Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia¤, referred to by the United Nations and many countries as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), is an independent state on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is often called Macedonia, although this can cause confusion with the wider geographical region of Macedonia and the Greek region of Macedonia.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia

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The mother tongue of 1.4 million of the state's inhabitants is Macedonian, a south Slavic language. Albanian is spoken by around 500,000 people and Turkish by 80,000. There are also smaller numbers of speakers of Serbian, Aromanian, Moglenitic and Greek. The majority of the population are members of the unrecognised Macedonian Orthodox Church 32.4%, other Christian 0.2%, Muslim 16.9%, other and unspecified 50.5% (2002 census). Most Albanians are Muslims, as are a small percentage of the country's Slavic population, known as Macedonian Muslims. There are an estimated 50,000 Romany speakers.

Related Topics:
Macedonian - South Slavic language - Albanian - Turkish - Serbian - Aromanian - Moglenitic - Greek - Macedonian Orthodox Church - Macedonian Muslims - Romany

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