Population

Age structure
  • 0-14 years: 21.9% (male 235,102; female 217,574)
  • 15-64 years: 67.5% (male 700,929; female 691,552)
  • 65 years and over: 10.6% (male 96,039; female 121,926) (2003 est.)

Population growth rate
  • 0.4% (2003 est.)
  • Birth rate: 13.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
  • Death rate: 7.78 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate
  • -1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio
  • at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
  • under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
  • 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
  • total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate
  • total: 12.14 deaths/1,000 live births
  • female: 11.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
  • male: 13.08 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth
  • total population: 74.49 years
  • male: 72.23 years
  • female: 76.94 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate
  • 1.75 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS
  • adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
  • people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 100 (1999 est.)
  • deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality
  • noun: Macedonian
  • adjective: Macedonian

Ethnic groups
  • Macedonian Slavs: 64.18% (based on 2003 count)
  • Albanian: 25.17% (based on 2003 count)
  • Turkish: 3.85% (based on 2003 count)
  • Serb: 1.74% (based on 2003 count)
  • Other: 5.06% (based on 2003 count)
    • Roma: 2.2% (based on old estimate)

Religions
  • Macedonian Orthodox: 67%
  • Muslim: 30%
  • other: 3%

Languages Literacy
  • definition: NA
  • total population: NA%
  • male: NA%
  • female: NA%

See also