Osoj () is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia.
Etymology Toponym derives from Proto-Slavic *osojь, meaning a shady place.
Demographics In 1873, the village had 12 Orthodox Christian households with 36 people.„Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.90-91. In 1900, the village had 250 Orthodox Christian inhabitants.Кънчов, В. Македония. Етнография и статистика, София, 1900, с.256 In 1905, the village had 240 Bulgarian Exarchists.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.154-155.
According to the 1942 Fascist Albanian census, Osoj was inhabited by a total of 229 Bulgarians and 53 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 593 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. 113.
Macedonians – 397 Romani – 169 Albanians – 67 Serbs – 2 Others – 28
As of the 2021 census, Osoj had 410 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Macedonians 142 Albanians 27 Roma 199 Others 1 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 41
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