Rakovec (, ) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.
History Dobri Dol is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 15 Christian households and 1 bachelor.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Rakovec exhibits names almost entirely belonging to the Orthodox Christian Albanian onomastic sphere. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Rakovec was inhabited by 584 Muslim Albanians.
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Rakovec had 577 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 548 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 29
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 811 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. 72.
Albanians 807 Others 4
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