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:: 1991 CENSUS: TOTAL
POPULATION AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION ::...
The total population of the Republic
of Macedonia 2,033,964 citizens according to the 1991 census of the
Statistical Institute of Macedonia. The total enumerated and estimated
population in the Republic of Macedonia for 1991 by municipalities and by
ethnic affiliation shows that the Macedonian population is an absolute and
overwhelming majority, with the exception of the municipalities of Tetovo
(71,77% ethnic Albanians) and Gostivar (64,72% ethnic Albanians). The
proportion of ethnic Albanians in the population is significant in Kičevo
(46,52 ethnic Albanians) and Kumanovo (37,55% ethnic Albanians). The
highest percentage of ethnic Turks live in Makedonski Brod (30,84%) and
Debar (25,22%). The concentration of ethnic Serbs is highest in Kumanovo
(7,9%).
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:: 1994
CENSUS ::...
Under the motto "Data for the
Presence and the Future", a new census of the population, households,
dwellings and agricultural holdings was carried out in Macedonia from June
20th to July 10th, 1994. As a sovereign state
exercising new functions, both internally and internationally, Macedonia
needed a new a new broader database for defining a policy and direction on
economic and social development.
More over since the beginning of the
International Conference on the former Yugoslavia, representatives of some
political parties constituted chiefly by members of the nationalities,
have constantly put forward statistically unverified data about their
numbers. In the meantime, in all neighboring countries extremely
exaggerated figures of their appropriate ethnic minorities in Macedonia
have been expressed.
After the council of Europe and
various other international institutes agreed to provide financial report,
the Macedonian Government renewed the proposal, made at the Conference, to
organize a new census. A Group of Experts as well as international
observers took part in the preparation of the draft act and the carrying
out of the census in the filed. It was the first time that a census had
been organized in this way in a Balkan and European country, and the
experience gained is of extreme significance and can be applied in the performance
of similar statistical operators in other countries.
The census was successfully completed
- in spite of the delay in the arrival of financial resources - thanks to
the effinency of the Sate Census Commission and the flexibility of the
state authorities in their cooperation with the Group of Experts. The
census was carried out in accordance with all accepted international
standards, though there was a delay in several municipalities over the use
languages and the number and composition of census commissions, as well as
certain problems of purely statistical nature.
The 1994 census is expected to provide
authoritative material for the international community. A population
coverage was achieved meeting all international standards applied in
nation-wide statistical operations. Differences which may appear in the
figures of the population in certain cities and municipalities, apart from
being dependent on natural and demographic factors, will be a result of
the application of a new methodology. The statistical office is required
to announce the first results of the census within a period of 30 to 90
days after it's completion. It is considered that the possible differences
in the basic demographic data will be within the range of 1% to 2% in comparison
with the 1991 census. By July 31th, 1994, the Statistical
Institute of Macedonia received from the municipal census commissions
census materials on 2,001,368 persons, 479,808 households, 553,213
dwellings and 167,568 agricultural holdings and from its authorized
enumerators abroad it received census material on 123,856 persons.
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