ɪnðə kˈeɪsᵻz ʌv bʌlɡˈɛɹiə ænd ælbˈeɪniə, ɪɾ ɪz sˈɛd ðæt ðeɪ ɑːɹ ˌʌndɚkˈaʊntᵻd ɪnðə sˈɛnsuːsᵻz ɪn ælbˈeɪniə, ðɛɹˌɑːɹ əfˈɪʃəli fˈaɪv,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ˈɛθnɪk mˌæsɪdˈoʊniənz, wˈɛɹæz mˌæsɪdˈoʊniən nˈæʃənəlˌɪsts klˈeɪm ðə fˈɪɡjɚz ɑːɹ mˈoːɹ lˈaɪk wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ dˈæʃ θɹˈiːhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ.
In the cases of Bulgaria and Albania, it is said that they are undercounted in the censuses (In Albania, there are officially 5,000 ethnic Macedonians, whereas Macedonian nationalists claim the figures are more like 120,000-350,000.