Eastern Statistical Region

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.

Eastern Statistical Region Источен Регион
statistical region
Country	North Macedonia
Area
• Total	3,539 km^2 (1,366 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	174,877
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.741[2] high · 5th of 8

Municipalities

The municipalities of the region

Eastern statistical region is divided into 11 municipalities:

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

Demographics

Map of the majority ethnic groups in the region

Population

The current population of the Eastern Statistical Region is 181,858 citizens or 9.0% of the total population of the Republic of North Macedonia, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	180,039	N/A
2002	181,858	+1.01%

Ethnicities

The largest ethnic group in the region are the Macedonians.

	Number	%
TOTAL	181,858	100
Macedonians	168,046	92.4
Romani	6,876	3.8
Turks	2,794	1.5
Vlachs	2,074	1.1
others	2,068	1.1

References

1. http://citypopulation.de/en/northmacedonia/cities/
2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.