Macedonia 
Facts
Population: 2,055,915 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.8% (male 210,418/female 195,884)
15-64 years: 69.1% (male 715,997/female 704,739)
65 years and over: 11.1% (male 99,892/female 128,985) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.263% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 12.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 8.78 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.074 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.016 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.774 male(s)/female
total population: 0.997 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 9.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.21 years
male: 71.73 years
female: 76.88 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.57 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 200 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less 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).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $16.94 billion
note: Macedonia has a large informal sector (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3.1% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $8,300 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9%
industry: 29%
services: 62% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 899,000 (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 21.7%
industry: 32.6%
services: 45.7% (September 2006).
Population below poverty line: 30% (2005).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 36% (September 2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $2.234 billion
expenditures: $2.284 billion; including capital expenditures of $24 million (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: grapes, wine, tobacco, vegetables; milk, eggs.
Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, iron, steel, cement, energy, pharmaceuticals.
Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 5.935 billion kWh (2006).
Electricity - consumption: 8.929 billion kWh (2006).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2006).
Electricity - imports: 2.994 billion kWh (2006).
Exports: $2.341 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: food, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous manufactures, iron and steel.
Exports - partners: Serbia and Montenegro 22.5%, Germany 17.8%, Greece 15.3%, Italy 8.3% (2005).
Imports: $3.631 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products.
Imports - partners: Russia 13.2%, Germany 10.4%, Greece 9.2%, Serbia and Montenegro 8.2%, Bulgaria 7.3%, Italy 6% (2005).
Debt - external: $2.285 billion (November 2006).
Economic aid - recipient: $NA.
Currency (code): Macedonian denar (MKD).
Exchange rates: Macedonian denars per US dollar - 48.978 (2006), 48.92 (2005), 49.41 (2004), 54.322 (2003), 64.35 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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Beatings, shootings, hostage holding, threats, serious warnings by foreign intelligence experts — the indication is that a radical wing led by a controversial ex-mufti in Skopje, Zenon Berisha, is trying to take over of the leadership of the Islamic Community.
Premysl Rosulek, writing for the Prague weekly Respekt, finds that Macedonia still suffers from deep ethnic divisions...except when it comes to soccer.
Mitko Jovanov, writing from Veles, Macedonia, for the London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting, reports on a small town poisoned by a lead and zinc smelter, and the Macedonian government's reluctance to take action.
'European distrust regarding Turkey’s accession to the European Union (E.U.) and U.S. preparations for an attack on Iraq have further complicated the internal situation in Turkey, where a pro-Islamic government has just begun its rule,' reports Skopje's pro-opposition Utrinske Vesnik
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