Macedonia People:
Population:
2,045,262 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.5% (male:217,057; female:202,465)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male:707,489; female:697,150)
65 years and over: 10.8% (male:97,117; female:123,984) (2005)
Median age:
total: 32.8 years
male: 31.7 years
female: 33.9 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.26% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
8.73 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.7 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 10.09 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 10.02 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 9.97 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 73.73 years (2005 est.)
male: 71.28 years
female: 76.37 years
Total fertility rate:
1.57 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Macedonian(s)
adjective: Macedonian
Ethnic groups:
Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002)
Religions:
Macedonian Orthodox 32.4%, Other Christian 0.2%, Muslim 16.9%, other and unspecified 50.5% (2002)
Languages:
Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, , other 1.8% (2002)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: 98.2%
female: 94.1% (2002)
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