Irrigated land: NA sq km
Environment:
current issues: air pollution from metallurgical plants
natural hazards: high seismic risks
international agreements: party to - Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer
Protection
Geographic note: landlocked; major transportation corridor from
Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to
Western Europe
People ———
Population: 2,104,035 (July 1996 est.)
note: the Macedonian government census of July 1994 put the
population at 1.94 million, but ethnic allocations were likely
undercounted
Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (male 242,593; female 228,563)
15-64 years: 68% (male 728,969; female 703,665)
65 years and over: 10% (male 90,363; female 109,882) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.46% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 13.31 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 8.47 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)