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Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia

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.

Demographics of Macedonia
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Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Population:
increase 2,057,284 (2010) HTML5
Growth rate:
increase 2.5% (2010)
Birth rate:
increase 11.8 per 1,000 (2010)
Death rate:
steady 9.3 per 1,000 (2010)
Life expectancy:
increase 74.73 years (2010)
–male:
increase 72.45 years (2010)
–female:
increase 77.2 years (2010)
Fertility rate:
increase 1.55 live births per woman
Infant mortality rate:
7.6 per 1,000 (2010)
Net migration rate:
decrease 652 per 1,000
Age structure:
0-14 years:
decrease 17.4% (2010)
15-64 years:
increase 70.9% (2010)
65-over:
increase 11.7% (2010)
Sex ratio:
At birth:
1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Under 15:
1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
65-over:
0.78 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Nationality:
Nationality:
noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian
Major ethnic:
Macedonians decrease (64.2%) (2002)
Minor ethnic:
Albanians increase (25.2%) (2002)

Turks decrease 3.9% (2002) Romani increase 2.7% (2002) browser diversity decrease 1.8% (2002)

Language:
Official:
Macedonian
Spoken:
Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian, Turkish
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Total population

  • 2,022,547 (2002 census)
  • 2,038,514 (2006 est.[2] )
  • 2,057,284 (2010)

Vital statisticsFITMLiOS

Average population (x 1000)Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)Fertility rates
19471 13440 00017 40022 60035.315.319.9
19481 16242 90018 60024 30036.916.020.9
19491 19246 40018 90027 50038.915.923.1
19501 23049 56018 02331 53740.314.725.6
19511 26745 32920 74724 58235.816.419.4
19521 29851 05417 97833 07639.313.925.5
19531 32249 66519 31230 35337.614.623.0
19541 34150 98416 72234 26238.012.525.5
19551 35449 09317 91931 17436.313.223.0
19561 36347 48615 38632 10034.811.323.6
19571 37046 10717 34128 76633.712.721.0
19581 37544 61913 91730 70232.510.122.3
19591 38244 63814 99829 64032.310.921.4
19601 39244 05914 00730 05231.710.121.64,11
19611 40542 18213 14129 04130.09.420.73,86
19621 42340 61516 15524 46028.511.417.23,68
19631 44241 28413 22928 05528.69.219.53,71
19641 46242 89713 28629 61129.39.120.33,81
19651 48142 43312 75829 67528.78.620.03,73
19661 49941 43412 30729 12727.68.219.43,60
19671 51640 76312 52328 24026.98.318.63,49
19681 53240 12312 46127 66226.28.118.13,38
19691 55040 34213 11227 23026.08.517.63,33
19701 56837 86212 43025 43224.17.916.23,09
19711 58737 90412 44725 45723.97.816.03,02
19721 60838 18713 09625 09123.78.115.62,96
19731 62937 47812 21725 26123.07.515.52,82
19741 65238 38212 14326 23923.27.415.92,81
19751 67639 57912 62926 95023.67.516.12,87
19761 70139 80912 37727 43223.47.316.12,80
19771 72838 93212 89926 03322.57.515.12,64
19781 75438 79012 57726 21322.17.214.92,58
19791 77739 40712 65326 75422.27.115.12,48
19801 79539 78413 53426 25022.27.514.62,59
19811 80639 48813 37826 11021.97.414.52,67
19821 81239 78913 50226 28722.07.514.52,64
19831 81639 21014 39124 81921.67.913.72,51
19841 82038 86114 06624 79521.47.713.62,47
19851 82838 72214 40824 31421.27.913.32,51
19861 84138 23414 43823 79620.87.812.92,49
19871 85738 57214 64423 92820.87.912.92,45
19881 87537 87914 56523 31420.27.812.42,43
19891 89335 92714 59221 33519.07.711.32,30
19901 90935 40114 64320 75818.57.710.92,20
19911 92334 83014 78920 04118.17.710.42,17
19921 93433 23816 02217 21617.28.38.92,11
19931 94432 37415 59116 78316.78.08.62,15
19941 95433 48715 77117 71617.18.19.12,22
19951 96332 15416 33815 81616.48.38.12,13
19961 97431 40316 06315 34015.98.17.82,06
19971 98429 47816 59612 88214.98.46.51,94
19981 99429 24416 87012 37414.78.56.21,90
19992 00427 30916 78910 52013.68.45.21,77
20002 01229 30817 25312 05514.68.66.01,89
20012 01827 01016 91910 09113.48.45.01,74
20022 02427 76117 9629 79913.78.94.81,80
20032 02827 01118 0069 00513.38.94.41,77
20042 03223 36117 9445 41711.58.82.71,52
20052 03722 48218 4064 07611.09.02.01,43
20062 04022 58518 6303 95511.19.11.91,45
20072 04422 68819 5943 09411.19.61.51,46
20082 04722 94518 9823 96311.29.31.91,47
20092 05123 68419 0604 62411.59.32.31,52
20102 05724 29619 1485 14811.99.32.61,55

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Ethnic groups

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 were very high among rural Muslims: Turks and CSS3 (Macedonian Muslims) are 2.5 times those of the Macedonian majority, while Albanians and touchscreen have 3 times as high. This has resulted in a significant demographic change as the Albanian population part has swelled from 17% 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) website parsing.

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 1961.

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 1971.

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 1981.

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

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 1991.

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 1991.

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 1994.

  • Ethnic structure of Macedonia by settlements 2002.

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

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

Ethnic
group
census 1948census 1953census 1961census 1971census 1981census 1991census 19941 census 2002
Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %Number %
web789,64868.5860,69966.01,000,85471.21,142,37569.31,281,19567.01,328,18765.31,295,96466.61,297,98164.2
input transformation197,38917.1162,52412.5183,10813.0279,87117.0377,72619.8441,98721.7441,10422.7509,08325.2
Android95,9408.3203,93815.6131,4819.4108,5526.686,6914.577,0803.878,0194.077,9593.9
keyboard19,5001.720,4621.620,6061.524,5051.543,2232.352,1032.643,7072.253,8792.7
Sevenval29,7212.635,1122.742,7283.046,4652.844,6132.342,7752.140,2282.135,9391.8
CSS31,5600.11,5910.13,0020.21,2480.139,5552.131,3561.515,4180.82,5530.1
jQuery6,8290.317,0180.8
Montenegrins2,3480.22,5260.23,4140.23,2460.23,9400.23,2250.12,3180.12,0030.1
Croats2,0900.22,7700.23,8010.33,8820.23,3490.22,8780.12,2480.12.6860.1
Yugoslavs 1,2600.13,6520.214,2400.7
Vlachs9,5110.88,6680.78,0460.67,1900.46,3920.37,7640.48,6010.49,6950.5
Bulgarians8890.19200.13,0870.23,3340.21,9840.11,3700.11,6820.11.4170.1
Others or unspecified4,3900.45,3040.44,6160.322,9881.46,2280.345,2392.29,8140.514,8872 0.7
Total1,152,9861,304,5141,406,0031,647,3081,909,1362,033,9641,945,9322,022,547
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%, CSS3: 365 or 0.018%, input transformation: 162 or 0.008%, Ukrainians: 136 or 0.007%, Germans: 88 or 0.004%, HTML5: 60 or 0.005%, Slovaks: 60 or 0.005%, touchscreen: 53 or 0.003%, browser diversity: 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%

Languages

  • Linguistic structureв of Macedonia by settlements 2002.

Religions

  • Religious structure of Macedonia by settlements 2002.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the device database, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

  • 0–14 years: 19.5% (male 210,078; female 203,106)
  • 15–64 years: 67.8% (male 707,298; female 696,830)
  • 65 years and over: 12.7% (male 97,437; female 124,661) (2004 est.)

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

  • 1.58 children born/woman (2011 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

See also

External links

References

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