Population Profile of Macedonia

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The figures were taken from the official censa conducted in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1953 – 1981) and later in the Republic of Macedonia (1991 – 1994).

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Area, households and population according to the different censa

year	Surface area, km2	Households	Population			Population density per km2	Number of persons in one household	Number of men per 1000 women (masculinity)
year	Surface area, km2	Households	total	males	females	Population density per km2	Number of persons in one household	Number of men per 1000 women (masculinity)
1921	25713	146161	808724	401468	407256	31.5	5.53	986
1931	25713	164052	949958	478519	471439	36.9	5.79	1015
1948	25713	218819	1152986	584002	568984	44.8	5.27	1026
1953	25713	246313	1304514	659861	644653	50.7	5.30	1024
1961	25713	280214	1406003	710074	695929	54.7	5.02	1020
1971	25713	352034	1647308	834692	812616	64.1	4.68	1027
1981	25713	435372	1909136	968143	940993	74.2	4.38	1029
1991	25713	505852 1)	2033964 1)	1027352 1)	1006612 1)	79.1 1)	4.02 1)	1042 1)
1994	25713	501963 2)	1945932 3)	974255 3)	971677 3)	76.0	3.85 4)	1021
1)Enumerated and estimated population and household
2) Enumerated households
3) Enumerated and estimated population according to the 1994 Census definitive results. Total population according to the definition used in the 1994 Census, given in the methodological explanations
4) Average number of person of enumerated households

Population grouped by age and gender, by censa


year	1931 1)	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991 2)	1994 3)
year	Total
Total	949958	1152986	1304514	1406003	1647308	1909136	2033964	1945932
0-4	157484	159661	199457	187535	181098	191642	154549	152456
5-9	125167	140091	146083	177020	177987	184854	167433	163546
10-14	81626	138234	136173	158364	176682	178681	165970	167921
15-19	90986	118396	135927	122874	172734	178205	160859	162852
20-24	87343	105959	123394	120121	151455	174352	153652	153490
25-29	71973	81336	105408	118901	116079	165074	156511	151339
30-34	55651	60605	80788	102826	115202	146028	164193	148500
35-39	42290	75401	59857	85354	114329	113784	163189	145911
40-44	41614	57432	72651	56432	98322	113549	145993	137304
45-49	37192	48490	57203	62822	81441	111127	111975	109957
50-54	36976	33629	47260	56828	53265	94365	110442	99814
55-59	30647	33383	33441	46411	58549	76438	109764	95913
60-64	32126	28682	29606	34192	50929	48233	88812	88948
Over 65	58853	71635	77127	74891	94859	128261	165716	164678
Unknown	30	52	139	1432	4377	4543	14906	3303
Males
Total	478519	584002	659861	710074	834692	968143	1027352*	974255
0-4	80512	82098	102165	96528	92882	98709	79818	78539
5-9	65092	72086	75251	90927	91438	95307	85514	84089
10-14	42899	71994	70447	81287	90900	92120	84711	86185
15-19	46037	59324	69365	62205	88480	91653	82802	83181
20-24	45468	53122	61994	60491	77654	89734	80008	78390
25-29	37073	40953	51512	59153	58668	84962	80870	76715
30-34	26976	31002	40495	50539	57977	74456	85048	75259
35-39	20252	38972	30365	41659	57387	57660	84542	74536
40-44	17746	30328	38079	27987	48533	57051	74392	69028
45-49	16936	24198	30013	32660	39636	55367	56456	54027
50-54	16882	16594	23805	29872	26337	46126	54332	48901
55-59	15360	15137	16168	24279	29780	36754	53520	46467
60-64	16003	12978	13524	16469	26523	23491	42389	42401
Over 65	31260	35183	36618	35308	45124	62753	76146	75382
Unknown	23	33	60	710	3373	2000	6804	1155
Females
Total	471439	568984	644653	695929	812616	940993	1006612*	971677
0-4	76972	77563	97292	91007	88216	92933	74731	73917
5-9	60075	68005	70832	86093	86549	89547	81919	79457
10-14	38727	66240	65726	77077	85782	86561	81259	81736
15-19	44949	59072	66562	60669	84254	86552	78057	79671
20-24	41875	52837	61400	59630	73801	84618	73644	75100
25-29	34900	40383	53896	59748	57411	80112	75641	74624
30-34	28675	29603	40293	52287	57225	71572	79145	73241
35-39	22038	36429	29492	43695	56942	56124	78647	71375
40-44	23868	27104	34572	28445	49789	56498	71601	68276
45-49	20256	24292	27190	30162	41805	55760	55519	55930
50-54	20094	17035	23455	26956	26928	48239	56110*	50913
55-59	15287	18246	17273	22132	28769	39684	56244	49446
60-64	16123	15704	16082	17723	24406	24742	46423	46547
Over 65	27593	36452	40509	39583	49735	65508	89570	89296
Unknown	7	19	79	722	1004	2543	8102	2148
1) Data of the 1931Census is taken from the edition – Studies, Analyses and Surveys, no. 22/1964 edition of SZS Belgrade
2) Definitive data based on enumerated and estimated population from 1991 Census.
*) The data is corrected based on definitive data-processing from the Census of Population, Households, Dwellings and Agricultural Holdings in 1991.
3) Enumerated and estimated population according to the 1994 Census definitive results. Total population according to the the definition used in 1994 Census, given in the methodological explanations

Population according to declared ethnic* affiliation, by censa


year	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991 1)	1994 2)
TOTAL	1304514	1406003	1647308	1909136	2033964	1945932
Macedonian	860699	1000854	1142375	1279323	1328187	1295964
Albanian	162524	183108	279871	377208	441987	441104
Vlach	8668	8046	7190	6384	7764	8601
Roma	20462	20606	24505	43125	52103	43707
Turkish	203938	131481	108552	86591	77080	78019
Bosniak						6829
Bulgarian	920	3087	3334	1980	1370	1682
German	136	94	77	288	230	68
Greek	848	836	536	707	474	368
Egyptian					3307	3080
Muslim	1591	3002	1248	39513	31356	15418
Polish	24	26	72	223	248	158
Romanian	103	135	105	97	87	37
Russian	672	640	516	359	332	340
Ruthenian	127	124	59	23	51	11
Slovene	983	1147	838	648	513	403
Serb	35112	42728	46465	44468	42775	40228
Ukrainian			50	68	74	102
Hungarian	207	252	229	280	222	128
Croat	2770	3801	3882	3307	2878	2248
Montenegrin	2526	3414	3246	3920	3225	2318
Czech	114	92	80	164	143	84
Other	2090	2530	24078	20460	39558	5035
* This table represents the etnic affiliations, where unleast a 100 persons declared themselves for each etnic affiliation, according the particular censa
1) Enumerated and estimated population
2) Total population in accordance to the definition used in 1994 Census given in the methodological explanation

Population according to declared ethnic affiliation, by censa


year	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991 1)	1994 2)
TOTAL	1304514	1406003	1647308	1909136	2033964	1945932
Macedonian	860699	1000854	1142375	1279323	1328187	1295964
Albanian	162524	183108	279871	377208	441987	441104
Turkish	203938	131481	108552	86591	77080	78019
Roma	20462	20606	24505	43125	52103	43707
Vlach	8668	8046	7190	6384	7764	8601
Serb	35112	42728	46465	44468	42775	40228
Others	13111	19180	38350	72037	84068	38309

Population according to declared ethnic affiliation
expressed as percent of the total population, by censa


year	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991 1)	1994 2)
TOTAL	100	100	100	100	100	100
Macedonian	66.0	71.2	69.3	67.0	65.3	66.6
Albanian	12.5	13.0	17.0	19.8	21.7	22.7
Turkish	15.6	9.4	6.6	4.5	3.8	4.0
Roma	1.6	1.5	1.5	2.3	2.6	2.2
Vlach	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
Serb	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.3	2.1	2.1
Others	1.0	1.4	2.3	3.8	4.1	2.0

Basic population structure


year	1971		1981		1991		19941
year	total	male	total	male	total	male	total	male
0 – 14 years	32.5	16.7	29.1	15	24	12.3	24.9	12.8
Working – age population	60	31	62.7	32.3	64.8	34.1	64.1	33.3
(Males over 65 and females over 60)	7.5	2.9	8.2	3.4	11.2	4.1	10.9	3.9
Agricultural population	39.9	19.9	21.7	18.5	14.7	8.1	11.6	5.82)
Urban population	48.7	24.5	55.2	27.6	58	29.5	59.8	29.92)
1) The data refers to the total population calculated according to the definition used in the 1994 Census, given in the methodological explanations
2) The data referrs to enumerated population

Population by cities with population greater than 30,000 inhabitants
according to the censa in 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 1994


	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994 2)
Skopje	197341	312980	408143	4482291)	444299
Bitola	49001	65035	78507	84002	77464
Kumanovo	31845	47809	63098	692311)	71853
Prilep	39611	50757	63639	70152	68148
Tetovo	25357	35745	46523	514721)	50344
Veles	27154	36525	43193	47326	46798
Shtip	20269	27224	36230	42826	41730
Ohrid	16492	26369	39093	429081)	41146
Strumica	15949	23034	29263	34396	34067
1) Enumerated and estimated population
2) Total population in accordance with the definition given in the methodological explanations

Predicted Population Size by Age Until 2020

	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
Total	2033568	2091908	2137503	2168071	2183256
0-4	141734	139196	134770	127090	117313
5-9	152017	141026	138597	134267	126679
10-14	161988	151851	140893	138494	134190
15-19	167217	161781	151683	140762	138389
20-24	163826	166933	161575	151544	140686
25-29	155829	163460	166631	161362	151404
30-34	151074	155385	163072	166303	161118
35-39	148753	150456	154856	162614	165957
40-44	146285	147722	149514	154003	161840
45-49	138258	144359	145866	147714	152256
50-54	114460	135252	141365	143017	144989
55-59	95150	110418	130626	136725	138572
60-64	90127	89936	104738	124179	130318
65-69	82692	81886	82011	95982	114044
70-74	59567	70591	70182	70684	83307
75-79	39662	45982	55150	55463	56789
80-84	14723	25218	29774	36440	37323
over 85	10206	10456	16200	21428	28082

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