Polog Statistical Region

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Rajoni i Pollogut

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The Polog Statistical Region ({{langx|mk|Полошки Регион|Pološki Region}}; {{langx|sq|Rajoni i Pollogut}}) is one of eight statistical regions of the Republic of North Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo. Internally, it borders the Southwestern and Skopje statistical regions.

Municipalities

Demographics

=Population=

The current population of the Polog statistical region is 304,125 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

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Census Year

! Population

! Change

1994

| 282,432

| N/A

2002

| 304,125

| +8.24%

2021

|251,552

| -17.4%

=Ethnicities=

The largest ethnic group in the region are the Albanians (68.91%) followed by the Macedonians (17.21%), Turks (6.04%), Roma (1.7%).

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| colspan="2" align="center"|2002

| colspan="2" align="center|2021

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| style="background:#F5F5DC;" align="center" | Number

| style="background:#F5F5DC;" align="center" | %

|Number

|%

style="background:#c1c1c1;" | TOTAL

| style="background:#c1c1c1;" align="center"| 304,125

| style="background:#c1c1c1;" align="center"| 100

| style="background:#c1c1c1;" align="center"| 251,552

| style="background:#c1c1c1;" align="center"| 100

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Albanians

| align="center"|222,679

| align="center"|73.22

| align="center"|173,344

| align="center"|68.91

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Macedonians

| align="center"|56,079

| align="center"|18.44

| align="center"|43,285

| align="center"|17.21

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Turks

| align="center"|17,394

| align="center"|5.72

| align="center"|15,182

| align="center"|6.04

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Roma

| align="center"|4,717

| align="center"|1.55

| align="center"|4,264

| align="center"|1.7

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Serbs

| align="center"|977

| align="center"|0.32

| align="center"|494

| align="center"|0.2

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Bosniaks

| align="center"|251

| align="center"|0.08

| align="center"|271

| align="center"|0.1

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Vlachs

| align="center"|30

| align="center"|0.01

| align="center"|31

| align="center"|0.01

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Others / Undeclared / Unknown

| align="center"|1,998

| align="center"|0.66

| align="center"|2,021

| align="center"|0.8

style="background:#F5F5DC;" | Persons for whom data are taken from the administrative sources

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| align="center"|12,660

| align="center"|5.03

See also

References

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