Demographics of North Macedonia

This article is about the demographic features of the population of North Macedonia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Total population

2,022,547
2,038,514
2,057,284
2,065,719
2,073,702
2,084,367
International statistics and estimates

According to statistics from the European Union, the actual population has been reduced by at least 230,000 people who emigrated into European Union member states between 1998 and 2011. Further Albanian news sources estimated at October 2012 that the real population is closer to the sum of 1,744,237 people who are accounted within all of the health funds of the country. According to Bozhidar Dimitrov, the Bulgarian authorities have granted 87,000 to many of those emigrants a Bulgarian passport, as of 2012, which requires that they declare to be ethnic Bulgarians. Since Bulgaria's entry into the European Union, and under pressure from fellow European Union members, Bulgaria imposed more stringent rules and measures for the acquisition of a Bulgarian citizenship and passport.
The provisions of the Ohrid agreement to elevate any minority language if the minority in question is above 20% of the population of any municipality into a co-official language for that municipality has created friction within the government, and between officials of different political and ethnic interests, resulting to the indefinite postponement of the census which started at 2011.
Since no funds have been allocated for a census in the state budget of 2014, there is no expectation for a census before 2015. As of 2018, a planned population census is scheduled to be conducted in April 2020.

Vital statistics

Current vital statistics

Births

from January - May 2019 = 7,714
from January - May 2020 = 7,076
Difference between number of births in 2019 and 2020 = -638

Deaths

from January - May 2019 = 9,102
from January - May 2020 = 8,334
Difference between number of deaths in 2019 and 2020 = -768

Natural increase

from January - May 2019 = -1,388
from January - May 2020 = -1,258
Difference between natural increase in 2019 and 2020 = +130
Marriages and divorces

	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate	Crude divorce rate	Divorces per 1000 marriages
1950	1,229,000	14,123	983	11.5	0.8	69.6
1951	1,262,000	13,651	951	10.8	0.8	69.7
1952	1,280,000	12,758	832	10.0	0.7	65.2
1953	1,310,000	11,739	990	9.0	0.8	84.3
1954	1,338,000	12,096	772	9.0	0.6	63.8
1955	1,355,000	12,003	983	8.9	0.7	81.9
1956	1,357,000	11,751	956	8.7	0.7	81.4
1957	1,364,000	11,432	1,079	8.4	0.8	94.4
1958	1,375,000	12,238	970	8.9	0.7	79.3
1959	1,382,000	11,846	1,013	8.6	0.7	85.5
1960	1,391,927	11,941	1,013	8.6	0.7	84.8
1961	1,408,302	11,881	796	8.4	0.6	67.0
1962	1,427,771	11,941	907	8.4	0.6	76.0
1963	1,449,932	11,827	685	8.2	0.5	57.9
1964	1,473,996	13,472	610	9.1	0.4	45.3
1965	1,499,729	13,467	754	9.0	0.5	56.0
1966	1,525,841	12,960	598	8.5	0.4	46.1
1967	1,550,453	13,141	392	8.5	0.3	29.8
1968	1,575,714	13,550	446	8.6	0.3	32.9
1969	1,602,993	14,376	448	9.0	0.3	31.2
1970	1,629,061	14,593	453	9.0	0.3	31.0
1971	1,654,076	14,739	463	8.9	0.3	31.4
1972	1,679,456	14,903	580	8.9	0.3	38.9
1973	1,704,602	15,105	1,053	8.9	0.6	69.7
1974	1,729,935	15,118	1,071	8.7	0.6	70.8
1975	1,756,335	15,554	1,270	8.9	0.7	81.7
1976	1,783,518	15,023	1,066	8.4	0.6	71.0
1977	1,810,148	15,604	822	8.6	0.5	52.7
1978	1,836,270	15,702	776	8.6	0.4	49.4
1979	1,863,728	16,122	816	8.7	0.4	50.6
1980	1,891,319	16,145	890	8.5	0.5	55.1
1981	1,916,713	16,303	911	8.5	0.5	55.9
1982	1,941,914	16,606	911	8.6	0.5	54.9
1983	1,967,556	16,404	747	8.3	0.4	45.5
1984	1,992,424	16,054	886	8.1	0.4	55.2
1985	2,016,942	16,335	817	8.1	0.4	50.0
1986	2,041,064	16,326	1,017	8.0	0.5	62.3
1987	2,065,005	16,799	811	8.1	0.4	48.3
1988	2,088,651	16,380	861	7.8	0.4	52.6
1989	2,070,912	15,842	951	7.6	0.5	60.0
1990	2,053,172	15,688	749	7.6	0.4	47.7
1991	2,035,433	15,311	496	7.5	0.2	32.4
1992	2,017,694	15,354	578	7.6	0.3	37.6
1993	1,999,955	15,080	636	7.5	0.3	42.2
1994	1,982,215	15,736	612	7.9	0.3	38.9
1995	1,964,476	15,823	710	8.1	0.4	44.9
1996	1,981,543	14,089	705	7.1	0.4	50.0
1997	1,996,869	14,072	1,021	7.0	0.5	72.6
1998	2,007,523	13,993	1,027	7.0	0.5	73.4
1999	2,017,142	14,172	1,045	7.0	0.5	73.7
2000	2,026,350	14,255	1,325	7.0	0.7	92.9
2001	2,034,882	13,267	1,448	6.5	0.7	109.1
2002	2,020,157	14,522	1,310	7.2	0.6	90.2
2003	2,026,773	14,402	1,405	7.1	0.7	97.6
2004	2,032,544	14,073	1,645	6.9	0.8	116.9
2005	2,036,855	14,500	1,552	7.1	0.8	107.0
2006	2,040,228	14,908	1,475	7.3	0.7	98.9
2007	2,043,559	15,490	1,417	7.6	0.7	91.5
2008	2,046,898	14,695	1,209	7.2	0.6	82.3
2009	2,050,671	14,923	1,287	7.3	0.6	86.2
2010	2,055,004	14,155	1,720	6.9	0.8	121.5
2011	2,058,539	14,736	1,753	7.2	0.9	119.0
2012	2,061,044	13,991	1,926	6.8	0.9	137.7
2013	2,064,032	13,982	2,045	6.8	1.0	146.3
2014	2,067,471	13,813	2,210	6.7	1.1	160.0
2015	2,070,226	14,186	2,200	6.9	1.1	155.1
2016	2,072,490	13,199	1,985	6.4	1.0	150.4
2017	2,074,502	13,781	1,994	6.6	1.0	144.7
2018	2,076,217	13,494	1,620	6.5	0.8	120.1
2019	2,076,694	13,814	1,990	6.7	1.0	144.1
	Average population	Marriages	Divorces	Crude marriage rate	Crude divorce rate	Divorces per 1000 marriages
Total 1950-2019		1,001,354	74,445
Average 1950-2019	1,809,849	14,305	1,064	7.9	0.6	74.3

Vital statistics, marriages and divorces by decade

Vital statistics by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2018
Average population	1,325,200	1,490,666	1,744,713	1,999,250	2,005,602	2,035,892	2,066,614
Live births	47,854	41,613	38,633	38,647	31,892	24,884	22,948
Deaths	17,234	13,298	12,547	14,154	15,947	18,276	19,841
Natural change	30,619	28,315	26,086	24,493	15,945	6,608	3,107
Crude birth rate	36.1	27.9	22.1	19.3	15.9	12.2	11.1
Crude death rate	13.0	8.9	7.2	7.1	8.0	9.0	9.6
Natural change	23.1	19.0	15.0	12.3	8.0	3.2	1.5
Total fertility rate	4.90	3.63	2.70	2.33	2.07	1.61	1.49
Female fertile population	317,384	362,512	451,484	513,168	514,873	527,251	519,036
Marriages and divorces by decade	1950-1959	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2018
Average population	1,325,200	1,490,666	1,744,713	1,999,250	2,005,602	2,035,892	2,066,614
Marriages	12,364	12,856	15,246	16,319	14,932	14,504	13,926
Divorces	953	665	837	880	758	1,407	1,939
Crude marriage rate	9.3	8.6	8.7	8.2	7.4	7.1	6.7
Crude divorce rate	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.9
Divorces per 1000 marriages	77.1	51.7	54.9	53.9	50.8	97.0	139.2

Births and fertility rates

Live births by age of mother	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Live births by age of mother
Live births total	35,388	49,560	45,329	51,054	49,665	50,984	49,093	47,486	46,107	44,619	44,638	44,059	42,182	40,615	41,284	42,897	42,433	41,434	40,763	40,123	40,342	37,862	37,904	38,187	37,478	38,382	39,579	39,809	38,932	38,790	39,407	39,784	39,488	39,789	39,210	38,861	38,722	38,234	38,572	37,879	35,927	35,401	34,830	33,238	32,374	33,487	32,154	31,403	29,478	29,244	27,309	29,308	27,010	27,761	27,011	23,361	22,482	22,585	22,688	22,945	23,684	24,296	22,770	23,568	23,138	23,596	23,075	23,002	21,754	21,333		Live births total
Under 15	25	3	3	3	2	2	2	8	5	11	8	12	18	12	11	8	0	15	22	12	20	21	29	41	33	37	39	42	34	45	45	43	28	45	36	39	37	34	44	44	33	38	29	16	36	28	26	27	27	32	25	29	39	35	20	22	21	29	24	24	33	26	23	26	25	27	13	26	20	19		Under 15
15-19	2,779	1,915	1,751	1,973	1,838	1,887	1,817	1,759	2,332	2,356	2,563	2,449	2,343	2,205	2,329	2,541	2,861	3,165	3,397	3,448	3,546	3,435	3,597	3,930	3,853	4,002	4,308	4,371	4,221	4,231	4,106	4,259	4,071	4,363	4,219	4,182	4,136	3,909	4,191	4,152	3,946	3,802	3,612	3,431	3,675	3,606	3,520	3,107	2,938	2,714	2,489	2,564	2,163	2,062	2,050	1,822	1,722	1,589	1,598	1,516	1,501	1,455	1,310	1,333	1,155	1,165	1,029	978	945	909		15-19
20-24	11,774	13,560	12,402	13,969	14,098	14,473	13,936	13,819	13,970	13,533	13,288	12,801	12,444	12,042	12,293	13,088	13,356	13,455	12,935	13,235	14,076	13,838	14,370	14,569	14,660	14,808	15,312	15,507	15,452	15,194	15,540	15,619	15,959	15,857	15,800	15,555	15,424	15,337	15,225	15,308	14,373	13,971	13,366	12,766	12,247	12,387	11,887	11,953	11,010	10,672	9,927	10,216	9,228	9,338	8,843	7,236	6,631	6,438	6,447	6,253	6,066	6,046	5,594	5,607	5,138	5,001	4,810	4,646	4,218	3,991		20-24
25-29	11,308	14,749	13,490	15,194	15,999	16,424	15,815	15,195	14,389	14,211	14,483	14,589	14,158	13,610	13,610	13,774	13,336	12,671	12,527	12,313	12,063	10,814	10,439	10,459	10,371	11,014	11,567	11,973	11,787	12,083	12,220	12,596	12,286	12,347	12,137	12,031	12,094	12,038	12,192	11,651	11,301	11,246	11,205	10,731	10,384	10,811	10,412	10,191	9,539	9,710	9,159	10,174	9,474	9,764	9,648	8,337	8,025	8,132	8,262	8,290	8,506	8,717	8,027	8,267	8,209	8,377	7,963	7,833	7,549	7,281		25-29
30-34	5,983	8,245	7,541	8,493	9,712	9,970	9,600	9,476	8,977	8,412	8,263	8,335	7,796	7,489	7,817	8,263	7,951	7,495	7,271	6,723	6,463	6,005	5,771	5,525	5,224	5,178	4,952	4,822	4,657	4,793	5,026	5,030	5,176	5,170	5,074	5,156	5,151	5,067	5,060	4,886	4,550	4,546	4,744	4,376	4,217	4,743	4,548	4,520	4,369	4,465	4,162	4,591	4,492	4,828	4,700	4,304	4,454	4,614	4,650	4,986	5,380	5,730	5,530	5,925	6,005	6,310	6,452	6,539	6,031	6,055		30-34
35-39	2,484	6,131	5,608	6,316	4,792	4,919	4,737	4,453	4,330	4,243	4,309	4,045	3,609	3,557	3,556	3,608	3,461	3,274	3,281	3,243	3,099	2,793	2,700	2,645	2,443	2,255	2,296	2,208	1,995	1,803	1,811	1,628	1,450	1,492	1,489	1,510	1,482	1,506	1,497	1,475	1,416	1,438	1,464	1,351	1,278	1,356	1,323	1,294	1,277	1,376	1,267	1,441	1,363	1,417	1,456	1,375	1,370	1,552	1,476	1,586	1,873	2,011	1,979	2,078	2,238	2,293	2,348	2,529	2,520	2,603		35-39
40-44	741	3,042	2,782	3,134	2,231	2,290	2,205	1,959	1,461	1,328	1,205	1,285	1,261	1,226	1,304	1,278	1,100	931	941	852	834	764	786	785	687	745	759	682	612	522	524	471	421	408	358	308	317	278	273	299	242	265	249	233	239	283	265	259	250	226	208	240	219	287	245	245	244	215	209	276	299	286	285	296	350	371	400	416	433	447		40-44
45-49	151	806	737	830	771	791	762	545	470	380	332	336	322	280	261	235	225	240	208	182	144	130	82	81	65	65	83	66	73	50	69	59	42	26	41	28	33	27	40	26	16	15	19	10	11	17	15	18	21	16	19	13	15	11	13	14	10	10	16	8	20	14	15	23	11	33	19	20	23	26		45-49
50 and over	32	226	207	233	120	123	118	104	55	39	67	81	82	90	66	65	78	60	47	46	27	34	34	23	15	13	6	14	4	6	4	5	7	2	0	4	9	5	8	12	9	0	4	3	4	7	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	2		50 and over
Unknown	112	883	808	909	102	105	101	168	118	106	120	126	149	104	37	37	65	128	134	69	70	28	96	129	127	265	257	124	97	63	62	74	48	79	56	48	39	33	42	26	41	80	138	321	283	249	152	34	47	33	49	40	16	19	32	5	2	5	6	6	3	10	7	12	6	16	38	12	12	0		Unknown
Female fertile population by age group	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Female fertile population by age group
Total female 15–49 years	457,073	294,932	301,090	307,247	313,405	317,457	321,510	325,560	341,923	324,023	326,696	330,667	334,636	339,207	346,814	355,915	364,762	374,067	385,649	385,966	407,438	414,465	421,227	433,883	441,859	449,167	459,158	460,429	471,192	477,743	485,716	493,690	491,236	494,341	506,960	510,613	516,227	521,106	529,021	530,321	538,168	547,749	512,254	507,710	503,163	498,620	505,335	511,960	517,392	520,862	523,687	526,563	529,374	526,937	524,156	525,682	526,456	527,410	528,413	528,842	528,674	527,743	526,437	525,092	523,099	520,072	516,830	513,990	510,786	507,275	503,623	Total female 15–49 years
10-14	78,605	69,767	68,420	67,073	65,726	66,040	66,353	66,667	62,500	64,706	80,000	78,539	77,077	60,000	110,000	80,000	75,000	7,500	73,333	60,000	100,000	76,667	85,782	82,000	82,500	92,500	78,000	84,000	82,500	84,000	85,000	86,000	86,561	90,000	90,000	78,000	92,500	330,000	88,000	88,000	82,500	92,248	81,259	81,410	81,561	81,712	81,689	81,384	80,859	80,393	79,685	78,538	77,610	77,522	76,868	75,685	74,529	72,611	70,171	67,738	65,132	62,918	61,410	59,873	58,582	57,717	56,662	55,424	54,813	54,547	54,493	10-14
15-19	76,298	64,696	65,318	65,940	66,562	65,248	63,934	62,620	64,598	60,566	60,164	60,417	60,669	61,592	64,694	69,049	71,884	75,718	79,000	82,488	81,894	82,771	84,254	85,974	85,622	85,696	86,160	85,706	85,793	85,475	85,932	86,389	86,552	87,260	87,896	87,673	87,074	86,696	86,770	87,044	87,301	88,456	78,057	78,569	79,081	79,594	80,179	80,584	81,018	81,477	81,675	81,619	81,298	80,845	80,661	80,292	79,345	78,642	77,962	76,706	75,511	74,368	72,468	70,032	67,621	65,027	62,819	61,315	59,771	58,492	57,635	15-19
20-24	74,473	57,215	58,610	60,005	61,400	62,379	63,358	64,337	66,397	60,877	59,374	59,502	59,630	58,146	58,678	58,822	59,705	59,535	60,416	64,846	66,774	70,674	73,801	77,987	80,373	82,039	83,626	84,277	85,749	85,552	85,851	86,150	84,618	84,346	84,764	85,797	86,312	86,601	87,249	87,725	87,427	86,963	73,644	74,131	74,618	75,105	76,188	77,608	78,538	79,136	79,690	80,206	80,533	79,571	78,999	79,817	80,397	80,542	80,488	80,451	80,058	79,117	78,433	77,756	76,495	75,330	74,177	72,302	69,889	67,513	64,922	20-24
25-29	70,941	48,725	50,449	52,172	53,896	54,848	55,801	56,753	59,582	56,844	58,118	58,933	59,748	59,536	58,790	57,898	58,568	57,700	57,542	57,430	58,787	58,486	57,411	59,090	61,732	65,755	69,891	73,229	77,699	80,232	81,908	83,583	80,112	82,094	82,396	82,801	83,638	84,418	84,257	84,673	85,614	86,238	75,641	75,325	75,008	74,692	74,343	74,208	74,590	74,957	75,424	76,398	77,645	76,781	75,500	75,944	76,383	76,916	77,742	78,709	79,500	80,082	80,324	80,250	80,227	79,852	78,937	78,231	77,584	76,363	75,223	25-29
30-34	66,123	29,584	33,154	36,723	40,293	42,924	45,554	48,185	51,860	49,687	50,415	51,351	52,287	53,340	54,779	56,557	57,700	58,784	59,745	54,703	58,068	57,245	57,225	56,540	57,093	57,342	57,448	57,200	58,801	61,607	65,734	69,861	71,572	75,145	77,112	78,359	79,614	80,942	81,877	82,256	82,577	83,536	79,145	77,158	75,171	73,184	73,649	73,911	74,538	75,094	74,942	74,455	74,269	73,725	73,034	73,099	73,637	74,524	75,003	75,281	75,678	76,152	76,670	77,497	78,478	79,259	79,869	80,119	80,061	80,075	79,706	30-34
35-39	61,214	36,647	34,262	31,877	29,492	30,200	30,909	31,617	36,295	37,816	40,844	42,269	43,695	46,436	47,860	49,022	49,799	50,918	51,751	52,732	55,339	56,310	56,942	58,647	58,167	57,526	57,400	56,041	56,197	56,877	57,100	57,324	56,124	57,606	60,283	63,983	67,982	71,714	74,850	76,823	78,232	79,343	78,647	76,295	73,943	71,591	72,238	72,792	72,641	72,663	73,204	73,565	73,741	73,902	74,005	73,891	73,280	72,778	72,821	72,857	72,882	73,406	74,286	74,771	74,986	75,399	75,877	76,433	77,291	78,302	79,116	35-39
40-44	56,561	32,396	33,121	33,847	34,572	33,890	33,208	32,525	31,218	26,828	25,858	27,152	28,445	32,434	36,425	39,567	41,825	43,505	45,680	42,388	47,657	48,354	49,789	50,645	52,443	54,380	55,809	56,833	58,286	58,000	57,373	56,747	56,498	55,890	55,938	56,000	56,607	56,735	56,875	59,800	63,684	67,488	71,601	70,404	69,206	68,009	69,135	70,169	70,910	71,078	71,358	71,862	72,419	72,109	71,938	72,269	72,466	72,588	73,131	73,632	73,475	72,864	72,347	72,369	72,408	72,442	72,937	73,840	74,388	74,669	75,108	40-44
45-49	51,464	25,669	26,176	26,683	27,190	27,968	28,746	29,523	31,973	31,405	31,923	31,043	30,162	27,723	25,588	25,000	25,281	27,907	31,515	31,379	38,919	40,625	41,805	45,000	46,429	46,429	48,824	47,143	48,667	50,000	51,818	53,636	55,760	52,000	58,571	56,000	55,000	54,000	57,143	52,000	53,333	55,725	55,519	55,828	56,136	56,445	59,603	62,688	65,157	66,457	67,394	68,458	69,469	70,004	70,019	70,370	70,948	71,420	71,266	71,206	71,570	71,754	71,909	72,417	72,884	72,763	72,214	71,750	71,802	71,861	71,913	45-49
50-54	47,552	20,545	21,515	22,485	23,455	23,852	24,248	24,645	26,190	27,857	25,769	26,363	26,956	37,500	30,000	30,952	30,000	28,571	26,111	24,211	22,500	24,615	26,928	32,857	37,500	43,333	30,000	46,667	40,000	60,000	55,000	50,000	48,239	50,000	58,000	55,000	45,000	50,000	80,000	60,000	45,000	55,320	56,110	54,224	52,338	50,452	50,172	50,045	50,649	52,601	55,532	58,623	61,605	63,874	64,992	65,883	66,871	67,860	68,564	68,786	69,167	69,819	70,309	70,110	70,066	70,440	70,660	70,820	71,387	71,954	71,887	50-54
General,specific and total fertility rates	Average 1950-2018	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	General,specific and total fertility rates
General fertility rate	77.42	168.04	150.55	166.17	158.47	160.60	152.70	145.86	134.85	137.70	136.63	133.24	126.05	119.74	119.04	120.53	116.33	110.77	105.70	103.95	99.01	91.35	89.98	88.01	84.82	85.45	86.20	86.46	82.62	81.19	81.13	80.58	80.38	80.49	77.34	76.11	75.01	73.37	72.91	71.43	66.76	64.63	67.99	65.47	64.34	67.16	63.63	61.34	56.97	56.15	52.15	55.66	51.02	52.68	51.53	44.44	42.70	42.82	42.94	43.39	44.80	46.04	43.25	44.88	44.23	45.37	44.65	44.75	42.59	42.05		General fertility rate
Under 15	0.31	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.12	0.08	0.17	0.10	0.15	0.23	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.00	2.00	0.30	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.34	0.50	0.40	0.40	0.50	0.50	0.40	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.32	0.50	0.40	0.50	0.40	0.10	0.50	0.50	0.40	0.41	0.36	0.20	0.45	0.35	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.40	0.31	0.37	0.50	0.45	0.26	0.29	0.28	0.40	0.34	0.35	0.51	0.41	0.37	0.43	0.43	0.47	0.23	0.47	0.37	0.35		Under 15
15-19	36.53	29.60	27.29	30.46	27.67	28.98	28.48	28.09	36.10	38.90	42.60	40.65	38.76	35.80	36.00	36.80	39.80	41.80	43.00	41.80	43.30	41.50	42.80	45.70	45.00	46.70	50.00	51.00	49.20	49.50	47.86	49.30	47.09	50.00	48.00	47.70	47.50	45.10	48.30	47.70	45.20	43.08	46.46	44.09	46.88	45.64	44.11	38.60	36.32	33.35	30.53	31.46	26.62	25.52	25.45	22.70	21.70	20.21	20.50	19.77	19.88	19.57	18.08	19.04	17.08	17.93	16.41	15.96	15.82	15.54		15-19
20-24	158.60	237.00	215.44	237.02	230.08	232.50	220.41	214.79	210.40	222.30	223.80	215.75	209.43	207.10	209.50	222.50	223.70	226.00	214.10	204.10	210.80	195.80	195.21	186.80	182.40	180.50	183.10	184.00	180.20	177.60	181.30	181.30	188.83	188.00	186.40	181.30	178.70	177.10	174.50	174.50	164.40	161.02	182.22	173.89	165.58	166.16	156.76	154.19	140.41	135.01	124.79	127.55	114.65	117.44	112.07	90.68	82.49	79.95	80.12	77.74	75.78	76.45	71.34	72.15	67.19	66.43	64.95	64.29	60.39	59.11		20-24
25-29	159.90	302.70	272.25	296.51	297.46	300.06	284.00	267.74	241.50	250.00	249.20	248.26	237.80	228.60	231.50	237.90	227.70	219.60	217.70	214.40	205.20	184.90	182.29	177.00	168.00	167.50	165.50	163.50	151.70	150.60	149.43	150.70	153.55	150.40	147.30	145.30	144.60	142.60	144.70	137.60	132.00	130.70	148.72	143.85	139.66	145.83	140.72	137.48	128.09	129.69	121.65	133.35	122.09	127.25	127.94	109.80	105.07	105.75	106.30	105.35	107.01	108.90	99.96	103.07	102.35	104.98	101.04	100.18	97.35	95.35		25-29
30-34	90.77	278.70	231.59	235.46	241.53	232.75	211.17	196.66	173.10	169.30	163.90	162.78	149.63	140.40	142.70	146.10	137.80	127.50	121.70	122.90	111.30	104.90	101.10	97.70	91.50	90.30	86.20	84.30	79.20	77.80	76.58	72.00	72.41	68.80	65.80	65.80	64.70	62.60	61.80	59.40	55.10	54.54	60.18	57.27	56.59	65.30	62.05	61.22	58.71	59.53	55.64	61.75	60.52	65.53	64.43	58.89	60.49	61.93	62.01	66.25	71.10	75.28	72.15	76.49	76.54	79.67	80.92	81.66	75.37	75.62		30-34
35-39	40.71	167.30	166.65	201.73	162.82	163.21	153.57	140.84	119.30	112.20	105.50	95.97	82.89	76.60	74.30	73.60	69.50	64.30	63.40	61.50	56.00	49.60	47.54	45.10	42.00	39.20	40.00	39.40	35.50	31.70	31.77	28.40	25.87	25.90	24.70	23.60	21.80	21.00	20.00	19.20	18.10	18.16	18.69	17.88	17.44	19.08	18.40	17.80	17.61	18.96	17.34	19.61	18.49	19.19	19.70	18.61	18.70	21.33	20.27	21.77	25.70	27.41	26.65	27.81	29.85	30.43	31.00	33.11	32.62	33.24		35-39
40-44	13.14	93.90	85.52	94.27	64.66	67.71	66.54	60.23	46.80	49.50	46.60	47.46	44.49	37.80	35.80	32.30	26.30	21.40	20.60	20.10	17.50	15.80	15.83	15.50	13.10	13.70	13.60	12.00	10.50	9.00	9.15	8.30	7.46	7.30	6.40	5.50	5.60	4.90	4.80	5.00	3.80	3.94	3.49	3.34	3.48	4.19	3.85	3.70	3.53	3.18	2.92	3.34	3.03	3.98	3.41	3.39	3.37	2.96	2.86	3.75	4.07	3.93	3.94	4.09	4.83	5.12	5.49	5.64	5.82	5.99		40-44
45-49	2.95	31.40	28.67	31.67	28.41	28.34	26.56	18.46	14.70	12.10	10.40	10.85	10.71	10.10	10.20	9.40	8.90	8.60	6.60	5.80	3.70	3.20	1.97	1.80	1.40	1.40	1.70	1.40	1.50	1.00	1.33	1.10	0.75	0.50	0.70	0.50	0.60	0.50	0.70	0.50	0.30	0.27	0.34	0.18	0.20	0.30	0.25	0.29	0.32	0.24	0.28	0.19	0.22	0.16	0.19	0.20	0.14	0.14	0.22	0.11	0.28	0.20	0.21	0.32	0.15	0.45	0.26	0.28	0.32	0.36		45-49
50 and over	0.67	11.00	9.80	10.55	5.13	5.17	4.88	4.22	2.10	1.40	2.60	3.08	3.05	2.40	2.20	2.10	2.60	2.10	1.80	1.90	1.20	1.30	1.27	0.70	0.40	0.30	0.20	0.30	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.10	0.15	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.20	0.00	0.07	0.06	0.08	0.14	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.06	0.02	0.04	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.03		50 and over
Total fertility rate	2.51	5.70	5.14	5.64	5.26	5.27	4.95	4.63	4.21	4.27	4.21	4.11	3.87	3.68	3.70	3.79	3.67	3.55	3.44	3.35	3.24	2.98	2.93	2.85	2.72	2.70	2.70	2.68	2.54	2.49	2.49	2.46	2.48	2.45	2.40	2.35	2.32	2.27	2.27	2.22	2.09	2.06	2.30	2.20	2.15	2.23	2.13	2.07	1.92	1.90	1.77	1.89	1.73	1.80	1.77	1.52	1.46	1.46	1.46	1.47	1.52	1.56	1.46	1.51	1.49	1.53	1.50	1.51	1.44	1.43		Total fertility rate

Ethnic groups

The process of industrialization and urbanization after the Second World War that caused the population growth to decrease involved the ethnic Macedonians to a greater extent than Muslims. Rates of increase were very high among rural Muslims: Turks and Torbesh had rates 2.5 times those of the Macedonian majority, while Roma had rates 3 times as high. In 1994, Macedonians had a TFR of 2.07, while the TFR of others were: Albanian, Turkish, Roma, Serb, Vlachs and Others. The TFR by religions was: Christian, Islam and others.
However, it is unlikely that this high minority TFR has continued since then in North Macedonia, as Balkan fertility elsewhere has dropped sharply toward the European average. A more recent survey pegs Muslim fertility in North Macedonia at 1.7, versus 1.5 for non-Muslims.
In 2017, 21,754 children were born in North Macedonia. The ethnic affiliation of these newborns was: 11,260 Macedonian; 7,404 Albanian; 940 Turkish; 1,276 Roma; 40 Vlach; 129 Serbian; 213 Bosniaks; 492 other ethnic affiliation and unknown. In the school year 2016/2017 there were 192 715 students in elementary schools from which 104,756 were Macedonian, and 60,971 were Albanian, and in High schools there were 72 482 students from which 43,658 were Macedonian and 22 419 were Albanians. Furthermore, in 1999 Albanians accounted for 34.6% of newborns and 26.1% of students who finished high school in 2016, which was regulated by the Ministry of Education.

Languages

Macedonian: 1,344,815
Albanian: 507,989
Turkish: 71,757
Romani: 38,528
Serbian: 24,773
Bosnian: 8,560
Aromanian: 6,884
Other: 19,241
TOTAL: 2 022 547
Religions
Orthodox Christianity : 1,300,000 or 61.6%
Islam: 771,672 or 36.6%
Catholicism : 8,229 or 0.4%
other: 28,801 or 1.4%
''CIA World Factbook'' demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0–14 years: 19.5%
15–64 years: 67.8%
65 years and over: 12.7%
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.08 male/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male/female
15–64 years: 1.02 male/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male/female
total population: 1 male/female
Infant mortality rate
total: 11.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 74.73 years
male: 72.45 years
female: 77.2 years
Total fertility rate
1.50 children born/woman
HIV/AIDS
adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1%
people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 100
deaths: less than 100
Nationality
noun: Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia
adjective: Macedonian / of North Macedonia

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Demographics of North Macedonia

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Marriages and divorces

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Births and fertility rates

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''CIA World Factbook'' demographic statistics

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Total fertility rate

HIV/AIDS

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