!!!Macedonia: People & Society
||Population|2,100,025 (July 2016 est.)
||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.) \\