| Polog Statistical Region | |
| Native Name: | Полошки Регион Rajoni i Pollogut |
| Settlement Type: | statistical region |
| Area Total Km2: | 2479 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 251,552 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2017) |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.767[2] · 6th of 8 |
The Polog Statistical Region (Macedonian: Полошки Регион; Albanian: Rajoni i Pollogut) is one of eight statistical regions of the Republic of North Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo. Internally, it borders the Southwestern and Skopje statistical regions.
Polog is divided into 9 municipalities:
The current population of the Polog statistical region is 304,125 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.
| Census Year | Population | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 282,432 | N/A | |
| 2002 | 304,125 | +8.24% | |
| 2021 | 251,552 | -17.4% |
Polog is the only statistical region in North Macedonia where Macedonians are not the majority.
| 2002 | 2021 | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| TOTAL | 304,125 | 100 | 251,552 | 100 | |
| Albanians | 222,679 | 73.2 | 173,344 | 68.9 | |
| Macedonians | 56,079 | 18.4 | 43,285 | 17.2 | |
| Turks | 17,386 | 5.7 | 15,182 | 6.0 | |
| Roma | 4,594 | 1.4 | 4,264 | 1.7 | |
| others | 3,387 | 1.1 | 2,817 | 1.1 | |
| Persons for whom data are taken from the administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 12,660 | 5.0 | |