Demographics of North Macedonia explained

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.

Place:North Macedonia
Size Of Population: 1,836,713 (2021)[1]
Growth: -0.32% (2020)
Birth: 9.2 per 1,000 (2020)
Death: 12.4 per 1,000 (2020)
Life: 76.40 years (2020)
Life Male: 74.45 years (2020)
Life Female: 78.41 years (2020)
Infant Mortality: 6.7 per 1,000 (2020)
Fertility: 1.59 live births per woman (2020)[2]
Net Migration: −766 (2020)
Age 0-14 Years: 17.1% (2012)
Age 15-64 Years: 71.0% (2011)
Age 65 Years: 11.9% (2012)
Sr Total Mf Ratio:1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Sr At Birth:1.08 male(s)/female (2012)
Sr Under 15:1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Sr 15-64 Years:1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Sr 65 Years Over:0.78 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Nation: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)

Official:Macedonian, Albanian
Spoken: Macedonian (61.38%) (2021)[4]

Albanian (24.34%) (2021)[5]

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)

Total population

YearResident populationGrowth ratePopulation density per km2
1921808,724-31.5
1931949,958+17.46%36.9
19481,152,986+21.37%44.8
19531,304,514+13.14%50.7
19611,406,003+7.78%54.7
19711,647,308+17.16%64.1
19811,909,136+15.89%74.2
19912,033,964+6.54%79.1
19941,945,932-4.33%75.7
20022,022,547+3.94%78.7
20211,836,713-9.19%71.4
Source: State Statistical Office, North Macedonia[7]

International statistics and estimates

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]

Vital statistics

[14] [15]

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 populationLive birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)Total fertility rateFemale fertile population (15–49 years)
19501,229,00049,56018,02331,53740.314.725.75.70294,931
19511,262,00045,32920,74724,58235.916.419.55.14301,089
19521,280,00051,05417,97833,07639.914.025.85.64307,247
19531,310,00049,66519,31230,35337.914.723.25.26313,405
19541,338,00050,98416,72234,26238.112.525.65.27317,457
19551,355,00049,09317,91931,17436.213.223.04.95321,509
19561,357,00047,48615,38632,10035.011.323.74.63325,561
19571,364,00046,10717,34128,76633.812.721.14.21341,923
19581,375,00044,61913,91730,70232.510.122.34.27324,023
19591,382,00044,63814,99829,64032.310.921.44.21326,697
19601,391,92744,05914,00730,05231.710.121.64.11330,666
19611,408,30242,18213,14129,04130.09.320.63.87334,636
19621,427,77140,61516,15524,46028.411.317.13.68339,207
19631,449,93241,28413,22928,05528.59.119.33.70346,815
19641,473,99642,89713,28629,61129.19.020.13.79355,915
19651,499,72942,43312,75829,67528.38.519.83.67364,762
19661,525,84141,43412,30729,12727.28.119.13.55374,067
19671,550,45340,76312,52328,24026.38.118.23.44385,649
19681,575,71440,12312,46127,66225.57.917.63.35385,966
19691,602,99340,34213,11127,23125.28.217.03.24407,438
19701,629,06137,86212,43025,43223.27.615.62.98414,466
19711,654,07637,90412,44725,45722.97.515.42.93421,227
19721,679,45638,18713,09625,09122.77.814.92.85433,922
19731,704,60237,47812,21725,26122.07.214.82.72441,858
19741,729,93538,38212,14326,23922.27.015.22.70449,166
19751,756,33539,57912,62926,95022.57.215.32.70459,158
19761,783,51839,80912,37727,43222.36.915.42.68460,430
19771,810,14838,93212,89926,03321.57.114.42.54471,191
19781,836,27038,79012,57726,21321.16.814.32.49477,743
19791,863,72839,40712,65326,75421.16.814.42.49485,717
19801,891,31939,78413,54226,24221.07.213.92.46493,691
19811,916,71339,48813,38326,10520.67.013.62.48491,236
19821,941,91439,78913,51026,27920.57.013.52.45494,342
19831,967,55639,21014,39124,81919.97.312.62.40506,961
19841,992,42438,86114,06624,79519.57.112.42.35510,613
19852,016,94238,72214,40824,31419.27.112.12.32516,226
19862,041,06438,23414,43823,79618.77.111.72.27521,084
19872,065,00538,57214,64423,92818.77.111.62.27529,021
19882,088,65137,87914,56523,31418.17.011.22.22530,321
19892,070,91235,92714,59221,33517.37.010.32.09538,168
19902,053,17235,40114,64320,75817.27.110.12.06547,749
19912,035,43334,83014,78920,04117.17.39.82.30512,254
19922,017,69433,23816,02217,21616.57.98.52.20507,575
19931,999,95532,37415,59116,78316.27.88.42.15502,896
1994[18] 1,945,93231,42115,64915,77216.18.08.12.09501,788
19951,966,03329,88616,16913,71715.28.27.01.98505,349
19961,983,00928,94615,88213,06414.68.06.61.90511,941
19971,996,86926,83016,37310,45713.48.25.21.75517,392
19982,007,52326,63916,62810,01113.38.35.01.73520,862
19992,017,14224,96416,6228,34212.48.24.11.61523,687
20002,026,35026,16817,0859,08312.98.44.51.68526,563
20012,034,88224,18316,7907,39311.98.33.61.55529,374
20022,020,15724,15417,8666,28812.08.83.11.59522,016
20032,022,72523,59617,8135,78311.78.82.91.55523,044
20042,016,18623,36117,9445,41711.68.92.71.54520,696
20052,005,330 22,48218,4064,07611.29.22.01.49516,960
20061,994,287 22,58518,6303,95511.39.32.01.51513,243
20071,982,93322,68819,5943,09411.49.91.61.53509,072
20081,971,49322,94518,9823,96311.69.62.01.56504,139
20091,958,78223,68419,0604,62412.19.72.41.63498,130
20101,946,29824,29619,1135,18312.59.82.71.70490,751
20111,937,398 22,77019,4653,30511.810.01.71.62483,441
20121,929,82123,56820,1343,43412.210.41.81.71476,635
20131,922,716 23,13819,2083,93012.010.02.01.70469,371
20141,917,55723,59619,7183,87812.310.32.01.76461,769
20151,912,43023,07520,4612,61412.110.71.41.76454,398
20161,906,313 23,00220,4212,58112.110.71.41.78447,443
20171,898,657 21,75420,3181,43611.510.70.81.72440,271
2018[19] 1,889,05121,33319,7271,60611.310.40.91.73432,640
2019[20] [21] 1,876,26219,84520,446-60110.610.9-0.31.65424,658
2020[22] [23] 1,856,12419,03125,755-6,72410.313.9-3.61.62416,741
2021[24] [25] 1,837,11418,64828,516-9,86810.215.5-5.41.62410,912
20221,831,71218,07322,459-4,3869.912.3-2.41.59407,934
20231,827,81616,73720,187-3,4509.211.0-1.91.48404,624

Current vital statistics

[26]

PeriodLive birthsDeathsNatural increase
January - May 20236,263 8,402-2,139
January - May 20246,1848,339-2,155
Difference -79 (-1.26%) -63 (-0.75%) -16

Marriages and divorces

Ethnic groups

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.

Population of North Macedonia according to ethnic group 1948–2021[30]
Ethnic
group		census 1948census 1953census 1961census 1971census 1981census 1991census 19941census 2002census 2021
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
Macedonians789,64868.5860,69966.01,000,85471.21,142,37569.31,281,19567.01,328,18765.31,295,96466.61,297,98164.181,073,29958.44
Albanians197,38917.1162,52412.5183,10813.0279,87117.0377,72619.8441,98721.7441,10422.7509,08325.17446,24524.30
Turks95,9408.3203,93815.6131,4819.4108,5526.686,6914.577,0803.878,0194.077,9593.8570,9613.86
Romani19,5001.720,4621.620,6061.524,5051.543,2232.352,1032.643,7072.253,8792.6646,4332.53
Serbs29,7212.635,1122.742,7283.046,4652.844,6132.342,7752.140,2282.135,9391.7823,8471.30
Bosniaks6,8290.317,0180.8416,0420.87
Aromanians9,5110.88,6680.78,0460.67,1900.46,3920.37,7640.48,6010.49,6950.488,7140.47
Torbeshi4,1740.23
Bulgarians8890.19200.13,0870.23,3340.21,9840.11,3700.11,6820.11,4170.073,5040.19
Ashkali2,4060.13
Croats2,0900.22,7700.23,8010.33,8820.23,3490.22,8780.12,2480.12,6860.132,1450.12
Muslims1,5600.11,5910.13,0020.21,2480.139,5552.131,3561.515,4180.82,5530.131,1870.06
Montenegrins2,3480.22,5260.23,4140.23,2460.23,9400.23,2250.12,3180.12,0030.101,0230.06
Yugoslavs1,2600.13,6520.214,2400.73440.02
other/unspecified [31] 4,3900.45,3040.44,6160.322,9881.46,2280.345,2392.29,8140.514,88720.74136,38937.42
Total1,152,9861,304,5141,406,0031,647,3081,909,1362,033,9641,945,9322,022,5471,836,713
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%.*<

-- What do the *s refer to? -->

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.

Newborns in North Macedonia according to ethnic group
Ethnic group1994[34] 2002[35] 2012[36] 2021[37] 2022[38] 2023[39]
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
Macedonians16,70449.8813,63949.1311,99550.909,33850.089,10250.368,41150.25
Albanians12,01035.8610,11836.458,03534.096,66335.736,57736.396,06336.23
Romani1,3784.121,6786.041,5526.591,2676.791,0946.059975.96
Turks1,6164.831,2024.331,0924.638354.487564.187354.39
Bosniaks2511.071770.951861.031791.07
Serbs4031.201680.611250.531230.661170.651090.65
Vlach (Aromanians)250.07230.08370.16170.09260.14310.19
other/unspecified1,3514.039333.364812.042281.222151.192121.26
Total33,48727,76123,56818,64818,07316,737

Languages

See main article: Languages of North Macedonia.

Source:[40]

align=left Language, census 2021 !Number %
align=left Total         1,836,713 100.00%
align=left Macedonian         1,127,394 61.38%
align=left Albanian            447,001 24.34%
align=left Turkish               62,723 3.41%
align=left Romani               31,721 1.73%
align=left Vlach                 3,151 0.17%
align=left Serbian               11,252 0.61%
align=left Bosnian               15,615 0.85%
align=left Bulgarian                 1,519 0.08%
align=left Croatian                     958 0.05%
align=left Other languages                 2,717 0.15%
align=left Unknown                     402 0.02%
align=left Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources [41]            132,260 7.20%

Religion

See main article: Religion in North Macedonia.

Source:[42]

align=left Religion, census 2021 !Number %
align=left Total Christians 1,109,908 60.43%
align=left Orthodox 847,390 46.14%
align=left Christians (unspecified) 242,579 13.21%
align=left Evangelical Protestant Christians 8,764 0.48%
align=left Catholics 6,746 0.37%
align=left Protestants 1,313 0.07%
align=left Jehovah's Witnesses 1,137 0.06%
align=left Evangelical Methodists 889 0.05%
align=left Evangelists 678 0.04%
align=left Adventists 371 0.02%
align=left Baptists 70 0.00%
align=left Reformists 50 0.00%
align=left Islam 590,878 32.17%
align=left Buddhists 894 0.05%
align=left Hare Krishna 96 0.01%
align=left Members of the Jewish (Moses) community 74 0.00%
align=left Members of an unlisted religion 113 0.01%
align=left Non-believers (atheists) 8,764 0.48%
align=left Undeclared 16 0.00%
align=left Unknown 76 0.00%
align=left Agnostics 1,964 0.11%
align=left Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources [43] 132,260 7.20%
align=left Total population 1,836,713 100.00%

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

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

Age structure

Sex ratio

Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy at birth

Total fertility rate

HIV/AIDS

Nationality

See also

Other sources

External links

Notes and References

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  44. Web site: Eurostat - Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table. ec.europa.eu. 15 December 2017.
  45. Under the terms of the Prespa agreement, the nationality of the country will be called "Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia" in full.

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