There
are some statistics from the 2002 census data and some estimates
from the CIA World Factbook publication.
Population
The Republic of Macedonia has a population of approximately
2,070,000 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.
58% of the population live in urban areas. Following is a list of
the largest Macedonian cities (according to the 1994 census data as
the latest one doesn't provide info about the city populations and
municipalities (according to the 2002 census data).
|
Largest Macedonian cities and
municipalities |
|
City |
Population |
Administrative division |
Population |
|
Skopje |
444,000 |
Greater Skopje |
506,000 |
|
Bitola |
122,173 (1991) |
Bitola municipality |
105,000 |
|
Kumanovo |
71,000 |
Kumanovo municipality |
95,000 |
|
Prilep |
68,000 |
Prilep municipality |
86,000 |
|
Tetovo |
50,000 |
Tetovo municipality |
81,000 |
|
Veles |
46,000 |
Veles municipality |
76,000 |
|
Stip |
41,000 |
Štip municipality |
63,000 |
|
Ohrid |
41,000 |
Ohrid municipality |
55,000 |
|
Veles |
34,000 |
Veles municipality |
55,000 |
|
Strumica |
34,000 |
Strumica municipality |
54,000 |
Ethnic
groups (based on 2002 census)
• Macedonians: 1297981 or 64.18%. (This also includes Macedonian
Muslims.)
• 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%
• Aromanians: 9695 or 0.479%
• Others: 20993 or 1.04%
Religions
• Eastern Orthodox (Macedonian Orthodox ): 70%
• Muslim: 29%
• other: 1%
Languages
• Macedonian: 68%
• Albanian: 25%
• Turkish: 3%
• Serbo-Croatian: 2%
• other: 2%
The Official Macedonian Statistics
in 1953 - 1994
|
Year |
1953 |
1961 |
1971 |
1981 |
1991 |
1994 |
|
Total |
1,304,514 |
1,406,003 |
1,647,308 |
1,909,136 |
2,033,964 |
2,106,664 |
|
Macedonians (Bulgarians) |
860,699
65,98% |
1,000,854
71,18% |
1,142,375
69,35% |
1,279,323
67,01% |
1,328,187
65,30% |
1,401,369
66,52% |
|
Albanians (Shiptars) |
162,524
12,46% |
183,108
13,02% |
279,871
16,99% |
377,208
19,76% |
444,987
21,73% |
484,228
22,99% |
|
Turks |
203,938
15,63% |
131,481
9,35% |
108,552
6,59% |
86,591
4,54% |
77,080
3,79% |
82,976
3,94% |
|
Roma |
20,462 |
20,606 |
24,505 |
43,125 |
52,103 |
47,362 |
|
Vlahs |
8,668 |
8,046 |
7,190 |
6,384 |
7,764 |
8,730 |
|
Serbs |
35,112 |
42,728 |
46,465 |
44,468 |
42,775 |
40,972 |
|
Others* |
13,111 |
19,180 |
38,350 |
72,037 |
84,068 |
41,006 |
ETHNICITIESE IN MACEDONIA
|
Name |
Nationality |
Population total |
Bulgarians |
Greeks |
Turks |
Albanians |
Remarks |
|
1. Prof. G. Wiegland - Die Nationalen Bestrebungen der Balkansvölker.
Leipzig 1898 |
Germany |
2,275,000 |
1,200,000 |
220,000 |
695,000 |
--- |
All Muslims
incl. Albanians under Turks |
|
2. Official Turkish Statistic Ethnicity of Macedonia Philippopoli 1881 |
Turkey |
754,353 |
500,554 |
22,892 |
185,535 |
--- |
All Muslims
incl. Albanians under Turks |
|
3. Journal "Le Temps" Paris 1905 |
France |
2,782,000 |
1,200,000 |
270,000 |
410,000 |
600,000 |
Refers to
Macedonia and Old Serbia (Kosovo and Sanjak) |
|
4. Robert Pelletier - La verite sur la Bulgarie. Paris 1913 |
France |
1,437,000 |
1,172,000 |
190,000 |
--- |
3,036 |
only
Christian population |
|
5. Leon Dominian - The frontiers of Language and Nationality in Europe. New York 1917 |
USA |
1,438,084 |
1,172,136 |
190,047 |
--- |
--- |
Only
Christian population |
|
6. Richard von Mach - Der Machtbereich des bulgarischen Exarchats in der
Türkei. Leipzig - Neuchatel, 1906 |
Germany |
1,334,827 |
1,166,070 |
95,005 |
--- |
6,036 |
Only
Christian population |
|
7. Prince Tcherkasky 1877 |
Russia |
1,771,220 |
872,700 |
124,250 |
516,220 |
--- |
All Muslims
incl. Albanians under Turks |
|
8. Stepan Verkovitch 1889 |
Serbia |
1,949,043 |
1,317,131 |
222,740 |
240,264 |
78,790 |
--- |
|
9. Von der Golts - "Balkanwirren und ihre grunde" (1904) |
Germany |
--- |
266,000 |
580,000 |
730,000 |
--- |
All Muslims
incl. Albanians under Turks |
|
10. Amadore Virgilli "La questiona roma rumeliota" (1907) |
Italy |
--- |
341,000 |
642,000 |
646,000 |
--- |
All Muslims
incl. Albanians under Turks; Refers only to the vilyets of
Thessaloniki and
Monastir |
and other:
Ottoman census of Hilmi Pasha (1904)
Vilaeti of Thessaloniki Greeks: 373,227 Bulgarians: 207,317
Vilaeti of Monastiri Greeks: 261,283 Bulgarians: 178,412
Santzaki of Scopje Greeks: 13,452 Bulgarians: 172,735
Encyclopaedia Britannica
The 1911 edition of the
Encylopaedia Britannica gave the following statistical estimates about the
population of Macedonia:
Bulgarians (described in encyclopaedia as "Slavs, the bulk of which is
regarded by almost all independent sources as Bulgarians", a statement referring
to the controversy between Bulgaria and Serbia as to the national affinities of
the Slavs of Macedonia): ca. 1,150,000, whereof, 1,000,000 Orthodox and 150,000
Muslims (the so-called Pomaks)
Turks: ca. 500,000 (Muslims)
Greeks: ca. 250,000, whereof ca. 240,000 Orthodox and 14,000 Muslims
Albanians: ca. 120,000, whereof 10,000 Orthodox and 110,000 Muslims
Vlachs: ca. 90,000 Orthodox and 3,000 Muslims
Jews: ca. 75,000
Roma: ca. 50,000, whereof 35,000 Orthodox and 15,000 Muslims
In total 1,300,000 Christians (almost exclusively Orthodox), 800,000 Muslims,
75,000 Jews, a total population of ca. 2,200,000 for the whole of Macedonia.
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