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Macedonians

Македонцы · Q2436423

language area per Glottologcensus counts
1,073,299
North Macedonia, census 2021 (ethnicity / nationality)
1,100,018
sum of censuses in 8 countries, 2002-2023
Indo-European
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in North Macedonia: 1,073,299 people in the 2021 census.

Official figures exist for 8 countries; together they add up to 1,100,018. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2002-2023) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 155 people identified with the nationality "Македонцы" (Macedonians)1. That is less than 0.01% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Main language: Macedonian. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

North Macedonia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Macedonian» · [2]
1,073,299
Serbia2022 · ethnicity / nationality · «Makedonci» · [3]
14,767
Slovenia2002 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Macedonian» · [4]
3,972
Croatia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Macedonian» · [5]
3,555
Albania2023 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Macedonian» · [6]
2,281
Romania2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Macedonian» · [7]
1,089
Montenegro2011 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Macedonian» · [8]
900
Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Македонцы» · [1]
155
Sum across 8 countries1,100,018

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex, urban and rural, Russian regions

Sex

Men 117 · 75.5%Women 38 · 24.5%

Urban and rural

Urban 125 · 80.6%Rural 30 · 19.4%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Moscow (city)
26
Saint Petersburg (city)
17
Krasnodar Krai
16
Moscow Oblast
15
Oryol Oblast
7
Tula Oblast
5
Voronezh Oblast
4
Republic of Crimea (as listed by Rosstat)
4
Orenburg Oblast
4
Saratov Oblast
4

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

Macedonian

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Balto-Slavicbalt1263
  4. Slavicslav1255
  5. South Slavicsout3147
  6. Eastern South Slaviceast2269
  7. Macedo-Bulgarianmace1252
  8. Macedonianmace1250

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

PakistanisRussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansUkrainiansEnglishIrishAmericansItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)DutchBelarusiansTajiksCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansSlovaksArmeniansCubansLithuanians

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
  2. State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia. Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2021 - first dataset, Table T-02 (30.03.2022). https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10Popis-mk-en.pdf
  3. Републички завод за статистику / Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Коначни резултати Пописа становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2022 (Final results of the 2022 Census), 28.04.2023; Book 1 'Национална припадност' https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234001.pdf. https://www.stat.gov.rs/vesti/20230428-konacnirezpopisa/
  4. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Slovenia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  5. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Croatia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  6. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Albania, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  7. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Geographia (peer-reviewed; data of Institutul Național de Statistică, Romania). Tofan G.B., Niță A. 'The National Structure of the Romanian Population at the 1st December 2021 Census', Studia UBB Geographia LXX(1), 2025, pp. 39-64, Table 2 (reproduces INS final census data, stable population). https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbgeographia/article/download/9437/9118/2767…
  8. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Montenegro, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  9. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)