Demographic history of North Macedonia

This article presents the Demographic history of North Macedonia through census results since 1948.

1948 census

 * TOTAL = 1,152,986
 * Macedonians = 789,603 (68.5%)
 * Albanians = 197,603 (17.1%)
 * Turks = 95,940 (8.3%)
 * Serbs = 29,721 (2.6%)
 * Romani = 19,500 (1.7%)
 * Aromanians = 9,511 (0.8%)
 * Montenegrins = 2,348 (0.2%)
 * Croats = 2,090
 * Muslims = 1,560
 * Others = 5,324 (0.46%)

1953 census

 * TOTAL = 1,394,514
 * Macedonians = 860,699 (66%)
 * Albanians = 162,000 (12.4%)
 * Turks = 203,928 (15.6%)
 * Romani = 20,462 (1.6%)
 * Serbs = 35,112 (2.7%)
 * Croats = 2,771
 * Montenegrins = 2,526 (0.18%)
 * Muslims = 1,591
 * Others = 56,981 (1.07%)

1961 census

 * TOTAL = 1,406,003
 * Macedonians = 900,685 (71.2%)
 * Albanians = 183,108 (13%)
 * Turks = 131,481 (9.4%)
 * Serbs = 42,728 (2.7%)
 * Romani = 20,606 (1.5%)
 * Croats = 3,801
 * Montenegrins = 3,414 (0.24%)
 * Yugoslavs = 1,260
 * Muslims = 3,002
 * Slovenes = 1,147
 * Others = 90,549 (1.03%)

1971 census

 * TOTAL = 1,647,308
 * Macedonians = 1,142,375 (69.3%)
 * Albanians = 279,871 (17%)
 * Turks = 108,552 (6.6%)
 * Romani = 24,505 (1.5%)
 * Yugoslavs = 3,652 (0.24%)
 * Serbs = 46,465 (2.85%)
 * Aromanians = 7,000 (0.42%)
 * Croats = 3,882
 * Montenegrins = 3,246 (0.19%)
 * Muslims = 1,248
 * Others = 34,005 (1.55%)

1981 census

 * TOTAL = 1,909,146
 * Macedonians = 1,279,323 (67%)
 * Albanians = 377,208 (19.8%)
 * Turks = 86,591 (4.5%)
 * Romani = 43,125 (2.3%)
 * Aromanians = 6,384 (0.3%)
 * Serbs = 44,613 (2.3%)
 * Muslims = 39,555 (2.2%)
 * Yugoslavs = 14,240
 * Croats = 3,349
 * Montenegrins = 3,940 (0.21%)
 * Others = 10,818 (0.56%)

1991 census

 * TOTAL = 2,033,964
 * Macedonians = 1,328,187 (65.3%)
 * Albanians = 441,987 (21.73%)
 * Turks = 77,080 (3.79%)
 * Romani = 52,103 (2.56%)
 * Aromanians = 7,764 (0.38%)
 * Serbs = 42,755 (2.1%)
 * Muslims = 31,356 (1.54%)
 * Greeks = 474 (0.02%)
 * Bulgarians = 1,370 (0.07%)
 * Others = 50,888 (2.6%)

1994 census

 * TOTAL = 1,936,877
 * Macedonians = 1,288,330 (66.5%)
 * Albanians = 441,104 (22.86%)
 * Turks = 77,252 (4%)
 * Romani = 43,732 (2.25%)
 * Aromanians = 8,467(0.44%)
 * Serbs = 39,620 (2.04%)
 * Others = 34,960 (1.8%)

2002 census



 * TOTAL = 2,022,547
 * Macedonians: 1,297,981 (64.17%)
 * Albanians: 509,083 (25.17%)
 * Turks: 77,959 (3.85%)
 * Romani: 53,879 (2.66%)
 * Serbs: 35,939 (1.78%)
 * Bosniaks 17,018 (0.84%)
 * Aromanians: 9,695 (0.479%)
 * Egyptians: 3,713 (0.184%)
 * Croats: 2,686 (0.133%)
 * Muslims: 2,553 (0.13%)
 * Montenegrins: 2,003 (0.1%)
 * Bulgarians: 1,418 (0.073%)
 * Greeks: 422 (0.021%)
 * Russians: 368 (0.018%)
 * Slovenes: 365
 * Poles: 162
 * Ukrainians: 136
 * Hungarians: 129
 * Germans: 88
 * Czechs: 60
 * Slovaks: 60
 * Jews: 53
 * Italians: 46
 * Austrians: 35
 * Rusyns: 24
 * Regionally affiliated: 829
 * Non-declared: 404
 * Others: 5,332 (0.264%)