the census for almost twenty years until it was finally conducted in 2021. [13]
Source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia [16]
Population Data for period 2003-2020 was revised by the Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia [17]
Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | Total fertility rate | Female fertile population (15–49 years) | |
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1950 | 1,229,000 | 49,560 | 18,023 | 31,537 | 40.3 | 14.7 | 25.7 | 5.70 | 294,931 |
1951 | 1,262,000 | 45,329 | 20,747 | 24,582 | 35.9 | 16.4 | 19.5 | 5.14 | 301,089 |
1952 | 1,280,000 | 51,054 | 17,978 | 33,076 | 39.9 | 14.0 | 25.8 | 5.64 | 307,247 |
1953 | 1,310,000 | 49,665 | 19,312 | 30,353 | 37.9 | 14.7 | 23.2 | 5.26 | 313,405 |
1954 | 1,338,000 | 50,984 | 16,722 | 34,262 | 38.1 | 12.5 | 25.6 | 5.27 | 317,457 |
1955 | 1,355,000 | 49,093 | 17,919 | 31,174 | 36.2 | 13.2 | 23.0 | 4.95 | 321,509 |
1956 | 1,357,000 | 47,486 | 15,386 | 32,100 | 35.0 | 11.3 | 23.7 | 4.63 | 325,561 |
1957 | 1,364,000 | 46,107 | 17,341 | 28,766 | 33.8 | 12.7 | 21.1 | 4.21 | 341,923 |
1958 | 1,375,000 | 44,619 | 13,917 | 30,702 | 32.5 | 10.1 | 22.3 | 4.27 | 324,023 |
1959 | 1,382,000 | 44,638 | 14,998 | 29,640 | 32.3 | 10.9 | 21.4 | 4.21 | 326,697 |
1960 | 1,391,927 | 44,059 | 14,007 | 30,052 | 31.7 | 10.1 | 21.6 | 4.11 | 330,666 |
1961 | 1,408,302 | 42,182 | 13,141 | 29,041 | 30.0 | 9.3 | 20.6 | 3.87 | 334,636 |
1962 | 1,427,771 | 40,615 | 16,155 | 24,460 | 28.4 | 11.3 | 17.1 | 3.68 | 339,207 |
1963 | 1,449,932 | 41,284 | 13,229 | 28,055 | 28.5 | 9.1 | 19.3 | 3.70 | 346,815 |
1964 | 1,473,996 | 42,897 | 13,286 | 29,611 | 29.1 | 9.0 | 20.1 | 3.79 | 355,915 |
1965 | 1,499,729 | 42,433 | 12,758 | 29,675 | 28.3 | 8.5 | 19.8 | 3.67 | 364,762 |
1966 | 1,525,841 | 41,434 | 12,307 | 29,127 | 27.2 | 8.1 | 19.1 | 3.55 | 374,067 |
1967 | 1,550,453 | 40,763 | 12,523 | 28,240 | 26.3 | 8.1 | 18.2 | 3.44 | 385,649 |
1968 | 1,575,714 | 40,123 | 12,461 | 27,662 | 25.5 | 7.9 | 17.6 | 3.35 | 385,966 |
1969 | 1,602,993 | 40,342 | 13,111 | 27,231 | 25.2 | 8.2 | 17.0 | 3.24 | 407,438 |
1970 | 1,629,061 | 37,862 | 12,430 | 25,432 | 23.2 | 7.6 | 15.6 | 2.98 | 414,466 |
1971 | 1,654,076 | 37,904 | 12,447 | 25,457 | 22.9 | 7.5 | 15.4 | 2.93 | 421,227 |
1972 | 1,679,456 | 38,187 | 13,096 | 25,091 | 22.7 | 7.8 | 14.9 | 2.85 | 433,922 |
1973 | 1,704,602 | 37,478 | 12,217 | 25,261 | 22.0 | 7.2 | 14.8 | 2.72 | 441,858 |
1974 | 1,729,935 | 38,382 | 12,143 | 26,239 | 22.2 | 7.0 | 15.2 | 2.70 | 449,166 |
1975 | 1,756,335 | 39,579 | 12,629 | 26,950 | 22.5 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 2.70 | 459,158 |
1976 | 1,783,518 | 39,809 | 12,377 | 27,432 | 22.3 | 6.9 | 15.4 | 2.68 | 460,430 |
1977 | 1,810,148 | 38,932 | 12,899 | 26,033 | 21.5 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 2.54 | 471,191 |
1978 | 1,836,270 | 38,790 | 12,577 | 26,213 | 21.1 | 6.8 | 14.3 | 2.49 | 477,743 |
1979 | 1,863,728 | 39,407 | 12,653 | 26,754 | 21.1 | 6.8 | 14.4 | 2.49 | 485,717 |
1980 | 1,891,319 | 39,784 | 13,542 | 26,242 | 21.0 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 2.46 | 493,691 |
1981 | 1,916,713 | 39,488 | 13,383 | 26,105 | 20.6 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 2.48 | 491,236 |
1982 | 1,941,914 | 39,789 | 13,510 | 26,279 | 20.5 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 2.45 | 494,342 |
1983 | 1,967,556 | 39,210 | 14,391 | 24,819 | 19.9 | 7.3 | 12.6 | 2.40 | 506,961 |
1984 | 1,992,424 | 38,861 | 14,066 | 24,795 | 19.5 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 2.35 | 510,613 |
1985 | 2,016,942 | 38,722 | 14,408 | 24,314 | 19.2 | 7.1 | 12.1 | 2.32 | 516,226 |
1986 | 2,041,064 | 38,234 | 14,438 | 23,796 | 18.7 | 7.1 | 11.7 | 2.27 | 521,084 |
1987 | 2,065,005 | 38,572 | 14,644 | 23,928 | 18.7 | 7.1 | 11.6 | 2.27 | 529,021 |
1988 | 2,088,651 | 37,879 | 14,565 | 23,314 | 18.1 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 2.22 | 530,321 |
1989 | 2,070,912 | 35,927 | 14,592 | 21,335 | 17.3 | 7.0 | 10.3 | 2.09 | 538,168 |
1990 | 2,053,172 | 35,401 | 14,643 | 20,758 | 17.2 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 2.06 | 547,749 |
1991 | 2,035,433 | 34,830 | 14,789 | 20,041 | 17.1 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 2.30 | 512,254 |
1992 | 2,017,694 | 33,238 | 16,022 | 17,216 | 16.5 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 2.20 | 507,575 |
1993 | 1,999,955 | 32,374 | 15,591 | 16,783 | 16.2 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 2.15 | 502,896 |
1994 [18] | 1,945,932 | 31,421 | 15,649 | 15,772 | 16.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 2.09 | 501,788 |
1995 | 1,966,033 | 29,886 | 16,169 | 13,717 | 15.2 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 1.98 | 505,349 |
1996 | 1,983,009 | 28,946 | 15,882 | 13,064 | 14.6 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 1.90 | 511,941 |
1997 | 1,996,869 | 26,830 | 16,373 | 10,457 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 5.2 | 1.75 | 517,392 |
1998 | 2,007,523 | 26,639 | 16,628 | 10,011 | 13.3 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 1.73 | 520,862 |
1999 | 2,017,142 | 24,964 | 16,622 | 8,342 | 12.4 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 1.61 | 523,687 |
2000 | 2,026,350 | 26,168 | 17,085 | 9,083 | 12.9 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 1.68 | 526,563 |
2001 | 2,034,882 | 24,183 | 16,790 | 7,393 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 1.55 | 529,374 |
2002 | 2,020,157 | 24,154 | 17,866 | 6,288 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 1.59 | 522,016 |
2003 | 2,022,725 | 23,596 | 17,813 | 5,783 | 11.7 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 1.55 | 523,044 |
2004 | 2,016,186 | 23,361 | 17,944 | 5,417 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 1.54 | 520,696 |
2005 | 2,005,330 | 22,482 | 18,406 | 4,076 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 1.49 | 516,960 |
2006 | 1,994,287 | 22,585 | 18,630 | 3,955 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 1.51 | 513,243 |
2007 | 1,982,933 | 22,688 | 19,594 | 3,094 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 1.53 | 509,072 |
2008 | 1,971,493 | 22,945 | 18,982 | 3,963 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 1.56 | 504,139 |
2009 | 1,958,782 | 23,684 | 19,060 | 4,624 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 1.63 | 498,130 |
2010 | 1,946,298 | 24,296 | 19,113 | 5,183 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 2.7 | 1.70 | 490,751 |
2011 | 1,937,398 | 22,770 | 19,465 | 3,305 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 1.7 | 1.62 | 483,441 |
2012 | 1,929,821 | 23,568 | 20,134 | 3,434 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 1.8 | 1.71 | 476,635 |
2013 | 1,922,716 | 23,138 | 19,208 | 3,930 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 1.70 | 469,371 |
2014 | 1,917,557 | 23,596 | 19,718 | 3,878 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 1.76 | 461,769 |
2015 | 1,912,430 | 23,075 | 20,461 | 2,614 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 1.76 | 454,398 |
2016 | 1,906,313 | 23,002 | 20,421 | 2,581 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 1.78 | 447,443 |
2017 | 1,898,657 | 21,754 | 20,318 | 1,436 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 0.8 | 1.72 | 440,271 |
2018 [19] | 1,889,051 | 21,333 | 19,727 | 1,606 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 1.73 | 432,640 |
2019 [20] [21] | 1,876,262 | 19,845 | 20,446 | -601 | 10.6 | 10.9 | -0.3 | 1.65 | 424,658 |
2020 [22] [23] | 1,856,124 | 19,031 | 25,755 | -6,724 | 10.3 | 13.9 | -3.6 | 1.62 | 416,741 |
2021 [24] [25] | 1,837,114 | 18,648 | 28,516 | -9,868 | 10.2 | 15.5 | -5.4 | 1.62 | 410,912 |
2022 | 1,831,712 | 18,073 | 22,459 | -4,386 | 9.9 | 12.3 | -2.4 | 1.59 | 407,934 |
2023 | 1,827,816 | 16,737 | 20,187 | -3,450 | 9.2 | 11.0 | -1.9 | 1.48 | 404,624 |
Period | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase |
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January - June 2023 | 7,675 | 9,963 | -2,288 |
January - June 2024 | 7,472 | 9,910 | -2,438 |
Difference | -203 (-2.71%) | -53 (-0.53%) | -150 |
Average population | Marriages | Divorces | Crude marriage rate (per 1000) | Crude divorce rate (per 1000) | Divorces per 1000 marriages | |
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1950 | 1,229,000 | 14,123 | 983 | 11.5 | 0.8 | 69.6 |
1951 | 1,262,000 | 13,651 | 951 | 10.8 | 0.8 | 69.7 |
1952 | 1,280,000 | 12,758 | 832 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 65.2 |
1953 | 1,310,000 | 11,739 | 990 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 84.3 |
1954 | 1,338,000 | 12,096 | 772 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 63.8 |
1955 | 1,355,000 | 12,003 | 983 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 81.9 |
1956 | 1,357,000 | 11,751 | 956 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 81.4 |
1957 | 1,364,000 | 11,432 | 1,079 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 94.4 |
1958 | 1,375,000 | 12,238 | 970 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 79.3 |
1959 | 1,382,000 | 11,846 | 1,013 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 85.5 |
1960 | 1,391,927 | 11,941 | 1,013 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 84.8 |
1961 | 1,408,302 | 11,881 | 796 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 67.0 |
1962 | 1,427,771 | 11,941 | 907 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 76.0 |
1963 | 1,449,932 | 11,827 | 685 | 8.2 | 0.5 | 57.9 |
1964 | 1,473,996 | 13,472 | 610 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 45.3 |
1965 | 1,499,729 | 13,467 | 754 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 56.0 |
1966 | 1,525,841 | 12,960 | 598 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 46.1 |
1967 | 1,550,453 | 13,141 | 392 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 29.8 |
1968 | 1,575,714 | 13,550 | 446 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 32.9 |
1969 | 1,602,993 | 14,376 | 448 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 31.2 |
1970 | 1,629,061 | 14,593 | 453 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 31.0 |
1971 | 1,654,076 | 14,739 | 463 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 31.4 |
1972 | 1,679,456 | 14,903 | 580 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 38.9 |
1973 | 1,704,602 | 15,105 | 1,053 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 69.7 |
1974 | 1,729,935 | 15,118 | 1,071 | 8.7 | 0.6 | 70.8 |
1975 | 1,756,335 | 15,554 | 1,270 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 81.7 |
1976 | 1,783,518 | 15,023 | 1,066 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 71.0 |
1977 | 1,810,148 | 15,604 | 822 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 52.7 |
1978 | 1,836,270 | 15,702 | 776 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 49.4 |
1979 | 1,863,728 | 16,122 | 816 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 50.6 |
1980 | 1,891,319 | 16,145 | 890 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 55.1 |
1981 | 1,916,713 | 16,303 | 911 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 55.9 |
1982 | 1,941,914 | 16,606 | 911 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 54.9 |
1983 | 1,967,556 | 16,404 | 747 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 45.5 |
1984 | 1,992,424 | 16,054 | 886 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 55.2 |
1985 | 2,016,942 | 16,335 | 817 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 50.0 |
1986 | 2,041,064 | 16,326 | 1,017 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 62.3 |
1987 | 2,065,005 | 16,799 | 811 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 48.3 |
1988 | 2,088,651 | 16,380 | 861 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 52.6 |
1989 | 2,070,912 | 15,842 | 951 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 60.0 |
1990 | 2,053,172 | 15,688 | 749 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 47.7 |
1991 | 2,035,433 | 15,311 | 496 | 7.5 | 0.2 | 32.4 |
1992 | 2,017,694 | 15,354 | 578 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 37.6 |
1993 | 1,999,955 | 15,080 | 636 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 42.2 |
1994 | 1,982,215 | 15,736 | 612 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 38.9 |
1995 | 1,964,476 | 15,823 | 710 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 44.9 |
1996 | 1,981,543 | 14,089 | 705 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 50.0 |
1997 | 1,996,869 | 14,072 | 1,021 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 72.6 |
1998 | 2,007,523 | 13,993 | 1,027 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 73.4 |
1999 | 2,017,142 | 14,172 | 1,045 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 73.7 |
2000 | 2,026,350 | 14,255 | 1,325 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 92.9 |
2001 | 2,034,882 | 13,267 | 1,448 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 109.1 |
2002 | 2,020,157 | 14,522 | 1,310 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 90.2 |
2003 | 2,026,773 | 14,402 | 1,405 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 97.6 |
2004 | 2,032,544 | 14,073 | 1,645 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 116.9 |
2005 | 2,036,855 | 14,500 | 1,552 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 107.0 |
2006 | 2,040,228 | 14,908 | 1,475 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 98.9 |
2007 | 2,043,559 | 15,490 | 1,417 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 91.5 |
2008 | 2,046,898 | 14,695 | 1,209 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 82.3 |
2009 | 2,050,671 | 14,923 | 1,287 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 86.2 |
2010 | 2,055,004 | 14,155 | 1,720 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 121.5 |
2011 | 2,058,539 | 14,736 | 1,753 | 7.2 | 0.9 | 119.0 |
2012 | 2,061,044 | 13,991 | 1,926 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 137.7 |
2013 | 2,064,032 | 13,982 | 2,045 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 146.3 |
2014 | 2,067,471 | 13,813 | 2,210 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 160.0 |
2015 | 2,070,226 | 14,186 | 2,200 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 155.1 |
2016 | 2,072,490 | 13,199 | 1,985 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 150.4 |
2017 | 2,074,502 | 13,781 | 1,994 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 144.7 |
2018 | 2,076,217 | 13,494 | 1,620 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 120.1 |
2019 [27] | 2,076,694 | 13,814 | 1,990 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 144.1 |
The process of industrialization and urbanization after the Second World War that caused the population growth to decrease involved the ethnic Macedonians to a greater extent than Muslims. Rates of increase were very high among rural Muslims: Turks and Torbesh (Macedonian Muslims) had rates 2.5 times those of the Macedonian majority, while Roma had rates 3 times as high. In 1994, Macedonians had a TFR of 2.07, while the TFR of others were: Albanian (2.10), Turkish (3.55), Roma (4.01), Serb (2.07), Vlachs (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). [28]
However, it is unlikely that this high minority TFR has continued since then in North Macedonia, as Balkan fertility elsewhere (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo) has dropped sharply toward the European average. A more recent survey [29] pegs Muslim fertility in North Macedonia at 1.7, versus 1.5 for non-Muslims.
Ethnic group | census 1948 | census 1953 | census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 19941 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Macedonians | 789,648 | 68.5 | 860,699 | 66.0 | 1,000,854 | 71.2 | 1,142,375 | 69.3 | 1,281,195 | 67.0 | 1,328,187 | 65.3 | 1,295,964 | 66.6 | 1,297,981 | 64.18 | 1,073,299 | 58.44 |
Albanians | 197,389 | 17.1 | 162,524 | 12.5 | 183,108 | 13.0 | 279,871 | 17.0 | 377,726 | 19.8 | 441,987 | 21.7 | 441,104 | 22.7 | 509,083 | 25.17 | 446,245 | 24.30 |
Turks | 95,940 | 8.3 | 203,938 | 15.6 | 131,481 | 9.4 | 108,552 | 6.6 | 86,691 | 4.5 | 77,080 | 3.8 | 78,019 | 4.0 | 77,959 | 3.85 | 70,961 | 3.86 |
Romani | 19,500 | 1.7 | 20,462 | 1.6 | 20,606 | 1.5 | 24,505 | 1.5 | 43,223 | 2.3 | 52,103 | 2.6 | 43,707 | 2.2 | 53,879 | 2.66 | 46,433 | 2.53 |
Serbs | 29,721 | 2.6 | 35,112 | 2.7 | 42,728 | 3.0 | 46,465 | 2.8 | 44,613 | 2.3 | 42,775 | 2.1 | 40,228 | 2.1 | 35,939 | 1.78 | 23,847 | 1.30 |
Bosniaks | 6,829 | 0.3 | 17,018 | 0.84 | 16,042 | 0.87 | ||||||||||||
Aromanians | 9,511 | 0.8 | 8,668 | 0.7 | 8,046 | 0.6 | 7,190 | 0.4 | 6,392 | 0.3 | 7,764 | 0.4 | 8,601 | 0.4 | 9,695 | 0.48 | 8,714 | 0.47 |
Torbeshi | 4,174 | 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarians | 889 | 0.1 | 920 | 0.1 | 3,087 | 0.2 | 3,334 | 0.2 | 1,984 | 0.1 | 1,370 | 0.1 | 1,682 | 0.1 | 1,417 | 0.07 | 3,504 | 0.19 |
Ashkali | 2,406 | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||
Croats | 2,090 | 0.2 | 2,770 | 0.2 | 3,801 | 0.3 | 3,882 | 0.2 | 3,349 | 0.2 | 2,878 | 0.1 | 2,248 | 0.1 | 2,686 | 0.13 | 2,145 | 0.12 |
Muslims | 1,560 | 0.1 | 1,591 | 0.1 | 3,002 | 0.2 | 1,248 | 0.1 | 39,555 | 2.1 | 31,356 | 1.5 | 15,418 | 0.8 | 2,553 | 0.13 | 1,187 | 0.06 |
Montenegrins | 2,348 | 0.2 | 2,526 | 0.2 | 3,414 | 0.2 | 3,246 | 0.2 | 3,940 | 0.2 | 3,225 | 0.1 | 2,318 | 0.1 | 2,003 | 0.10 | 1,023 | 0.06 |
Yugoslavs | 1,260 | 0.1 | 3,652 | 0.2 | 14,240 | 0.7 | 344 | 0.02 | ||||||||||
other/unspecified [31] | 4,390 | 0.4 | 5,304 | 0.4 | 4,616 | 0.3 | 22,988 | 1.4 | 6,228 | 0.3 | 45,239 | 2.2 | 9,814 | 0.5 | 14,8872 | 0.74 | 136,3893 | 7.42 |
Total | 1,152,986 | 1,304,514 | 1,406,003 | 1,647,308 | 1,909,136 | 2,033,964 | 1,945,932 | 2,022,547 | 1,836,713 | |||||||||
1 Since 1994 residents who were permanently living abroad were no longer included 2 Ashkali: 3,713 or 0.184%, 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% 3 Regionally affiliated: 110 or 0.01%, Non-declared: 450* or 0.02%, Citizens for whom the data are taken from administrative sources, not included directly in the census (without ethnic declaration) 132,260 or 7.20%.*[ clarification needed ] |
In 2017, 21,754 children were born in North Macedonia. The ethnic affiliation of these newborns was: 11,260 (51.76%) Macedonian; 7,404 (34.03%) Albanian; 940 (4.32%) Turkish; 1,276 (5.87%) Roma; 40 (0.18%) Vlach; 129 (0.59%) Serbian; 213 (0.98%) Bosniaks; 492 (2,26%) other ethnic affiliation and unknown. [32] [33] In the school year 2016/2017 there were 192 715 students in elementary schools from which 104,756 (55%) were Macedonian, and 60,971 (32%) were Albanian, and in High schools there were 72 482 students from which 43,658 (60.1%) were Macedonian and 22 419 (30.9%) were Albanians. Furthermore, in 1999 Albanians accounted for 34.6% of newborns and 26.1% of students who finished high school in 2016, which was regulated by the Ministry of Education.
Ethnic group | 1994 [34] | 2002 [35] | 2012 [36] | 2021 [37] | 2022 [38] | 2023 [39] | ||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Macedonians | 16,704 | 49.88 | 13,639 | 49.13 | 11,995 | 50.90 | 9,338 | 50.08 | 9,102 | 50.36 | 8,411 | 50.25 |
Albanians | 12,010 | 35.86 | 10,118 | 36.45 | 8,035 | 34.09 | 6,663 | 35.73 | 6,577 | 36.39 | 6,063 | 36.23 |
Romani | 1,378 | 4.12 | 1,678 | 6.04 | 1,552 | 6.59 | 1,267 | 6.79 | 1,094 | 6.05 | 997 | 5.96 |
Turks | 1,616 | 4.83 | 1,202 | 4.33 | 1,092 | 4.63 | 835 | 4.48 | 756 | 4.18 | 735 | 4.39 |
Bosniaks | 251 | 1.07 | 177 | 0.95 | 186 | 1.03 | 179 | 1.07 | ||||
Serbs | 403 | 1.20 | 168 | 0.61 | 125 | 0.53 | 123 | 0.66 | 117 | 0.65 | 109 | 0.65 |
Vlach (Aromanians) | 25 | 0.07 | 23 | 0.08 | 37 | 0.16 | 17 | 0.09 | 26 | 0.14 | 31 | 0.19 |
other/unspecified | 1,351 | 4.03 | 933 | 3.36 | 481 | 2.04 | 228 | 1.22 | 215 | 1.19 | 212 | 1.26 |
Total | 33,487 | 27,761 | 23,568 | 18,648 | 18,073 | 16,737 | ||||||
Source: [40]
Language, census 2021 | Number | % |
---|---|---|
Total | 1,836,713 | 100.00% |
Macedonian | 1,127,394 | 61.38% |
Albanian | 447,001 | 24.34% |
Turkish | 62,723 | 3.41% |
Romani | 31,721 | 1.73% |
Vlach | 3,151 | 0.17% |
Serbian | 11,252 | 0.61% |
Bosnian | 15,615 | 0.85% |
Bulgarian | 1,519 | 0.08% |
Croatian | 958 | 0.05% |
Other languages | 2,717 | 0.15% |
Unknown | 402 | 0.02% |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources [41] | 132,260 | 7.20% |
Source: [42]
Religion, census 2021 | Number | % |
---|---|---|
Total Christians | 1,109,908 | 60.43% |
Orthodox | 847,390 | 46.14% |
Christians (unspecified) | 242,579 | 13.21% |
Evangelical Protestant Christians | 8,764 | 0.48% |
Catholics | 6,746 | 0.37% |
Protestants | 1,313 | 0.07% |
Jehovah's Witnesses | 1,137 | 0.06% |
Evangelical Methodists | 889 | 0.05% |
Evangelists | 678 | 0.04% |
Adventists | 371 | 0.02% |
Baptists | 70 | 0.00% |
Reformists | 50 | 0.00% |
Islam | 590,878 | 32.17% |
Buddhists | 894 | 0.05% |
Hare Krishna | 96 | 0.01% |
Members of the Jewish (Moses) community | 74 | 0.00% |
Members of an unlisted religion | 113 | 0.01% |
Non-believers (atheists) | 8,764 | 0.48% |
Undeclared | 16 | 0.00% |
Unknown | 76 | 0.00% |
Agnostics | 1,964 | 0.11% |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources [43] | 132,260 | 7.20% |
Total population | 1,836,713 | 100.00% |
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