Eastern Statistical Region
Statistical region in North Macedonia
The Eastern Statistical Region (Macedonian: Источен Регион, romanized: Istočen Region) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria. Internally, it borders the Vardar, Skopje, Northeastern, and Southeastern statistical regions.
01Municipalities
The Eastern Statistical Region is divided into 11 municipalities:
02Demographics
Population
The current population of the Eastern Statistical Region is 150,234 citizens or 8.2% of the total population of the Republic of North Macedonia, according to the last population census in 2021.
| Census Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 180,039 | N/A |
| 2002 | 181,858 | +1.01% |
| 2021 | 150,234 | -13.38% |
Ethnicities
The largest ethnic group in the region are the Macedonians.
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 181,858 | 100 | 150,234 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 168,046 | 92.4 | 126,553 | 84.24 |
| Roma | 6,929 | 3.81 | 6,126 | 4.08 |
| Turks | 3,163 | 1.74 | 2,958 | 1.97 |
| Vlachs | 2,535 | 1.39 | 1,892 | 1.26 |
| Serbs | 594 | 0.33 | 330 | 0.22 |
| Albanians | 20 | 0.01 | 101 | 0.07 |
| Bosniaks | 25 | 0.02 | 45 | 0.02 |
| Others / Undeclared / Unknown | 546 | 0.3 | 795 | 0.53 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 11,434 | 7.61 | ||
Sources and credits
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- MK-BG borderlining - panoramio.jpg by Ol1ver, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Map of the municipalities of Eastern Statistical Region en.svg by MacedonianBoy, CC BY-SA 4.0
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