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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In anticipation of Yugoslavia’s Sept. 24 presidential and parliamentary elections, President Slobodan Milosevic is stacking the deck in a desperate attempt to ensure a desired outcome.
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