Southwestern Statistical Region

Southwestern Statistical Region Југозападен Регион (Macedonian) Rajoni jugperendimor (Albanian)
statistical region
Seal
Country	North Macedonia
Area
• Total	3,280 km2 (1,270 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	177,398
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.758 high · 4th of 8

The Southwestern Statistical Region (Macedonian: Југозападен Регион; Albanian: Rajoni jugperendimor) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, Polog, Skopje, and Vardar statistical regions.

Municipalities

Map of the municipalities of the region (2004-2013).

Southwestern statistical region is divided into 9 municipalities:

• Centar Župa
• Debar
• Debarca
• Kičevo
• Makedonski Brod
• Ohrid
• Plasnica
• Struga
• Vevčani

Demographics

Map of the majority ethnic groups by municipality (2004-2013).

Population

The current population of the Southwestern statistical region is 177,398 citizens, according to the last population census in 2021.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	211,046	N/A
2002	221,546	+5.0%
2021	177,398	-19.9%

Ethnicities

The largest group in the region are Macedonians, followed by Albanians and Turks.

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	221,546	100	177,398	100
Macedonians	107,387	48.5	83,757	47.2
Albanians	81,863	36.9	52,849	29.8
Turks	21,431	9.7	17,832	10.1
Roma	2,826	1.3	3,570	2.0
others	8,039	3.6	6,616	3.7
Persons for whom data are taken from the administrative sources	n/a	n/a	12,774	7.2