Changes of population by age and gender structure of Regions in the Republic of Macedonia

• Author: Resul Hamiti, Nuran Saliu, Hisen Xhemaili
• Position: State University of Tetovo
• Pages: 231-237

ISSN 2410-3918 Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol 1 No 2

Acces online at www.iipccl.org IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania July 2015

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Changes of population by age and gender structure of Regions in the

Republic of Macedonia

Resul HAMITI

State University of Tetovo

Nuran SALIU

State University of Tetovo

Hisen XHEMAILI

State University of Tetovo

Abstract

is paper analyzes the changes of population by age and the gender structure in the regions of

the Republic of Macedonia. Age and gender is very important not only for the development of

demographic process but also for the development of regions. ey play an important role in

planning the health care needs and other services with the socio-economic and cultural character.

In this sense they aect the performance of demographic processes (births, deaths, marriages, etc.)

and are a result of bilateral relations fertility, mortality, migration movements and other social

processes. e main objective of this paper is to identify the aging phenomenon of population in

state level and regions. is paper also dedicates special importance to the changes of age and sex

structure, during the period between1981-2014 in the regions of the republic of Macedonia.

Keywords: Regions, population, age and sex grading, age pyramids.

Introduction

Population structure by gender is a phenomenon that varies depending on the degree

of population increase, this component inversely aects the structure (Selmani, 2004).

Reproduction of the population in the regions or state of Macedonia depends primarily

from general measures, balance between the number of men and women and relations

between the two sexes in fertile life time. Until now, the population of Macedonia has been

dominated by men. Also due to the migration of men, gender structure has not changed

and currently is dominated by males, which accounts 50.1% of the resident population in

Macedonia.

In 1994, for the rst time in the history of the censuses in Macedonia, the number of

women equaled that of men. In 1981, the age between 0-14, had more male than females

and from 29.1% of the total population 15% were male, while in 2014 in a total population

of 16.85%, 8.75% are men. For age 60 and over, from 9,2% of the total population were

male in 1981, while in 2014 18% of the total population, are male. Comparing the current

situation with the previous census of 12 years ago, the population aged 0-14 showed

dierences between male and females with 10,9 % and changed in 2014 in 16.85 %,

making it a closer proportion between males and females.

Table 1. e structure of population according to age and sex - male in the Republic of

Macedonia