The Park territory stretches over the two municipalities of Ohrid and Resen.  There are 18 villages within the boundaries of the Park, 14 in the municipality of Ohrid, and 4 in the municipality of Resen.  Ohrid section of the Park contains the following villages:  Elsani, Konjsko, Trpejca, Ljubanista, Pestani, Raca, Velestovo, Ramne, Sipokno, and the settlements: Lagadin, Dolno Konjsko, Istok, Elesec, and St. Stefan. In the Resen section of the Park are: Otesevo, Leskoec, Stenje and Konjsko.  Total number of residents in the Park is 5400 (census 2001).  

Basic occupations of the people who live in the mountainous region of the Park are farming and live stock breeding, and the people from the villages located on the shore of the lake, mainly live of fishing and tourism (providing tourist accommodations over the summer period).  

Resulting from the bad social and economic strategies from the past, there had been significant migration from the remote mountainous villages and settlements, towards larger settlements and villages close to main road arteries leading to towns.  There a re several examples of this occurrence in the Park, residents of Velestovo have been moving to Raca, migration from Konjsko (Ohrid) moved to Dolno Konjsko, Residents of Sipokno moved to St Stefan.  Leaving this migratory processes unchecked for many years, resulted in the situation that Otesevo is only a dot on the map with no permanent residents, complete abandonment of the villages of Leskoec and Konjsko (Resen).  

From the total population living within the boundaries of the Park, Macedonians are 5355, Serbs 17, Turks 9, Albanian 3, Vlahos 2, other nationalities 11, and 3 did not declare themselves (census 2001).  There are 451 residents in the age group 30-34 years, 430 residents between 15-19 years of age, 406 residents in the age group 20-24 years, 405 residents in the age of 10-14 years, 397 residents in the age group 35-39 years, etc.  Most population in the Park is in the young and middle age group.