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Macedonia

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Capital:	Skopje
Area size (Land only):	25430 sq. km Slightly larger than Wales
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT +2
Currency:	Macedonian denar
Area code:	(+) 389
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Mild Mediterranean climate, mountains under snow for several months

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Macedonian and Albanian are the official languages; Roma and Turkish are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	2.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	2.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	2.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
1.9 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Macedonian (66 percent) and Albanian (23 percent) are the main ethnic groups; Roma, Turkish and Serb make up less than 10 percent of the population.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christian Orthodox is the majority, with smaller numbers of Muslims.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	70.3 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	68.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	68.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	67.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	66.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	65.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	64.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1946
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15

2005	19.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	20.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	20.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	22 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	22.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	22.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	73.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	73.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	73.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	73.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	73.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	73.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	71.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	71.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	71.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	71.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	71.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	71.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	76.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	76.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	76.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	75.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	15 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	15 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	15 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	13 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	10 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	22 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	22 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	22 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	17 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	17 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	17 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	11 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	26 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2002	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Maternal mortality

2005	10 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	23 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	69	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	66	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	59	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	60	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	60	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	65	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	2 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	2 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	6 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	6 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2000	5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	7 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
100 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Population with access to improved sanitation
89 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Literacy - average

2004	96.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	96.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male

2004	98.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	98.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	94.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	94.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	No data available percent
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	224 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	227 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	241 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	262 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	264 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	259 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	277 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	267 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	252 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1226 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	954 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	695 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	620 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	485 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	383 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	181 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	111 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	58 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	429 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	273 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	250 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	230 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	210 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	191 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	174 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	35 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	25 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	72 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	84 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	105 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	103 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	97 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	106 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	<2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	3470 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	3100 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	2810 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2440 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	1980 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1720 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1720 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	1850 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	No data available current US$ billions
2006	No data available current US$ billions
2005	No data available current US$ billions
2004	No data available current US$ billions
2003	No data available current US$ billions
2002	No data available current US$ billions
2001	No data available current US$ billions
2000	No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth

2006	3.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	0.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	-4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	4.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	5.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	3.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	1.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	8.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.4 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
29.6 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	219 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	219 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	219 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	300 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	<0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	No data available percent
2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	29 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	30 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	30 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	31 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	31 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	32 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	33 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	36 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2008	7521	UNHCR
2007	8077	UNHCR
2006	7940	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	8599	UNHCR
2004	5106	UNHCR
2003	5982	UNHCR
2002	8107	UNHCR
2001	12197	UNHCR
2000	2176	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	1153	UNHCR
2007	1164	UNHCR
2006	1240	UNHCR
2005	1274	UNHCR
2004	1004	UNHCR
2003	193	UNHCR
2002	2816	UNHCR
2001	4363	UNHCR
2000	9050	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2009	736	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2008	790	IDMC 2008
2007	790	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2006	726	IDMC 2006
2005	770	IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2007	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	No data available	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	8	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1998)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	2.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	3.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	3.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	5.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	6.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	5.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	5.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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