Official name Republic of North Macedonia Name in local language Република Македонија (mk-Cyrl) - Republika Makedonija (mk-Latn) Continent Europe Subcontinent Europe (outside the European Union) Population (ranking: 153e ) 2,076,129 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 0.12 % / year Area 25,713 km² Density 80.74 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 144e )12.672 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 6,084 $USD (2018) GDP growth 2.70 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 75.70 years (2018) Birth rate 11.10 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 1.50 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 9.90 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 11.90 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 98.61 % (2015) Official languages Macedonian Currency Denar (MKD) HDI (ranking: 117e )0.759 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )61.06 (2018) Government Parliamentary republic Head of State President Stevo Pendarovski National Day 2 août ISO Codes MK, MKD Demonym Macedonian Tourists (ranking ) 1,015,905 people (2017)
North Macedonia is a southern European state located on the Balkan Peninsula. It is one of the successor states of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to which it declared its independence in 1991. Country without access to the sea , it has borders with Greece , Bulgaria , Serbia , Kosovo and Albania . The country occupies approximately the northern half of geographic Macedonia, which also extends to Bulgaria and Greece.
Lake of Debar, North Macedonia Skopje, capital of North Macedonia. Photo: Dejan Sokolovski Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Skopje 620,913 inhabitants Koumanovo 108,942 inhabitants Bitola 92,329 inhabitants Tetovo 91,431 inhabitants Gostivar 83,557 inhabitants Prilep 75,484 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Est 176,877 inhabitants 3,537 km² Nord-Est 176,231 inhabitants 2,308 km² Pélagonie 230,771 inhabitants 4,717 km² Polog 320,299 inhabitants 2,417 km² Skopje 620,913 inhabitants 1,812 km² Sud-Est 173,552 inhabitants 2,739 km² Sud-Ouest 219,718 inhabitants 3,340 km² Vardar 152,917 inhabitants 3,393 km²
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