Statistical data Demographic history of Macedonia

1 statistical data

1.1 ottoman statistics
1.2 rival statistical data
1.3 encyclopædia britannica

1.3.1 sample statistical data neutral sources


1.4 statistical data of greek macedonia

statistical data
ottoman statistics

the basis of ottoman censuses millet system. people assigned ethnic categories according religious affiliation. sunni muslims categorised turks, members of greek orthodox church greeks, while rest being divided between bulgarian , serb orthodox churches. censuses concluded province of christian majority, among whom bulgarians prevail.

1882 ottoman census in macedonia:

1895 census:

special survey in 1904 of hilmi pasha (648 thousand followes of ecumenical patriarchate , 557 thousand faithful of bulgarian exarchate, additional 250 thousand of former had identified bulgarian speakers.

census 1906:

rival statistical data

encyclopædia britannica

the 1911 edition of encyclopædia britannica gave following statistical estimates population of macedonia:

slavs (described in encyclopaedia slavonic population, bulk of regarded independent sources bulgarians ): approximately 1,150,000, whereof, 1,000,000 orthodox , 150,000 muslims (called pomaks)
turks: ca. 500,000 (muslims)
greeks: ca. 250,000, whereof ca. 240,000 orthodox , 14,000 muslims
albanians: ca. 120,000, whereof 10,000 orthodox , 110,000 muslims
vlachs: ca. 90,000 orthodox , 3,000 muslims
jews: ca. 75,000
roma: ca. 50,000, whereof 35,000 orthodox , 15,000 muslims

in total 1,300,000 christians (almost exclusively orthodox), 800,000 muslims, 75,000 jews, total population of ca. 2,200,000 whole of macedonia.

it needs taken account part of slavic-speaking population in southern macedonia regarded ethnically greek , smaller percentage, in northern macedonia, serbian. muslims (except albanians) tended view , viewed turks, irrespective of mother tongue.

sample statistical data neutral sources

the following data reflects population of wider region of macedonia defined serbs , bulgarians (aegean, vardar , pirin), corresponding manastir vilayet, salonica vilayet , kosovo vilayet of ottoman macedonia larger traditional region known greeks.

after great population exchanges of 1920s, 380,000 turks left greece , 538,253 greeks came macedonia asia minor. after signing of treaty of neuilly-sur-seine in 1919, greece , bulgaria agreed on population exchange on remaining bulgarian minority in macedonia. in same year 66,000 bulgarians , other slavophones left bulgaria , serbia, while 58,709 greeks entered greece bulgaria

statistical data of greek macedonia

according a. angelopoulos, published in journal of balkan studies, greek macedonia s national makeup in 1913 44.2% greek, 38.9% muslim, 8.7% bulgarian , 8.2% others. according carnegie survey. total numbers belonging various nationalities in territory little larger portion in same region ceded greeks turks 1,042,029 inhabitants, of whom 329,371 bulgarians, 314,854 turks, 236,755 greeks, 68,206 jews, 44,414 wallachians, 25,302 gypsies, 15,108 albanians, 8,019 miscellaneous.

according league of nations , @ 1928 census population consisted of 1,341,00 greeks (88.8%), 77,000 bulgarians (5%), 2,000 turks , 91,000 others, according greek archival sources total number of slavic speakers 200,000.