The 2021 North Macedonia census, officially known as the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings, 2021, was the third census held in North Macedonia since independence, and the first since 2002. The census recorded a resident population of 1,836,713, a decrease of 9.2 percent, or 185,834, over the preceding 19 years.[1] The census was taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected its administration.[2] It was also considered controversial by some Macedonian groups; the opposition party The Left openly led a boycott.[3][4][5] 132,260 individuals (7.2% of the population) did not participate in the census and are officially labelled as "persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources"; no ethnic, language, or religious information is available for these individuals. Nonetheless, the head of the State Statistical Office, Apostol Simovski, stated that the census was successful.[4] The ruling government and the European Commission also welcomed the results.[6]
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