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There are some statistics from the 2002 census data and some estimates from the CIA World Factbook publication.Population

The Republic of Macedonia has a population of approximately 2,070,000 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002. 58% of the population live in urban areas. Following is a list of the largest Macedonian cities (according to the 1994 census data as the latest one doesn't provide info about the city populations and municipalities (according to the 2002 census data).
Largest Macedonian cities and municipalities

City
Population
Administrative division
Population
Skopje
444,000
Greater Skopje
506,000
Bitola
122,173 (1991)
Bitola municipality
105,000
Kumanovo
71,000
Kumanovo municipality
95,000
Prilep
68,000
Prilep municipality
86,000
Tetovo
50,000
Tetovo municipality
81,000
Veles
46,000
Veles municipality
76,000
Stip
41,000
Љtip municipality
63,000
Ohrid
41,000
Ohrid municipality
55,000
Veles
34,000
Veles municipality
55,000
Strumica
34,000
Strumica municipality
54,000

Ethnic groups (based on 2002 census)• Macedonians: 1297981 or 64.18%. (This also includes Macedonian Muslims.) • Albanians: 509083 or 25.17% • Turks: 77959 or 3.85% • Roma: 53879 or 2.66% • Serbs: 35939 or 1.78% • Bosniaks: 17018 or 0.841% • Aromanians: 9695 or 0.479% • Others: 20993 or 1.04% Religions• Eastern Orthodox (Macedonian Orthodox ): 70% • Muslim: 29% • other: 1% Languages• Macedonian: 68% • Albanian: 25% • Turkish: 3% • Serbo-Croatian: 2% • other: 2%

The Official Macedonian Statistics in 1953 - 1994

Year
1953
1961
1971
1981
1991
1994
Total
1,304,514
1,406,003
1,647,308
1,909,136
2,033,964
2,106,664

Macedonians (Bulgarians)
1953-860,699
65,98%

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1961-1,000,854
71,18%

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1,142,375
69,35%

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1971-1,279,323
67,01%

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1981-1,328,187
65,30%

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1991-1,401,369
66,52%

Albanians (Shiptars)
162,524
12,46%

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183,108
13,02%

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279,871
16,99%

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377,208
19,76%

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444,987
21,73%

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484,228
22,99%

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Turks
203,938
15,63%

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131,481
9,35%

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108,552
6,59%

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86,591
4,54%

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77,080
3,79%

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82,976
3,94%

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Roma

20,462

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20,606

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24,505

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43,125

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52,103

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47,362

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Vlahs

8,668

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8,046

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7,190

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6,384

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7,764

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8,730

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Serbs

35,112

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42,728

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46,465

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44,468

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42,775

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40,972

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Others

13,111

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19,180

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38,350

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72,037

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84,068

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41,006

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ETHNICITIESE IN MACEDONIA
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Name-Nationality-Population total-Bulgarians-Greeks-Turks-Albanians-Remarks
1. Prof. G. Wiegland - Die Nationalen Bestrebungen der Balkansvцlker. Leipzig 1898
Germany
2,275,000-1,200,000-220,000-695,000
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All Muslims incl. Albanians under Turks

2. Official Turkish Statistic Ethnicity of Macedonia Philippopoli 1881
Turkey

754,353-500,554-22,892-185,535
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All Muslims incl. Albanians under Turks

3. Journal "Le Temps" Paris 1905
France

2,782,000-1,200,000-270,000-410,000-600,000
Refers to Macedonia and Old Serbia (Kosovo and Sanjak)

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4. Robert Pelletier - La verite sur la Bulgarie. Paris 1913
France

1,437,000-1,172,000-190,000-3,036
only Christian population

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5. Leon Dominian - The frontiers of Language and Nationality in Europe. New York 1917
USA
1,438,084 - 1,172,136 - 190,047
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Only Christian population

6. Richard von Mach - Der Machtbereich des bulgarischen Exarchats in der Tьrkei. Leipzig - Neuchatel, 1906
Germany
1,334,827-1,166,070-95,005
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6,036
Only Christian population

7. Prince Tcherkasky 1877
Russia
1,771,220-872,700-124,250-516,220
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All Muslims incl. Albanians under Turks

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8. Stepan Verkovitch 1889
Serbia
1,949,043-1,317,131-222,740-240,264-78,790
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9. Von der Golts - "Balkanwirren und ihre grunde" (1904)
Germany
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266,000-580,000-730,000
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All Muslims incl. Albanians under Turks

10. Amadore Virgilli "La questiona roma rumeliota" (1907)
Italy
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341,000- 642,000- 646,000
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All Muslims incl. Albanians under Turks; Refers only to the vilyets of Thessaloniki and Monastir

and other:

Ottoman census of Hilmi Pasha (1904)

Vilaeti of Thessaloniki Greeks: 373,227 Bulgarians: 207,317Vilaeti of Monastiri Greeks: 261,283 Bulgarians: 178,412Santzaki of Scopje Greeks: 13,452 Bulgarians: 172,735

Encyclopaedia Britannica

The 1911 edition of the Encylopaedia Britannica gave the following statistical estimates about the population of Macedonia:Bulgarians (described in encyclopaedia as "Slavs, the bulk of which is regarded by almost all independent sources as Bulgarians", a statement referring to the controversy between Bulgaria and Serbia as to the national affinities of the Slavs of Macedonia): ca. 1,150,000, whereof, 1,000,000 Orthodox and 150,000 Muslims (the so-called Pomaks) Turks: ca. 500,000 (Muslims) Greeks: ca. 250,000, whereof ca. 240,000 Orthodox and 14,000 Muslims Albanians: ca. 120,000, whereof 10,000 Orthodox and 110,000 Muslims Vlachs: ca. 90,000 Orthodox and 3,000 Muslims Jews: ca. 75,000 Roma: ca. 50,000, whereof 35,000 Orthodox and 15,000 Muslims In total 1,300,000 Christians (almost exclusively Orthodox), 800,000 Muslims, 75,000 Jews, a total population of ca. 2,200,000 for the whole of Macedonia.

By: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Macedonia
and etc.