Macedonia 
Facts
Population:
2,046,209 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
22.92% (male 243,715; female 225,349)
15-64 years:
66.94% (male 688,484; female 681,225)
65 years and over:
10.14% (male 92,043; female 115,393) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.43% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
13.5 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:
0.8 male(s)/female
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
12.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
74.02 years
male:
71.79 years
female:
76.43 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.79 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 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%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $4,400 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
12%
industry:
25%
services:
63% (2000)
Population below poverty line:
25% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
32% (2000)
Budget:
revenues:
$1.06 billion
expenditures:
$1 billion, including capital expenditures of $107 million (1996 est.)
Industries:
coal, metallic chromium, lead, zinc, ferronickel, textiles, wood products, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate:
3% (2000)
Electricity - production:
6.395 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
82.25%
hydro:
17.75%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
5.992 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
30 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
75 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
rice, tobacco, wheat, corn, millet, cotton, sesame, mulberry leaves, citrus, vegetables; beef, pork, poultry, mutton
Exports:
$1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
food, beverages, tobacco; miscellaneous manufactures, iron and steel
Exports - partners:
Germany 22%, Yugoslavia 22%, US 12%, Greece 7%, Italy 6% (2000)
Imports:
$2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; food products
Imports - partners:
Germany 13%, Ukraine 13%, Russia 10%, Yugoslavia 8%, Greece 8% (2000)
Debt - external:
$1.4 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$100 million from the EU (2000)
Currency:
Macedonian denar (MKD)
Currency code:
MKD
Exchange rates:
Macedonian denars per US dollar - 64.757 (January 2001), 65.904 (2000), 56.902 (1999), 54.462 (1998), 50.004 (1997), 39.981 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Pro-government, center-to-left), Skopje
http://www.aktuel.unet.com.mk
Delo
(pro-opposition),
(Pro-government), Skopje
http://www.denes.com.mk
(Independent, mass circulation), Skopje
http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/
Fakti
(Private pro-Albanian party, Albanian language dail), Skopje
Flaka
(State-owned, pro-Albanian, Albanian language daily), Skopje
(Independent), Skopje
http://www.fokus.com.mk
Macedonia in the News
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Countries of the Western Balkans have expected to be next on the list of E.U. enlargement for quite some time, but the global economic crisis has made those expectations a distant prospect.
The European Commission (EC) annual reports on would-be members brought a mixture of hope and bitterness in the Balkans.
The city of Skopje, Macedonia, commemorates Mother Teresa with a special award for humanitarian engagement that bears her name and, this year, with the construction of a new memorial house.
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