Ethnic Composition of Macedonia 1877-1918
*V.Teploff, a Russian
Total Population 1877 1,479,417
Bulgarians 1,172,136 Greeks 190,047 Serbs 41,284 Vlachs 63,895
Albanians 12,055
(Serbs counted are of the Vilayet of Kosovo, north of Shar Mountain)
*St.Verkovitch Serbian
1889 1,949,043
Bulgarians 1,317,211 Greeks 222,740 Vlachs 74,375 Turks 240,261
Albanians 78,790 Gypsies 10,558 Jews 1,612 Miscelaneous 3,483
(The Bulgarians counted include Bulgarian Pomaks (Islamic Bulgarians).
Verkovitch hasn’t counted the Jews of Salonika, Kavala, Veria, Bitolia,
and Koustor)
*Prof. G. Weigand German
1898 2,275,000
Bulgarians 1,200,000 Greeks 220,000 Vlachs 70,000 Turks and Albanians
695,000 Jews 9,000
*Dr. Cleantis Nickolaidis Greek
1899 1,820,500
Bulgarians 454,700 Greeks 656,300 Vlachs 41,200 Turks 576,600
Miscelaneous 91,700
*Nue Constantine Rumanian (Aromune Vlach?)
1913 2,200,527
Bulgarians 512,000 Greeks 193,000 Serbs 21,700 Vlachs 350,000 Turks
and Albanians 1,030,420 Gypsies 25,000 Jews 65,600 Miscelaneous 2,807
(Serbs counted are from Kosovo)
*Robert Pelletier French
1913 1,437,000
Bulgarians 1,172,000 Greeks 190,000 Vlachs 63,000 Albanians 12,000
*Richard von Mach German
1906 1,334,827
Bulgarians 1,116,070 Greeks 95,005 Vlachs 56,148 Albanians 6,036
Gypsies 8,550 Miscelaneous 3,048
*Vladimir Sis Czech
1918 2,173,849
Bulgarians 1,047,012 Greeks 204,367 Vlachs 67,865 Turks 520,845
Albanians 184,300 Gypsies 43,100 Jews & Miscelaneous 106,360
(Bulgarians counted include Bulgarian Pomaks)
*Turkish Government
1905 2,903,920
Bulgarians 1,203,696 Serbs and Vlachs 199,717 Turks and Albanians
1,500,507
(Bulgarians counted include also Bulgarian Partriarchists. Serbs
counted are of Kosovo province.)
*Prof. Yordan Ivanoff Bulgarian
1912 2,342,524
Bulgarians 1,103,111 Greeks 267,862 Vlachs 79,401 Turks 548,225
Albanians 194,195 Gypsies 43,370 Miscelaneous 106,360
*Leon Derainian American
1917 1,438,084
Bulgarians 1,172,136 Greeks 190,047 Vlachs 63,895 Albanians 12,006
(Derainian is counting only Christians)
The geographic definition used to create the figures above,
cobines (only roughly) present-day Greek Macedonia, Mount Athos
(Hagion Oros), The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the
Bulgarian Macedonia region.
As far as I know, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has
about 2.05 milliom people, 65% the group most related to the
Bulgarians, 21% Albanian, 5% Turkish, 3% Gypsie, and 2% Serbian.
I have read that many Macedonia Albanians living in parts
of the former Yugoslavia complain that the officials in charge of the
Macedonian census deliberately discount them.
The figures I haved decided are easiest to accept for 1920 are:
Total Population – 2.5 million
Bulgars 50%, Turks 25%, Greeks 10%, Albanians 7%, Vlaques 3%, Jews 3%,
Miscelaneous 2%
Of course, what do I know? I could be totally off, but the figures
are pretty neat and clean.
It is reported that the Bulgars of Macedonia no longer consider
themselves Bulgarian, and have embraced elements of their Macedonian
ancestry instead.
The Turkish and Jewish populations of Macedonia have clearly declined
with time.
Greeks have withdawn to, and well populated the region of Macedonia
which is now a part of their country.
The Albanian population has risen notably with time. Their
,population forms it’s concentration and absolute majority west
of the river Treska and Suva montains to the west and south of the
F.Y.R.o.M. capital ,Skopje. Their region has a geographic area
equalling about 1/5 of the Republic’s total.
The Vlaques of Macedonia include mainly Aramunes and Meglenoromans.
Vlach = Vlaque,Wallachia,Wallonia,Welschenland,Welsche Vogteien,
Welsche Konfinien, Wales, Vaud?, Wallis, Vallais, Wallnut, Gaul,
Gallia.
