Eastern Statistical Region

Eastern Statistical Region Источен Регион
statistical region
Mountains on the Border with Bulgaria
Flag
Country	North Macedonia
Area
• Total	3,539 km2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	150,234
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.741 high · 5th of 8

The Eastern Statistical Region (Macedonian: Источен Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria. Internally, it borders the Vardar, Skopje, Northeastern, and Southeastern statistical regions.

Municipalities

The municipalities of the region

Eastern statistical region is divided into 11 municipalities:

•  Berovo Municipality
•  Češinovo-Obleševo
•  Delčevo Municipality
•  Karbinci
•  Kočani
•  Makedonska Kamenica
•  Pehčevo
•  Probištip
•  Štip
•  Vinica
•  Zrnovci

Demographics

Population

The current population of the Eastern Statistical Region is 150,234 citizens or 8.2% of the total population of the Republic of North Macedonia, according to the last population census in 2021.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	180,039	N/A
2002	181,858	+1.01%
2021	150,234	-13.38%

Ethnicities

The largest ethnic group in the region are the Macedonians.

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	181,858	100	150,234	100
Macedonians	168,046	92.41	126,553	84.24
Roma	6,876	3.78	6,126	4.08
Turks	2,794	1.54	2,958	1.97
Vlachs	2,074	1.14	1,892	1.26
others	2,068	1.14	1,271	0.84
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources	n/a	n/a	11,434	7.61