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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 {{{place}}}
Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Population	2 062 294 (2012)
Growth rate	0.16% (2012)
Birth rate	11.4 per 1,000 (2012)
Death rate	9.8 per 1,000 (2012)
Life expectancy	74.73 years (2010)
• male	70.30 years (2012)
• female	74.4 years (2012)
Fertility rate	1.51 live births per woman (2012)
Infant mortality rate	9.8 per 1,000 (2012)
Net migration rate	0.51 per 1,000 (2012)
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 (64.2%) (2002)
Minor ethnic	Albanians (25.2%) (2002) Turks 3.9% (2002) Romani 2.7% (2002) Serbs 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. )
• 2,057,284 (2010)

European statistics, estimates from health insurance funds and no census in sight

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 2001. 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. According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, the Bulgarian authorities have granted 87.000 to many of those emigrants a Bulgarian passport, as of 2012, because they declared to be ethnic Bulgarians. Since Bulgarias' entry in the European Union, and under pressure from fellow European Union members, Bulgaria imposed more stringent rules for the acquisition of a Bulgarian 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 to the indefinite postponement of the census which started at 2011. The only other country remaining without a census for the second decade of the 21st century is Somalia. Since no funds have been allocated for a census in the state budget of 2014, there is no expectation for a census before 2015.

Vital statistics

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 Albanians and Roma had rates 3 times as high. This resulted in a significant demographic change as the Albanian population grew from 17% after the Second World War to 25% in the 1990s. This 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), 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).

However, it is unlikely that this high Muslim TFR has continued since then in Macedonia, as Balkan Muslim fertility elsewhere (Albania, Bosnia, and Kosovo) has dropped sharply toward the European average. A more recent survey pegs Muslim fertility in Macedonia at 1.7, versus 1.3 for non-Muslims. The Muslim groups' identification is itself fluid and has changed over the decades, as many Muslims who called themselves Turks after World War II, especially in the 1953 census, changed their ethnic affiliation to Albanian over the succeeding decades.

• 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

Languages

• Macedonian: 1 344 815 - 66.5%
• Albanian: 507 989 - 25.1%
• Turkish: 71 757 - 3.5%
• Roma: 38 528 - 1.9%
• Serbian: 24 773 - 1.2%
• Bosnian: 8560 - 0.4%
• Aromanian: 6 884 - 0.3%
• other: 19 241 - 1.0%

• Linguistic structureв of Macedonia by settlements 2002.

Religions

• Eastern Orthodox (Macedonian Orthodox): 1,310,184 or 64.78%
• Muslim: 674,015 or 33.33%
• Catholics: 7,008 or 0.34%
• other: 31,340 or 1.55%

• Religious structure of Macedonia by settlements 2002.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, 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

• Republic of Macedonia
• Demographic history of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

• Results of the 2002 census
• CIA's World Factbook entry on the Republic of Macedonia

References

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

2. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/report-macedonia-drained-by-migration
3. http://www.balkaneu.com/fall-number-population-fyrom/
4. http://www.echedoros-a.gr/2013/10/blog-post_3784.html
5. http://www.plusinfo.mk/vest/75328/Bozhidar-Dimitrov-86000-Makedonci-izvadile-bugarski-pasosh
6. http://a1on.mk/wordpress/archives/82774
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/Ohrid_agreement
8. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/government-accused-over-macedonia-s-overdue-head-count
9. Institut national d'études démographique (INED)
10. State Statistical Office Republic of Macedonia
11. http://www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk/OldSite/Issue_2/dragovic.eng.asp
12. http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-will-britain-have-a-muslim-majority-by-2050/13690
13. http://www.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb2007bazi/Database/Censuses/databasetree.asp Censuses of Population 1948-2002 State Statistical Office

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