Jabolci (, ) is a village in the

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of Sopište,

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Demographics

In statistics gathered by

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in 1900, the village was inhabited by 180

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and 130

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. On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, Držilovo is shown as an

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village. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 41 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 174. * Macedonians 26 *

15 As of the 2021 census, Jabolci had 18 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> * Macedonians 4 *

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1 *

5 *Unknown 1 *Persons for whom data was taken from administrative sources 7

References

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