Population:
2,063,122
note: a census was taken 1-15 November 2002, but results are not yet
available (July 2003 est.)
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.)
Median age:
total: 32.5 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 33.6 years (2002)
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.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Macedonian(s)
adjective: Macedonian
Ethnic groups:
Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.8%, Roma 2.7%, Serb
1.8%, other 2.3% (1994)
Religions:
Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%
Languages:
Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian 3%, other
3%
Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%