# 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%)

## 2021 census

| Ethnicity | Number | % |
| Total | 1836713 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 1073299 | 58.44 |
| Albanians | 446245 | 24.30 |
| Turks | 70961 | 3.86 |
| Romani | 46433 | 2.53 |
| Serbs | 23847 | 1.30 |
| Bosniaks | 16042 | 0.87 |
| Aromanians | 8714 | 0.47 |
| Torbesh | 4174 | 0.23 |
| Bulgarians | 3504 | 0.19 |
| Egyptians | 2406 | 0.13 |
| Croats | 2145 | 0.12 |
| Muslims | 1187 | 0.06 |
| Montenegrins | 1023 | 0.06 |
| Macedonian Muslims | 455 | 0.02 |
| Unknown | 472 | 0.03 |
| Others | 2987 | 0.16 |
| Non-declared | 450 | 0.02 |
| Regionally affiliated | 110 | 0.01 |
| Persons for whom data were obtained from administrative sources | 132 260 | 7.20 |