Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia
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Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Some statistics are from the 2002 census data, while the rest are estimates from the CIA World Factbook publication.
- Total: 2,022,547 (2002 census); 2,071,210 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 21.5% (male 231,078; female 213,906)
- 15-64 years: 67.8% (male 707,298; female 696,830)
- 65 years and over: 10.7% (male 97,437; female 124,661) (2004 est.)
Population growth rate
- 0.39% (2004 est.)
- Birth rate: 13.14 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
- Death rate: 7.83 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate
- -1.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (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
- 1.74 children born/woman (2004 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
Ethnic groups (based on 2002 census)
- Macedonian Slavs: 1297981 or 64.18%
- Albanians: 509083 or 25.17%
- Turks: 77959 or 3.85%
- Roma: 53879 or 2.66%
- Serbs: 35939 or 1.78%
- Bosniaks: 17018 or 0.841%
- Vlachs: 9695 or 0.479%
- Others: 20993 or 1.04%
Religions
- Eastern Orthodox (Macedonian Orthodox and Serb Orthodox): 70%
- Muslim: 29%
- other: 1%
Languages
- Macedonian: 68%
- Albanian: 25%
- Turkish: 3%
- Serbo-Croatian: 2%
- other: 2%
Literacy
- definition: NA
- total population: NA%
- male: NA%
- female: NA%
See also
External links
- Results of the 2002 census (http://www.stat.gov.mk/english/glavna_eng.asp?br=18)
- CIA's World Factbook entry on the Republic of Macedonia (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mk.html)