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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| year | Surface area, km2 | Households | Population | Population density per km2 | Number of persons in one household | Number of men per 1000 women (masculinity) | ||
| total | males | females | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| year | 1931 1) | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 2) | 1994 3) |
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| year | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 19941 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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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