Macedonia: People & Society#
Population | 2,100,025 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian |
Ethnic groups | Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002 est.) |
Languages | Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 est.) |
Religions | Macedonian Orthodox 64.8%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.4%, other and unspecified 1.5% (2002 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.27% (male 187,752/female 174,935) 15-24 years: 13.69% (male 148,340/female 139,195) 25-54 years: 43.65% (male 465,622/female 451,028) 55-64 years: 12.3% (male 126,548/female 131,749) 65 years and over: 13.09% (male 117,787/female 157,069) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 41.4% youth dependency ratio: 24% elderly dependency ratio: 17.4% potential support ratio: 5.7% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 37.5 years male: 36.4 years female: 38.6 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.18% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 11.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 9.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations |
Urbanization | urban population: 57.1% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | SKOPJE (capital) 503,000 (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.6 (2013 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 7.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.2 years male: 73.6 years female: 79 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.6 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 40.2% (2011) |
Health expenditures | 6.5% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 2.62 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density | 4.5 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.8% of population rural: 98.9% of population total: 99.4% of population unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population rural: 1.1% of population total: 0.6% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.2% of population rural: 82.6% of population total: 90.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.8% of population rural: 17.4% of population total: 9.1% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.01% (2013 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 200 (2013 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | fewer than 100 (2013 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 20.8% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.3% (2011) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98.8% female: 96.8% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2012) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 16,782 percentage: 6% (2005 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 53.1% male: 52% female: 55% (2014 est.) |