ACOG - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - IBM

Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, north of Greece

Area:
total area: 25,333 sq km
land area: 24,856 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Vermont

Land boundaries: total 748 km, Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 228 km, Serbiaand Montenegro 221 km (all with Serbia)

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 2,159,503 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 25% (female 257,876; male 277,314)
15-64 years: 67% (female 711,810; male 733,903)
65 years and over: 8% (female 97,475; male 81,125)

Population growth rate: 0.9% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 15.82 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 24.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74 years
male: 71.87 years
female: 76.3 years

Total fertility rate: 2.02 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Macedonian 65%, Albanian 22%, Turkish 4%, Serb 2%, Gypsies 3%, other4%

Religions: Eastern Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%

Languages: Macedonian 70%, Albanian 21%, Turkish 3%, Serbo-Croatian 3%, other3%

Literacy: NA%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
conventional short form: none

Type: emerging democracy

Capital: Skopje

Independence: 17 September 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

Constitution: adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.9 billion

National product real growth rate: -15%

National product per capita: $900

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 54%

Unemployment rate: 30%

Electricity:
capacity: 1,600,000 kW
production: NA kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.