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| style="border: 0;" | #endnote_census] the former municipality of Ohrid, before the atach of Kosel municipality had 54 380 ihabitants, and according to the census of 1994 it had 52 732. The abolished Kosel municipality had 1 369 inhabitants in 2002 and 1 759 in 1994. The present day municipality has 55 749.
The main ethnic group are Macedonians, who make up 85% of the population, followed by Albanians (5.9%), Roma (0.1%), Serbs (0.6%), Turks (4%), Vlachs (0.5%), Aromanians (0.50%) and other make up 4.2% of the population.
The municipality has 29 inhabited places, one town and 28 villages.