Brodec (Brodec) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The village had 4 households and the anthroponyms recorded depicted an Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian character.[1]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Brodec was inhabited by 360 Christian Albanians and 150 Muslim Albanians.[2] In 1905 in statistics gathered by Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, Brodec was inhabited by 450 Albanians and had a Bulgarian school.[3] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 171 people of whom 145 were Macedonians, 24 were Albanians and 2 others.[4] The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 182 people of whom were 133 Macedonians, 44 Albanians, 3 Turks and 2 others.[4] The 1971 census recorded 119 people of whom were 88 Macedonians and 31 Albanians.[4] The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 70 people of whom were 56 Macedonians and 14 Albanians.[4] The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 8 Macedonians.[4] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 7 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
North Macedonia
Polog
Gostivar