Macedonians of Romania

Macedonians in Romania
Македонци во Романија
Macedonenii din România
Total population
1,089 (2021 Romanian census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Bucharest, Galați and Ploiești
Languages
predominately Romanian and Macedonian[2] Census 2021: 1,089 people have self-identified as Macedonians, 201 have specified their language as Macedonian language[3]
Religion
Eastern Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Macedonians

The Macedonians of Romania are a recognised minority with full minority rights. As of the 2021 census, 1,089 ethnic Macedonians lived in Romania. They are mostly descendants of refugees of the Greek Civil War (1946–1949).

  1. ^ "Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011 - Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics (Romania). 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  2. ^ Census 2011: 1,264 people have self-identified as Macedonians, 769 have specified their language as Macedonian
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20221230125029/https://insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/com_presa/com_pdf/cp-date-provizorii-rpl_2.pdf, p. 13, 14. Most self-identified Macedonians (983) identified their language as Romanian