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The People of Macedonia

Macedonian People

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Population: 2,066,718 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.2% (male 206,054/female 191,354) 15-64 years: 69.4% (male 722,823/female 710,830) 65 years and over: 11.4% (male 102,231/female 133,426) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 35.1 years male: 34.1 years female: 36.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.262% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 8.81 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 9.01 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.68 years male: 72.18 years female: 77.38 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.58 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality: noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian

Ethnic groups: Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002 census)

Religions: Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.37%, other and unspecified 1.63% (2002 census)

Languages: Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 98.2% female: 94.1% (2002 census)