Southeastern Statistical Region
Statistical region in North Macedonia
The Southeastern Statistical Region (Macedonian: Југоисточен Регион, romanized: Jugoistočen Region) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Southeastern, located in the southeastern part of the country, borders Greece and Bulgaria. Internally, it borders the Vardar and Eastern statistical regions.
As of 2022, the region has the lowest Human Development Index score out of all subnational regions in Europe.
01Municipalities
The Southeastern statistical region is divided into 10 municipalities:
02Demographics
Population
The current population of the Southeastern Statistical Region is 171,416 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.
| Census Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 167,941 | N/A |
| 2002 | 171,416 | +3.13% |
| 2021 | 148,387 | −13.4% |
Ethnicities
The largest ethnic group in the region are the Macedonians.
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Total | 171,416 | 100 | 148,387 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 154,957 | 90.4 | 118,284 | 79.71 |
| Turks | 12,746 | 7.44 | 13,194 | 8.89 |
| Serbs | 2,104 | 1.23 | 1,254 | 0.85 |
| Roma | 555 | 0.32 | 609 | 0.41 |
| Vlachs | 253 | 0.15 | 297 | 0.2 |
| Albanians | 38 | 0.02 | 110 | 0.07 |
| Bosniaks | 18 | 0.01 | 20 | 0.02 |
| Others / Undeclared / Unknown | 745 | 0.43 | 787 | 0.53 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 13,832 | 9.32 | ||
Sources and credits
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- Манастир Водоча 10.JPG by Македонец, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Map of the municipalities of the Southeastern Statistical Region en.svg by MacedonianBoy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ethnic groups in the Southeastern Region of North Macedonia en.svg by MacedonianBoy, CC BY-SA 3.0
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