State Statistical Office of the  Republic of North Macedonia

Department for population statistics

Dame Gruev 4

1000 Skopje

Republic of North Macedonia

Final results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat in the framework of the POPSTAT data collection accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

The current regional breakdown of the countries in the regional demographic tables is according to:

1. Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS). The NUTS classification according to this regulation is shortly named NUTS-2016 classification.

2. Agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS.

For more information on the versions in force, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/.

Time series of population estimates, vital and migration  statistics  are avaliable, from 1994 - 2021. The methodology of vital statistics has been harmonized with the methodology applied for the censuses of population, which ensured possible links between the data of population censuses with vital  and migration mistatistics.

Number of persons.

Data are available at national and regional level.

Time period(s) covered by the data: 1994-2022 .Issues concerning comparability over time are discussed in 15.

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Data is collected at unit (person) level.

Units of measure are absolute numbers, rates, percentage points and coeffients.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31December).
The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  
The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

The legal basis are:

Statistical Low: https://www.stat.gov.mk/ZakonZaStatistika_en.aspx

Programme for statistical  surveys: http://www.stat.gov.mk/ZaNas_en.aspx?id=8

Strategic plan: http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/StrateskiPlan/StrateskiPlan2024-2026en.pdf

The publication of data is consistent with the Release Calendar, which is published on the website of the State Statistical Office (http://www.stat.gov.mk/Kalendar_en.aspx).

http://www.stat.gov.mk/Kalendar_en.aspx.

All users have equal access to statistics at the same time: this means that the publication dates are announced in advance and no user has access to official statistics before they are published. Statistical data are first published in the "News Releases" edition on the website of the State Statistical Office at 12:00.

In accordance with the Dissemination Strategy (http://www.stat.gov.mk/Dokumenti/strategii/StrategijaDiseminacija2014-2016en.pdf), news releases are published  and they are available on the website of the SSO in the section: "News Releases".

Vital events: online.

Marriages and divorces: online.

Migrations: online.

Estimated population: online.

Live births and deaths, monthly previous results: online.

Statistical Yearbook: https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_1_en.aspx?rbr=845.

North Macedonia in figures: https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_1_en.aspx?rbr=854.

Regions in the North Macedonia: https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_1_en.aspx?rbr=863.

Women and men in North Macedonia: https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_1_en.aspx?rbr=866.

MakStat selection: https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_1_en.aspx?rbr=846.

Monthly Statistical Bulletin: https://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziPublikacija_1_en.aspx?rbr=865.

MAKstat database available on the web site of the State Statistical Office:

http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/mk/MakStat/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef.

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The methodological notes are an integral part of the  News Releases  MAKSTAT data base on the web site of the State Statistical Office. http://www.stat.gov.mk/OblastOpsto.aspx?id=2

The quality of the processes and products in the State Statistical Office is ensured by adhering to the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework within the European Statistical System (ESS Quality Assurance Framework). The quality criteria are also determined in the Law on State Statistics in Article 4b and Article 4c.

The State Statistical Office carries out statistical activities in accordance with the Statistical Business Process Model, which is based on the international model - Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM). The application of this model and international standards in statistical production ensures a high level of accuracy and comparability of data.

Demographic data and indicators calculated on the basis of data obtained from the statistical survey on births are of particular interest both for the domestic and the international public (e.g. institutions, universities, media and individuals) for the creation and implementation of scientific and development policies in the society. The data are used directly, but also for calculation of statistical indicators from other sectors.

In terms of the indicators required by Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) 1260/2013, the SSO provides about 90 % of them.

Data accuracy is ensured by working on decreasing sampling and/or non-sampling errors, as well as with additional data comparisons and analysis before dissemination.

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Statistics are comparable between geographical areas.

The calculation of costs is based on material costs for printing and distribution of forms and the value of the number of hours spent by all employees in the work on these surveys as well as costs of maintaining IT equipment.

After carrying out the Census 2021 and the publication of the data, and of course due to the long period of having no census data, it was necessary to revise the series of the total population estimates, accumulated over the period 2002-2021, and create new estimates based on the new census data from 2021, and immediately after that, to make projections of the population of the Republic of North Macedonia for a medium-term period, in this case until 2070.

Administrative data sources only.

Data on births, death,marriages and divorces  are collected monthly.

Data on migration are collected monthly and (foreigner) quarterly.

Since 2009, the State Statistical Office monitors the movement and residence of foreigners in the Republic of Macedonia by electronically obtaining data from the records of the Ministry of Interior.

Regional offices are carried out checking contingents and logical validity of survey data.

Basic validations are carried out to check if the codes provided by codebook are possible.

Then, cross validations are carried out to check consistency and accuracy between the different variables.

In order to increase the quality of data for individual characteristics in all demographic surveys, administrative data sources are used.

Data validation is performed with logical control made by the subject-matter department. If there are some inconsistencies, the data are checked by direct contact. Comparison is made with data processed in the previous year, in order to identify possible illogical deviations, and if necessary to take some corrective actions.

After verification and possible corrections in consultation with the reporting units, i.e. register offices, completed questionnaires are entered in the regional offices in an application with on-line controls. Missing data are provided by imputation of data, according to the established methodological rules and guidelines for control. Data entered in regional departments are then taken by the subject-matter department in the Central Office, where additional control, processing and tabulation of data is done by using established methodological rules and defined control criteria.

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