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[[demographics|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[North Macedonia]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

{{Infobox place demographics
| place            = [[North Macedonia]]
| image            = North Macedonia single age population pyramid 2020.png
| image_size       = 350
| caption          = North Macedonia [[population pyramid]] in 2020
|size_of_population = {{decrease}} 1,836,713 (2021)<ref name="stat.gov.mk EN">{{cite web|title= Address by the Director of the State Statistical Office on the completion of the Census 2021
| url              = https://popis2021.stat.gov.mk/Активности/Обраќање-на-директорот-на-Државниот-завод-за-статистика-по-повод-завршувањето-на-Попис-2021/}}</ref>
|growth            = {{decrease}} -0.32% (2020)<ref name="stat.gov.mk EN"/>
|birth             = {{decrease}} 9.2 per 1,000 (2020)<ref name="stat.gov.mk EN"/>
|death             = {{increaseNegative}} 12.4 per 1,000 (2020)<ref name="stat.gov.mk EN"/>
| life             = {{increase}} 76.40 years (2020)
| life_male        = {{increase}} 74.45 years (2020)
| life_female      = {{increase}} 78.41 years (2020)
|infant_mortality  = {{increaseNegative}} 6.7 per 1,000 (2020)<ref name="stat.gov.mk EN"/>
|fertility         = {{increase}} 1.59 live births per woman (2020)<ref name="stat.gov.mk">{{cite web|title=Индикатори
|url               = http://www.stat.gov.mk/KlucniIndikatori.aspx}}</ref><ref name="stat.gov.mk EN"/>
|net_migration     = {{increase}} −766 (2020)<ref name="stat.gov.mk"/>
| age_0-14_years   = {{decrease}} 17.1% (2012)
| age_15-64_years  = {{increase}} 71.0% (2011)
| age_65_years     = {{increase}} 11.9% (2012)
| total_mf_ratio   = 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
| sr_at_birth      = 1.08 male(s)/female (2012)
| sr_under_15      = 1.08 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
| sr_15-64_years   = 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
| sr_65_years_over = 0.78 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
| nation           = ''noun'': Macedonian(s)<br>''adjective'': Macedonian
| major_ethnic     = {{decrease}} [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]] (58.44%) (2021)
| minor_ethnic     = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
**[[Albanians]] (24.3%)
**Administrative source (7.2%)<ref>{{Cite web|date = 2022-04-08|title=State Statistical Office - Census Law - Article 5 (2)|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Dokumenti/ZakonZaPopis_mk.pdf|website=State Statistical Office|language=mk}}</ref>
**[[Turkish people|Turks]] (3.86%)
**[[Romani people|Romani]] (2.53%)
**[[Serbs]] (1.30%)
**[[Bosniaks]] (0.87%)
**[[Aromanians]] (0.47%)
{{tree list/end}}}}
| official         = [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]], [[Albanian language|Albanian]]
| spoken           = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
**[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] (61.38%)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/knigaX.pdf|title=Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Macedonia 2002|website=Stat.gov.mk|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref>
**[[Albanian language|Albanian]] (24.34%)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10Popis-mk-en.pdf|title=Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2021 - first dataset|website=Stat.gov.mk|access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref>
**Administrative sources (7.2%)<ref>{{Cite web|date = 2022-04-08|title=State Statistical Office - Census Law Article 5 (2)|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Dokumenti/ZakonZaPopis_mk.pdf|website=State Statistical Office|language=mk}}</ref>
**[[Turkish language|Turkish]] (3.41%)
**[[Romani language|Romani]] (1.73%)
**[[Bosnian language|Bosnian]] (0.85%)
**[[Serbian language|Serbian]] (0.61%)
**[[Aromanian language|Aromanian]] (0.17%)
**Other (0.15%)
{{tree list/end}}}}
}}

==Total population==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Resident population
! Growth rate
! Population density per km<sup>2</sup>
|-
| align="center" | 1921|| align="center" | 808,724|| align="center" | -|| align="center" | 31.5
|-
| align="center" | 1931|| align="center" | 949,958|| align="center" | +17.46%|| align="center" | 36.9
|-
| align="center" | 1948|| align="center" | 1,152,986|| align="center" | +21.37%|| align="center" | 44.8
|-
| align="center" | 1953|| align="center" | 1,304,514|| align="center" | +13.14%|| align="center" | 50.7
|-
| align="center" | 1961|| align="center" | 1,406,003|| align="center" | +7.78%|| align="center" | 54.7
|-
| align="center" | 1971|| align="center" | 1,647,308|| align="center" | +17.16%|| align="center" | 64.1
|-
| align="center" | 1981|| align="center" | 1,909,136|| align="center" | +15.89%|| align="center" | 74.2
|-
| align="center" | 1991|| align="center" | 2,033,964|| align="center" | +6.54%|| align="center" | 79.1
|-
| align="center" | 1994|| align="center" | 1,945,932|| align="center" | -4.33%|| align="center" | 75.7
|-
| align="center" | 2002|| align="center" | 2,022,547|| align="center" | +3.94%|| align="center" | 78.7
|-
| align="center" | 2021|| align="center" | 1,836,713|| align="center" | -9.19%|| align="center" | 71.4
|-
| colspan="4" | Source: State Statistical Office, North Macedonia<ref>{{cite web|title=MakStat database|url=https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/?rxid=ef8122dc-af33-483a-9284-bbdbfee6960d}}</ref>
|}
{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=year
| yAxisTitle= million
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 1.23, 1.26, 1.28, 1.31, 1.34, 1.36, 1.36, 1.36, 1.38, 1.38, 1.39, 1.41, 1.43, 1.45, 1.47, 1.5, 1.53, 1.55, 1.58, 1.6, 1.63, 1.65, 1.68, 1.7, 1.73, 1.76, 1.78, 1.81, 1.84, 1.86, 1.89, 1.92, 1.94, 1.97, 1.99, 2.02, 2.04, 2.07, 2.09, 2.07, 2.05, 2.04, 2.02, 2, 1.98, 1.96, 1.98, 2, 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.03, 2.02, 2.03, 2.03, 2.04, 2.04, 2.04, 2.05, 2.05, 2.06, 2.059, 2.061, 2.064, 2.067, 2.070, 2.072, 2.075, 2.076, 2.077, 2.072, 1.837

| y1Title= population (million)

}}

{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= ‰
| yAxisMin= -25
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=0
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 25.7,19.5,25.8,23.2,25.6,23.0,23.7,21.1,22.3,21.4,21.6,20.6,17.1,19.3,20.1,19.8,19.1,18.2,17.6,17.0,15.6,15.4,14.9,14.8,15.2,15.3,15.4,14.4,14.3,14.4,13.9,13.6,13.5,12.6,12.4,12.1,11.7,11.6,11.2,10.3,10.1,9.8,8.5,8.4,7.9,6.9,6.5,5.1,4.9,4.1,4.4,3.6,3.1,4.4,2.7,2.0,1.9,1.5,1.9,2.3,2.5,1.6,1.7,1.9,1.9,1.3,1.2,0.7,0.8,-0.3, -3.2,-5.4
| y2= ,6.7,-11.8,-0.3,-4.7,-10.5,-22.2,-16,-14.3,-16.4,-14.5,-9,-3.5,-4.1,-3.8,-2.6,-2,-2.3,-1.5,0,0.4,-0.3,0.2,-0.1,-0.5,-0.3,-0.1,0.3,0,0.4,0.7,-0.4,-0.6,0.4,0,0.1,0.2,0,0.2,-18.9,-18.8,-18.6,-17.3,-17.3,-16.8,-15.9,2.1,2.5,0.4,0.7,0.1,0.6,-10.4,0.5,0.2,0.1,-0.3,0.1,-0.3,-0.4,-0.4,0.1,-0.5,-0.5,-0.2,0.1,-0.2,0.3,0.1,0.5,1.2,-123

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
| y2Title=Crude migration change (per 1000)
}}
{{GraphChart
| width = 450
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=2.1
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

| y1= 5.70,5.14,5.64,5.26,5.27,4.95,4.63,4.21,4.27,4.21,4.11,3.87,3.68,3.70,3.79,3.67,3.55,3.44,3.35,3.24,2.98,2.93,2.85,2.72,2.70,2.70,2.68,2.54,2.49,2.49,2.46,2.48,2.45,2.40,2.35,2.32,2.27,2.27,2.22,2.09,2.06,2.30,2.20,2.15,2.14,2.07,1.94,1.73,1.72,1.63,1.74,1.54,1.57,1.50,1.52,1.46,1.46,1.46,1.47,1.52,1.56,1.46,1.51,1.49,1.53,1.50,1.51,1.44,1.43, 1.34, 1.31, 1.68

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}

==International statistics and estimates==
According to statistics from the European Union, the actual population has been reduced by at least 230,000 people who emigrated into European Union member states between 1998 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/report-macedonia-drained-by-migration|title=Macedonia Population Drained by Emigration, Report Says |website=[[Balkan Insight]] |date=15 May 2013 |access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> Further Albanian news sources estimated at October 2012 that the real population is closer to the sum of 1,744,237 people who are accounted within all of the health funds of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaneu.com/fall-number-population-fyrom/|title=Fall in the number of population in FYROM|website=Balkaneu.com|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.echedoros-a.gr/2013/10/blog-post_3784.html|title=Σκόπια: Σημαντική μείωση του πληθυσμού|website=Echedoros-a.gr|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> According to [[Bozhidar Dimitrov]], the Bulgarian authorities have granted 87,000 to many of those emigrants a [[Bulgarian passport]], as of 2012, which requires that they declare to be ethnic [[Bulgarians]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plusinfo.mk/vest/75328/Bozhidar-Dimitrov-86000-Makedonci-izvadile-bugarski-pasosh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111011838/http://www.plusinfo.mk/vest/75328/Bozhidar-Dimitrov-86000-Makedonci-izvadile-bugarski-pasosh|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2013|title=Божидар Димитров: 86.000 Македонци извадиле бугарски пасош|date=11 January 2013|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://a1on.mk/wordpress/archives/82774|title=Димитров: 86.000 Македонци досега извадиле бугарски пасош|date=8 January 2013|website=A1on.mk|access-date=2017-08-29|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073922/http://a1on.mk/wordpress/archives/82774|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since Bulgaria's entry into the European Union, and under pressure from fellow European Union members, Bulgaria imposed more stringent rules and measures for the acquisition of a [[Bulgarian citizenship]] and passport.

The provisions of the [[Ohrid Agreement|Ohrid agreement]] to elevate any minority language if the minority in question is above 20% of the population of any municipality into a co-official language for that municipality has created friction within the government, and between officials of different political and ethnic interests, resulting in the indefinite postponement of the census for almost twenty years until it was finally conducted in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trkanjec|first=Zeljko|date=2021-10-04|title=North Macedonia 2021 census is over|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/north-macedonia-2021-census-is-over/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=www.euractiv.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Vital statistics==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/PublikaciiPoOblasti_en.aspx|title=Latest publications}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database|title=Eurostat database}}</ref>

Source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia<ref>{{cite web|title=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Default_en.aspx}}</ref>

Population Data for period 2003-2020 was revised by the Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia <ref>{{cite web|title=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia|url=https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/mk/MakStat/MakStat__Naselenie__ProcenkiNaselenie__ProcenkiPopis2021__Proceni2003_2020Revidirani/150_ProcNasMK30_ml.px}}/</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! style="width:40pt;" |
! style="width:60pt;" |Average population
! style="width:60pt;" |Live births
! style="width:60pt;" |Deaths
! style="width:60pt;" |Natural change
! style="width:60pt;" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:60pt;" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:60pt;" |Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:60pt;" |Total fertility rate
! style="width:60pt;" |Female fertile population (15–49 years)
|-
|1950
| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |1,229,000
| style="text-align:right;" |49,560
| style="text-align:right;" |18,023
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |31,537
| style="text-align:right;" |40.3
| style="text-align:right;" |14.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25.7
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.70
| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |294,931
|-
|1951
| style="text-align:right;" |1,262,000
| style="text-align:right;" |45,329
| style="text-align:right;" |20,747
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |24,582
| style="text-align:right;" |35.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.4
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |19.5
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.14
| style="text-align:right;" |301,089
|-
|1952
| style="text-align:right;" |1,280,000
| style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |51,054
| style="text-align:right;" |17,978
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |33,076
| style="text-align:right;" |39.9
| style="text-align:right;" |14.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.64
| style="text-align:right;" |307,247
|-
|1953
| style="text-align:right;" |1,310,000
| style="text-align:right;" |49,665
| style="text-align:right;" |19,312
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |30,353
| style="text-align:right;" |37.9
| style="text-align:right;" |14.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |23.2
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.26
| style="text-align:right;" |313,405
|-
|1954
| style="text-align:right;" |1,338,000
| style="text-align:right;" |50,984
| style="text-align:right;" |16,722
| style="color:" |34,262
| style="text-align:right;" |38.1
| style="text-align:right;" |12.5
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |5.27
| style="text-align:right;" |317,457
|-
|1955
| style="text-align:right;" |1,355,000
| style="text-align:right;" |49,093
| style="text-align:right;" |17,919
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |31,174
| style="text-align:right;" |36.2
| style="text-align:right;" |13.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |23.0
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.95
| style="text-align:right;" |321,509
|-
|1956
| style="text-align:right;" |1,357,000
| style="text-align:right;" |47,486
| style="text-align:right;" |15,386
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |32,100
| style="text-align:right;" |35.0
| style="text-align:right;" |11.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |23.7
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.63
| style="text-align:right;" |325,561
|-
|1957
| style="text-align:right;" |1,364,000
| style="text-align:right;" |46,107
| style="text-align:right;" |17,341
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |28,766
| style="text-align:right;" |33.8
| style="text-align:right;" |12.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |21.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21
| style="text-align:right;" |341,923
|-
|1958
| style="text-align:right;" |1,375,000
| style="text-align:right;" |44,619
| style="text-align:right;" |13,917
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |30,702
| style="text-align:right;" |32.5
| style="text-align:right;" |10.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |22.3
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.27
| style="text-align:right;" |324,023
|-
|1959
| style="text-align:right;" |1,382,000
| style="text-align:right;" |44,638
| style="text-align:right;" |14,998
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |29,640
| style="text-align:right;" |32.3
| style="text-align:right;" |10.9
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |21.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.21
| style="text-align:right;" |326,697
|-
|1960
| style="text-align:right;" |1,391,927
| style="text-align:right;" |44,059
| style="text-align:right;" |14,007
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |30,052
| style="text-align:right;" |31.7
| style="text-align:right;" |10.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |21.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |4.11
| style="text-align:right;" |330,666
|-
|1961
| style="text-align:right;" |1,408,302
| style="text-align:right;" |42,182
| style="text-align:right;" |13,141
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |29,041
| style="text-align:right;" |30.0
| style="text-align:right;" |9.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |20.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |3.87
| style="text-align:right;" |334,636
|-
|1962
| style="text-align:right;" |1,427,771
| style="text-align:right;" |40,615
| style="text-align:right;" |16,155
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |24,460
| style="text-align:right;" |28.4
| style="text-align:right;" |11.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |17.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.68
| style="text-align:right;" |339,207
|-
|1963
| style="text-align:right;" |1,449,932
| style="text-align:right;" |41,284
| style="text-align:right;" |13,229
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |28,055
| style="text-align:right;" |28.5
| style="text-align:right;" |9.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |19.3
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.70
| style="text-align:right;" |346,815
|-
|1964
| style="text-align:right;" |1,473,996
| style="text-align:right;" |42,897
| style="text-align:right;" |13,286
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |29,611
| style="text-align:right;" |29.1
| style="text-align:right;" |9.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |20.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.79
| style="text-align:right;" |355,915
|-
|1965
| style="text-align:right;" |1,499,729
| style="text-align:right;" |42,433
| style="text-align:right;" |12,758
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |29,675
| style="text-align:right;" |28.3
| style="text-align:right;" |8.5
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |19.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.67
| style="text-align:right;" |364,762
|-
|1966
| style="text-align:right;" |1,525,841
| style="text-align:right;" |41,434
| style="text-align:right;" |12,307
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |29,127
| style="text-align:right;" |27.2
| style="text-align:right;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |19.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.55
| style="text-align:right;" |374,067
|-
|1967
| style="text-align:right;" |1,550,453
| style="text-align:right;" |40,763
| style="text-align:right;" |12,523
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |28,240
| style="text-align:right;" |26.3
| style="text-align:right;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |18.2
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.44
| style="text-align:right;" |385,649
|-
|1968
| style="text-align:right;" |1,575,714
| style="text-align:right;" |40,123
| style="text-align:right;" |12,461
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |27,662
| style="text-align:right;" |25.5
| style="text-align:right;" |7.9
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |17.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.35
| style="text-align:right;" |385,966
|-
|1969
| style="text-align:right;" |1,602,993
| style="text-align:right;" |40,342
| style="text-align:right;" |13,111
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |27,231
| style="text-align:right;" |25.2
| style="text-align:right;" |8.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |17.0
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |3.24
| style="text-align:right;" |407,438
|-
|1970
| style="text-align:right;" |1,629,061
| style="text-align:right;" |37,862
| style="text-align:right;" |12,430
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25,432
| style="text-align:right;" |23.2
| style="text-align:right;" |7.6
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |15.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.98
| style="text-align:right;" |414,466
|-
|1971
| style="text-align:right;" |1,647,308
| style="text-align:right;" |37,904
| style="text-align:right;" |12,447
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25,457
| style="text-align:right;" |22.9
| style="text-align:right;" |7.5
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |15.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.93
| style="text-align:right;" |421,227
|-
|1972
| style="text-align:right;" |1,679,456
| style="text-align:right;" |38,187
| style="text-align:right;" |13,096
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25,091
| style="text-align:right;" |22.7
| style="text-align:right;" |7.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |14.9
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.85
| style="text-align:right;" |433,922
|-
|1973
| style="text-align:right;" |1,704,602
| style="text-align:right;" |37,478
| style="text-align:right;" |12,217
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |25,261
| style="text-align:right;" |22.0
| style="text-align:right;" |7.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |14.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.72
| style="text-align:right;" |441,858
|-
|1974
| style="text-align:right;" |1,729,935
| style="text-align:right;" |38,382
| style="text-align:right; color:blue; " |12,143
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,239
| style="text-align:right;" |22.2
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |15.2
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.70
| style="text-align:right;" |449,166
|-
|1975
| style="text-align:right;" |1,756,335
| style="text-align:right;" |39,579
| style="text-align:right;" |12,629
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,950
| style="text-align:right;" |22.5
| style="text-align:right;" |7.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |15.3
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.70
| style="text-align:right;" |459,158
|-
|1976
| style="text-align:right;" |1,783,518
| style="text-align:right;" |39,809
| style="text-align:right;" |12,377
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |27,432
| style="text-align:right;" |22.3
| style="text-align:right;" |6.9
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |15.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.68
| style="text-align:right;" |460,430
|-
|1977
| style="text-align:right;" |1,810,148
| style="text-align:right;" |38,932
| style="text-align:right;" |12,899
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,033
| style="text-align:right;" |21.5
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |14.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.54
| style="text-align:right;" |471,191
|-
|1978
| style="text-align:right;" |1,836,270
| style="text-align:right;" |38,790
| style="text-align:right;" |12,577
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,213
| style="text-align:right;" |21.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 6.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |14.3
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.49
| style="text-align:right;" |477,743
|-
|1979
| style="text-align:right;" |1,863,728
| style="text-align:right;" |39,407
| style="text-align:right;" |12,653
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,754
| style="text-align:right;" |21.1
| style="text-align:right;" |6.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |14.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.49
| style="text-align:right;" |485,717
|-
|1980
| style="text-align:right;" |1,891,319
| style="text-align:right;" |39,784
| style="text-align:right;" |13,542
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,242
| style="text-align:right;" |21.0
| style="text-align:right;" |7.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |13.9
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.46
| style="text-align:right;" |493,691
|-
|1981
| style="text-align:right;" |1,909,136
| style="text-align:right;" |39,488
| style="text-align:right;" |13,383
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,105
| style="text-align:right;" |20.6
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |13.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.48
| style="text-align:right;" |491,236
|-
|1982
| style="text-align:right;" |1,941,914
| style="text-align:right;" |39,789
| style="text-align:right;" |13,510
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |26,279
| style="text-align:right;" |20.5
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |13.5
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.45
| style="text-align:right;" |494,342
|-
|1983
| style="text-align:right;" |1,967,556
| style="text-align:right;" |39,210
| style="text-align:right;" |14,391
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |24,819
| style="text-align:right;" |19.9
| style="text-align:right;" |7.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |12.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.40
| style="text-align:right;" |506,961
|-
|1984
| style="text-align:right;" |1,992,424
| style="text-align:right;" |38,861
| style="text-align:right;" |14,066
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |24,795
| style="text-align:right;" |19.5
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |12.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.35
| style="text-align:right;" |510,613
|-
|1985
| style="text-align:right;" |2,016,942
| style="text-align:right;" |38,722
| style="text-align:right;" |14,408
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |24,314
| style="text-align:right;" |19.2
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |12.1
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.32
| style="text-align:right;" |516,226
|-
|1986
| style="text-align:right;" |2,041,064
| style="text-align:right;" |38,234
| style="text-align:right;" |14,438
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |23,796
| style="text-align:right;" |18.7
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |11.7
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.27
| style="text-align:right;" |521,084
|-
|1987
| style="text-align:right;" |2,065,005
| style="text-align:right;" |38,572
| style="text-align:right;" |14,644
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |23,928
| style="text-align:right;" |18.7
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |11.6
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.27
| style="text-align:right;" |529,021
|-
|1988
| style="color:blue" |2,088,651
| style="text-align:right;" |37,879
| style="text-align:right;" |14,565
| style="color:" |23,314
| style="text-align:right;" |18.1
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="color:" |11.2
| style="color:blue" |2.22
| style="text-align:right;" |530,321
|-
|1989
| style="text-align:right;" |2,070,912
| style="text-align:right;" |35,927
| style="text-align:right;" |14,592
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |21,335
| style="text-align:right;" |17.3
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |10.3
| style="text-align:right;" |2.09
| style="text-align:right;" |538,168
|-
|1990
| style="text-align:right;" |2,053,172
| style="text-align:right;" |35,401
| style="text-align:right;" |14,643
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |20,758
| style="text-align:right;" |17.2
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |10.1
| style="text-align:right;" |2.06
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |547,749
|-
|1991
| style="text-align:right;" |2,033,964
| style="text-align:right;" |34,830
| style="text-align:right;" |14,789
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |20,041
| style="text-align:right;" |17.1
| style="text-align:right;" |7.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |9.8
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.30
| style="text-align:right;" |512,254
|-
|1992
| style="text-align:right;" |2,017,694
| style="text-align:right;" |33,238
| style="text-align:right;" |16,022
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |17,216
| style="text-align:right;" |16.5
| style="text-align:right;" |7.9
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |8.5
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.20
| style="text-align:right;" |507,575
|-
|1993
| style="text-align:right;" |1,999,955
| style="text-align:right;" |32,374
| style="text-align:right;" |15,591
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |16,783
| style="text-align:right;" |16.2
| style="text-align:right;" |7.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |8.4
| style="text-align:right; color:blue;" |2.15
| style="text-align:right;" |502,896
|-
|1994<ref>{{cite web |title=Demographics statistics by regions, 1994-2004|url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/DZS-DS-1994-2004-1.pdf}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |1,945,932
| style="text-align:right;" |31,421
| style="text-align:right;" |15,649
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |15,772
| style="text-align:right;" |16.1
| style="text-align:right;" |8.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right;" |2.09
| style="text-align:right;" |501,788
|-
|1995
| style="text-align:right;" |1,966,033
| style="text-align:right;" |29,886
| style="text-align:right;" |16,169
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |13,717
| style="text-align:right;" |15.2
| style="text-align:right;" |8.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right;  |1.98
| style="text-align:right;" |505,349
|-
|1996
| style="text-align:right;" |1,983,009
| style="text-align:right;" |28,946
| style="text-align:right;" |15,882
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |13,064
| style="text-align:right;" |14.6
| style="text-align:right;" |8.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |6.6
| style="text-align:right;" |1.90
| style="text-align:right;" |511,941
|-
|1997
| style="text-align:right;" |1,996,869
| style="text-align:right;" |26,830
| style="text-align:right;" |16,373
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |10,457
| style="text-align:right;" |13.4
| style="text-align:right;" |8.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |5.2
| style="text-align:right;" |1.75
| style="text-align:right;" |517,392
|-
|1998
| style="text-align:right;" |2,007,523
| style="text-align:right;" |26,639
| style="text-align:right;" |16,628
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |10,011
| style="text-align:right;" |13.3
| style="text-align:right;" |8.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |5.0
| style="text-align:right;" |1.73
| style="text-align:right;" |520,862
|-
|1999
| style="text-align:right;" |2,017,142
| style="text-align:right;" |24,964
| style="text-align:right;" |16,622
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |8,342
| style="text-align:right;" |12.4
| style="text-align:right;" |8.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |4.1
| style="text-align:right;" |1.61
| style="text-align:right;" |523,687
|-
|2000
| style="text-align:right;" |2,026,350
| style="text-align:right;" |26,168
| style="text-align:right;" |17,085
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |9,083
| style="text-align:right;" |12.9
| style="text-align:right;" |8.4
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |4.5
| style="text-align:right;" |1.68
| style="text-align:right;" |526,563
|-
|2001
| style="text-align:right;" |2,034,882
| style="text-align:right;" |24,183
| style="text-align:right;" |16,790
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |7,393
| style="text-align:right;" |11.9
| style="text-align:right;" |8.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3.6
| style="text-align:right;" |1.55
| style="text-align:right;" |529,374
|-
|2002
| style="text-align:right;" |2,022,547
| style="text-align:right;" |24,154
| style="text-align:right;" |17,866
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |6,288
| style="text-align:right;" |12.0
| style="text-align:right;" |8.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3.1
| style="text-align:right;" |1.59
| style="text-align:right;" |522,016
|-
|2003
| style="text-align:right;" |2,022,725
| style="text-align:right;" |23,596
| style="text-align:right;" |17,813
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |5,783
| style="text-align:right;" |11.7
| style="text-align:right;" |8.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.9
| style="text-align:right;" |1.55
| style="text-align:right;" |523,044
|-
|2004
| style="text-align:right;" |2,016,186
| style="text-align:right;" |23,361
| style="text-align:right;" |17,944
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |5,417
| style="text-align:right;" |11.6
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.7
| style="text-align:right;" |1.54
| style="text-align:right;" |520,696
|-
|2005
| style="text-align:right;" |2,005,330 
| style="text-align:right;" |22,482
| style="text-align:right;" |18,406
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |4,076
| style="text-align:right;" |11.2
| style="text-align:right;" |9.2
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.0
| style="text-align:right; |1.49
| style="text-align:right;" |516,960
|-
|2006
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,994,287 
| style="text-align:right;" |22,585
| style="text-align:right;" |18,630
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,955
| style="text-align:right;" |11.3
| style="text-align:right;" |9.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.0
| style="text-align:right;" |1.51
| style="text-align:right;" |513,243
|-
|2007
| style="text-align:right;" |1,982,933
| style="text-align:right;" |22,688
| style="text-align:right;" |19,594
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,094
| style="text-align:right;" |11.4
| style="text-align:right;" |9.9
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1.6
| style="text-align:right;" |1.53
| style="text-align:right;" |509,072
|-
|2008
| style="text-align:right;" |1,971,493
| style="text-align:right;" |22,945
| style="text-align:right;" |18,982
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,963
| style="text-align:right;" |11.6
| style="text-align:right;" |9.6
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.0
| style="text-align:right;" |1.56
| style="text-align:right;" |504,139
|-
|2009
| style="text-align:right;" |1,958,782
| style="text-align:right;" |23,684
| style="text-align:right;" |19,060
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |4,624
| style="text-align:right;" |12.1
| style="text-align:right;" |9.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.4
| style="text-align:right;" |1.63
| style="text-align:right;" |498,130
|-
|2010
| style="text-align:right;" |1,946,298
| style="text-align:right;" |24,296
| style="text-align:right;" |19,113
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |5,183
| style="text-align:right;" |12.5
| style="text-align:right;" |9.8
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.7
| style="text-align:right;" |1.70
| style="text-align:right;" |490,751
|-
|2011
| style="text-align:right;" |1,937,398 
| style="text-align:right;" |22,770
| style="text-align:right;" |19,465
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,305
| style="text-align:right;" |11.8
| style="text-align:right;" |10.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1.7
| style="text-align:right;" |1.62
| style="text-align:right;" |483,441
|-
|2012
| style="text-align:right;" |1,929,821
| style="text-align:right;" |23,568
| style="text-align:right;" |20,134
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,434
| style="text-align:right;" |12.2
| style="text-align:right;" |10.4
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1.8
| style="text-align:right;" |1.71
| style="text-align:right;" |476,635
|-
|2013
| style="text-align:right;" |1,922,716 
| style="text-align:right;" |23,138
| style="text-align:right;" |19,208
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,930
| style="text-align:right;" |12.0
| style="text-align:right;" |10.0
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.0
| style="text-align:right;" |1.70
| style="text-align:right;" |469,371
|-
|2014
| style="text-align:right;" |1,917,557
| style="text-align:right;" |23,596
| style="text-align:right;" |19,718
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |3,878
| style="text-align:right;" |12.3
| style="text-align:right;" |10.3
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2.0
| style="text-align:right;" |1.76
| style="text-align:right;" |461,769
|-
|2015
| style="text-align:right;" |1,912,430
| style="text-align:right;" |23,075
| style="text-align:right;" |20,461
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2,614
| style="text-align:right;" |12.1
| style="text-align:right;" |10.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1.4
| style="text-align:right;" |1.76
| style="text-align:right;" |454,398
|-
|2016
| style="text-align:right;" |1,906,313 
| style="text-align:right;" |23,002
| style="text-align:right;" |20,421
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |2,581
| style="text-align:right;" |12.1
| style="text-align:right;" |10.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1.4
| style="text-align:right;" |1.78
| style="text-align:right;" |447,443
|-
|2017
| style="text-align:right;" |1,898,657 
| style="text-align:right;" |21,754
| style="text-align:right;" |20,318
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1,436
| style="text-align:right;" |11.5
| style="text-align:right;" |10.7
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |1.72
| style="text-align:right;" |440,271
|-
|2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Yearbook, 2019|url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_en.aspx?id=34&rbr=770}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |1,889,051
| style="text-align:right;" |21,333
| style="text-align:right;" |19,727
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |1,606
| style="text-align:right;" |11.3
| style="text-align:right;" |10.4
| style="text-align:right; color:;" |0.9
| style="text-align:right;  |1.73
| style="text-align:right;" |432,640
|-
|2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Natality in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2019|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?id=8&rbr=3327}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mortality in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2019|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?id=7&rbr=3337}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |1,876,262
| style="text-align:right;" |19,845
| style="text-align:right;" |20,446
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -601
| style="text-align:right;" |10.6
| style="text-align:right;" |10.9
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |1.65
| style="text-align:right;" |424,658
|-
|2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Natality in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2020|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?id=8&rbr=13667}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mortality in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2020|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?id=7&rbr=13680}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |1,856,124
| style="text-align:right;" |19,031
| style="text-align:right;" |25,755
| style="text-align:right; color:red;" | -6,724
| style="text-align:right;" |10.3
| style="text-align:right;" |13.9
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -3.6
| style="text-align:right;" |1.62
| style="text-align:right;" |416,741
|-
|2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Natality in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2021|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?id=8&rbr=14006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mortality in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2021|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie_en.aspx?id=7&rbr=14025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |1,836,713
| style="text-align:right; " |18,648
| style="text-align:right; color:red; " |28,516
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -9,868
| style="text-align:right;" |10.2
| style="text-align:right;" |15.5
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -5.4
| style="text-align:right;" |1.62
| style="text-align:right;" |410,912
|-
|2022
| style="text-align:right;" |1,830,083
| 18,073
| 22,459
| style="color:red" | -4,386
| style="text-align:right;" |9.9
| style="text-align:right;" |12.3
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -2.4
| style="text-align:right;" |1.59
| style="text-align:right;" |407,934
|-
|2023
|1,826,633
|16,737
|20,187
| style="color:red| -3,450
|9.2
|11.0
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -1.9
|1.48
|404,624
|-
|2024
|1,822,493
|style="color:red| 16,061
| 20,201
| style="color:red| -4,140
|8.8
|10.9
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | -2.1 
| style="text-align:right;color:red;" | 1.40(e)
| 
|-
|}

===Current vital statistics===
[[File:Life expectancy in North Macedonia.svg|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy]] in North Macedonia since 1950]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -North Macedonia -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in North Macedonia since 1960 by gender]]

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January—August 2024'''
| 10,358
| 13,224
| –2,805
|-
| '''January—August 2025'''
| 10,072
| 13,421
| –3,349
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} –286 (–2.7%)
| {{increasenegative}} +197 (+1.5%)
| {{decrease}} –544
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Monthly Statistical Bulletin |url=https://www.stat.mk/media/aokdqdfg/bilten-07-ang.pdf}}</ref>
|}

==Marriages and divorces==
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" 
|-
! style="width:40pt;" |
! style="width:60pt;" |Average population
! style="width:60pt;" |Marriages
! style="width:60pt;" |Divorces
! style="width:60pt;" |Crude marriage rate (per 1000)
! style="width:60pt;" |Crude divorce rate (per 1000)
! style="width:60pt;" |Divorces per 1000 marriages
|-
|'''1950'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,229,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,123'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''983'''
| style="text-align:right;" |11.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''69.6'''
|-
|'''1951'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,262,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,651'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''951'''
| style="text-align:right;" |10.8
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''69.7'''
|-
|'''1952'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,280,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''12,758'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''832'''
| style="text-align:right;" |10.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''65.2'''
|-
|'''1953'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,310,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,739'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''990'''
| style="text-align:right;" |9.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''84.3'''
|-
|'''1954'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,338,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''12,096'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''772'''
| style="text-align:right;" |9.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''63.8'''
|-
|'''1955'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,355,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''12,003'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''983'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''81.9'''
|-
|'''1956'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,357,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,751'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''956'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.7
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''81.4'''
|-
|'''1957'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,364,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,432'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,079'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.4
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''94.4'''
|-
|'''1958'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,375,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''12,238'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''970'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''79.3'''
|-
|'''1959'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,382,000
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,846'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,013'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''85.5'''
|-
|'''1960'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,391,927
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,941'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,013'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''84.8'''
|-
|'''1961'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,408,302
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,881'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''796'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.4
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''67.0'''
|-
|'''1962'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,427,771
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,941'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''907'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.4
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''76.0'''
|-
|'''1963'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,449,932
| style="text-align:right;" |'''11,827'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''685'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.2
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''57.9'''
|-
|'''1964'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,473,996
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,472'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''610'''
| style="text-align:right;" |9.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''45.3'''
|-
|'''1965'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,499,729
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,467'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''754'''
| style="text-align:right;" |9.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''56.0'''
|-
|'''1966'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,525,841
| style="text-align:right;" |'''12,960'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''598'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''46.1'''
|-
|'''1967'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,550,453
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,141'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''392'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''29.8'''
|-
|'''1968'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,575,714
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,550'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''446'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''32.9'''
|-
|'''1969'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,602,993
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,376'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''448'''
| style="text-align:right;" |9.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''31.2'''
|-
|'''1970'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,629,061
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,593'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''453'''
| style="text-align:right;" |9.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''31.0'''
|-
|'''1971'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,654,076
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,739'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''463'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''31.4'''
|-
|'''1972'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,679,456
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,903'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''580'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''38.9'''
|-
|'''1973'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,704,602
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,105'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,053'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''69.7'''
|-
|'''1974'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,729,935
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,118'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,071'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.7
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''70.8'''
|-
|'''1975'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,756,335
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,554'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,270'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''81.7'''
|-
|'''1976'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,783,518
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,023'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,066'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.4
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''71.0'''
|-
|'''1977'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,810,148
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,604'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''822'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''52.7'''
|-
|'''1978'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,836,270
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,702'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''776'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''49.4'''
|-
|'''1979'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,863,728
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,122'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''816'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.7
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''50.6'''
|-
|'''1980'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,891,319
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,145'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''890'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''55.1'''
|-
|'''1981'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,916,713
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,303'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''911'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''55.9'''
|-
|'''1982'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,941,914
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,606'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''911'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''54.9'''
|-
|'''1983'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,967,556
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,404'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''747'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.3
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''45.5'''
|-
|'''1984'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,992,424
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,054'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''886'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''55.2'''
|-
|'''1985'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,016,942
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,335'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''817'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''50.0'''
|-
|'''1986'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,041,064
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,326'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,017'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''62.3'''
|-
|'''1987'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,065,005
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,799'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''811'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''48.3'''
|-
|'''1988'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,088,651
| style="text-align:right;" |'''16,380'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''861'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.8
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''52.6'''
|-
|'''1989'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,070,912
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,842'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''951'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''60.0'''
|-
|'''1990'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,053,172
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,688'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''749'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''47.7'''
|-
|'''1991'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,035,433
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,311'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''496'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.2
| style="text-align:right;" |'''32.4'''
|-
|'''1992'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,017,694
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,354'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''578'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''37.6'''
|-
|'''1993'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,999,955
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,080'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''636'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''42.2'''
|-
|'''1994'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,982,215
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,736'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''612'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.3
| style="text-align:right;" |'''38.9'''
|-
|'''1995'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,964,476
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,823'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''710'''
| style="text-align:right;" |8.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''44.9'''
|-
|'''1996'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,981,543
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,089'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''705'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4
| style="text-align:right;" |'''50.0'''
|-
|'''1997'''
| style="text-align:right;" |1,996,869
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,072'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,021'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''72.6'''
|-
|'''1998'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,007,523
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,993'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,027'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''73.4'''
|-
|'''1999'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,017,142
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,172'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,045'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.5
| style="text-align:right;" |'''73.7'''
|-
|'''2000'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,026,350
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,255'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,325'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.0
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''92.9'''
|-
|'''2001'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,034,882
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,267'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,448'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''109.1'''
|-
|'''2002'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,020,157
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,522'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,310'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.2
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''90.2'''
|-
|'''2003'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,026,773
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,402'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,405'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''97.6'''
|-
|'''2004'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,032,544
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,073'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,645'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''116.9'''
|-
|'''2005'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,036,855
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,500'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,552'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.1
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''107.0'''
|-
|'''2006'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,040,228
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,908'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,475'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.3
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''98.9'''
|-
|'''2007'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,043,559
| style="text-align:right;" |'''15,490'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,417'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.6
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7
| style="text-align:right;" |'''91.5'''
|-
|'''2008'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,046,898
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,695'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,209'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.2
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''82.3'''
|-
|'''2009'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,050,671
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,923'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,287'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.3
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6
| style="text-align:right;" |'''86.2'''
|-
|'''2010'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,055,004
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,155'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,720'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.9
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''121.5'''
|-
|'''2011'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,058,539
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,736'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,753'''
| style="text-align:right;" |7.2
| style="text-align:right;" |0.9
| style="text-align:right;" |'''119.0'''
|-
|'''2012'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,061,044
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,991'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,926'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.8
| style="text-align:right;" |0.9
| style="text-align:right;" |'''137.7'''
|-
|'''2013'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,064,032
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,982'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''2,045'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.8
| style="text-align:right;" |1.0
| style="text-align:right;" |'''146.3'''
|-
|'''2014'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,067,471
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,813'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''2,210'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.7
| style="text-align:right;" |1.1
| style="text-align:right; color:red;" |'''160.0'''
|-
|'''2015'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,070,226
| style="text-align:right;" |'''14,186'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''2,200'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.9
| style="text-align:right;" |1.1
| style="text-align:right;" |'''155.1'''
|-
|'''2016'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,072,490
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,199'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,985'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.4
| style="text-align:right;" |1.0
| style="text-align:right;" |'''150.4'''
|-
|'''2017'''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,074,502
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,781'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,994'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.6
| style="text-align:right;" |1.0
| style="text-align:right;" |'''144.7'''
|-
|'''2018 '''
| style="text-align:right;" |2,076,217
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,494'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,620'''
| style="text-align:right;" |6.5
| style="text-align:right;" |0.8
| style="text-align:right;" |'''120.1'''
|-
|'''2019'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Мarriages and divorces in Republic of North Macedonia, in 2019 - final data|url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2020/2.1.20.13_mk.pdf}}</ref>
| style="text-align:right;" |'''2,076,694'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''13,814'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1,990'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''6.7'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''1.0'''
| style="text-align:right;" |'''144.1'''
|-
|}

==Ethnic groups==
The process of industrialization and urbanization after the Second World War that caused the population growth to decrease involved the [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|ethnic Macedonians]] to a greater extent than Muslims. Rates of increase were very high among rural Muslims: [[Turks in North Macedonia|Turks]] and [[Macedonian Muslims|Torbesh]] (Macedonian Muslims) had rates 2.5 times those of the Macedonian majority, while [[Romani people in North Macedonia|Roma]] had rates 3 times as high. In 1994, Macedonians had a TFR of 2.07, while the TFR of others were: Albanian (2.10), Turkish (3.55), Roma (4.01), Serb (2.07), Vlachs (1.88) and Others (3.05). The TFR by religions was: Christian (2.17, with 2.20 for Catholics and 2.06 for Orthodox), Islam (4.02) and others (2.16).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk/OldSite/Issue_2/dragovic.eng.asp |title=New Balkan Politics - Issue 2 |access-date=2010-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043220/http://www.newbalkanpolitics.org.mk/OldSite/Issue_2/dragovic.eng.asp |archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>

However, it is unlikely that this high minority TFR has continued since then in North Macedonia, as Balkan fertility elsewhere ([[Demographics of Albania|Albania]], [[Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Demographics of Kosovo|Kosovo]]) has dropped sharply toward the European average. A more recent survey<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-will-britain-have-a-muslim-majority-by-2050/13690 |title=FactCheck: Will Britain have a Muslim majority by 2050? &#124; the FactCheck Blog |access-date=2013-06-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617231159/http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-will-britain-have-a-muslim-majority-by-2050/13690 |archive-date=2013-06-17 }}</ref> pegs Muslim fertility in North Macedonia at 1.7, versus 1.5 for non-Muslims.

<gallery>
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 1961.gif|Ethnic structure of SR Macedonia by settlements 1961.
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 1971.gif|Ethnic structure of SR Macedonia by settlements 1971.
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 1981.gif|Ethnic structure of SR Macedonia by settlements 1981.
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 1991 1.gif|Ethnic structure of SR Macedonia by settlements 1991.
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 1991 2.gif|Ethnic structure of SR Macedonia by settlements 1991.
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 1994.gif|Ethnic structure of R. Macedonia by settlements 1994.
File:Makedonija - Etnicki sastav po naseljima 2002.gif|Ethnic structure of R. Macedonia by settlements 2002.
File:Етнички состав на Македонија, според пописот од 2021 година.png|Ethnic structure of R. North Macedonia by settlements 2021.

</gallery>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
'''Population of North Macedonia according to ethnic group 1948–2021<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb2007bazi/Database/Censuses/databasetree.asp |title=Dabase |access-date=2011-02-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309211353/http://www.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb2007bazi/Database/Censuses/databasetree.asp |archive-date=2011-03-09 }}</ref>'''
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | census 1948
! colspan="2" | census 1953
! colspan="2" | census 1961
! colspan="2" | census 1971
! colspan="2" | census 1981
! colspan="2" | census 1991
! colspan="2" | census 1994<sup>1</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 2002
! colspan="2" |census 2021                                                      
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
!Number
!%
|-
| [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]]
| align="right" | 789,648
| align="right" | 68.5
| align="right" | 860,699
| align="right" | 66.0
| align="right" | 1,000,854
| align="right" | 71.2
| align="right" | 1,142,375
| align="right" | 69.3
| align="right" | 1,281,195
| align="right" | 67.0
| align="right" | {{font color|blue|1,328,187}}
| align="right" | 65.3
| align="right" | 1,295,964
| align="right" | 66.6
| align="right" | 1,297,981
| align="right" | 64.18
| align="right" | 1,073,299
| align="right" | 58.44
|-
| [[Albanians in North Macedonia|Albanians]]
| align="right" | 197,389
| align="right" | 17.1
| align="right" | 162,524
| align="right" | 12.5
| align="right" | 183,108
| align="right" | 13.0
| align="right" | 279,871
| align="right" | 17.0
| align="right" | 377,726
| align="right" | 19.8
| align="right" | 441,987
| align="right" | 21.7
| align="right" | 441,104
| align="right" | 22.7
| align="right" | 509,083
| align="right" | 25.17
| align="right" | 446,245
| align="right" | 24.30
|-
| [[Turks in North Macedonia|Turks]]
| align="right" | 95,940
| align="right" | 8.3
| align="right" | 203,938
| align="right" | 15.6
| align="right" | 131,481
| align="right" | 9.4
| align="right" | 108,552
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 86,691
| align="right" | 4.5
| align="right" | 77,080
| align="right" | 3.8
| align="right" | 78,019
| align="right" | 4.0
| align="right" | 77,959
| align="right" | 3.85
| align="right" | 70,961
| align="right" | 3.86
|-
| [[Romani people in North Macedonia|Romani]]
| align="right" | 19,500
| align="right" | 1.7
| align="right" | 20,462
| align="right" | 1.6
| align="right" | 20,606
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 24,505
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 43,223
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 52,103
| align="right" | 2.6
| align="right" | 43,707
| align="right" | 2.2
| align="right" | 53,879
| align="right" | 2.66
| align="right" | 46,433
| align="right" | 2.53
|-
| [[Serbs of North Macedonia|Serbs]]
| align="right" | 29,721
| align="right" | 2.6
| align="right" | 35,112
| align="right" | 2.7
| align="right" | 42,728
| align="right" | 3.0
| align="right" | 46,465
| align="right" | 2.8
| align="right" | 44,613
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 42,775
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 40,228
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 35,939
| align="right" | 1.78
| align="right" | 23,847
| align="right" | 1.30
|-
| [[Bosniaks in North Macedonia|Bosniaks]]
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 6,829
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 17,018
| align="right" | 0.84
| align="right" | 16,042
| align="right" | 0.87
|-
| [[Aromanians in North Macedonia|Aromanians]]
| align="right" | 9,511
| align="right" | 0.8
| align="right" | 8,668
| align="right" | 0.7
| align="right" | 8,046
| align="right" | 0.6
| align="right" | 7,190
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 6,392
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 7,764
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 8,601
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 9,695
| align="right" | 0.48
| align="right" | 8,714
| align="right" | 0.47
|-
| [[Torbeši]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align="right" | 4,174
| align="right" | 0.23
|-
| [[Bulgarians in North Macedonia|Bulgarians]]
| align="right" | 889
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 920
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 3,087
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,334
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 1,984
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,370
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,682
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,417
| align="right" | 0.07
| align="right" | 3,504
| align="right" | 0.19
|-
| [[Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians|Ashkali]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align="right" | 2,406
| align="right" | 0.13
|-
| [[Croats in North Macedonia|Croats]]
| align="right" | 2,090
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 2,770
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,801
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 3,882
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,349
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 2,878
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 2,248
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 2,686
| align="right" | 0.13
| align="right" | 2,145
| align="right" | 0.12
|-
| [[Macedonian Muslims|Muslims]]
| align="right" | 1,560
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,591
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 3,002
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 1,248
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 39,555
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 31,356
| align="right" | 1.5
| align="right" | 15,418
| align="right" | 0.8
| align="right" | 2,553
| align="right" | 0.13
| align="right" | 1,187
| align="right" | 0.06
|-
| [[Montenegrins of North Macedonia|Montenegrins]]
| align="right" | 2,348
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 2,526
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,414
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,246
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,940
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,225
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 2,318
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 2,003
| align="right" | 0.10
| align="right" | 1,023
| align="right" | 0.06
|-
| [[Yugoslavs]]
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 1,260
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 3,652
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 14,240
| align="right" | 0.7
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 344
| align="right" | 0.02
|-
| other/unspecified <ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-08|title=State Statistical Office - Census Law - Article 5 (2)|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Dokumenti/ZakonZaPopis_mk.pdf|website=State Statistical Office|language=mk}}</ref>
| align="right" | 4,390
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 5,304
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 4,616
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 22,988
| align="right" | 1.4
| align="right" | 6,228
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 45,239
| align="right" | 2.2
| align="right" | 9,814
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 14,887<sup>2</sup>
| align="right" | 0.74
| align="right" | 136,389<sup>3</sup>
| align="right" | 7.42
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total
! colspan="2" | 1,152,986
! colspan="2" | 1,304,514
! colspan="2" | 1,406,003
! colspan="2" | 1,647,308
! colspan="2" | 1,909,136
! colspan="2" | 2,033,964
! colspan="2" | 1,945,932
! colspan="2" | 2,022,547
! colspan="2" |1,836,713
|-
| colspan="19" | <sup>1</sup> Since 1994 residents who were permanently living abroad were no longer included

<sup>2</sup> [[Ashkali and Egyptians|Ashkali]]: 3,713 or 0.184%, [[Greeks in North Macedonia|Greeks]]: 422 or 0.021%, [[Russians]]: 368 or 0.018%, [[Slovenes]]: 365 or 0.018%, [[Polish people|Poles]]: 162 or 0.008%, [[Ukrainians]]: 136 or 0.007%, [[Germans]]: 88 or 0.004%, [[Czechs]]: 60 or 0.005%, [[Slovaks]]: 60 or 0.005%, [[History of the Jews in North Macedonia|Jews]]: 53 or 0.003%, [[Italians]]: 46 or 0.002%, [[Austrians]]: 35 or 0.002%, [[Rusyns]]: 24 or 0.001%, Regionally affiliated: 829 or 0.041%, Non-declared: 404 or 0.02%, Others: 5332 or 0.264%

<sup>3</sup> Regionally affiliated: 110 or 0.01%, Non-declared: 450* or 0.02%, Citizens for whom the data are taken from administrative sources, not included directly in the census (without ethnic declaration) 132,260 or 7.20%.*{{clarify|date=May 2022}}<!-- What do the *s refer to? -->
|}

In 2017, 21,754 children were born in North Macedonia. The ethnic affiliation of these newborns was: 11,260 (51.76%) [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]]; 7,404 (34.03%) [[Albanians in North Macedonia|Albanian]]; 940 (4.32%) [[Turks in North Macedonia|Turkish]]; 1,276 (5.87%) [[Romani people in North Macedonia|Roma]]; 40 (0.18%) [[Aromanians in North Macedonia|Vlach]]; 129 (0.59%) [[Serbs of North Macedonia|Serbian]]; 213 (0.98%) [[Bosniaks in North Macedonia|Bosniaks]]; 492 (2,26%) other ethnic affiliation and unknown.<ref name="Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 2018">''{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/SG2018/03-Naselenie-Population.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 2018, p. 83 |publisher=North Macedonia, State Statistical Office |date=2016|access-date=20 October 2018}}''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPoslednaPublikacija.aspx?id=41|title=Државен завод за статистика - публикација: Основни и средни училишта на крајот на учебната година|website=www.stat.gov.mk|language=mk|access-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> In the school year 2016/2017 there were 192 715 students in elementary schools from which 104,756 (55%) were [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]], and 60,971 (32%) were [[Albanians|Albanian]], and in High schools there were 72 482 students from which 43,658 (60.1%) were [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]] and 22 419 (30.9%) were [[Albanians]]. Furthermore, in 1999 [[Albanians]] accounted for 34.6% of newborns and 26.1% of students who finished high school in 2016, which was regulated by the Ministry of Education.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
'''Newborns in North Macedonia according to ethnic group'''
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic group
! colspan="2" | 1994<ref name="Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 1999">''{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_en.aspx?id=34&rbr=407 |title=Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 1999, p. 21 |publisher=North Macedonia, State Statistical Office |date=1999|access-date=20 October 2018}}''</ref>
! colspan="2" | 2002<ref name="Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 2004">''{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_en.aspx?id=34&rbr=436 |title=Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 2004, p. 65 |publisher=North Macedonia, State Statistical Office |date=2004|access-date=20 October 2018}}''</ref>
! colspan="2" | 2012<ref name="Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 2014">''{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/PDFSG2014/03-Naselenie-Population.pdf |title=Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia, 2014, p. 79 |publisher=North Macedonia, State Statistical Office |date=2014|access-date=20 October 2018}}''</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=North Macedonia in figures, 2021|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/2022/MK-brojki-2022-en.pdf}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Statistical Office - Publication: North Macedonia in Figures |url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_en.aspx?id=27&rbr=885 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=www.stat.gov.mk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Makedonija Vo Brojki 2024 |url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_en.aspx?id=27&rbr=909 |archive-url= |website=State Statistical Office}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-30 |title=North Macedonia in figures, 2025 |url=https://www.stat.mk/en/all-publications/north-macedonia-in-figures/north-macedonia-in-figures-2025/ |website=State Statistical Office}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
!Number
! %
!Number
! %
!Number
! %
!Number
! %
|-
| [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]]
| align="right" | 16,704
| align="right" | 49.88
| align="right" | 13,639
| align="right" | 49.13
| align="right" | 11,995
| align="right" | 50.90
| align="right" | 9,338
| align="right" | 50.08
| align="right" |9,102
| align="right" |50.36
| align="right" |8,411
| align="right" |50.25
| align="right" |6,842
| align="right" |42.60
|-
| [[Albanians in North Macedonia|Albanians]]
| align="right" | 12,010
| align="right" | 35.86
| align="right" | 10,118
| align="right" | 36.45
| align="right" | 8,035
| align="right" | 34.09
| align="right" | 6,663
| align="right" | 35.73
| align="right" |6,577
| align="right" |36.39
| align="right" |6,063
| align="right" |36.23
| align="right" |5,475
| align="right" |34.09
|-
| [[Romani people in North Macedonia|Romani]]
| align="right" | 1,378
| align="right" | 4.12
| align="right" | 1,678
| align="right" | 6.04
| align="right" | 1,552
| align="right" | 6.59
| align="right" | 1,267
| align="right" | 6.79
| align="right" |1,094
| align="right" |6.05
| align="right" |997
| align="right" |5.96
| align="right" |917
| align="right" |5.71
|-
| [[Turks in North Macedonia|Turks]]
| align="right" | 1,616
| align="right" | 4.83
| align="right" | 1,202
| align="right" | 4.33
| align="right" | 1,092
| align="right" | 4.63
| align="right" | 835
| align="right" | 4.48
| align="right" |756
| align="right" |4.18
| align="right" |735
| align="right" |4.39
| align="right" |602
| align="right" |3.75
|-
| [[Bosniaks in North Macedonia|Bosniaks]]
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 251
| align="right" | 1.07
| align="right" | 177
| align="right" | 0.95
| align="right" |186
| align="right" |1.03
| align="right" |179
| align="right" |1.07
| align="right" |150
| align="right" |0.93
|-
| [[Serbs of North Macedonia|Serbs]]
| align="right" | 403
| align="right" | 1.20
| align="right" | 168
| align="right" | 0.61
| align="right" | 125
| align="right" | 0.53
| align="right" | 123
| align="right" | 0.66
| align="right" |117
| align="right" |0.65
| align="right" |109
| align="right" |0.65
| align="right" |84
| align="right" |0.52
|-
| [[Aromanians in North Macedonia|Vlach (Aromanians)]]
| align="right" | 25
| align="right" | 0.07
| align="right" | 23
| align="right" | 0.08
| align="right" | 37
| align="right" | 0.16
| align="right" | 17
| align="right" | 0.09
| align="right" |26
| align="right" |0.14
| align="right" |31
| align="right" |0.19
| align="right" |15
| align="right" |0.09
|-
| other
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1,351
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 4.03
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 933
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 3.36
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 481
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 2.04
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 228
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1.22
| rowspan="2" align="right" |215
| rowspan="2" align="right" |1.19
| rowspan="2" align="right" |212
| rowspan="2" align="right" |1.26
| align="right" |161
| align="right" |1.00
|-
|unspecified
| align="right" |1,815
| align="right" |11.30
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total
! colspan="2" | 33,487
! colspan="2" | 27,761
! colspan="2" | 23,568
! colspan="2" |18,648
! colspan="2" |18,073
! colspan="2" |16,737
! colspan="2" |16,061
|-
|}

==Migration==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Net migration of North Macedonia (2005–2023)
! Year !! Immigrants !! Emigrants !! Net migration
|-
| 2005 || 967 || 18 || 191
|-
| 2006 || 1,029 || 35 || 466
|-
| 2007 || 861 || 16 || 987
|-
| 2008 || 557 || 11 || 25
|-
| 2009 || 1,000 || 23 || 467
|-
| 2010 || 1,356 || 84 || 652
|-
| 2011 || 1,747 || 147 || 806
|-
| 2012 || 2,072 || 85 || 1,053
|-
| 2013 || 1,940 || 96 || 1,390
|-
| 2014 || 2,273 || 99 || 1,699
|-
| 2015 || 3,617 || 249 || 2,860
|-
| 2016 || 2,481 || 190 || 2,134
|-
| 2017 || 2,322 || 283 || 2,201
|-
| 2018 || 2,557 || 233 || 2,549
|-
| 2019 || 2,811 || 186 || 2,349
|-
| 2020 || 1,643 || 145 || 766
|-
| 2021 || 2,629 || 182 || 1,532
|-
| 2022 || 3,384 || 469 || 1,381
|-
| 2023 || 2,654 || 343 || 799
|-
| 2024 || 6,946 || 235 || 5,747
|} 
<ref>{{cite web
 |title=International migration: Immigrated and Emigrated Citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, foreigners and net migration, by country, annually
|url=https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Naselenie__NadvoresniMigracii/176_Migracii_drzavi_VkDosOts_ml.px/table/tableViewLayout2/
 |publisher=State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia
 |access-date=28 April 2025
}}</ref>

==Languages==
{{Main|Languages of North Macedonia}}

Source:<ref>{{cite web
|title=Total resident population in the Republic of North Macedonia by mother tongue and sex, Census 2021
|url=https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__Naselenie/T1013P21.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef
|access-date=2022-03-31
|archive-date=2022-03-31
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331170845/https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__Naselenie/T1013P21.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+ align=top |
|-
! align=left | Language, census 2021 !! Number !! %
|-
| align=left | Total || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1,836,713 || 100.00%
|-
| align=left | Macedonian || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1,127,394 || 61.38%
|-
| align=left | Albanian || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 447,001 || 24.34%
|-
| align=left | Turkish || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 62,723 || 3.41%
|-
| align=left | Romani || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 31,721 || 1.73%
|-
| align=left | Vlach || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3,151 || 0.17%
|-
| align=left | Serbian || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 11,252 || 0.61%
|-
| align=left | Bosnian || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 15,615 || 0.85%
|-
| align=left | Bulgarian || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1,519 || 0.08%
|-
| align=left | Croatian || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 958 || 0.05%
|-
| align=left | Other  languages || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2,717 || 0.15%
|-
| align=left | Unknown || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 402 || 0.02%
|-
| align=left | Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources <ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-08|title=State Statistical Office - Census Law - Article 5 (2)|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Dokumenti/ZakonZaPopis_mk.pdf|website=State Statistical Office|language=mk}}</ref> || &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 132,260 || 7.20% 
|}

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in North Macedonia}}

Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Total resident population in the Republic of North Macedonia by religious affiliation and sex, Census 2021|url=https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__Naselenie/T1010P21.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef|access-date=2022-03-31|archive-date=2022-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227224756/https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__Naselenie/T1010P21.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+ align=top |
|-
! align=left | Religion, census 2021 !! Number !! %
|-
| align=left |Total Christians || 1,109,908 || 60.43%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Orthodox || 847,390 || 46.14%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Christians (unspecified) || 242,579 || 13.21%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Evangelical Protestant Christians || 8,764 || 0.48%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Catholics || 6,746 || 0.37%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Protestants || 1,313 || 0.07%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Jehovah's Witnesses || 1,137 || 0.06%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Evangelical Methodists || 889 || 0.05%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Evangelists || 678 || 0.04%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Adventists || 371 || 0.02%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Baptists || 70 || 0.00%
|-
| align=left |{{in5}}Reformists || 50 || 0.00%
|-
| align=left | Islam || 590,878 || 32.17%
|-
| align=left | Buddhists || 894 || 0.05%
|-
| align=left | Hare Krishna || 96 || 0.01%
|-
| align=left | Members of the Jewish (Moses) community || 74 || 0.00%
|-
| align=left | Members of an unlisted religion || 113 || 0.01%
|-
| align=left | Non-believers (atheists) || 8,764 || 0.48%
|-
| align=left | Undeclared || 16 || 0.00%
|-
| align=left | Unknown || 76 || 0.00%
|-
| align=left | Agnostics || 1,964 || 0.11%
|-
| align=left | Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources <ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-08|title=State Statistical Office - Census Law - Article 5 (2)|url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/Dokumenti/ZakonZaPopis_mk.pdf|website=State Statistical Office|language=mk}}</ref> || 132,260 || 7.20%
|-
| align=left | '''Total population''' || 1,836,713 || 100.00%
|-
|}

== ''CIA World Factbook'' demographic statistics ==
The following demographic statistics are from the ''[[CIA World Factbook]]'', unless otherwise indicated.

===Age structure===
* 0–14 years: 19.5% (male 210,078; female 203,106)
* 15–64 years: 67.8% (male 707,298; female 696,830)
* 65 years and over: 12.7% (male 97,437; female 124,661) (2004 est)

===Sex ratio===
* at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
* under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
* 15–64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
* 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
* total population: 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

===Infant mortality rate===
* total: 11.74 deaths/1,000 live births
* female: 10.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
* male: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births

===Life expectancy at birth===
* total population: 74.73 years
* male: 72.45 years
* female: 77.2 years (2004 est.)

===Total fertility rate===
* 1.50 children born/woman (2015 est.)<ref name="europa.eu">{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tsdde220&plugin=0|title=Eurostat - Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table|website=ec.europa.eu|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

===HIV/AIDS===
* adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
* people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 100 (1999 est.)
* deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)

===Nationality===
* noun: Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia<ref name=prespa>Under the terms of the [[Prespa agreement]], the nationality of the country will be called "Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia" in full.</ref>
* adjective: Macedonian / of North Macedonia<ref name=prespa/>

==See also==
{{Portal|North Macedonia}}
* [[Demographic history of North Macedonia]]
* [[Rumelia]]
* {{Section link|Yugoslavia|Demographics}}
** [[Demographics of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]
** [[Demographics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]
* [[Demographics of Albania]]
* [[Demographics of Bulgaria]]
* [[Demographics of Greece]]
* [[Demographics of Kosovo]]
* [[Demographics of Serbia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other sources==
* ''Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Macedonia 2004 (CD version)''

==External links==
{{commons category|Demographics of North Macedonia}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040621055714/http://www.stat.gov.mk/english/glavna_eng.asp?br=18 Results of the 2002 census]
* [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/north-macedonia/ ''CIA World Factbook'' entry on North Macedonia]

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