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Demographic history of the Republic of Macedonia

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Demographic history of the Republic of Macedonia

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

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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%)

    • References

    Demographic history of the Republic of Macedonia Wikipedia
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