Demographic history of North Macedonia

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This article presents the Demographic history of North Macedonia through census results since 1948.

1948 census

• TOTAL = 1,152,986
• Macedonians = 789,603 (68.5%)
• Albanians = 197,603 (17.1%)
• Turks = 95,940 (8.3%)
• Serbs = 29,721 (2.6%)
• Romani = 19,500 (1.7%)
• Aromanians = 9,511 (0.8%)
• Montenegrins = 2,348 (0.2%)
• Croats = 2,090
• Muslims = 1,560
• Others = 5,324 (0.46%)

1953 census

• TOTAL = 1,394,514
• Macedonians = 860,699 (66%)
• Albanians = 162,000 (12.4%)
• Turks = 203,928 (15.6%)
• Romani = 20,462 (1.6%)
• Serbs = 35,112 (2.7%)
• Croats = 2,771
• Montenegrins = 2,526 (0.18%)
• Muslims = 1,591
• Others = 56,981 (1.07%)

1961 census

• TOTAL = 1,406,003
• Macedonians = 900,685 (71.2%)
• Albanians = 183,108 (13%)
• Turks = 131,481 (9.4%)
• Serbs = 42,728 (2.7%)
• Romani = 20,606 (1.5%)
• Croats = 3,801
• Montenegrins = 3,414 (0.24%)
• Yugoslavs = 1,260
• Muslims = 3,002
• Slovenes = 1,147
• Others = 90,549 (1.03%)

1971 census

• TOTAL = 1,647,308
• Macedonians = 1,142,375 (69.3%)
• Albanians = 279,871 (17%)
• Turks = 108,552 (6.6%)
• Romani = 24,505 (1.5%)
• Yugoslavs = 3,652 (0.24%)
• Serbs = 46,465 (2.85%)
• Aromanians = 7,000 (0.42%)
• Croats = 3,882
• Montenegrins = 3,246 (0.19%)
• Muslims = 1,248
• Others = 34,005 (1.55%)

1981 census

• TOTAL = 1,909,146
• Macedonians = 1,279,323 (67%)
• Albanians = 377,208 (19.8%)
• Turks = 86,591 (4.5%)
• Romani = 43,125 (2.3%)
• Aromanians = 6,384 (0.3%)
• Serbs = 44,613 (2.3%)
• Muslims = 39,555 (2.2%)
• Yugoslavs = 14,240
• Croats = 3,349
• Montenegrins = 3,940 (0.21%)
• Others = 10,818 (0.56%)

1991 census

• TOTAL = 2,033,964
• Macedonians = 1,328,187 (65.3%)
• Albanians = 441,987 (21.73%)
• Turks = 77,080 (3.79%)
• Romani = 52,103 (2.56%)
• Aromanians = 7,764 (0.38%)
• Serbs = 42,755 (2.1%)
• Muslims = 31,356 (1.54%)
• Greeks = 474 (0.02%)
• Bulgarians = 1,370 (0.07%)
• Others = 50,888 (2.6%)

1994 census

• TOTAL = 1,936,877
• Macedonians = 1,288,330 (66.5%)
• Albanians = 441,104 (22.86%)
• Turks = 77,252 (4%)
• Romani = 43,732 (2.25%)
• Aromanians = 8,467(0.44%)
• Serbs = 39,620 (2.04%)
• Others = 34,960 (1.8%)

2002 census

• TOTAL = 2,022,547
• Macedonians: 1,297,981 (64.17%)
• Albanians: 509,083 (25.17%)
• Turks: 77,959 (3.85%)
• Romani: 53,879 (2.66%)
• Serbs: 35,939 (1.78%)
• Bosniaks 17,018 (0.84%)
• Aromanians: 9,695 (0.479%)
• Egyptians: 3,713 (0.184%)
• Croats: 2,686 (0.133%)
• Muslims: 2,553 (0.13%)
• Montenegrins: 2,003 (0.1%)
• Bulgarians: 1,418 (0.073%)
• Greeks: 422 (0.021%)
• Russians: 368 (0.018%)
• Slovenes: 365
• Poles: 162
• Ukrainians: 136
• Hungarians: 129
• Germans: 88
• Czechs: 60
• Slovaks: 60
• Jews: 53
• Italians: 46
• Austrians: 35
• Rusyns: 24
• Regionally affiliated: 829
• Non-declared: 404
• Others: 5,332 (0.264%)

2021 census

See also

• Demographics of North Macedonia
• Demographic history of Macedonia

References

• Nasevski, Boško; Angelova, Dora. Gerovska, Dragica (1995). Македонски Иселенички Алманах '95. Skopje: Матица на Иселениците на Македонија.
• Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia 2004 (CD version)
• 2002 Macedonian Census

External links

• State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia