Po redaktohet Skopje (paragraf)

===Population===
[[File:Ulica Makedonija.JPG|thumb|People on Macedonia street, the main pedestrian axis of the city.]]
According to the results of the 2002 census, the City of Skopje itself had 428,988 in its urban area and 506,926 inhabitants within administrative limits that encompass many villages and other settlements, including [[Dračevo, Skopje|Dračevo]], [[Bardovci]], [[Kondovo, Saraj|Kondovo]], [[Radišani]], [[Gorno Nerezi]] etc.<ref name="stats1"/> Skopje's employment area covers a large part of the country, including [[Veles (city)|Veles]], [[Kumanovo]] and [[Tetovo]], and totaling more than one million inhabitants.<ref name="trace">{{cite web |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMACEDONIA/Resources/SkopjeTRACEReport.pdf |title=Improving Energy Sufficiency in Skopje, TRACE Study |publisher=World Bank |year=2012 |access-date=25 October 2012}}</ref>

Skopje contains roughly a quarter of North Macedonia's population. The second most populous municipality, [[Kumanovo]], had 107,632 inhabitants in 2011,<ref name="stats">{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Estimations of the Population by Sex and Age, by Municipalities and by Statistical Regions, 30.06. 2011 and 31.12. 2011, 2011 |url=http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/2.4.12.08.pdf |access-date=15 October 2012 |publisher=State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia}}</ref> and an [[urban unit]] of 76,272 inhabitants in 2002.<ref name="stats1"/>

Before the [[Ottoman–Habsburg wars|Austro-Turkish war]] and the [[Fire of Skopje 1689|1698 Great Fire]], Skopje was one of the biggest cities in the [[Balkans]], with a population estimated between 30,000 and 60,000 inhabitants.<ref name="history"/> After the fire, it experienced a long period of decline and only had 10,000 inhabitants in 1836.<ref name="population1"/> However, the population started to rise again after 1850 and reached 32,000 inhabitants in 1905.<ref name="britannica"/> In the 20th century, Skopje was one of the fastest-growing cities in [[Yugoslavia]], and it had 448,200 inhabitants in 1971. Since then, the demographic growth has continued at a steady pace.<ref name="jasna">{{Cite book |title=Urban planning and transitional development issues: The case of Skopje, Macedonia |publisher=Urbani izziv |year=2012 |page=94 |author=Jasna Stefanovska et Janez Koželj}}</ref>