North Macedonia
Северна Македонија
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 18.5%
- people aged 65 or older
- 337.3K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 27.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.3 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 13.1%
- women 17.9%, men 7.5%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2019
Languages
16 languages, 4 of them endangered
- AromanianDefinitely endangered
- Balkan GagauzDefinitely endangered
- Megleno-RomanianDefinitely endangered
- GagauzVulnerable
- Balkan Romani
- Bulgarian
- Carpathian Romani
- Gheg
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Macedonian
- Modern Greek
- Pontic Greek
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- Serbisk
- Tosk
- Turkish
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Traditional bagpipe (Gayda/Tulum) making and performing2024
- Spring celebration, Hıdrellez2017
- Cultural practices associated to the 1st of March2017
- Glasoechko, male two-part singing in Dolni Polog2015
- Kopachkata, a social dance from the village of Dramche, Pijanec2014
- Feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs in Štip2013
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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