DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE VARDAR REGION
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE VARDAR REGION

Summary/Abstract: The results of the 2021 Census of Population, Households and dwellingsshowed that in the first decades of the 21st century in the Republic of NorthMacedonia, there was a decline in the total resident population and hintedat unfavorable demographic changes. These changes will undoubtedly haveimplications for the future development of the population, socio-economic andregional development.In this paper3, through available data from secondary sources, the Vardar regionis analyzed as one of the eight non-administrative units-statistical regionsin the Republic of North Macedonia. The available human resources andtheir economic characteristics (working age population and labor force) areperceived from the data of the two consecutive censuses 2002 and 2021. Also,some indicators of the economic activity of the Vardar region are analyzed(GDP per capita, GDP index, Gross value added by sectors of activity, Grossfixed capital formation by sector of activity and number of active enterprises)for the period 2010-2021. The identified changes of the basic demographic andsocio-economic characteristics of the population and economic activity in theVardar region can serve in the creation of appropriate policies, measures andactivities for its development.

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