Starosno-polna struktura stanovništva u Republici Severnoj Makedoniji početkom 21. veka

Abstract

The population sex and age structure is of exceptional importance, because of the remarkable demographic and economic consequences it leaves behind, so, its detailed analysis allows us to estimate the present and future potential of the structure's progressive tendencies, as well as the differences existing within the territory we want to analyze. Also, the sex and age population structures are extremely important for the future demographic and economic development of the country. These basic biological structures, in addition to the population's natural change, are conditioned by the modern general, social, and economic flows, i.e., the demographic transition, which spatially redistributes the population and thereby determines the characteristics of the population's sex and age structure in different areas. This paper aims to analyze the changes in the population sex and age structure in the Republic of North Macedonia according to the data from the two censuses conducted in 2002, and 2021 on a national and regional level and to point out the changes that have occurred during this period and their connection and relatedness to the demographic, social, economic and overall development.