Age structure: 0-14 years: 21.9% (male 235,102; female 217,574)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 700,929; female 691,552)
65 years and over: 10.6% (male 96,039; female 121,926) (2003 est.)

Median age: total: 32.5 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 33.6 years (2002)

Population growth rate: 0.4% (2003 est.)

Birth rate: 13.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 7.78 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 12.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 13.08 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.49 years
male: 72.23 years
female: 76.94 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.75 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 100 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality: noun: Macedonian(s)
adjective: Macedonian

Ethnic groups: Macedonian 66.6%, Albanian 22.7%, Turkish 4%, Roma 2.2%, Serb 2.1%, other 2.4% (1994)

Religions: Macedonian Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%

Languages: Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian 3%, other 3%

Literacy: definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of People 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.