According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Resen Municipality has 14,373 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Religious affiliation according to the 2002 Macedonia census and 2021 North Macedonia census: • Mother tongues according to the 2002 Macedonia census in the municipality include: • Macedonian = 12,943 (76.9%) • Albanian = 1,885 (11.2%) • Turkish = 1,766 (10.5%) • Roma = 113 (0.7%) • others. Orthodox Macedonians inhabit all populated settlements in the municipality of Resen. In contemporary times Muslim Albanians live in small numbers within Resen. The local Prespa dialect of
Tosk Albanian being on the periphery of Albanian speech has been strongly influenced by the
Macedonian language resulting in the loss of vowel length and the
phoneme h, while the
alveolar trill (, //) has merged into the
alveolar tap ( //). ==Inhabited places==