Skopje Statistical Region

The Skopje Statistical Region (Macedonian: Скопски Регион; Albanian: Rajoni i Shkupit) is one of eight Statistical regions of North Macedonia. Skopje, located in the north of the country, borders Kosovo to the north. Internally, it borders the Vardar, Polog, Northeastern, Eastern, and Southwestern statistical regions.

Skopje Statistical Region
Скопски Регион (Macedonian)
Rajoni i Shkupit (Albanian)
statistical region
Coat of arms
Country North Macedonia
Area
 • Total1,818 km2 (702 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)[1]
 • Total607,007
 • Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)
HDI (2019)0.792[2]
high · 1st of 8

Municipalities
The municipalities of the region

The region consists of the City of Skopje and the following municipalities:

Demographics
Map of the majority ethnic groups in the region

Population

The current population of the Skopje Statistical Region is 578,144 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002, accounting for 28.6% of the total national population. The region is the largest by population in North Macedonia.

Ethnicities
2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 578,144 100 607,007 100
Macedonians 367,413 63.6 340,402 56.1
Albanians 133,893 23.2 153,003 25.2
Roma 23,903 4.1 19,142 3.2
Serbs 18,051 3.1 12,474 2.1
Turks 12,123 2.1 12,357 2.0
Bosniaks 10,880 1.9 10,986 1.8
others 11,881 2.1 9,555 1.6
Persons for whom data are taken from the administrative sources n/a n/a 49,088 8.1


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References
  1. http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/knigaXIII.pdf
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
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